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HANSARDWaste Crime: StaffordshireIt is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Vickers. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Newcastle-under-Lyme (Adam Jogee) on securing this debate and on his…05 Sept 2024HANSARD Fly-tippingMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. I want to correct the record on what the shadow Minister said about the waste figures, because the methodology changed in 2019-20. In that…03 Sept 2024HANSARD Fly-tippingI really have to make progress because I will run out of time. On the waste carrier, broker and dealer regime, who gets to carry the licences? We heard of a dead dog called Oscar…03 Sept 2024HANSARD Fly-tippingWhat a pleasure it is to be back and serving under your esteemed chairmanship, Mr Efford. I thank all honourable colleagues for their kind words on my return to the House after my…03 Sept 2024HANSARD Fly-tippingI thank my hon. Friend for her contribution and agree that if we are to create a zero-waste economy, which is the stated aim of this Labour Government, we have to start by…03 Sept 2024HANSARD Convention on Biological DiversityI thank the hon. Gentleman for the intervention. The Secretary of State is today visiting the Purple Horizons project in the west midlands, an example of a huge nature recovery…25 Jul 2024HANSARD Convention on Biological DiversityI congratulate you, Madam Deputy Speaker, on your election, and I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Brent West (Barry Gardiner) for his very kind words to me, and for securing…25 Jul 2024HANSARD Convention on Biological DiversityI am in passionate agreement with my hon. Friend. I assure him that it is one of the first submissions that I have seen as a Minister. We will absolutely do our best, and I will…25 Jul 2024HANSARD Environment Billrose—28 Oct 2019HANSARD Environment Billrose—28 Oct 2019HANSARD Environment BillI will not give way, because I want to make some progress. Farmers face tariffs and checks on their EU exports and increased competition from countries with lower food, animal…28 Oct 2019HANSARD Environment BillI wholeheartedly agree with the hon. Lady, and I pay tribute to the farmers in her constituency. We know how dependent their incomes are on CAP subsidies, but the Agriculture…28 Oct 2019HANSARD Environment BillIt is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Newbury (Richard Benyon). I share some of his concerns about the potential watering down of targets made by Ministers and then…28 Oct 2019HANSARD Environment Billrose —28 Oct 2019HANSARD The National Health ServiceFurther to that point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. I think that that last comment was unworthy of the hon. Member for Wycombe (Mr Baker). The Prime Minister got out of the first…23 Oct 2019HANSARDSpeaker’s StatementEuropean Union.23 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillDoes the hon. Lady agree that this is a recipe for regulatory chaos, not just between us and the EU, but within the four nations of the United Kingdom, where different…22 Oct 2019HANSARDService Personnel Families: Pupil Premium11. What steps he is taking with the Secretary of State for Education to ensure that armed forces personnel with children eligible for the service pupil premium inform their…21 Oct 2019HANSARDService Personnel Families: Pupil PremiumThere are over 400 serving armed forces personnel in the Wakefield district, and they make a huge contribution to our nation’s defence, but there are concerns from the Army…21 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActsFurther to that point of order, Mr Speaker. Is it in order for the Government to put a motion before the House that is effectively defeated and then to re-table the exact same…19 Oct 2019