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HANSARD Protecting and Restoring Nature: COP15 and BeyondI am genuinely struggling to know how to answer the hon. Gentleman’s question. I want to say yes, and in a sense awareness is greater now and the general public’s anger at seeing…14 Jul 2022HANSARD Protecting and Restoring Nature: COP15 and BeyondI am very grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for that intervention. He is absolutely right: that connectivity is crucial to a thriving natural environment. Unless we ensure that…14 Jul 2022HANSARD Protecting and Restoring Nature: COP15 and BeyondJust to be clear on the record, I absolutely agree that people in developing countries who would otherwise be deprived of their livelihoods if current unsustainable practices are…14 Jul 2022HANSARD Protecting and Restoring Nature: COP15 and BeyondI am hugely grateful to all hon. and right hon. Members who have taken part in this debate. What we have not had in quantity of contributions, we have certainly more than made up…14 Jul 2022HANSARDNon-proliferation Treaty: 50th Anniversary ReviewI beg to move, That this House has considered the 50th anniversary review conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mr…13 Jul 2022HANSARDBadger CullingThe hon. Lady is a champion on this issue and I congratulate her on securing the debate. Does she agree that it is absolutely key that the Government fund both more cattle…13 Jul 2022HANSARDNon-proliferation Treaty: 50th Anniversary ReviewI thank everyone who has taken part in the debate. It has been constructive, even though there is obviously a vast gulf between the position of the Minister and that of most of…13 Jul 2022HANSARDBadger CullingI appreciate the Minister’s points about vaccination. I appreciate that there are no silver bullets, but vaccination is probably a lot better than culling. Could she clarify one…13 Jul 2022HANSARDOil and Gas SectorThe UK already has the lowest tax take anywhere in the world from an offshore oil and gas regime, so it is perverse that the Government’s new investment allowance will essentially…12 Jul 2022HANSARDEnergy (Oil and Gas) Profits Levy BillI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his intervention, particularly since it helpfully highlights a party policy of the Greens, who were, as he knows, in coalition Government…11 Jul 2022HANSARDEnergy (Oil and Gas) Profits Levy BillI am grateful to the hon. Member for giving way—I am intervening on a previous point on which he was intervened on. Is he aware that the 65% tax that the Government are proposing…11 Jul 2022HANSARDEnergy (Oil and Gas) Profits Levy BillIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Leeds East (Richard Burgon), whose new clause 1 I am happy to support. I rise to speak in favour of new clauses 8 to 10 tabled in my…11 Jul 2022HANSARDEnergy (Oil and Gas) Profits Levy BillThe hon. Gentleman puts it perfectly succinctly and I very much agree. It has been estimated that existing decommissioning relief deeds could enable the extraction of the…11 Jul 2022HANSARDEnergy (Oil and Gas) Profits Levy BillWe sell it on international markets.11 Jul 2022HANSARDEnergy (Oil and Gas) Profits Levy BillAgain, I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman. Those are precisely the kinds of forward-looking policies that we need rather than the backward-looking, dinosaur policies that seem to…11 Jul 2022HANSARDEnergy (Oil and Gas) Profits Levy BillFirst, the hon. Member seems to think that just because gas is exploited in the UK, it will get used in the UK, yet he must know that it gets sold on global markets and therefore…11 Jul 2022HANSARDEnergy (Oil and Gas) Profits Levy BillWill the hon. Member give way?11 Jul 2022HANSARDStandards in Public LifeJust two months ago, the Prime Minister stood at the Dispatch Box at Prime Minister’s questions and told me: “of course sexual harassment is grounds for dismissal.” —[ Official…05 Jul 2022HANSARDAction on Climate Change and DecarbonisationThe right hon. Member is talking about the recalibration that is needed in the Department. Does he agree with me that one area where that is extremely true is the need for a…05 Jul 2022HANSARDAction on Climate Change and Decarbonisationrose—05 Jul 2022