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HANSARD Public Order BillI thank my hon. Friend for giving way. She is making a very powerful speech in support of her amendments. I was with her at the demonstration outside New Scotland Yard following…18 Oct 2022HANSARD Public Order BillMy hon. Friend is making an absolutely excellent speech. The right to roam would not have happened without the mass trespass at Kinder Scout in the 1930s. We owe our liberties to…18 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic UpdateWe live in a deeply divided country and a deeply divided society. There are more poor people than ever, more people accessing food banks than ever before and more children growing…17 Oct 2022HANSARDThe Growth PlanWill the Chancellor of the Exchequer explain where the morality is in giving a huge increase in income to the very richest in our society and threatening the benefits of the very…23 Sept 2022HANSARD Shale Gas ExtractionWhat studies has the Secretary of State undertaken of the effect on aquifers where fracking has taken place, which are deeply polluted and run well beyond the local communities he…22 Sept 2022HANSARDSewage PollutionIs it not obvious that all these years of privatisation, all the billions that have been paid out in dividends and profits and the massive levels of executive pay have meant that…06 Sept 2022HANSARDExtreme Heat PreparednessI thank the hon. Member for Brighton, Pavilion (Caroline Lucas) for securing this important question. It must be very obvious that in this age of extremes—extreme heat, extreme…18 Jul 2022HANSARDConfidence in Her Majesty’s GovernmentI am grateful to the Prime Minister for taking a break from his fantasy tour of this country. Could he take one moment to explain why 14 million people in this country are living…18 Jul 2022HANSARDEnvironment, Food and Rural AffairsHas the Minister had a chance to look at the comments made yesterday by Emma Howard Boyd, the chair of the Environment Agency, concerning the behaviour of water companies and the…15 Jul 2022HANSARD British Special Forces in Afghanistan: New AllegationsThe sad fact is that it seems that a large number of people died, and the allegations made against the special services are very serious indeed. Does the Minister think it…14 Jul 2022HANSARD Protecting and Restoring Nature: COP15 and BeyondI am really pleased that this debate is happening today and that we are able to have a serious discussion about the effects of climate change on biodiversity. We have to be…14 Jul 2022HANSARD Protecting and Restoring Nature: COP15 and BeyondMy right hon. Friend’s point about connectivity is very important. Is he aware of the agreement between a number of central American countries to create a wildlife corridor for…14 Jul 2022HANSARD Protecting and Restoring Nature: COP15 and BeyondI absolutely agree with what the right hon. Gentleman has just said. Does he not also think that we have to do something about the market for very rare, valuable tropical…14 Jul 2022HANSARD Protecting and Restoring Nature: COP15 and BeyondThe hon. Lady is making an excellent speech and I agree with her on protecting habitats, grasslands and other places. However, does she also accept that isolated protection does…14 Jul 2022HANSARD Protecting and Restoring Nature: COP15 and BeyondHas the Minister had a chance to look at the comments made yesterday by Emma Howard Boyd, the chair of the Environment Agency, concerning the behaviour of water companies and the…14 Jul 2022HANSARD Protecting and Restoring Nature: COP15 and BeyondI absolutely agree that there has to be a measurement of the effect on the natural world and the environment, measurements of human inequality and all the normal GDP measurements.…14 Jul 2022HANSARD Protecting and Restoring Nature: COP15 and BeyondWill my hon. Friend give way?14 Jul 2022HANSARDNon-proliferation Treaty: 50th Anniversary ReviewIt is an absolute pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mr Dowd. I thank the hon. Member for Brighton, Pavilion (Caroline Lucas) for what she said and for the work she has done…13 Jul 2022HANSARDNon-proliferation Treaty: 50th Anniversary ReviewI am interested in the outline that the Minister is giving us of what will happen in New York. Could he assure us—I think a number of my colleagues raised the question—that…13 Jul 2022HANSARDNon-proliferation Treaty: 50th Anniversary ReviewIn response to what the Minister just said and what my hon. Friend the Member for Leeds North East (Fabian Hamilton) said earlier, after the NPT conference will the Minister be in…13 Jul 2022