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HANSARDFly-tippingI am interested to hear about the work my hon. Friend’s council is doing with drones. We use CCTV, but there could be lessons for other councils. In our manifesto, we committed to…20 Mar 2025HANSARDFly-tippingI could not agree more with my hon. Friend— [ Interruption. ] I hear enthusiasm for his comments from both sides of the House. Rochdale council has an exemplary record on…20 Mar 2025HANSARDOutcomes from Resumed UN Biodiversity Summit COP16, RomeThis Government are committed to ending poverty on a liveable planet. The climate and nature crises define our times and it is the most vulnerable who bear the brunt. Over half of…05 Mar 2025HANSARDSpecies ReintroductionsBeavers were once widespread across England but became nationally extinct due to overhunting. In recent years they have returned to our waterways through a combination of licensed…03 Mar 2025HANSARDBiodiversity RecoveryThis Government are determined to halt and reverse the trend of nature loss in our country and end the cycle of destroy, regret and restore. We are investing £400 million in tree…06 Feb 2025HANSARDMetal Recycling: RegulationI am always happy to meet my hon. Friend. Battery-related fires risk lives, livelihoods and the environment. The Environment Agency is currently reviewing approximately 2,000…06 Feb 2025HANSARDMetal Recycling: RegulationThe hon. Gentleman knows my affection and my origins in County Fermanagh, the lakeland county. I would be happy to talk to Minister Muir about what we can learn in England from…06 Feb 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt is not appropriate for me to comment on a specific planning permission case, but I do encourage those developing energy-from-waste facilities, including those that already have…06 Feb 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy heart goes out to my hon. Friend’s constituents, who are clearly suffering terrible public health consequences from the stink at that site. There is an ongoing investigation…06 Feb 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI visited a fly-tipping site in Lichfield where people have been trapped in their homes. Fly-tipping blights communities, harms wildlife and places huge costs on taxpayers and…06 Feb 2025HANSARDBiodiversity RecoveryWe have to end the false dichotomy between creating places for people and creating places for nature. The previous Government introduced biodiversity net gain, which means that…06 Feb 2025HANSARDBiodiversity RecoveryThat is a lot of sound and fury, but this is something the Conservatives were working on in government. This has shades of the deposit return scheme, which was essentially the…06 Feb 2025HANSARDBiodiversity RecoveryI do agree, and I pay tribute to the people who are speaking for the bees in my hon. Friend’s constituency. We will deliver 30 by 30 on land in England. That means that we will…06 Feb 2025HANSARDMetal Recycling: RegulationMetal recyclers are regulated by local authorities and the Environment Agency and must meet specific treatment standards. We are ensuring that online marketplaces and vape…06 Feb 2025HANSARDDraft Separation of Waste (England) Regulations 2025I thank the shadow Minister for his kind comments. It is fair to say that there has been cross-party unity on two of these three reforms; I was very surprised to see that his…29 Jan 2025HANSARDDraft Separation of Waste (England) Regulations 2025I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Separation of Waste (England) Regulations 2025. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Madam Chair. These…29 Jan 2025HANSARD Climate and Nature BillWell, talk is cheap. The shadow Minister waxed poetic about the success of the previous Government on offshore wind. If it was such a triumph, why did not a single offshore…24 Jan 2025HANSARD Climate and Nature BillNo, I will not. I am going to make some progress. We agree that engagement with bodies such as the Climate Change Committee, the Office for Environmental Protection and the Joint…24 Jan 2025HANSARD Climate and Nature BillI do agree. We are looking for a legislative vehicle to enable us to ratify the biodiversity beyond national jurisdictions treaty, or BBNJ. I am name-dropping here, but from my…24 Jan 2025HANSARD Climate and Nature BillMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. Our chalk streams and peatlands are internationally important. They are our equivalent of the Amazon rainforest, and we do not want the…24 Jan 2025