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HANSARD Budget ResolutionsThere has been plenty of green rhetoric in the Budget for sure, but Treasury decisions continue to drive the climate emergency. There will be a freeze on fossil fuel duty, over…11 Mar 2020HANSARDEngagementsQ2. Last week’s historic judgment against Heathrow expansion found that the Prime Minister’s Government broke the law by ignoring the Paris climate agreement and by breaching…04 Mar 2020HANSARD CoronavirusIn times of crisis, fear can foster discrimination. There is serious concern about reports of racism being linked to the coronavirus outbreak, with people being singled out and…03 Mar 2020HANSARD Airport ExpansionHowever much Government Members might wish it were otherwise, there is no quick technological fix that will solve this problem. The Committee on Climate Change is really clear…02 Mar 2020HANSARD Wuhan CoronavirusIn Brighton and Hove, our thoughts are with those who have tested positive in our city and those linked to them who are in isolation. The Secretary of State will know that there…11 Feb 2020HANSARDTransport InfrastructureHS2 is a dire reflection on this Government’s environmental credentials, with the destruction of 100 ancient woodlands and a miserably small modal shift of just 5% of passengers…11 Feb 2020HANSARD Local Housing Allowance: Homeless Young PeopleWill the Minister give way?04 Feb 2020HANSARD Climate JusticeIt has come back to me. Does the Minister really think that it is possible to absolutely decouple growth from emissions reduction? His statement implies that he thinks that that…04 Feb 2020HANSARD Climate JusticeIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Charles. I congratulate the hon. Member for Nottingham East (Nadia Whittome) on a compelling speech and on securing this…04 Feb 2020HANSARD Climate JusticeNot only is the Minister once again looking only at production emissions, not consumption emissions, he is refusing to accept the fact that, when talking about emissions…04 Feb 2020HANSARD Climate JusticeThe hon. Member is making a compelling speech. Does she agree that we should add to that litany of charges against the Government the fact that they continue to measure their…04 Feb 2020HANSARD Local Housing Allowance: Homeless Young PeopleI beg to move, That this House has considered local housing allowance rates for homeless young people. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Hollobone. Clearly, we…04 Feb 2020HANSARD Local Housing Allowance: Homeless Young PeopleI really appreciate the Minister’s response, and I would very much like to take him up on his offer of meeting him and his officials. I know that he is broadly on side. He pointed…04 Feb 2020HANSARD Agriculture BillI support the better eating campaign that suggests that overall in this country we should seek to reduce meat eating by about 50%, but in that shift to plant-based diets we want…03 Feb 2020HANSARD Global BritainTackling the climate emergency must be core to trade policy, yet the lack of specific Government proposals looks miserably weak compared with the European Commission work on…03 Feb 2020HANSARD Agriculture BillIt is a great pleasure to follow the maiden speech of the hon. Member for South Cambridgeshire (Anthony Browne). One thing on which we can certainly agree is the wisdom of George…03 Feb 2020HANSARD Agriculture BillI hope very much that we will be able to do better. The Secretary of State talks about looking after our farmers and higher standards, but will she guarantee that those higher…03 Feb 2020HANSARDEngagementsQ5. The Prime Minister talks of avoiding hesitation, repetition and deviation, but does he agree that we should also avoid hypocrisy? We will not be taken seriously on climate…29 Jan 2020HANSARDPrevent ProgrammeThe police might say that this was an error of judgment, but it is also part of a pattern. Footage of my arrest for peaceful protest against fracking was used in Prevent training…22 Jan 2020HANSARDA Green Industrial RevolutionIf we can get some electric planes, I will be happy, but does the Secretary of State accept that, right now, the increasing number of individual flights is outweighing the…15 Jan 2020