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HANSARD Offshore Petroleum Licensing BillThe right hon. Lady knows as well as I do that most of the gas we import comes from Norway, where gas production is half as polluting as it is in the UK, so let us not have all…22 Jan 2024HANSARD Offshore Petroleum Licensing BillI thank the hon. Member for his point and it is incredibly well made. I shall say a little more on that subject very shortly. Essentially, this Bill is nothing more than reckless…22 Jan 2024HANSARDEngagementsMr Speaker, “Until the UK Government calls for an immediate ceasefire, it is complicit in the horrors…in Gaza.” Those are not my words but those of the head of Oxfam who, like…17 Jan 2024HANSARD Clean Air (Human Rights)I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to establish the right to breathe clean air; to require the Secretary of State to achieve and maintain clean air in England;…17 Jan 2024HANSARDNet Zero Targets: BusinessesThe Minister will know that the Climate Change Committee has a key role in advising the Government on their path to net zero, but he will also know that 18 months on from the…16 Jan 2024HANSARD Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillWill the right hon. Gentleman give way?16 Jan 2024HANSARD Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI just point out to the right hon. Gentleman that people arrive in small boats because legal routes have been blocked. When it comes to his amendment in particular, clause 4 of…16 Jan 2024HANSARD Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillWill the right hon. Member give way?16 Jan 2024HANSARDDefending the UK and AlliesThe Foreign Secretary said yesterday that the purpose of the air strikes in Yemen was to send a message, but the message that we intend to send is not necessarily the message that…15 Jan 2024HANSARDStorm HenkThe Minister says that his thoughts and sympathies are with all those affected but, frankly, his words ring hollow. Not only are the Government are failing to protect existing…08 Jan 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillThe right hon. Lady is making a powerful case that seeking to legislate by assertion that Rwanda is safe is as dangerous as it is ridiculous. Does she agree that those who claim…12 Dec 2023HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillThis year is the 75th anniversary of the universal declaration of human rights. What an irony, and what a shameful indictment of Ministers, that our Government are marking it by…12 Dec 2023HANSARDIsrael and PalestineLike everyone who has watched the footage and read the accounts of the Hamas atrocities on 7 October, and anyone who has followed the utter devastation and mass killing happening…11 Dec 2023HANSARD Points of OrderOn the point made by the right hon. Member for Suffolk Coastal (Dr Coffey) and just now by the Minister, they will know that there is one person representing my party and I cannot…29 Nov 2023HANSARD Points of Orderrose—29 Nov 2023HANSARDCOP28I thank the Minister for her response. COP28 will be the most consequential climate summit since COP21 in Paris, yet we are way off track. The UN’s recent emissions gap report…29 Nov 2023HANSARDCOP28(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero if she will provide an update on the UK Government’s commitments in relation to COP28.29 Nov 2023HANSARD Points of OrderOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I was very grateful to Mr Speaker for granting my urgent question, but do you have any advice on what can be done when a Minister simply…29 Nov 2023HANSARDCOP28There were no answers!29 Nov 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt now seems clear that the funds that the Government plan to commit to loss and damage at COP28 will come from the UK’s existing climate finance commitments. We cannot tackle the…28 Nov 2023