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HANSARD Animal Welfare StrategyAs the hon. Member will probably know, that is a joint responsibility with the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, which leads on it. We are working closely with…18 Dec 2025HANSARD Animal Welfare StrategyIn the new year, we will issue a consultation on banning trail hunting, as we committed to do in our manifesto. My hon. Friend is right in the things she says about it.18 Dec 2025HANSARD Animal Welfare StrategyI am sure that there will be opportunities in the new year to have a discussion about the animal welfare strategy. I will be able to confirm the answer to the hon. Member’s…18 Dec 2025HANSARD Animal Welfare StrategyI have ordered my meat from my local butcher already. It is a bit late in the day, but I thank my hon. Friend for the reminder to those who may not have done so already. We want…18 Dec 2025HANSARD Animal Welfare StrategyThank you, Mr Speaker. I think you have much in common with my hon. Friend. I thank her for her doughty campaigning on this issue. The work we are doing on the Veterinary Surgeons…18 Dec 2025HANSARD Animal Welfare StrategyI want to reassure the shadow Minister that we will publish the animal welfare strategy before Christmas, as we have promised. He is right that we face a number of significant…18 Dec 2025HANSARD Animal Welfare StrategyMay I start by thanking the right hon. Gentleman’s wife for her service over the Christmas period? I am glad to hear that, by the sound of it, he will be spending a lot of time in…18 Dec 2025HANSARD Animal Welfare StrategyI thank the hon. Gentleman, on behalf of the whole House, for what he has just said, and for his service, before he became a Member and since. This is a really important area, and…18 Dec 2025HANSARD Animal Welfare StrategyI say politely to the right hon. Gentleman that the time to raise those issues was earlier today.18 Dec 2025HANSARD Animal Welfare StrategyI could not agree more. I was not a Member of this House during the last Labour Government, but as a proud Labour member, I am proud that that Government banned foxhunting. I…18 Dec 2025HANSARDEnvironmental Improvement Plan 2025Today I am laying the environmental improvement plan 2025 in Parliament. This sets out a road map for improving the natural environment. It explains how this Government will…01 Dec 2025HANSARDAccess to NatureI am a Buckinghamshire Member, Mr Speaker, but there we go. The Government are delivering our manifesto commitments to improve access to nature and deliver three national forests.…13 Nov 2025HANSARDAccess to NatureI commend my hon. Friend for championing the Wetland Arc project in his constituency. Wetlands enhance water quality and biodiversity, and provide effective natural flood…13 Nov 2025HANSARDAccess to NatureI am a keen cyclist myself, so I might visit the hon. Lady as well. As we set out in our manifesto, the Government are committed to improving access to nature, and I look forward…13 Nov 2025HANSARDAccess to NatureI am delighted to be at these questions for the first time, but I must say that the Conservatives have some brass neck. Under their Government, they could not even be bothered to…13 Nov 2025HANSARDWater Sector ReformThe Government will publish a White Paper later this year outlining our vision for the future of the water sector, making the most fundamental reform of our water system in a…13 Nov 2025HANSARDWater Sector ReformI thank my hon. Friend for her campaigning on this issue. We recognise the scale of the challenge facing our water system and are taking decisive action to reset the sector. We…13 Nov 2025HANSARDWater Sector ReformMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. Under this Labour Government, there is nowhere to hide for polluting water companies. We have overseen record fines on water companies and are…13 Nov 2025HANSARDWater Sector ReformI share the public’s frustration with what has happened in recent years, but I reassure her that we will take decisive action. We have already passed the Water (Special Measures)…13 Nov 2025HANSARDWater Sector ReformI thank the hon. Member for his question, and I look forward to working with him on this issue. We will look at pre-pipe solutions in the forthcoming White Paper, which I look…13 Nov 2025