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HANSARD Agriculture: Sustainable Intensification and MetricsI completely agree with the hon. Gentleman. Soils play a hugely important part in the wider metrics of agriculture. Knowing the Minister very well, I know that she shares a…22 Feb 2022HANSARD Agriculture: Sustainable Intensification and MetricsI beg to move, That this House has considered sustainable intensification and metrics in agriculture. It is a pleasure, as always, to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies. In…22 Feb 2022HANSARD Agriculture: Sustainable Intensification and MetricsAbsolutely. We have to produce more food, but we have to do so in an environmentally friendly way. We have to protect the environment at the same time—there is a balance to be…22 Feb 2022HANSARD Agriculture: Sustainable Intensification and MetricsI completely agree with the hon. Member that we have to ensure that we protect our farming communities and that people do not leave farming. It is so important that we have…22 Feb 2022HANSARD Agriculture: Sustainable Intensification and MetricsMy hon. Friend makes a very good point. I thought he was about to call for DEFRA to come to his constituency; I would argue that York would make a fantastic location too. The…22 Feb 2022HANSARDRegional GrowthMy right hon. Friend knows the importance of local rail connections to regional growth in the north. With the publication of the integrated rail plan, will he confirm that the…07 Dec 2021HANSARD Antimicrobial ResistanceIt is a pleasure not only to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Gary, but to speak in this important debate. I warmly thank my hon. Friend the Member for Thirsk and Malton (Kevin…07 Dec 2021HANSARDRegional Growth18. What steps his Department is taking to encourage regional growth across the UK.07 Dec 2021HANSARD Great British Railways: HeadquartersI beg to move, That this House has considered the matter of York’s bid to host the headquarters of Great British Railways. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr…24 Nov 2021HANSARD Great British Railways: HeadquartersI thank my right hon. Friend for that intervention, based on which I consider that he might have had sight of my speech, because I will come on to that point. He is absolutely…24 Nov 2021HANSARD Great British Railways: HeadquartersI thank the hon. Member—I was going to call her my hon. Friend—and neighbour. I think she might have seen my speech as well, because I was going to touch on skills. She is…24 Nov 2021HANSARD Great British Railways: HeadquartersIt will come as no surprise to my hon. Friend that I am not going to agree with that, but I understand that she is putting her case forward, as she always does extremely well. I…24 Nov 2021HANSARD Great British Railways: HeadquartersI could not have put it better myself. I completely agree with my hon. Friend: it is about the skill base and the digital future. We have that wider skill base, which I will…24 Nov 2021HANSARD Great British Railways: HeadquartersAutomation, yes. I thank my hon. Friend for putting me right on that. The University of Leeds is currently developing the new state-of-the-art Institute for High Speed Rail and…24 Nov 2021HANSARD Great British Railways: HeadquartersAbsolutely. The location is perfect, with the brownfield regeneration site that interlinks with the Network Rail headquarters and all the skills around there, as we have touched…24 Nov 2021HANSARD Great British Railways: HeadquartersI am bound to agree with that, as someone who lives and works on the edge of York, as many people in this debate do. We all know what a fantastic place York is to live and to work…24 Nov 2021HANSARD Great British Railways: HeadquartersI bow to my right hon. Friend’s knowledge of history, but yes, absolutely—the precedent is there. This issue is also about the future, as we have said. Nevertheless, I entirely…24 Nov 2021HANSARDCOP26: Policy ObjectivesGiven the Government’s recent wise decision to recognise that environment-saving gene-editing technology should be recognised differently from GM—genetic modification—will…20 Oct 2021HANSARDCOP26: Policy Objectives1. What his policy objectives are for COP26.20 Oct 2021HANSARDNHS CapacityMy wonderful local charity York Against Cancer has been approached by York Hospital regarding the part funding of a da Vinci robotic cancer surgery system. This revolutionary…19 Oct 2021