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HANSARDEnvironment BillI believe that the public are seriously concerned about what has happened in the House over the past few weeks. They have been alerted and awakened to the volume of raw sewage…08 Nov 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillAs a keen wild swimmer, I want bathing water quality in our rivers to improve massively, not just for swimmers but for the natural world, so I support the hon. Lady in her…08 Nov 2021HANSARDUK-French Trading DisputeThe threats and actions from France are completely wrong and unacceptable. There is a real need to ensure that everyone involved uses language to de-escalate the situation in…28 Oct 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe fishing dispute with France is very troubling, and the facts need to be established. Can the Secretary of State confirm whether the Marine Management Organisation has issued…28 Oct 2021HANSARDUntreated Sewage: Discharge into WaterwaysDays from COP26, I must tell the Minister that the episode with raw sewage has not done Britain’s reputation going into that conference any good. The Government whipping their own…28 Oct 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) BillMy party has been the party of animal welfare for quite some time, and we welcome the fact that many of the policies in Labour’s animal welfare manifesto have found themselves in…25 Oct 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) BillI understand what you say, Madam Deputy Speaker, and I will contain my remarks to this Bill, but I hope that any whipping and voting on amendments in future will be cognisant of…25 Oct 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) BillI am always cautious when I compliment the hon. Lady, and hope she receives it warmly. I trust she will when I next mention her campaigns. Wild Futures is a great place, and the…25 Oct 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy hon. Friend raises an incredibly good point. People want to see action. This is not something that concerns only politicos; the public want to see proper action as well. We…20 Oct 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy hon. Friend raises a good point, and it is why we need firm action not only from the Government but from the supply chain. We also need enforcement of our high standards, which…20 Oct 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillBefore I start, I want to send condolences and thoughts on behalf of Plymouth to Sir David Amess’s family, his staff and his community. We have seen our fair share of tragedy over…20 Oct 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillI am glad that the Minister has listened to the concerns that were expressed about the throwaway economy and the throwaway culture that we have seen. Since the pandemic hit us,…20 Oct 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillI thank my hon. Friend for her intervention. As a regular wild swimmer myself, I recognise that this is a concern not only to people who swim in our nation’s rivers but to those…20 Oct 2021HANSARD Keyham ShootingsI thank the hon. Gentleman for that intervention. The tragedy we faced in Keyham has reminded so many other communities of tragedies they have faced. One thing we have benefited…22 Sept 2021HANSARD Keyham ShootingsOn Thursday 12 August at about 6.10 pm, the first shots were fired in Keyham. In the space of the short amount of time that followed, our city was forever changed. That day, we…22 Sept 2021HANSARD Keyham ShootingsI thank the hon. Lady, my colleague from just across the Tamar. This tragedy has affected not just our entire city of Plymouth, Devon and Cornwall and the wider peninsula, but the…22 Sept 2021HANSARD Keyham ShootingsI thank the hon Member for that intervention and for giving me time to compose myself. I agree wholeheartedly. The support that we saw in Keyham was cross-party. The Home…22 Sept 2021HANSARDCoastal State Fisheries Negotiations: Quota ShareThe fishing industry knows that the Government have failed to negotiate real-terms quota data with the European Union, and it also knows that the Government have no idea—no…22 Jul 2021HANSARDFood SecurityThere are crops rotting in the fields due to a shortage of people to pick them, there is a self-inflicted shortage of HGV drivers due to the Government’s poor Brexit deal, and…22 Jul 2021HANSARDDraft Fisheries Act 2020 (Scheme for Financial Assistance) (England) Regulations 2021It is a pleasure to respond on behalf of the massed hordes of Labour MPs in this Committee today. This is a really important SI. The Minister will know, because we were in the…14 Jul 2021