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HANSARDFossil Fuel Advertising and SponsorshipWe know that we need to transition away from fossil fuels. My Climate and Nature Bill is a vital opportunity to back a joined-up, science-led approach to the climate and nature…07 Jul 2025HANSARDOther Correction…The petition was started by Antoinette Taylor and opened on 23 December 2024. As of 12 June 2025, it had gathered more than 159,000 signatures. Just two of those signatures were…30 Jun 2025HANSARDOther CorrectionGeo-engineering and the Environment The following extract is from the Westminster Hall debate on Geo-engineering and the Environment on 23 June 2025.30 Jun 2025HANSARDOther Correction…The petition was started by Antoinette Taylor and opened on 23 December 2024. As of 12 June 2025, it had gathered more than 159,000 signatures. Just 235 of those signatures were…30 Jun 2025HANSARDGP Funding: South-west EnglandI thank my hon. Friend the Member for Newton Abbot (Martin Wrigley) for securing this important debate on GP funding in the south-west, and for his passionate speech. I want to…25 Jun 2025HANSARDGeo-engineering and the EnvironmentI thank hon. Members for their contributions to the debate. I also thank my hon. Friend the Member for South Cambridgeshire (Pippa Heylings) for highlighting possible solutions,…23 Jun 2025HANSARDGeo-engineering and the EnvironmentI beg to move, That this House has considered e-petition 701963 relating to geo-engineering and the environment. The petition was started by Antoinette Taylor and opened on 23…23 Jun 2025HANSARD Battery Energy Storage Sites: Safety RegulationsAs the MP for South Cotswolds and an environmental campaigner who has spent decades campaigning for climate action, I would like to raise serious concerns about the unchecked…05 Jun 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseThe Leader of the House will be well aware that the global ocean treaty has still not had its passage through the House. With the first ever ocean conference of the parties coming…05 Jun 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [Lords]Does my hon. Friend agree that in rural constituencies like mine, bus routes are an absolute lifeline and a route out of poverty? When the 84 and 85 bus route was cut last year,…02 Jun 2025HANSARDGender Self-identificationI have worked closely with a member of my team who is a trans person in preparing this speech. It has been eye-opening for me, as a cis woman, to find out so much about the toll…19 May 2025HANSARDGender Self-identificationI wholeheartedly agree that equality means equality, no matter who the individual concerned may be. Even the Government’s much-lauded £5 GRC fee is meaningless when the necessary…19 May 2025HANSARDGender Self-identificationI absolutely agree. This already vulnerable group, many of whom struggle with mental health issues, are struggling even more as a result of the confusion arising from the ruling.…19 May 2025HANSARDGender Self-identificationI thank all the hon. Members who have spoken in support of this petition with understanding and empathy. As a Liberal Democrat, one of my foremost values is to create a society in…19 May 2025HANSARDGender Self-identificationDignity and respect are exactly what we are talking about, and I absolutely agree. For us, this is not about abstract debates, but about real lives, human beings and the…19 May 2025HANSARDGender Self-identificationI am keenly aware of the distress that the Supreme Court ruling has caused. It seems to fly in the face of common sense when somebody who is clearly living life as a female would,…19 May 2025HANSARDGender Self-identificationI beg to move, That this House has considered e-petition 701159 relating to transgender people self-identifying their legal gender. It is a pleasure to serve under your…19 May 2025HANSARDGender Self-identificationI wholeheartedly agree, and I associate myself with the hon. Member’s remarks. Let us take the example of Joelle, a trans woman who died of an eminently treatable cancer after…19 May 2025HANSARDEngagementsQ5. Under the Conservatives, inequality has surged. More than 14 million people—including 2,000 children in my constituency—now live in poverty, while the richest 1% see their…07 May 2025HANSARDSewageMy constituency contains the source of the Thames, so I could, in theory, row from my constituency to the House. I would like to celebrate the opening of the Thames tideway…23 Apr 2025