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HANSARD Exiting the European Union (Environmental Protection)I will be quick, because there is an important debate coming up. I thank right hon. and hon. Members who have contributed to this afternoon’s debate. I particularly thank the hon.…08 Oct 2019HANSARD Exiting the European Union (Environmental Protection)I thank my right hon. Friend very much for his kind words and his intervention. He is absolutely right. We need a hugely ambitious tree planting programme for this country. We do…08 Oct 2019HANSARD Exiting the European Union (Environmental Protection)I thank my hon. Friend for his intervention and all the work he has done on these and associated issues. I could not agree with him more. I look forward to the publication of our…08 Oct 2019HANSARD Exiting the European Union (Environmental Protection)I beg to move, That the draft Environment and Wildlife (Legislative Functions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2019, which were laid before this House on 24 July, be approved.…08 Oct 2019HANSARDClimate JusticeClimate change and biodiversity were top priorities for the Government at the recent UN General Assembly. The UK played a leading role, with the Prime Minister announcing a…02 Oct 2019HANSARD Trophy Hunting ImportsIt is certainly right that wild boar are culled. There is a live discussion about whether there should be a protected season for wild boar, given that they are now prevalent…02 Oct 2019HANSARDClimate JusticeI thank my hon. Friend for his kind words. He is exactly right to say that we will have no hope at all of tackling poverty globally if we do not take a bigger interest in…02 Oct 2019HANSARDClimate JusticeAs we heard from the Secretary of State in his first answer, we have committed serious sums of money to enabling smallholders around the world to adapt to climate change. We have…02 Oct 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am pleased that the CDC has made no new investments at all in coal-fired power stations since 2012, and that increasingly UK ODA supports renewable energy. I am assured that as…02 Oct 2019HANSARD Trophy Hunting ImportsMy hon. Friend pre-empts the point I was about to make. We have to separate the ethical arguments from the scientific ones. If the scientific evidence can show that trophy hunting…02 Oct 2019HANSARDClimate JusticeI commend my hon. Friend for all her work on this issue. She is absolutely right, and that is why, when the Prime Minister spoke at the UN, he emphasised the importance of…02 Oct 2019HANSARD Trophy Hunting ImportsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hosie, and I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Mid Derbyshire (Mrs Latham) on securing this debate. Over the past…02 Oct 2019HANSARDClimate JusticeGiven what we know about the science in relation to climate change and what we know about what is happening to biodiversity, habitat and species loss, it is absolutely right that…02 Oct 2019HANSARDClimate JusticeI thank the hon. Lady for her question, but I do not agree that I did not answer the previous one. We provide £5.8 billion for climate finance at the moment, and that will double…02 Oct 2019HANSARDKew Gardens (Leases) (No. 3) Bill [Lords]It is a rare opportunity for a Member to be able to speak on legislation that pertains almost exclusively to his or her constituency, but I have that honour today, because the…24 Jun 2019HANSARD Climate ChangeMy hon. Friend is making a hugely important point. Earlier he talked about the need to balance the need to reduce emissions with concerns about jobs. Does he agree that we have…24 Jun 2019HANSARDKew Gardens (Leases) (No. 3) Bill [Lords]That is absolutely right. I am delighted that the Government have taken up this small, uncontroversial but nevertheless important Bill. Members who have visited Kew Gardens will…24 Jun 2019HANSARD Jewish Refugees from the Middle East and North AfricaI apologise for intervening on my right hon. Friend while she was mid flow. I congratulate her on securing this historic and hugely important debate. The US and Canadian…19 Jun 2019HANSARD Jewish Refugees from the Middle East and North AfricaWill my right hon. Friend give way?19 Jun 2019HANSARDHammersmith BridgeI am very disappointed that they have not done so. I understand the temptation for the Government to see this as a local issue, but it is much more than that. Greater London has…13 Jun 2019