29 March 2011
Caroline Lucas, the UK’s first Green MP will visit Norwich on Thursday 31 March to support Norwich Green Party’s campaign to protect local services from cuts.
With Norwich Green Party currently holding 14 seats on Norwich City Council, just two behind the ruling Labour administration, Dr Lucas will show her support for the Green’s local election campaign.
The MP for Brighton Pavilion will begin at the University of East Anglia, where she will be meet students and answer their questions in the main square between 2.00 to 3.00pm.
Dr Lucas will then visit Wensum Lodge (King Street), where the Lincoln Ralphs sports hall is threatened with closure due to Norfolk County Council cuts.
At 3.45pm, outside Wensum Lodge, she will address Green Councillors, candidates and local residents about the importance of community campaigning to protect local services. Local residents who are campaigning to protect the sports hall will then show her round the facility.
Between 5.30 to 6.30pm she will be giving a public meeting at Chantry Hall (just off Theatre Street, next to the Assembly Rooms).
This will be on the topic of political reform, where she will call for the modernisation of Parliament and express her support for a Yes vote in the referendum on electoral reform, also taking place on 5th May.
Ian Gibson, former Norwich North MP and UEA lecturer, will also be talking about his own Parliamentary experiences.
Adrian Ramsay, Deputy Leader of the Green Party and Norwich Councillor, said: “I’m delighted that Caroline is visiting Norwich to support our campaigns to protect crucial public services. We are currently supporting groups campaigning to protect the Unthank Family Centre, the Wensum Lodge sports hall and many other important local services. Locally and nationally, the Green Party has shown that there are ways of protecting services from cuts.
“Thursday will be a great opportunity for members of the public to meet Caroline and join in an interesting meeting on political reform.”
