Hi Richard and Nick,

As you might expect, the CfDS has been corresponding and Zooming with the Group since its inception. Some of our old friends in both Houses, eg Lords Stunell and Taylor and Sir Peter Bottomley MP are members.

Before he became a peer, Andrew Stunell was on the Parliamentary Select Committee who investigated light pollution in 2003, Lord Taylor spoke at our 2012 light pollution conference at de Montfort University, Leicester, and both Virginia and Peter Bottomley have always promoted dark skies. Interestingly, when his wife Virginia Bottomley was an MP she was on Desert Island Discs on Radio 4, and the book she chose to accompany the Bible and Shakespeare was Norton’s Star Atlas!

Lord Rees has always been supportive of our work, and has not only spoken at some of our events but has organised light pollution briefings of his own, and endorsed our Good Lighting Award which has been presented to hundreds of organisations nationally.

Bob