Lords to debate mandating swift bricks in new UK homes

Hollow bricks are 'easy win' to help several endangered species, say experts and Zac Goldsmith who is tabling amendmentUK politics live - latest updatesAn amendment to make swift bricks mandatory in new housing will be debated in the House of Lords this week in what campaigners call a "golden opportunity" for the government to halt wildlife decline.The amendment to the controversial levelling up bill is being tabled by Conservative peer Zac Goldsmith, who resigned from government over prime minister Rishi Sunak's "apathy" towards environmental issues. Continue reading...