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HANSARDPlastic Food and Drink PackagingI thank the Chair of the Select Committee for giving way. Will he join me in congratulating Surfers Against Sewage for all the work it has done on a plastic-free Parliament? We…24 Oct 2019HANSARDPlastic Food and Drink PackagingOn a point of clarification, I understand that the EU is currently reviewing both the extended producer responsibility rules and the essential requirements in the packaging waste…24 Oct 2019HANSARDBusesBristol has bucked the trend of declining bus use, and under the Bristol bus deal we are investing in bus prioritisation measures and infrastructure, and in return the bus…24 Oct 2019HANSARDBuses7. What steps he is taking to increase bus patronage.24 Oct 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsT7. Yellowhammer identified possible food shortages and food price rises that would have a disproportionate impact on vulnerable groups. What work are Ministers doing with…23 Oct 2019HANSARDTB in Cattle and BadgersI have been out with Avon Wildlife Trust, which has an excellent badger vaccination programme. The cull is now being rolled out to Avon, and we have a ridiculous situation where…23 Oct 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsT2. British companies have been shown to be complicit in the fires and deforestation in the Amazon through their investments and supply chains. Will the Minister look at…22 Oct 2019HANSARDThe Climate EmergencyI tried to intervene on the Secretary of State about this. I and the Chair of the Select Committee tabled new clauses 1 and 4 to the Agriculture Bill to say there should be no…17 Oct 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseIt is an almost universally observed convention of this House that there is a two-week period between the first laying of a Bill and its Second Reading, yet on Wednesday we have…17 Oct 2019HANSARDFreeportsThe Prime Minister has suggested that there would be about six freeports. What assessment has the Minister made of the impact that that would have on ports that are not chosen to…17 Oct 2019HANSARDThe Climate EmergencyMy hon. Friend has already mentioned the fact that we are financing fossil fuels overseas while trying to reduce their usage here, but we also consume 3.3 million tonnes of soya…17 Oct 2019HANSARD Portishead RailwayI wish to reaffirm my support for what the right hon. Member for North Somerset (Dr Fox) said in his speech. I remember back in 2005, when I was first elected, that we talked…16 Oct 2019HANSARDUnregulated Accommodation: 16 to 17-year-oldsThe hon. Gentleman is being generous in giving way, and he raises some important points. For some time I have been pushing for a regulator of supported housing for people with…15 Oct 2019HANSARDTurkish Incursion into Northern SyriaI note that the Foreign Secretary has not responded to my hon. Friends the Members for Oxford East (Anneliese Dodds) and for Brighton, Kemptown (Lloyd Russell-Moyle) on the…15 Oct 2019HANSARD Racism in FootballThe Minister was quite complimentary about the way that the protocol worked last night. Kick It Out has issued a statement, saying that “UEFA must explain why players weren’t sent…15 Oct 2019HANSARDPrison Leavers: Accommodation10. What support his Department provides to help prison leavers secure appropriate accommodation on release.08 Oct 2019HANSARDPrison Leavers: AccommodationMy hon. Friend the Member for Sheffield, Heeley (Louise Haigh) mentioned today’s report which says that young offenders are being set up to fail when they are released. One…08 Oct 2019HANSARDAmazon DeforestationI will get to what I think needs to be done. Sanctions could play a part, but change in consumption habits could play a much bigger part, and that is something we each have some…07 Oct 2019HANSARDAmazon DeforestationI think so. There have been some interesting global initiatives or attempts at global initiatives. When I was a shadow Minister in the foreign affairs team, I remember meeting…07 Oct 2019HANSARDAmazon DeforestationCan I ask the Minister how this works in terms of co-operation between Government Departments? The other day in the Chamber, I asked the Secretary of State for Business, Energy…07 Oct 2019