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HANSARDTopical QuestionsDo my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State and the Minister for Nuclear and Networks, my hon. Friend the Member for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine (Andrew Bowie), agree…28 Nov 2023HANSARD Grey SquirrelsIt really is a pleasure to speak under your chairmanship, Mr Vickers, and to follow my fellow atomic kitten, my hon. Friend the Member for Ynys Môn (Virginia Crosbie). She and I…28 Nov 2023HANSARD Funding for CanalsCertainly, and I will come on to just how much funding has been made available. I draw the hon. Gentleman’s attention to the National Lottery Heritage Fund, which has provided…09 Nov 2023HANSARD Funding for CanalsWhat an absolute delight it was to listen to my good friend, my hon. Friend the Member for Morecambe and Lunesdale (David Morris), speak with such passion about the value of…09 Nov 2023HANSARDDraft Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases (Amendment) Regulations 2023Let me answer the shadow Minister’s questions. We acknowledge that there was a mistake, which is how we are in this situation. There was an administrative error in the dates.…23 Oct 2023HANSARDDraft Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases (Amendment) Regulations 2023I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases (Amendment) Regulations 2023. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs…23 Oct 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsThat was worth the wait! I will absolutely commend Dunstable downs rotary club, and the work that this Government are undertaking, because trees are essential. They are the larder…19 Oct 2023HANSARDProtection of Dark SkiesIt is once again a real pleasure to speak about such an important topic and to follow such an enlightened speech, supported by David Smith from Buglife. In preparing for the…16 Oct 2023HANSARD Sites of Special Scientific InterestYes, Mr Deputy Speaker—you have given me the opportunity to thank you for your hospitality at the wonderful South Lancashire show in your Ribble Valley constituency, which I…18 Sept 2023HANSARD Abandoned Vehicles: Public HighwaysMy hon. Friend makes a powerful and effective point. I am not the Minister responsible for waste at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs—that is the…12 Jul 2023HANSARD Abandoned Vehicles: Public HighwaysI think this is the first time I have served under your chairmanship, Mrs Harris. It is a privilege to do so today and to follow my fantastic colleague, my hon. Friend the Member…12 Jul 2023HANSARDNature RecoveryI am repeating the statement made last Friday by my noble Friend the Minister, Lord Benyon. The Government are committed to delivering large scale, widespread nature recovery…03 Jul 2023HANSARDImport and Sale of FurI would like to make some progress on the subject of the debate brought forward by my hon. Friend the Member for Clacton, but I will give way.27 Jun 2023HANSARDImport and Sale of FurMy hon. Friend allows me to say that there were six measures listed in the manifesto, and all six will be acted on through various legislative means, including primary and…27 Jun 2023HANSARDImport and Sale of FurI undertook my own private Member’s Bill to ban wild animals in circuses, and I certainly found it was a rewarding way to spend my time in Parliament. The hon. Lady does not do…27 Jun 2023HANSARD Air Quality: Luton Road, DunstableMy hon. Friend the Member for South West Bedfordshire (Andrew Selous) is correct: I am new to this case and, indeed, to this portfolio. However, this debate has led me to…27 Jun 2023HANSARDImport and Sale of FurI regard that to be an incredibly low risk—nigh on impossible—given the interest that we have already had from Members looking to pursue such private Members’ Bills. I suggest…27 Jun 2023HANSARDImport and Sale of FurAs I said, private Members’ Bills will be supported, enabled and progressed by the Government. Their success to date reinforces why I am looking forward to working with hon.…27 Jun 2023HANSARD Air Quality: Luton Road, DunstableI thank my hon. Friend for that correction. There has been a new escalation process for local authorities behind on their reporting duties, including where air quality action…27 Jun 2023HANSARDImport and Sale of FurIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dame Maria. It has been less of a pleasure, in many ways, to listen to colleagues’ accounts, but I thank all Members for raising…27 Jun 2023