Protecting animals and our environment

Louie French, Member of Parliament for Old Bexley and Sidcup, has welcomed the generous donation of £5000 from Sidcup's successful Coca Cola factory to support a new community project from the fantastic Friends of Foots Cray Meadows (FFCM). 

Louie French, Member of Parliament for Old Bexley and Sidcup, has praised the enormous progress the Government has made on animal welfare, with the UK now proudly having some of the strongest animal welfare protections in the world, but Louie continues to press for further progress on this.

Louie has welcomed that the Communities Secretary has set out new measures in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill which ensures the environment is protected and gives local people a greater say on where and where not to place new development.

Louie French has pressed the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the progress of the Kept Animals Bill which provides welfare protections for pets, livestock and kept wild animals as well as asking for further animal protections to be explored.

After months of delays, the Shepherds Leas development, being brought forward by Greenwich Council's own developer, close to Falconwood Station will be heard next Tuesday at Greenwich Council’s Planning Board.

Louie French spoke in the Second Reading Debate of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill where he called for places like Bexley not to be forgotten in levelling up missions and to ensure residents in Old Bexley and Sidcup have a greater say in the future of their areas and developments.

The Government have gone further to build on their ambitious course of action to tackle air pollution and improve air quality, as we build back greener and slash emissions. 

As a passionate campaigner for animal welfare, Louie French has signed a letter to the Prime Minister from a range of Conservatives MPs to keep the ban on the trade of foie gras and fur.

Louie French visited Battersea Dogs and Cats Home to discuss animal welfare legislation and meet some of the cats and dogs of Battersea, including Fred the Spaniel, Wilbur the Labrador and Parker the Kitten as pictured above.