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HANSARD Insect PopulationI pay tribute to my hon. Friend, who is an expert on the subject in this place. She is absolutely right. We and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs need to do…20 Mar 2019HANSARD Insect PopulationThat is a timely intervention, because later I will certainly be looking at, and potentially signing, those two new clauses, which stand in the hon. Gentleman’s name.20 Mar 2019HANSARD Insect PopulationAbsolutely, and that is something else we could include in the environment Bill.20 Mar 2019HANSARD Insect PopulationAs my hon. Friend knows, I am a great supporter of the new northern forest. We need to commend the work of the Woodland Trust, and the work of wildlife trusts and other…20 Mar 2019HANSARD Insect PopulationIt is great that so many colleagues from the Environmental Audit Committee are present. These are exactly the issues that the Committee takes up with Ministers, and it is good…20 Mar 2019HANSARD Insect PopulationMy hon. Friend is absolutely right that there is no guarantee that the EU funding will be replaced, particularly as we have this current uncertainty, and the best deal with the EU…20 Mar 2019HANSARD Insect PopulationTechnology certainly has a place and we need more resilient crops, so we need to move away from the use of chemicals and actually breed that resilience into the crops, which is…20 Mar 2019HANSARD Insect PopulationThe hon. Gentleman will be unsurprised to hear that I absolutely agree, and I would like that to be legislated for in the environment Bill, particularly as he lost his piece of…20 Mar 2019HANSARD Insect PopulationAbsolutely. The majority of the world’s poor live towards the middle of the planet, and with climate change those populations will have to move north and south to get further away…20 Mar 2019HANSARD Insect PopulationIf we need to intervene and if we have to replace the natural pollinators with artificial pollinators, there will be a huge cost to the economy.20 Mar 2019HANSARD Insect PopulationIt is always good to have an intervention about beasties. I absolutely agree with the hon. Gentleman. That harks back to my point about abundance and variety. We cannot protect…20 Mar 2019HANSARD Insect PopulationAbsolutely, and that is a brilliant segue into my next point about ecosystem services.20 Mar 2019HANSARD Gambling-Related HarmOn the point about raising new concerns about gambling, is my hon. Friend aware of the use of loot boxes in video games, which many countries recognise as gambling? People aged…19 Mar 2019HANSARD Child Trust FundsMy hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. I have to declare an interest: both my children received child trust funds when they were born. That started the pathway for us to…13 Mar 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) Actindicated dissent .12 Mar 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActIf alternative arrangements for the backstop have not been found by December 2020, we will have a Hotel California Brexit where we will have checked out but not be leaving. There…12 Mar 2019HANSARDRivers Authorities and Land Drainage Bill (First sitting)I am a representative of Leeds, which has had significant flooding. Some of the solutions that local communities want involve upland management, which provides better long-term…11 Mar 2019HANSARD Exiting the European UnionThe Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster has asked us to consider the joint instrument, which seeks to replace the backstop by December 2020. Will we know in December 2020 whether…11 Mar 2019HANSARD No-deal EU Exit: Public Sector CateringI thank my hon. Friend for securing this debate and making the case about food price rises. Is she not also concerned that a no-deal Brexit might lead to trade deals that lower…05 Mar 2019HANSARD Solar IndustryI thank the hon. Lady for securing the debate and for her eloquence in introducing it. I completely agree about the need for a minimum floor price. Before I entered this place, I…05 Mar 2019