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HANSARDPublic Access to NatureI am not quite sure how long the Minister is going to speak, but I am anxious that she will come to answer the questions. I counted eight or nine of them in my opening statement…18 May 2023HANSARDPublic Access to NatureI beg to move, That this House has considered public access to nature. It is a pleasure to open this debate on increasing public access to nature and I thank the Backbench…18 May 2023HANSARDPublic Access to NatureIndeed, the hon. Member anticipates my very next point. She is exactly right: the benefits of being in nature are not limited to our physical health; they very much affect our…18 May 2023HANSARDPublic Access to NatureI agree entirely with the hon. Member. It is slightly unfortunate that the phrase “right to roam” does not automatically include the right to access water, but that is exactly…18 May 2023HANSARDPublic Access to NatureI am indeed looking forward to exciting plans in Lewes, and I pay tribute to local councillors there. However, we must go further to truly transform our relationship with nature,…18 May 2023HANSARDPublic Access to NatureI thank the hon. Member for her intervention and very much agree with the point she makes. Local authorities have a vital role to play, and yet their budgets have been slashed…18 May 2023HANSARDPublic Access to Natureindicated assent .18 May 2023HANSARDPublic Access to NatureAs someone who spent the first 18 years of their life in Great Malvern and spent a lot of time on the Malvern hills, I appreciate the hon. Member’s words about that. I have been…18 May 2023HANSARDPublic Access to NatureI agree very much with that point. Inequalities go right through from start to finish in terms of access to the countryside, and I will say more about that, but he also rightly…18 May 2023HANSARDPublic Access to NatureThe hon. Member will not be surprised to know that I agree entirely with her points. Indeed, I will come to them a little later. In my introductory remarks to the debate, I will…18 May 2023HANSARDEngagementsQ2. The Prime Minister has previously declared “my…daughter…is the climate change champion in our house.”I wonder if he has asked her what she thinks about Rosebank, the biggest…10 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [Lords]Will the Secretary of State say a little about hydrogen? As he will know, there is real concern about putting a hydrogen levy on household bills at a time when so many people are…09 May 2023HANSARDCoronation: Policing of ProtestsThe Minister just said that the right to peaceful protest is sacrosanct and no one would seek to undermine it, but I put it to him that that is exactly what his Government have…09 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [Lords]No, I will not, I am sorry. Some climate limits mean that we need to change behaviour as well as depending on new technologies. I was about to talk about the windfall tax and the…09 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [Lords]I appreciate that hon. Members want to demonstrate cross-party support for net zero. Yes, by and large, we agree about decarbonisation, but sadly we do not agree about the speed…09 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [Lords]I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention, but I totally disagree. The option before us is not to use home-grown fossil fuels versus imported fossil fuels. The choice— […09 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [Lords]Will the Secretary of State give way?09 May 2023HANSARDEngagementsThis Government’s vile and immoral refugee ban Bill and the toxic language coming from the Home Office are not even dog-whistle politics; they are a giant hard-right foghorn,…03 May 2023HANSARDWater Quality: Sewage DischargeThe complacency that the Secretary of State is displaying is frankly shocking. Not one English river is classed as being in a healthy condition, none meet good chemical standards…25 Apr 2023HANSARDUK’s Exit from the European UnionI agree with the hon. Gentleman very much. I believe that one reason why there was such a howl of rage in England was that, while devolution has given powers to Scotland and…24 Apr 2023