Green Party Answers

What is your party's policy on nuclear power, and do you believe increased investment in nuclear power is the answer to increased fuel prices?

Green Party - 26th Mar, 2009

Click link to view: Nuclear is not in the interests of the UK economy as whole. This government’s obsession with smoothing the way for nuclear power is a huge distraction from the action we need to create a truly future-proof economy.

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What would your party do to get more women into government?

Green Party - 26th Mar, 2009

Click link to view: Political parties have a responsibility to promote and encourage women to rise through the ranks, which must work particularly at the local government level

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Recent claims say that the UK asylum policy makes it overly difficult for those seeking asylum to enter the country. Do you agree with this and if so how would you reform the policies?

Green Party - 26th Mar, 2009

THe Green's have consistently argued for an asylum and migration policy that treats people with dignity – in particular highlighting the need to support people fromcountries facing ongoing conflict, such as Iraq and Zimbabwe, where safe return is not possible. For example, they have supported a resolution in the European Parliament to prevent EU countries from forcibly returning refugees to Iraq while the country is unstable. They have also campaigned against the deportation of migrants who arrived in the UK as children and know no other home country, and have opposed forced deportations that break up families.

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