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HANSARD Net Zero Carbon Emissions: UK’s ProgressI thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention; I was simply trying to make progress and was not afraid of it. It is also clear that Brexit poses a risk to our environmental…28 Feb 2019HANSARD Net Zero Carbon Emissions: UK’s ProgressIndeed, and September 2016 was the last time that we debated climate change in the Chamber, which is shameful. The year 2018 was the fourth hottest year on record with average…28 Feb 2019HANSARD Net Zero Carbon Emissions: UK’s ProgressThe hon. Lady hits the nail on the head. We need to move faster and deeper. This is a climate emergency, and this place must stop taking as little interest in it as it has been…28 Feb 2019HANSARD Net Zero Carbon Emissions: UK’s ProgressWho doesn’t like AOC? She’s fantastic. The green new deal was something we started when my right hon. Friend the Member for Kingston and Surbiton (Sir Edward Davey) was Secretary…28 Feb 2019HANSARD Net Zero Carbon Emissions: UK’s ProgressI will make a little progress, if I may. Today’s debate could not be more urgent. Leading climate scientists at the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change have warned that…28 Feb 2019HANSARD Net Zero Carbon Emissions: UK’s ProgressI thank the hon. Gentleman for that point. As a former teacher, I am here because I want to prevent young people from having to do that again. We are coming up to exams, and it…28 Feb 2019HANSARD Net Zero Carbon Emissions: UK’s ProgressThe hon. Gentleman is right. Report after report and evidence after evidence show that the UK is not doing enough to drive down emissions.28 Feb 2019HANSARD Net Zero Carbon Emissions: UK’s ProgressMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. The theme of my speech today is that we are not doing enough.28 Feb 2019HANSARD Net Zero Carbon Emissions: UK’s ProgressI could not agree more. Climate change, as those young people were saying, is the biggest issue facing our planet, and in 2018 extreme weather hit every populated continent,…28 Feb 2019HANSARD Net Zero Carbon Emissions: UK’s ProgressI simply wish to say thank you so much to all those who have contributed to this incredibly important debate. I am pleased to hear from the Minister that, next time, Government…28 Feb 2019HANSARD Net Zero Carbon Emissions: UK’s ProgressThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. The hon. Member for Wakefield (Mary Creagh) should have waited for the speech from my right hon. Friend the Member for Kingston and Surbiton,…28 Feb 2019HANSARD Net Zero Carbon Emissions: UK’s ProgressSo where do we go from here? The COP24 summit in Katowice, where countries settled most elements of the rulebook for implementing the 2015 Paris agreement, did not go far enough.…28 Feb 2019HANSARD Net Zero Carbon Emissions: UK’s ProgressI will take one final intervention, and then I will plough on.28 Feb 2019HANSARD Net Zero Carbon Emissions: UK’s ProgressI would point out that decline is due to Liberal Democrat policies that we forced through in government. Here we are, and our aim must be that these students need not strike…28 Feb 2019HANSARD Net Zero Carbon Emissions: UK’s ProgressI beg to move, That this House has considered the UK’s progress toward net zero carbon emissions. I am incredibly grateful to the Backbench Business Committee for allocating time…28 Feb 2019HANSARDEngagementsQ3. One homeless person dying —[Interruption.]27 Feb 2019HANSARDEngagementsOne homeless person dying on our streets is enough for national shame, yet the latest figures show that in 2017 nearly 600 died. In that same year, the Vagrancy Act 1824 was used…27 Feb 2019HANSARDDepartment for EducationIndeed, we have heard about the higher needs block; that is yet another area where there is cost-shunting. On the twin-track system, what we need to do is look beyond: is one…26 Feb 2019HANSARDDepartment for EducationIt is a pleasure to speak in this debate. I would like to put on the record my thanks to the Backbench Business Committee, the hon. Member for Hackney South and Shoreditch (Meg…26 Feb 2019HANSARD Relationships and Sex EducationI too wholeheartedly welcome this guidance. When I was a teacher, these were the lessons that I loved teaching the most. However, without good training, without a full…25 Feb 2019