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HANSARD Economic Growth and Environmental LimitsI thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention and kind words. As he says, the purpose of Government should surely be to promote happiness and health, yet we have a perverse…10 Jul 2019HANSARD Climate Change, the Environment and Global DevelopmentWill the Minister give way?10 Jul 2019HANSARD Climate Change, the Environment and Global DevelopmentWill the Minister give way?10 Jul 2019HANSARD Climate ChangeI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his intervention, and I apologise for not hearing him earlier. I was too busy expounding my case. I am glad to take his intervention, but I do…24 Jun 2019HANSARD Climate ChangeWhen Greta Thunberg was in Parliament a few weeks ago, she called on politicians to be honest at all times. Does the Minister agree that it is a bit misleading to suggest that we…24 Jun 2019HANSARD Climate ChangeThis is the most ambitious target for emissions reductions that the UK has ever had, but it is still not enough: 2050 is too late. Christiana Figueres, the former United Nations…24 Jun 2019HANSARD Climate ChangeAh! I am sorry. I did not see the right hon. Member for Newbury (Richard Benyon).24 Jun 2019HANSARDEngagementsOn the climate emergency, the Prime Minister will know that I want her to go further and faster, but I congratulate her on facing down the Chancellor by legislating for net zero…12 Jun 2019HANSARDNet Zero Emissions TargetI do welcome this report, but I would welcome it a lot more if the Government had followed all the recommendations of the Committee on Climate Change, not just the ones that do…12 Jun 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Business of the HouseDoes the shadow Secretary of State share my anger and frustration at the way in which those words around taking back control have now been cynically reinterpreted to mean a…12 Jun 2019HANSARD Education FundingI congratulate the hon. Member for Sittingbourne and Sheppey (Gordon Henderson) on securing this important debate. My experience in Brighton and Hove echoes the many stories that…04 Jun 2019HANSARD Education FundingI have teachers in Brighton who are absolutely desperate because they can no longer provide the kind of SEN support they used to be able to. There was a wonderful programme called…04 Jun 2019HANSARDWild Animals in Circuses (No. 2) BillWill the Minister look again at the need to define “travelling circus” in the Bill? A concern exists that without such a definition, the law will be unclear on circuses that…07 May 2019HANSARDWild Animals in Circuses (No. 2) BillThe Minister is setting out the history—the long time it has taken to get the Bill to this point. Although I very much welcome the fact that it is here, it is very overdue. Will…07 May 2019HANSARDEnvironment and Climate ChangeAnswer the question, Mr Gove.01 May 2019HANSARDEnvironment and Climate ChangeI am grateful to the Secretary of State for giving way. His words are honeyed, as ever, but we need action, not just words. Last week, Greta Thunberg talked about the emergency…01 May 2019HANSARDEnvironment and Climate ChangeThe failure to act with sufficient ambition to avert the climate catastrophe will be the greatest moral failure of our time. The industrial world’s destruction of our planet is…01 May 2019HANSARDEnvironment and Climate ChangeI welcome that Labour is now following the Green party lead in calling for a climate emergency, but does the right hon. Gentleman agree that fossil fuel subsidies make a mockery…01 May 2019HANSARD Climate Change PolicyThe Minister regularly takes me to task for not being positive enough about her Government, so I am going to surprise her. I am going to overlook the fracking, the expansion of…23 Apr 2019HANSARD Climate Action and Extinction RebellionI thank Greta Thunberg and the climate strikers, and Extinction Rebellion, for showing more climate leadership on the streets than we often see in this Chamber. The Minister says…23 Apr 2019