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HANSARDSaudi Arabia: Diplomatic RelationsMinisters repeatedly reassure the House of the representations they make to Saudi Arabia on human rights and, in particular, on the execution of dissidents. Can the Foreign…14 May 2019HANSARDDisability Living Allowance: Appeals ProcessI have a constituent who has now waited a year for a DLA appeal, having previously waited a year for a successful appeal. She is a chronically disabled teenage girl and faces…13 May 2019HANSARDNHS Mental Health Services (University/College Students)The Minister will be aware of the close and often tragic link between mental illness and suicide, which is now the biggest killer of young people and is at record levels. What…07 May 2019HANSARDEngagementsDoes the Prime Minister accept that the growing warnings about a climate emergency require a fresh approach to highly polluting but rapidly growing sectors such as aviation? In…01 May 2019HANSARD Saudi Arabia: Mass ExecutionsMay I ask the Minister specifically what representations were made in respect of the 12 condemned men I referred to the Prime Minister’s attention on 3 December, including Abbas…24 Apr 2019HANSARD Saudi Arabia: Mass Executions(Urgent Question) : To ask the Secretary of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office if he will make a statement on what representations he has made to the Saudi Government…24 Apr 2019HANSARD Plastics RecyclingThat is right; it is basic market principles allied to the environment. The Government announced in last year’s Budget that they would proceed with that. There is a consultation,…23 Apr 2019HANSARD Plastics RecyclingThat is correct, but with one qualification: it also makes the export of waste valuable. I will come back to the particular problem associated with that in a moment. In the short…23 Apr 2019HANSARD Plastics RecyclingThat is exactly the issue that I am getting on to. As it happens, I think I visited the hon. Gentleman’s waste plant when I was Secretary of State, so I have some recollection of…23 Apr 2019HANSARD Plastics RecyclingThe hon. Gentleman is right. I do not think that the Government are necessarily being disingenuous; it just happens to be that the way that recycling is treated has not…23 Apr 2019HANSARD Plastics RecyclingI am sure that the Minister will have an answer to that, since the Government are consulting at the moment. There is a whole variety of creative initiatives one could explore,…23 Apr 2019HANSARD Plastics RecyclingI do not have a great deal to add in the last 30 seconds. We all understand the chemistry, and the technology is given. The Government’s objectives are very clear, and there is a…23 Apr 2019HANSARD Climate Action and Extinction RebellionThe Minister is right that there are some sectors, such as power generation, in which major progress has been made in carbon reduction, but does she agree that there are others,…23 Apr 2019HANSARD Plastics RecyclingI acknowledge the will of the industry, but there is a lot of bad practice and a lot of products that are unnecessary and are produced in ways that do not help. I fully…23 Apr 2019HANSARDViolence in PrisonsIn the light of the recent disturbances among 16 and 17-year-olds at Feltham young offenders institution, is the Minister aware of the previous episodes of violence at the prison,…23 Apr 2019HANSARD Plastics RecyclingFor a start, it would help if we had a properly, clearly defined hierarchy of plastic products. Some are clearly necessary, highly desirable and beneficial, while others are…23 Apr 2019HANSARD Plastics RecyclingThe hon. Gentleman is right that that is a constructive response to the problem. If more manufacturers were like his, the economy in plastics would be in a much healthier state. I…23 Apr 2019HANSARD Plastics RecyclingI would be delighted to meet the professor, if he is happy to meet me. The hon. Gentleman is right that we are often looking at the wrong end of the process. We should be looking…23 Apr 2019HANSARD Plastics RecyclingI beg to move, That this House has considered plastics recycling. I am grateful for the opportunity to lead an environmental debate after an environmental weekend. I was lucky…23 Apr 2019HANSARD European CouncilAs the Prime Minister has again acknowledged, notwithstanding her own personal objections the House could choose to attach a referendum amendment to the withdrawal Bill. Bearing…11 Apr 2019