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HANSARDEngagementsQ2. This Government are failing women and girls, from the lack of rape prosecutions and no victims Bill, to letting criminals off the hook. Now women and girls—including my own…27 Oct 2021HANSARDCOP26: Limiting Global Temperature RisesThe hon. Member is making some excellent points in her speech. On the point about developing nations, it is the most vulnerable who pay the price, and international climate…21 Oct 2021HANSARDCOP26: Limiting Global Temperature RisesMy right hon. Friend is making some very good points. There are reports today that countries such as Saudi Arabia, Japan and Australia are trying to change a report on phasing out…21 Oct 2021HANSARD Yemen: Humanitarian SituationOf course, those are all good things to be doing, but will the Minister answer the question of when the cut in aid of 50% is going to be reversed?20 Oct 2021HANSARD Yemen: Humanitarian SituationI appreciate the Minister’s answer on this issue. Can he tell me what access the UN is going to have to that ship following that conversation? As we know, four times as many…20 Oct 2021HANSARD Yemen: Humanitarian SituationMy hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. Does she agree that an environmental and humanitarian disaster is also about to happen because of the abandoned oil tanker that fell…20 Oct 2021HANSARDProgress on Limiting Global HeatingThe Minister talks of ambitious plans, but the net zero road map published by the Government yesterday is weak on land and agriculture, and 20% of the UK’s annual emissions come…20 Oct 2021HANSARDProgress on Limiting Global Heating2. What recent assessment he has made of progress on limiting (a) global heating to below 2 °C and (b) heating to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels ahead of COP26.20 Oct 2021HANSARD Net Zero Strategy and Heat and Buildings StrategyThe Minister says that he wants to work collaboratively, yet he did not reach out to the Welsh Labour Government or share plans, despite saying that he was going to. Of course,…19 Oct 2021HANSARDEngagementsA former junior Minister for courts and justice once told this House that he was “absolutely committed to doing everything” he could “to improve the treatment of victims in the…22 Sept 2021HANSARDNet Zero Emissions by 2050Soaring gas prices have plummeted the UK into an energy crisis, with fears for vulnerable households and for the wave of energy firms folding. We have relied far too heavily on…21 Sept 2021HANSARD COP26: Devolved AdministrationsThe hon. Member is making some excellent points about local community initiatives. Does he agree though that some things need the impetus and leadership of the UK Government,…16 Sept 2021HANSARD COP26: Devolved AdministrationsDoes the hon. Member not realise, though, that his Government continue to funnel billions into fossil fuel projects overseas, locking communities into the fossil fuel age for…16 Sept 2021HANSARD COP26: Devolved AdministrationsWill the Minister give way?16 Sept 2021HANSARD COP26: Devolved AdministrationsThe hon. Member is making some excellent points on the role of the devolved Administrations in the negotiations themselves. In a past career, I was involved in those negotiations,…16 Sept 2021HANSARD COP26: Devolved AdministrationsI think the hon. Gentleman has missed the point of this debate, which is about the role of the devolved Administrations.16 Sept 2021HANSARD COP26: Devolved AdministrationsI thank the right hon. Member for that very good point. I hope that the Minister will address it in his response. At the G7, the Prime Minister said that “the world cannot have a…16 Sept 2021HANSARD COP26: Devolved AdministrationsThe scale of this climate crisis is huge and we are reaching a pivotal moment, with COP26 just weeks away. That is the time when we all need to come together, and the UK…16 Sept 2021HANSARD COP26: Devolved AdministrationsI thank the Minister for being generous. Will the devolved Administrations be within the negotiating team in the delegation? Will they be in the room, taking part in the…16 Sept 2021HANSARDVictims BillFor six years the Government have promised a victims Bill. Indeed, five Secretaries of State have promised that that will be their priority—will this be the one, Mr Speaker?—but…14 Sept 2021