“A Land Valuation Tax is a levy on the value of the land unimproved by ...” — Barry Gardiner Quote

“A Land Valuation Tax is a levy on the value of the land unimproved by buildings or other enhancement. The method is already used by insurance companies each year when they calculate your home insurance premium - they separate the cost of a total rebuild of the property from the value of the land itself.”

“Labour's Climate Change Act and our other reforms, including the Green Investment Bank, have been the foundation for the huge growth of Britain's green industries.”

“The pluralist society must be pragmatic. It does not say that 'God is dead.' It does not say that 'God is alive.' It says if we are to answer the question of how we can live together then we must remain agnostic on all such matters - at least so far as our civic association is structured.”

“Many people decorate their homes with designer graffiti, even though most of them would probably have real graffiti scoured off the walls of their buildings.”

“I believe buildings are alive, and when you want to make a change, you have to change in the same symphony.”

“Homes and buildings, many of which are old and drafty, eat up 40 percent of the energy America uses. Such inefficiencies perpetuate our reliance on foreign oil, imperiling our national security and increasing our contribution to climate change.”