The Forum is a voluntary Initiative of Parliamentarians and Concerned Citizens across the full political spectrum and from all religious persuasions.

Having come together at the House of Lords since 1998, the Forum has debated the following issues:

Early Day Motions (EDMs)

EDM 1515 – 2001-02 – Using the Public Credit

EDM 854 – 2002-03 – Publicly Created Money and Monetary Reform

EDM 323 – 2003-04 – Public Credit for Public Purposes

EDM 327 – 2004-05 – Use of Public Credit for Public Works

EDM 743 – 2004-05 – Interest Free Money

EDM 390 – 2005-06 – Publicly-Created Money

EDM 408 – 2006-07 – Public Credit for Public Purposes

EDM 265 – 2007-08 – Green Credit for Green Growth

EDM 1449 – 2008-09 – Taxing the Profits of Credit Creation

Summary of points made in Early Day Motions- 2 pages

Submissions to Public Committee Inquiries

1. Economic Affairs Committee – House of Lords

a. The Global Economy – 2002

• Stable Sterling – on our archive site
• Mentioned in the list of evidence in the Committee’s report

2. Treasury Select Committee – House of Commons

a. The Stern Report – 2007

• Green Credit for Green Purposes – 19 pages
• The ‘Stick’ of Green Taxation v the ‘Carrot’ of Green Funding – 4 pages

b. The Banking Crisis – 2009

• Inquiry into the banking crisis – 4 pages

3. Environmental Audit Committee – House of Commons

a. Financing Adaptation to Climate Change on Local, Regional and National Levels in the Post-Kyoto Context – 2008

• Green Credit for Green Growth – 5 pages

4. United Nations Development Programme - 2007-

• Green Credit for Green Growth – Bali Conference – 4 pages

Independent Reports

• Sovereignty and Seignorage – The Legal Privilege and a Financial Mechanism of Nation States – produced for Peter Roderick, UK barrister and formerly Friends of the Earth’s lawyer – 17 pages

• The Role of the Treasury in 21st Century Britain – written for the Chancellor Alistair Darling, after having heard him address the topic at the RSA, where I raised a public question and showed Dr. Yunus‘ book “Creating a World without Poverty” – 3 pages

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