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HANSARDEnvironment BillI thank the hon. Member for his intervention, and if people are travelling to Heathrow, I would far rather that they went by train than that they drove, so to that extent I would…20 Oct 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillI will be brief, but I will simply continue this theme about Lords amendment 45, which, as many hon. Members have said, simply does not go far enough. I pay tribute to the right…20 Oct 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillWill the Minister give way?20 Oct 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillI know the Minister is personally committed to the soil agenda— I remember sitting with her on the Environmental Audit Committee—and I am sure she shares my concern about this…20 Oct 2021HANSARDDecarbonisation and Economic StrategyI beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to place duties on the Secretary of State to decarbonise the United Kingdom economy and to reverse inequality; to establish a…20 Oct 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillI certainly support the direction of Lords amendment 45. However, I want to ask the Minister why she is omitting lines 7 to 14 of the original amendment introduced by the Duke of…20 Oct 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillApologies, Madam Deputy Speaker; it is only my second intervention, and it will be my last for the moment. On environmental principles, may I ask the Minister about the…20 Oct 2021HANSARD Decarbonising AviationThe hon. Lady is making a powerful case about the jet zero strategy. Does she agree that that strategy is overly dependent on carbon offsets, and that increasingly, climate…21 Sept 2021HANSARD Decarbonising AviationI congratulate the hon. Lady on securing the debate. Does she agree that one of the best ways of decarbonising aviation is by reducing demand and that one of the most effective…21 Sept 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Minister can play accounting games over the Cambo oilfield, arguing that it was licensed 20 years ago, but essentially its emissions will still drive climate change. New…21 Sept 2021HANSARD Elections Bill (Instruction)Of course, I absolutely agree with my constituency neighbour; this just smacks of deceitfully slipping it out so that the provision cannot have the proper scrutiny that it…20 Sept 2021HANSARD UK Gas MarketI am very glad to hear the Secretary of State say that protecting consumers is now his Government’s primary focus; it is just a great shame that it has not been in the past. He…20 Sept 2021HANSARD Elections Bill (Instruction)It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Argyll and Bute (Brendan O’Hara). Today, we are faced with yet another example of a Government with absolutely no respect for…20 Sept 2021HANSARD HS2It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Mundell. The Government’s response to the petition states that HS2 will be the “long-lasting legacy for both wildlife and future…13 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistan PolicyOne of the urgent cases I am dealing with is that of a former Chevening scholar trapped in Kabul, who is very worried that he is not on the appropriate Government list because,…13 Sept 2021HANSARD Covid-19 Vaccinations: 12 to 15-year-oldsThe Minister mentioned the booster programme. Will he publish all the scientific evidence on which any wider booster plan is based? Will he consider the message that a…13 Sept 2021HANSARDNet Zero Emissions and Green InvestmentAt the weekend, a young activist called Fatima challenged the Chancellor, asking why the Treasury is blocking action on the climate crisis. He replied that the Treasury has…07 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistanLast Friday, a young Afghan constituent told me through tears how his father—a British citizen—was turned away from the Baron hotel in Kabul on 28 August. He was trying to…06 Sept 2021HANSARD AfghanistanWatching the scenes at Kabul airport this week left me and many others with feelings of overwhelming grief and anger: grief for the millions of Afghan women and girls in…18 Aug 2021HANSARD AfghanistanI absolutely support the hon. Lady’s comments. Such support is vital. I call on the Home Secretary today to abandon the resettlement-only plans set out in the Nationality and…18 Aug 2021