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HANSARDAgri-Environment PaymentsMy hon. Friend is a brilliant advocate for Hertfordshire farmers and indeed for workers across the English countryside. He is absolutely right: past performance has not been good…20 Jun 2019HANSARDAgri-Environment PaymentsYesterday, the Rural Payments Agency announced that it will make payments next month to all those who have been waiting on the historical revenue payments, and therefore every…20 Jun 2019HANSARDGovernment Contracts: Climate EmergencyI congratulate the students in his constituency and so many other students across the country on helping to ensure that our climate and environment emergency is at the heart of…20 Jun 2019HANSARDGovernment Contracts: Climate EmergencyThe Foreign Secretary has done an outstanding job on the diplomatic stage and will continue to do so. Co-operating with our partners across western Europe, including Italy, will…20 Jun 2019HANSARDGovernment Contracts: Climate EmergencyIt is already the case that we are the first Government of a developed nation to embrace the ambition of reaching net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. I congratulate the…20 Jun 2019HANSARDGovernment Contracts: Climate EmergencyHow grateful I am, Mr Speaker, to hear you say that there can indeed be no opposition. Tackling the climate change and environment emergency is a cross-Government priority and an…20 Jun 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Fisheries PolicyAbsolutely I will. The UK Government will work with the Scottish Government to make sure that we have investment in port facilities in Peterhead and Fraserburgh, and that we have…20 Jun 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Fisheries PolicyThe Government’s vision for future fisheries policy as we leave the European Union is set out in the fisheries White Paper “Sustainable fisheries for future generations”, which…20 Jun 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Gentleman knows of what he speaks, as a distinguished former taxi driver, as well as a very effective spokesman for the people of Eltham in the borough of Greenwich. We…20 Jun 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI hugely welcome that, and I am grateful to water companies and others who have made the provision of water fountains a critical part of ensuring that we use less plastic.20 Jun 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsIntense and productive discussions, but it is also important to recognise that a majority of Labour MPs and Scottish National party MPs support Heathrow expansion.20 Jun 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsIncreasingly enviously, and I think it is the case that other European Union countries, many of which I love, are looking enviously at the gallimaufry of talent that exists on the…20 Jun 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Welsh SeafoodMy hon. Friend makes an important point. We will be able to continue to invoke the Hague preference in certain circumstances, and it is vital that we do so in defence of our…09 May 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Welsh SeafoodMinisters from across the four Administrations in the United Kingdom meet monthly at the inter-ministerial group for environment, food and rural affairs to discuss the…09 May 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Welsh SeafoodI completely appreciate the vital importance of ensuring that the trade in whelks between Wales and South Korea is protected. One of the reasons why the Department for…09 May 2019HANSARDClimate ChangeTackling climate change is a cross-Government priority and it is one of a range of issues that I discuss with all Cabinet colleagues. My Department works closely with the…09 May 2019HANSARDClimate ChangeI am happy to congratulate the many entrepreneurs, innovators and others who have been responsible for powering ahead with the growth of the renewables sector not just in Scotland…09 May 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsAll I can say is that I associate myself with the words uttered by you, Mr Speaker.09 May 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI congratulate my hon. Friend on his drawing attention to the importance of asparagus growers in our broader agricultural export successes. It is not only grown in the Vale of…09 May 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsYes. I have had the privilege with my hon. Friend, who chairs the Select Committee on Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, of visiting the Steart peninsula in Somerset and seeing…09 May 2019