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HANSARDHammersmith Bridge2. If he will allocate funding to Transport for London for the repair of Hammersmith bridge.13 Jun 2019HANSARD Trophy HuntingMy right hon. Friend is right that there is no conservation value in that whatever. Colleagues will raise that issue in more detail, but I will touch on it shortly. My fear is…15 May 2019HANSARD Trophy HuntingI strongly agree, and I will come to that. On the claims about the conservation value of trophy hunting, I will make one other point. The findings that I described were echoed by…15 May 2019HANSARD Trophy HuntingThe Minister will not be able to answer now, but I hope that as she gathers the evidence, if it emerges—I believe it will—that the practice of trophy hunting has no net positive…15 May 2019HANSARD Trophy HuntingI beg to move, That this House has considered trophy hunting. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Christopher. This debate about trophy hunting takes place…15 May 2019HANSARD Trophy HuntingI thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. The statistics he cites are absolutely right. That is a mere blink in evolutionary terms; another blink of inaction, and we could…15 May 2019HANSARD Trophy HuntingI thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention, and I will come to the points he raised later. Despite the appalling background that I and others have already described, we do…15 May 2019HANSARD Trophy HuntingI think that issue will be raised later in the debate. It is not an issue that I know a huge amount about, but from what I do know, I very much share the hon. Lady’s concerns, and…15 May 2019HANSARD Trophy HuntingI cannot speak for the Government, but I will attempt to answer that question in the remaining minutes of my speech. I suspect that the right hon. Gentleman and I are largely on…15 May 2019HANSARD Trophy HuntingThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right to point to habitat loss, which is the biggest cause of extinction. I have an idea—I will mention it right at the end of the debate, if that…15 May 2019HANSARD Trophy HuntingI share my right hon. and learned Friend’s view, and I will come to that shortly. I thank him for his intervention. The third question for Ministers is: can we be confident that…15 May 2019HANSARD Trophy HuntingI could not agree more strongly. The best conservation projects harness the power of people at the grassroots—people who then directly benefit from an emerging economy in…15 May 2019HANSARDBird Nesting Sites: ProtectionI congratulate the Morans for initiating the debate and for putting the issue on the agenda in the way that they have; I assume these are the Morans in the Gallery. We have heard…13 May 2019HANSARDEnvironment and Climate ChangeThe right hon. Gentleman is correct to declare a climate emergency and a broader environment emergency. He talks about radical action, and one action that we need to take is to…01 May 2019HANSARDEnvironment and Climate ChangeDoes my right hon. Friend agree that part of any new deal for nature—it has been much discussed, and I hope it will be discussed again today—should be a significant shift in…01 May 2019HANSARD Loan ChargeI congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this important debate. In normal times, I think it would be considered even more important and taken even more seriously than it is being…04 Apr 2019HANSARD Insect PopulationI congratulate the hon. Gentleman on securing this hugely important debate on one of the biggest issues we face. The Agriculture Bill, which is going through the House, provides…20 Mar 2019HANSARD Insect PopulationThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right about the importance of the environment-both the opportunities we have to get it right and the risks of getting it wrong. However, does he…20 Mar 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe UN Human Rights Council will vote this week on a one-sided motion that minimises Hamas’s role in the violent Gaza border protest last year. Will my right hon. Friend assure me…20 Mar 2019HANSARDChildren Act 1989 (Amendment) (Female Genital Mutilation) Bill [Lords]I thank the hon. Lady for her intervention and I agree with it, as this is a cross-cutting issue. A colleague suggested earlier that this should form part of personal, social,…11 Mar 2019