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HANSARDSt Patrick’s DayAs people might be able to guess, I too have an Irish father. It is obviously a difficult time to celebrate St Patrick’s Day, and the celebrations are very muted. Last year, I…17 Mar 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Fifth sitting)I beg to move amendment 76, in clause 1, page 1, line 17, at end insert— “(e) global footprint.”17 Mar 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Fifth sitting)Amendments 76 to 78 are intrinsically linked with new clause 5, which we will come to, which is about the enforcement mechanism and due diligence in supply chains that would allow…17 Mar 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Fifth sitting)I know that the 25-year plan will be incorporated as the first environmental plan, but my point was that by adding amendment 76 and the fifth priority on the global footprint, we…17 Mar 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Fifth sitting)I will have to go back and read what the Minister said, because I am rather confused. She seems to be jumping around all over the place. On one hand, she says a global footprint…17 Mar 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Fifth sitting)As I said, I want to revisit that, because I thought the Minister was making an argument against being able to pursue targets. She did not adequately make the case for not having…17 Mar 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Sixth sitting)Can the Minister reassure us that the 2022 deadline does not mean that progress on those issues will not be made or that we cannot have interim targets before we reach the…17 Mar 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Sixth sitting)I will be very brief. I entirely support what my hon. Friend says about the need for interim targets. We have seen how the carbon budgets work under the Climate Change Act. There…17 Mar 2020HANSARDSentience and Welfare of AnimalsFor clarity, Sir Roger, may I ask whether I have a set amount of time, or until 6 o’clock? I do not intend to speak until 6 o’clock, but the position is not that I specifically…16 Mar 2020HANSARDSentience and Welfare of AnimalsThe manifesto was obviously for the election towards the end of last year, and we then had a Queen’s Speech. One would have thought that if there was a manifesto commitment to do…16 Mar 2020HANSARD Caging of Farm AnimalsI beg to move, That this House has considered e-petition 243448 relating to the caging of farm animals. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies, and to…16 Mar 2020HANSARD Caging of Farm AnimalsI thank everyone who took part in the debate. As the shadow Minister, my hon. Friend the Member for Cambridge (Daniel Zeichner), said, the debate was poorly timed as the 6 pm…16 Mar 2020HANSARDSentience and Welfare of AnimalsI assume that my hon. Friend is referring to the same Guardian article that I mentioned in connection with the Agriculture Bill. It is hard to believe that the Secretary of State…16 Mar 2020HANSARDSentience and Welfare of AnimalsI beg to move, That this House has considered e-petition 242239 relating to the sentience and welfare of animals. It is a genuine pleasure to see you in the Chair, Sir Roger,…16 Mar 2020HANSARD Caging of Farm AnimalsThat was chicken joke!16 Mar 2020HANSARDSentience and Welfare of AnimalsThe hon. Member for West Dorset (Chris Loder) can be excused, because he is very new, but we did spend quite a lot of time in the last Parliament debating an increase in animal…16 Mar 2020HANSARDSentience and Welfare of AnimalsI sort of look forward to that, but if the research is due to run from May to November, and if this legislation has to be in place by the end of December, and given that we will…16 Mar 2020HANSARDSentience and Welfare of AnimalsOkay. I will not take up that much time. The Minister’s response has left me thoroughly confused and more than a little concerned, and I think that the people from the campaign “A…16 Mar 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Third sitting)Q My question is specifically directed at ClientEarth. You have taken the Government to court over their failures on air pollution three times now. Do you feel that the Bill gives…12 Mar 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Fourth sitting)Q On the health and wellbeing point, it was mentioned as a possible objective, but we took evidence this morning about air quality and water quality, and witnesses in both…12 Mar 2020