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HANSARD Agriculture BillThis goes to the heart of why Labour is supporting the reasoned amendment and does not want to allow Second Reading to go through. In the last Parliament, we supported the Second…03 Feb 2020HANSARD Agriculture BillI congratulate the hon. Member for Ynys Môn (Virginia Crosbie) on her maiden speech. Her Welsh pronunciation sounded absolutely fine to me, but what would I know? Perhaps my…03 Feb 2020HANSARD Agriculture BillYes, I think that that is very much the case. As I am fond of saying, the F in DEFRA stands for food, not just farming. Food is quite cheap and there are question marks about who…03 Feb 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsT6. The EU copyright directive could be of real help to those who make perhaps a modest living in the creative industries. Actors who appeared in shows such as “Casualty” or…16 Jan 2020HANSARDA Green Industrial RevolutionI congratulate the hon. Member for Barrow and Furness (Simon Fell)—that is clearly where he gets his ease of manner, and he already seems like a veteran of the Chamber. I have…15 Jan 2020HANSARDA Green Industrial RevolutionI am very disappointed that the hon. Member for South Dorset (Richard Drax) has mentioned the 75% figure, which was also mentioned by the Foreign Office Minister who gave the…15 Jan 2020HANSARDFlybeI entirely accept the importance of regional airports to jobs—Bristol airport is on my doorstep and I was a director of London Luton airport in my days as a councillor in…14 Jan 2020HANSARD Australian BushfiresIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Madam Deputy Speaker. I was really quite shocked that in her statement the Minister did not mention climate change once; it is surely the…09 Jan 2020HANSARDAgricultural SectorFarmers made it clear in Oxford this week that they simply do not trust the Government’s assurances. Will the right hon. Gentleman and the Secretary of State for Environment, Food…09 Jan 2020HANSARDPer Pupil FundingHaving grown up in Bristol, the Chancellor will be familiar with the education system there, but we have a crisis in funding for special educational needs provision. More children…07 Jan 2020HANSARDSyria15. What recent assessment he has made of conditions for civilians in Syria.05 Nov 2019HANSARDSyriaMay I add my congratulations to you, Mr Speaker? Save the Children has identified around 60 British children who are stranded in north-east Syria. The Government have said that we…05 Nov 2019HANSARDCystic Fibrosis Drugs4. What progress has been made in enabling the provision of Orkambi on the NHS.29 Oct 2019HANSARDCystic Fibrosis DrugsI am obviously delighted by this news, and the Secretary of State will know how delighted my family were, because when the news broke I showed him the family WhatsApp with lots of…29 Oct 2019HANSARD Environment BillI, too, hope that I will be able to serve on the Bill Committee. I welcome the direction of travel and the fact that we are discussing these issues in such detail. However, given…28 Oct 2019HANSARDRestoring Nature and Climate ChangeYes, soil is a huge issue. The Environmental Audit Committee did a very good inquiry on it a few years ago, and the all-party parliamentary group on agroecology for sustainable…28 Oct 2019HANSARDRestoring Nature and Climate ChangeIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Hosie. The parliamentary authorities are doing their bit to combat global warming by not having the heating on today—I sent for my…28 Oct 2019HANSARDRestoring Nature and Climate ChangeYes, that is really important. I think that there should be a ban on the burning of blanket bogs. I will have something to say about grouse moors in a moment. Another issue is…28 Oct 2019HANSARDPlastic Food and Drink PackagingThere is a counter-argument for some of this packaging, particularly when it comes to cucumbers. The hon. Gentleman will find people who say that if we are trying to address food…24 Oct 2019HANSARDPlastic Food and Drink PackagingMy researcher loves going to Scilly; he is going there for Christmas. He was showing me in the office just now that it is 12 °C in Scilly and the sun is shining. He was rather…24 Oct 2019