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HANSARDExtreme Heat PreparednessLast year’s advice report by the Adaptation Committee stated that “the gap between the level of risk we face and the level of adaptation underway has widened. Adaptation action…18 Jul 2022HANSARD Protecting and Restoring Nature: COP15 and BeyondI congratulate the hon. Member for Brighton, Pavilion (Caroline Lucas) on securing the debate and on making such a terrific speech. As she said, the forthcoming COP matters…14 Jul 2022HANSARD Protecting and Restoring Nature: COP15 and BeyondI agree completely. There are one or two insects in the north of Scotland—midges in particular—that can cause a certain amount of distress, but just think of the glory of the…14 Jul 2022HANSARD Protecting and Restoring Nature: COP15 and BeyondAh! The right hon. Gentleman has returned.14 Jul 2022HANSARD Protecting and Restoring Nature: COP15 and BeyondYes, I do. There was cross-party support in the House of Commons for the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 and the creation of marine conservation zones. We basically have a…14 Jul 2022HANSARD Protecting and Restoring Nature: COP15 and BeyondI was not aware of that—I am now—and what a great idea for countries to work together in that way. When we were taking the Bill that became the 2009 Act through Parliament, I was…14 Jul 2022HANSARD Protecting and Restoring Nature: COP15 and BeyondI agree completely. There should be no limit to the number of trees that we can plant. We can each play our part if we have the opportunity. As MPs, because of the nature of our…14 Jul 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillThe right hon. and learned Gentleman referred earlier to the three bits of the protocol that the Bill specifically prevents from being excluded—namely, rights of individuals, the…13 Jul 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillIn respect of supermarket deliveries to Northern Ireland, it is really dead simple: those supermarkets sell only in Northern Ireland, so they would, of course, be appropriate for…13 Jul 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillWe clearly have a problem, the absence of the Assembly and the Executive, and the cause is the operation of the protocol. I have said many times to European colleagues I have…13 Jul 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillI agree with the hon. Gentleman completely about the need for a veterinary agreement. Is one advantage of an EU-UK veterinary agreement that it would deal with the objections that…13 Jul 2022HANSARDAmbulance Services and National Heatwave EmergencyFurther to the question about strokes, as we know, every minute counts. The Minister just told the House that in not every case is the ambulance response meeting the 18-minute…13 Jul 2022HANSARDDraft Financial Services Act 2021 (Prudential Regulation of Credit Institutions and Investment Firms) (Consequential Amendments and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2022It is really about general policy, not the specific Department. If we go to the dashboard, do we assume that it shows the most up-to-date version of retained EU law, which would…12 Jul 2022HANSARDDraft Financial Services Act 2021 (Prudential Regulation of Credit Institutions and Investment Firms) (Consequential Amendments and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2022I seek a point of clarification. Part of the measure seeks to amend retained direct EU legislation. The Government recently published their dashboard where we can go and see…12 Jul 2022HANSARDStrategy for International DevelopmentThe right approach is to consider an asylum application and to make a swift decision. As the right hon. Member for Sutton Coldfield pointed out, the large majority of those…06 Jul 2022HANSARDStrategy for International DevelopmentI had the great privilege of serving for nearly four years as the International Development Secretary, and I worked with many people— including the right hon. Member for Sutton…06 Jul 2022HANSARDCHOGM, G7 and NATO SummitsFurther to the question from the right hon. Member for Bournemouth East (Mr Ellwood), the Prime Minister will know that time is running out to get grain to the hundreds of…04 Jul 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillI am not going to give way, as I want to keep to time. Of course there are products where it can reasonably be argued that there is a potential risk. I wish we had spent the time…27 Jun 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillI suspect that when the Foreign Secretary was campaigning for Britain to remain in the European Union, she never in a million years thought she would be standing here proposing a…27 Jun 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillThe Bill is proof, if ever it were needed, that Brexit is not done. It was always going to be difficult to reconcile leaving the EU with the challenge of an open border and so it…27 Jun 2022