Lynne Featherstone

: MP for Hornsey and Wood Green

I’m the Liberal Democrat MP for the Hornsey & Wood Green seat and a minister in the Home Office.

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    • Local MP visits an urban oasis 1 Feb 2012
      An award winning project in Bounds Green, which has transformed a derelict piece of land into a green community hub, has been praised by local MP Lynne Featherstone. The MP visited Imperial Road, to see how the £140,000 has been invested by housing group Places for People, and the benefit [...]
    • Community cafe ask for help 29 Jan 2012
      I recently visited FoodCycle’s Station House Community Café . They also had celeb Thom from Channel 4’s ‘Three Hungry Boys’ . We were invited there to show our support for FoodCycle and help to reach their £5,000 target on crowdsourcing website PeopleFund.it. The café is based at MIND in Haringey [...]
    • Body Confidence – Huffington Post 27 Jan 2012
      The campaign to push back against the relentless pressure to be a singular perfect shape and size continues. Here is my recent piece on the Government Body Confidence campaign for the Huffington [...]
    • Haringey Post Offices safe after Liberal Democrat Minister announces Royal Mail deal 27 Jan 2012
      Post Offices in Haringey have been saved from any threats of closure, after Liberal Democrat Business Minister Ed Davey this week announced a deal between Royal Mail and the Post Office. This welcome news, which will help to create a sustainable future for Post Offices across the borough, means that [...]
    • Local MP meets trainer behind free exercise class initiative 23 Jan 2012
      To hear how free exercise classes in Finsbury Park are helping residents get back in shape after the festive season, Lynne Featherstone MP on Friday met the fitness trainer behind the initiative. Shamir Sidhu, from MoreFit personal training studio, started the weekly FreeFit training sessions in Finsbury Park in June [...]
    • Representation 21 Jan 2012
      This is my most recent column published in the Ham & High: Our Parliament has come a long way in recent years. In fact, watching ‘The Iron Lady’ with Margaret Thatcher sticking out like a blue female sore thumb amongst the total male greyness of the then chamber – it [...]
    • Community cafe ask for help 29 Jan 2012
      I recently visited FoodCycle’s Station House Community Café . They also had celeb Thom from Channel 4’s ‘Three Hungry Boys’ . We were invited there to show our support for FoodCycle and help to reach their £5,000 target on crowdsourcing website PeopleFund.it. The café is based at MIND in Haringey [...]
    • Body Confidence – Huffington Post 27 Jan 2012
      The campaign to push back against the relentless pressure to be a singular perfect shape and size continues. Here is my recent piece on the Government Body Confidence campaign for the Huffington [...]
    • Representation 21 Jan 2012
      This is my most recent column published in the Ham & High: Our Parliament has come a long way in recent years. In fact, watching ‘The Iron Lady’ with Margaret Thatcher sticking out like a blue female sore thumb amongst the total male greyness of the then chamber – it [...]
    • 2011 report card 1 Jan 2012
      Well – it’s nice to get good news to start off the year. A poll by Liberal Democrat Voice amongst its member only forum rates how ministers have done: which four ministers have most improved their standing, who is minister of the year and who has done worst.   [...]
    • It’s been quite a year 31 Dec 2011
      My column published in the Ham & High this last week: It’s been quite a year – both in government and in the constituency. And there is no real separation between those two. The constituency is where legislation and the economy hit the street. The people who come to my [...]
    • Transgender Action Plan 8 Dec 2011
      I was very proud today to launch the Government’s Advancing transgender equality: a plan for action – the first ever Government action plan to advance transgender equality. It lays out the Government’s vision and commitment to improve transgender people’s lives. To view the action plan and our e-bulletin, please click [...]
    • Alexandra Palace – two clubbers die 27 Nov 2011
      You will have seen on the news the death of two young men – both who had been at dance music events at Alexandra Palace on Friday and Saturday. One other young man is in hospital in a stable condition. The management at the Palace have put out this statement [...]
    • Stroud Green must stay in Hornsey & Wood Green 25 Nov 2011
      GreenN8 has put together a clip with Stroud Green’s residents and LibDem politicians explaining why the Boundary Commission should leave Stroud Green in the Hornsey & Wood Green constituency and not move it into Tottenham. Here is the film marvellously put together by Ofer: [...]
    • Domestic Violence – What about the children? 22 Nov 2011
      Myself and many others have spent years campaigning to highlight the issue of domestic violence, and so I was delighted to speak at a conference today hosted by the City of London’s City Bridge Trust, NSPCC and Refuge looking at what can be done to meet the needs of children [...]
    • Stalking 20 Nov 2011
      This is my column from the Ham & High published last Thursday: There was a girl I knew when I was growing up – let’s call her Joanna for the purposes of this column. We shared our growing pains from school dramas, parental clashes (hers) paternal loss (mine) and of [...]
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    • Local MP visits an urban oasis 1 Feb 2012
      An award winning project in Bounds Green, which has transformed a derelict piece of land into a green community hub, has been praised by local MP Lynne Featherstone. The MP visited Imperial Road, to see how the £140,000 has been invested by housing group Places for People, and the benefit [...]
    • Haringey Post Offices safe after Liberal Democrat Minister announces Royal Mail deal 27 Jan 2012
      Post Offices in Haringey have been saved from any threats of closure, after Liberal Democrat Business Minister Ed Davey this week announced a deal between Royal Mail and the Post Office. This welcome news, which will help to create a sustainable future for Post Offices across the borough, means that [...]
    • Local MP meets trainer behind free exercise class initiative 23 Jan 2012
      To hear how free exercise classes in Finsbury Park are helping residents get back in shape after the festive season, Lynne Featherstone MP on Friday met the fitness trainer behind the initiative. Shamir Sidhu, from MoreFit personal training studio, started the weekly FreeFit training sessions in Finsbury Park in June [...]
    • Council admits to no consultation on fortnightly collections 20 Jan 2012
      Haringey Council did not consult local people on a fundamental change to the way in which rubbish will be collected in the borough, it has emerged. Last week senior officers addressing the Muswell Hill Area Forum admitted that residents were not asked during a borough-wide consultation on the Council’s waste contract whether [...]
    • “Sham” consultation ignores residents’ views on Pinkham Way land says Liberal Democrats 20 Jan 2012
      Local Liberal Democrats have branded the re-run of a consultation on a Council strategy a sham after a report published last week showed that the Council has disregarded the responses of many local residents. Despite voicing their strong opposition to the changes which pave the way for the waste plant [...]
    • Lynne Featherstone MP supports big energy week which helps people cut their fuel bills 19 Jan 2012
      Rising fuel bills are stretching household finances and people are looking for ways to save money on their energy bills. Help is at hand through Big Energy Week (16-21 January 2012) which is being run by Citizens Advice – and has received support from local MP Lynne Featherstone. During Big [...]
    • Extra government funds welcome for Haringey’s older residents 13 Jan 2012
      Services helping Haringey’s older residents to leave hospital earlier and receive better care at home were given a boost last week after the government announced that the borough will receive £630,000 of a £150million funding package aimed at shortening hospital stays this winter. Liberal Democrat pressure in government has ensured [...]
    • Haringey Council wastes thousands in parking fine mess-up 11 Jan 2012
      Information uncovered by local Liberal Democrats shows that last year Haringey Council had to cancel 277 parking tickets, at an estimated cost of £36,000, after it failed to respond to residents’ parking appeals in time. Liberal Democrats have said that the information is evidence that the Council has handed out [...]
    • Liberal Democrats call for freeze after local residents face Council Tax bills of over £1,500 11 Jan 2012
      Local residents face a new year with the staggering prospect of Council Tax bills in Haringey topping £1,500 after Labour councillors refused to support a Council Tax freeze despite funding being available from government to halt any tax rises. Liberal Democrats have renewed their call on Labour-run Haringey Council to [...]
    • MP Encourages Energy Saving this Christmas 19 Dec 2011
      To see firsthand how residents locally are benefiting from the Government’s home insulation programme, Lynne Featherstone MP visited a Wood Green couple on Friday (16th December) who were having their loft insulated. Mr and Mrs Obeng are participating in the Carbon Emissions Reductions Target (CERT) programme, a Government scheme that [...]
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      Seeing loft insulation in action 20 Dec 2011
      Lynne Featherstone MP visiting a Wood Green home that is getting a loft insulation through the CERT scheme, Wood Green, December 2011
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      Campaigning for accessible crossings 20 Dec 2011
      Lynne Featherstone MP and Transport Spokesperson Cllr Jim Jenks at one of Haringey's crossings that is not accessible to blind and partially sighted residents. Liberal Democrats are now demanding urgent action by the London Mayor, Fortis Green December 2011
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      Christmas visit to sorting office 20 Dec 2011
      Lynne Featherstone MP visiting Muswell Hill delivery office to see how they are getting on with getting all the Christmas post out, Muswell Hill, December 2011
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      Nomination for sports MP of the year 20 Dec 2011
      Lynne Featherstone MP receiving recognition for her nomination as Sports MP of the year 2011, Westminster, December 2011
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      With Nick Clegg backing 'Real Man' campaign 1 Dec 2011
      Lynne Featherstone MP with Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg after signing the 'Real Man' pledge, backing a campaign against violence against women, Westminster, November 2011
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      Supporting the N8 Calendar 30 Nov 2011
      Lynne Featherstone MP with Crouch End traders behind the N8 Calendar, with sales going to support victims of the summer's riots, from the left Jazz Rasool, Administrator Haringey Community Circles, Andrew Thornton from Budgens, Azul-Valerie Thome from Food from the Sky, Greg Vukasovic and Massimo Bergamin, owners of the Haberdashery, Crouch End, November 2011
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      Mitzvah Day 2011 30 Nov 2011
      Lynne Featherstone MP and Rabbi Mason from Muswell Hill Synagogue out clearing rubbish on Parkland Walk with a group of young people for Mitzvah Day, Finsbury Park, November 2011
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      Mitzvah Day 2011 30 Nov 2011
      Lynne Featherstone MP and Rabbi Mason from Muswell Hill Synagogue out clearing rubbish on Parkland Walk with a group of young people for Mitzvah Day, Finsbury Park, November 2011
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      Meeting the management team at Wood Green Job Centre 30 Nov 2011
      Lynne Featherstone MP meeting the management team at Job Centre Plus in Wood Green, to hear of their work in Haringey, Wood Green, November 2011
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      With 2011 winner of Xmas card competition 30 Nov 2011
      Lynne Featherstone MP with the winner of the 2011 Olympic Christmas card competition, Phoebe Brady, from Rhodes Avenue School, Alexandra, November 2011
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    • Business of the House: Parliamentary Representation (12 Jan 2012) 12 Jan 2012
      Lynne Featherstone: We have had a fulfilling debate. It makes one proud of the House when all the contributions-every one, across the Floor-work in the same direction. We might work in different ways, but there is not a single person who does not believe that we would be much better off if we were more reflective of society and the people we represent. I assure the House that equality is at the heart...
    • Women and Equalities: Dieting (12 Jan 2012) 12 Jan 2012
      Lynne Featherstone: I meet ministerial colleagues regularly to discuss a range of issues, including health, dieting and the body confidence campaign. Being at a healthy weight is important in helping people to reduce the risk of serious illness. The Government are committed to helping people to reach and stay at a healthy weight.
    • Women and Equalities: Domestic Violence (12 Jan 2012) 12 Jan 2012
      Lynne Featherstone: A progress review of the Government’s approach to tackling violence against women and girls was published on 25 November. It highlighted many of our achievements to date in relation to domestic violence, including, among many other measures: providing £3.3 million funding for multi-agency risk assessment conference co-ordinator and independent domestic violence adviser posts...
    • Firearms Residue Testing (Criminal Cases) (20 Dec 2011) 20 Dec 2011
      Lynne Featherstone: It is a pleasure to stand before you this afternoon, Mr Hollobone. In case I forget, I wish you a merry Christmas now. Let me turn to the serious nature of the case in front of us. First, I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Folkestone and Hythe (Damian Collins) on securing the debate. It is important that Members of Parliament can raise in this way matters that are of concern to...
    • Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Topical Questions (12 Dec 2011) 12 Dec 2011
      Lynne Featherstone: We have published the new missing children and adults strategy, which has three important provisions. The first of these is prevention and reducing the number of people who go missing in the first place. The second is protection and reducing the harm to those who do go missing. The third is provision-providing support and advice to missing persons and their families by referring them...
    • Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Forced Marriage (12 Dec 2011) 12 Dec 2011
      Lynne Featherstone: This Government are committed to ending the abusive practice of forced marriage and ensuring that victims are protected, as this is indefensible and never acceptable. The Government provide practical support to victims through the forced marriage unit, and we have today published a consultation on whether forced marriage should be made a criminal offence.
    • Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Domestic Violence against Men (12 Dec 2011) 12 Dec 2011
      Lynne Featherstone: The Government recognise that men can be victims of domestic violence, and take this issue very seriously. Later this week, we will launch a fund of £225,000 over two years to support services focusing explicitly on male victims of sexual and domestic violence. That is in addition to the Home Office funding provided each year to the men’s advice line, which provides support and...
    • Animal Experimentation (7 Dec 2011) 7 Dec 2011
      Lynne Featherstone: I am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Southend West (Mr Amess) for securing this important debate. He has a long and honourable track record in campaigning on these issues. I am also grateful to others who have contributed to this debate, albeit through interventions. Before I deal with the detailed points that my hon. Friend raised, I would like to assure him that I share his...
    • Women and Equalities: Forced Marriages and Honour Killings (10 Nov 2011) 10 Nov 2011
      Lynne Featherstone: The Government are committed to ending the abusive practices of forced marriage and honour killings, and to ensuring that victims are protected. These practices are indefensible and never acceptable. Our action plan to end violence against women and girls sets out our approach, which includes raising awareness, development of training for police and prosecutors, support for victims, and...
    • Women and Equalities: Hate Crime (10 Nov 2011) 10 Nov 2011
      Lynne Featherstone: Tackling hate crime is an issue that the Government take extremely seriously, and we are committed to doing more to support and protect victims. We are meeting the coalition commitment to improve the recording of such crimes, and working with the police and other partners to encourage more victims to come forward. We are also working with the Government’s independent advisory group to...
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