Nick Brown MP

Nick visited local businesses in Acorn Road in Jesmond today to support the local efforts spearheaded by Transition Jesmond to reduce the use of plastic bags. The Jesmond scheme uses a rating scale to identify traders which are reducing their plastic bag use. The top level of three leaves (which has been awarded to 12 [...]

Nick at today’s Earth Hour event in Parliament Nick Brown lent his support to the WWF’s Earth Hour initiative at an event held in Westminster today. WWF is calling on individuals, businesses, iconic landmarks and local authorities to sign up to switch off their lights for one hour to show they care about people and [...]

Two years ago Nick Brown visited the Northern Kites project which has re-established the region’s red kite population for the first time in over 200 years. The project winds up this year, and Nick paid tribute to the progress it has made. Nick said: “The success of Northern Kites has not just been about the [...]

  Today’s announcements at Nissan are fantastic news for our region. The company has confirmed plans to make Sunderland its European hub for making batteries for electric vehicles. This will mean 350 jobs created at the plant, and the promise of more as the technology gets going. Nick visited Nissan in January when things were [...]

The Government’s Marine Bill comes into the Commons today, and it is a landmark piece of environmental legislation. As part of the Government’s sustainable development strategy, the Bill will help to balance environmental needs with economic and social demands to help prevent marine habitats and species being damaged by human activity. This move has been [...]

On Friday Nick visited Romag in Consett, County Durham, to see a solar car parking canopy it has developed, which could be used to charge electric cars while they are parked, using the sun’s rays. “I am really inspired by what I have seen this afternoon. I do feel the North- East could become a [...]

Minister for the North East Nick Brown MP today welcomed the Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband’s announcement on transforming our electricity generation from low carbon polluting sources. In welcome news for the North East, Ed Miliband cited Teesside amongst only three other named locations as a suitable site for a new carbon capture and storage [...]

Nick Brown is pleased to introduce East Newcastle’s very own humpback whale, Skiff. Nick has taken a keen interest in animal welfare throughout his time in Parliament, from the hunting ban to stopping fur farming, and is proud to make a contribution to IFAW on behalf of his constituents which will help to protect this [...]