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HANSARDReaching Net Zero: Local Government RoleThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I took many interventions, but I understand that you want me to come to a conclusion, and I will be finishing soon. There needs to be a regular…05 Jun 2023HANSARDReaching Net Zero: Local Government RoleIndeed. Again, the hon. Lady pre-empts me; I will come to that point in a minute. Local authorities need much more control over what is happening in their local transport…05 Jun 2023HANSARDReaching Net Zero: Local Government RoleI agree; I could not have put it better myself. Let me return to the grants, which are currently rigid and tied to certain areas, meaning that councils can end up with money for…05 Jun 2023HANSARDReaching Net Zero: Local Government RoleWe all need to grasp the enormity and scale of what needs to be done. The ambition of central Government is just not big enough, whereas I find that the ambition in local…05 Jun 2023HANSARDReaching Net Zero: Local Government RoleI congratulate my hon. Friend’s local authority on getting that amount of money, which is obviously welcome but is not enough. I think the Minister will hear from across the House…05 Jun 2023HANSARDReaching Net Zero: Local Government RoleI absolutely agree. We need councils to spread their wings and deliver, but they cannot if they do not have the funding, which must ultimately come from central Government. Local…05 Jun 2023HANSARDReaching Net Zero: Local Government RoleI totally agree. The hon. Lady pre-empts what I will say later in my speech. The competitive process wastes so much time and local resources that could be spent on delivering…05 Jun 2023HANSARDReaching Net Zero: Local Government RoleIndeed. We need a Government who understand how this all fits together. We cannot retrofit homes if we do not have the supply chains or the skills, and we need to be talking to…05 Jun 2023HANSARDReaching Net Zero: Local Government RoleI beg to move, That this House has considered the role of local government in reaching Net Zero. I thank the Members across the House who supported the application, as well as the…05 Jun 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseThe loss of the former Member for Redditch is keenly felt across the House and, although I did not know her personally, as I only entered Parliament in 2017, I send condolences to…25 May 2023HANSARD Net Migration FiguresIn Bath the hospitality sector is a big driver of the local economy, but many of our wonderful hotels, restaurants, bars and pubs struggle to find enough staff, and there is the…25 May 2023HANSARDNature LossBritain is one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world. Nearly half of the UK’s nature has been destroyed, which is well above the global average. In response to a 2021…25 May 2023HANSARDNature Loss1. What steps her Department plans to take to reverse nature loss.25 May 2023HANSARD NHS Dentists: South-West EnglandIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Ms Elliott. In Bath and North East Somerset, more than 105,000 adults have not been seen by a dentist for two years. That is 44%…24 May 2023HANSARDLeader of the HouseLast night the Environment Secretary chose to say on ITV that there is “misinformation” about sewage being dumped into our rivers, rather than acknowledging the problem. That is…24 May 2023HANSARDPrivate Rented Sector: RegulationWill the Minister give way?24 May 2023HANSARDPrivate Rented Sector: RegulationStudents often do not have a good reputation, but they often have to live in appalling conditions and they never really have a way of addressing the issue. In Bath, that is a…24 May 2023HANSARDPrivate Rented Sector: RegulationI congratulate the hon. Member for Liverpool, Walton (Dan Carden) on securing this debate and setting the scene so powerfully. May I draw attention to my entry in the Register of…24 May 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsChargePoint, one of the largest UK charging networks, worries that the Government’s local EV infrastructure fund will replicate the mistakes of the past, where electric charge…23 May 2023HANSARDTrade Deals: Environmental StandardsTrade deals can protect or destroy our natural environment. What the Minister has just said seems to contradict this, but our assessment is that the Government consistently fail…18 May 2023