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HANSARD Business of the HouseSellafield is one of our most sensitive sites for energy and national security. New reports in The Guardian have revealed a damaging and potentially ongoing cyber-security breach…07 Dec 2023HANSARDEngagementsQ11. When the Prime Minister is taking a dip in his pool or is on the beach at his place in California, he does not have to worry about swimming in sewage. The rest of us do not…06 Dec 2023HANSARD Water Companies: Executive BonusesThe Minister knows perfectly well that we opposed some of these measures during the passage of the Environment Bill because we did not think it was strong enough. The Bill was…05 Dec 2023HANSARD Water Companies: Executive BonusesAs toxic sewage spills into our lakes, rivers and seas, it is clear that the Government are up to their neck in it—and this is not a stand-alone scandal. It perfectly encapsulates…05 Dec 2023HANSARDCOP28The UN has warned that the world is on course for a catastrophic 2.8°C of warming, in part because promises made at COP26 and COP27 have not been fulfilled. We are running out of…29 Nov 2023HANSARDClimate Change Committee: Progress ReportI have to say that I spent the first 40 years of my life in Bedfordshire and I had no idea that Bedfordshire Day was a thing, but happy Bedfordshire Day anyway. Fifteen years ago,…28 Nov 2023HANSARDLegislation on Dangerous DogsI am genuinely conflicted about this. I was on the EFRA Select Committee when it conducted a previous inquiry into the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991, which was rushed through and not…27 Nov 2023HANSARDFlood Recovery FundingI thank the Minister for that response. He will know that there are real concerns about whether that funding is adequate—I think he will hear about that in a moment—but can I ask…22 Nov 2023HANSARDFlood Recovery Funding7. What assessment he has made of the adequacy of the funding for flood recovery in Northern Ireland announced on 8 November 2023.22 Nov 2023HANSARD COP28The Minister will also know that the Government had to be taken to court, because it is one thing declaring targets and ambitions, but unless they have the strategy— […16 Nov 2023HANSARD COP28In all the conversations I have with businesses, they say that they want certainty and a strategic sense of direction; they want to know where they are going, so we should not…16 Nov 2023HANSARD COP28The Minister will have an opportunity to respond in his wind-up at the end, but I suppose I will give way once more.16 Nov 2023HANSARD COP28I welcome the Minister’s enthusiasm and recognition that peatlands have an important role to play but, at the moment, they are emitting carbon because of how they are treated in…16 Nov 2023HANSARD COP28It was a Labour Climate Change Act brought in by the now shadow Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, my right hon. Friend the Member for Doncaster North (Edward…16 Nov 2023HANSARD COP28Simon Stiell, the UN climate executive secretary, said at COP27 that we need “everybody, everywhere in the world, every single day, doing everything they possibly can to address…16 Nov 2023HANSARD COP28I welcome what the Minister has said. I think that another problem for those countries is coming up with the evidence base to demonstrate the impact that climate change is having…16 Nov 2023HANSARD COP28The Minister may recall being on the Green Benches in 2008 when the Labour Government introduced the world’s first Climate Change Act, which was then adopted by more than 100…16 Nov 2023HANSARDEngagementsQ7. A new generation of drugs, Orkambi, Symkevi and Kaftrio, is transforming the lives of patients with cystic fibrosis. People who would otherwise be waiting for double lung…15 Nov 2023HANSARDIllegal ImmigrationThe Rwanda scheme is callous, inhumane and ineffective; one might say the same about the former Home Secretary. That is why I welcome the new Home Secretary to his post, on the…15 Nov 2023HANSARDIsrael and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesAt the last FCDO questions, I asked the Minister twice about getting fuel through to hospitals, and highlighted in particular the plight of women due to give birth in appalling…14 Nov 2023