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HANSARDEnvironment and Climate ChangeI congratulate my right hon. Friend on declaring an environment and climate emergency. Did he see the report the Committee produced last week stating that, if we leave the EU, the…01 May 2019HANSARDEnvironment and Climate ChangeI thank the Secretary of State for giving way, and I welcome the change in his party’s policy on the forests, which—let us not forget—the Government planned to sell back in 2011.…01 May 2019HANSARD Climate Change PolicyThis statement is very timely, given that Marsden moor, outside Huddersfield, and Ilkley moor, outside Bradford, have been on fire—raging—this weekend. Today, there has been a…23 Apr 2019HANSARDPublic Libraries6. What recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of internet access in public libraries.11 Apr 2019HANSARDPublic LibrariesWhat a treat the Minister must have had in Wakefield. I urge hon. Members to visit during our wonderful year of sculpture which will start at the end of June. We have lost three…11 Apr 2019HANSARDCPS: Mental HealthI had to intervene with the CPS in the case of a young man in Wakefield who suffered from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. I am happy to say that he has now received the…11 Apr 2019HANSARD European CouncilPresident Tusk urged the Prime Minister to use the time well and her EU counterparts have urged a duty of sincere co-operation on her. I had hoped that that duty would extend to…11 Apr 2019HANSARD World Health: 25-Year Environment PlanOne of the shocking things that we discovered in our microbeads inquiry was that if someone eats a plate of oysters or mussels, they consume 30 microplastic particles. It is…09 Apr 2019HANSARD World Health: 25-Year Environment PlanIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Walker, on a subject that I know is close to your heart as a friend of the fishing community and the chalk streams, and to…09 Apr 2019HANSARDRwandan Genocide: Alleged PerpetratorsI, too, met survivors of the Rwandan genocide when I visited Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2006. I know this subject is very close to your heart, Mr Speaker.…09 Apr 2019HANSARDFinancial Services SectorThe financial services sector is not above the law. If I can take the Chancellor back to the loan charge, what steps is he taking against accounting firms that told my…09 Apr 2019HANSARD World Health: 25-Year Environment PlanThank you for that guidance, Mr Walker. I totally agree with the right hon. Member for Newbury (Richard Benyon). This issue is a passion of his, and I agree with him. Young people…09 Apr 2019HANSARD World Health: 25-Year Environment PlanThe Minister is making some powerful points, particularly about community forests—bringing forests closer to people. That is certainly a welcome change, after the attempts to sell…09 Apr 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) BillOn a point of order, Sir Lindsay. There are no more lists of amendments available from the Vote Office. Can you ask that more are made available urgently so that Members are able…03 Apr 2019HANSARDUnited Kingdom’s Withdrawal from the European UnionMy hon. Friend is making a powerful and important speech. Just a week ago, the Environmental Audit Committee asked the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs…29 Mar 2019HANSARDUnited Kingdom’s Withdrawal from the European UnionMy hon. Friend is making a powerful speech and is being very generous in giving way. Was she as dismayed as I was to hear the Secretary of State for International Trade on the…29 Mar 2019HANSARDUnited Kingdom’s Withdrawal from the European UnionI thank my right hon. Friend for giving way. He is making a powerful and important speech. Does he agree that, if the withdrawal Bill ends up being put through Parliament, it is…29 Mar 2019HANSARDUnited Kingdom’s Withdrawal from the European UnionI thank my hon. Friend for giving way. He is making excellent points and, in the process, demolishing the premise of the Attorney General’s request to the House today. The…29 Mar 2019HANSARD Sittings of the House (29 March)I am at a loss to understand how this House can put into law section 13 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 and then the Government can offer us only one part of that.…28 Mar 2019HANSARD Sittings of the House (29 March)On a point of order, Mr Speaker. Section 13 is in front of me, and it is extremely clear. Paragraph (1) says: “The withdrawal agreement may be ratified only if…the negotiated…28 Mar 2019