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HANSARDBetter Jobs and a Fair Deal at WorkThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. This was the first Queen’s Speech of this decade, but also the last one ahead of the UK-hosted COP26 climate summit in Glasgow. So it was a vital…12 May 2021HANSARD Rights to ProtestIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Gray. I join the hon. Member for Bristol East (Kerry McCarthy) in dissociating myself from what I think were, frankly, smears…26 Apr 2021HANSARDMinisterial CodeContrary to what one Minister said at the weekend, concerns about the Prime Minister and the ministerial code are not “tittle-tattle”. People care deeply about this, which is why…26 Apr 2021HANSARDHis Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of EdinburghOn behalf of my party, the Green party of England and Wales, I would like to join Members from across the House in paying tribute to His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh and…12 Apr 2021HANSARDEngagementsWe have been the creation of a no-protest zone around Parliament, a 266% increase from a maximum of three months to 11 months’ imprisonment for protest organisers, a direct attack…17 Mar 2021HANSARD Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillThis Bill is a disgrace. It is dangerous, undemocratic and disproportionate. It is dangerous, because it is trying to neuter protests and undermine our most precious rights,…16 Mar 2021HANSARDIntegrated ReviewGiven that the Prime Minister said the climate crisis is his No. 1 international priority, it is disappointing that there is a climate-shaped hole at the heart of the Prime…16 Mar 2021HANSARDPolicing and Prevention of Violence against WomenI join others in extending my condolences to Sarah Everard’s family and to the families of Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman and countless others who have lost their lives because…15 Mar 2021HANSARDCOP26I am delighted to follow the hon. Member for Harwich and North Essex (Sir Bernard Jenkin), all the more so because I think he just said he supported the proposal for a fossil fuel…10 Mar 2021HANSARD Covid-19: Government’s Publication of ContractsOn 22 February, the Prime Minister answered my question about unpublished covid contracts by claiming: “As for the contracts…all the details are on the record.” —[ Official Report…09 Mar 2021HANSARDBudget Resolutions and Economic SituationThis is the last Budget before the UK hosts the COP26 climate summit in November, before it presides over the G7 and before it takes part in the global biodiversity summit. In…03 Mar 2021HANSARDGrowing Back Better ReportI thank the Chair of our Committee and agree with all that he has said. Does he agree that there is real urgency for the carbon intensity of the Bank of England’s corporate bond…25 Feb 2021HANSARD Covid Contracts: Judicial ReviewBoth the Health Secretary and the Prime Minister have repeatedly claimed that all the information relating to PPE and other covid contracts is published online, so will the…24 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Road MapAs well as welcoming the success of the vaccination programme, I want to emphasise that there is a lack of sufficient financial support for self-isolation. There is, in the words…22 Feb 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateProjections show that some countries in the global south will have to wait until 2023 to achieve widespread vaccination because pharmaceutical monopolies are creating artificial…09 Feb 2021HANSARD Climate and Ecological Emergency: UK’s ResponseIt has been almost two years since this House declared a climate and nature emergency, and more than one year since Parliament last debated the climate and nature crises as an…09 Feb 2021HANSARDSupport for University Students: Covid-19Students feel abandoned by this Government. They have had a terrible experience during the pandemic not only with disrupted studies, but with many facing serious hardship. The new…03 Feb 2021HANSARDEngagementsThere is a yawning gulf between the Government’s green rhetoric and their action. Hot on the heels of sanctioning the first deep coalmine in 30 years, Ministers have broken yet…27 Jan 2021HANSARD Environment BillI thank all Members for their important contributions to the debate, but there is really only one test that matters when it comes to this Bill: does it improve on the protections…26 Jan 2021HANSARD Environment BillMy new clause 13, on the application of pesticides in rural areas, follows a very similar amendment made to the Agriculture Bill in the other place. Although it was later removed…26 Jan 2021