Chris Huhne MP Visit to Bath

Chris Huhne MP, Lib Dem Shadow Environment Spokes came to Bath on Thursday 28th September to look at some of interesting Environmental successes and challenges in the area.

First he was taken to ECT's Recycling Depot at Keynsham to see the very successful operation that helps to take our recycling percentage to more than 40% and then to a woodland area in Keynsham where there is a move to build.

Next it was back to Bath to look at the Midland Road Recycling Centre, where he saw how we have improved the extraction rate of recyclable materials from 37% to 69% in the past year.

From here he was taken to the YMCA where an invited audience from Bath and North East Somerset's environmental groups listened to Chris describing the Lib Dems latest environmental tax initiatives of shifting the tax burden from personal taxation to taxes on pollution (details of this can be found by hitting the 'simpler, fairer, greener button on this blog). He then took questions from the audience.

Chris is a rare bird being an economist and environmentalist. He wrote for the Guardian on economics for many years, before becoming a Euro MP and in 2005 being elected MP for Eastleigh. Earlier this year he was one of the candidates for the leadership of the Lib Dems.

The day continued with visits to Wessex Water and to the Cleveland Baths to talk to reperesntatives of the group trying to retain the Baths as a Lido and ended with a BBQ.