Environment Bill

What a pleasure it is to be back to continue our consideration of this vital legislation, which w...

Will the Minister also pay tribute to Surfers Against Sewage, which has done a marvellous job of ...

I am pleased the hon. Lady made that intervention, because of course I would like to pay tribute ...

The Minister will know that England lags significantly behind the other countries of the UK on tr...

As the hon. Gentleman will know, or I hope he knows, we launched our tree action plan just last w...

Will my hon. Friend give way?

I am going to continue.

The Bill also contains a coherent package of new duties, tools and ...

Will the Minister give way?

I always give way to the hon. Gentleman.

The Minister is always very kind, which I appreciate very much. Amendment 41 would give enforceme...

If the hon. Gentleman stays in the Chamber, he will hear what I say about trees—

He doesn’t want to leave.

Of course he doesn’t, Mr Speaker, and he won’t be able to now. I hope he will be pleased by what ...

Will my hon. Friend give way?

I will give way to my right hon. Friend, a former Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Ru...

The Minister is very kind in giving way. Will she assure the House that the Government’s determin...

I thank my right hon. Friend for giving me the opportunity to mention our peat action plan, which...

She is online.

Okay—I will look up at the video screens. The hon. Lady will say that we need to lock in the prot...

I congratulate the Minister on seeking to improve that Bill, as that is excellent. Four amendment...

I thank my hon. Friend for that. I know that there are a lot of strong advocates for trees. We ha...

Before the shadow Secretary of State rises to speak, let me remind Members that the time limit on...

Two years ago this month, it was Parliament that declared a climate and an ecological emergency. ...

What does my hon. Friend make of the World Wildlife Fund’s statement that the Bill does not go fa...

Both my hon. Friend and the WWF are right that we need to see bolder action on forests and the oc...

I absolutely agree with my hon. Friend, and I support the amendments, which are also in my name. ...

I thank my hon. Friend for that. What the Welsh Labour Government have shown is that we can be bo...

Does my hon. Friend share my concern that the Government’s proposals on planning reform will actu...

My hon. Friend is exactly right. That is why Labour is arguing for a comprehensive, joined-up app...

I am listening carefully to the hon. Gentleman, as always. I do not think it is fair to say that ...

I am grateful to the hon. Member for that intervention; I know he always listens carefully to my ...

These are good individual ideas, but the problem is actually a much wider one. If we do not have ...

I thank the hon. Member for that intervention. I am a big fan of bee bricks as well as swift bric...

I remind Members that the speaking limit in effect for Back Benchers is four minutes. The countdo...

Thank you very much, Mr Speaker. It is a pleasure to speak in this debate.

I welcome the re...

I am very happy to put my name to amendments 26 and 27, in particular amendment 27, on financial ...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right, especially in terms of pension funds. People do not always kn...

Mr Speaker, you might recall that there used to be a TV game show called “Bullseye”, in which the...

I tabled new clause 2 to address the proposed general licensing requirements for the release of g...

Order. I call Kerry McCarthy.

1.30 pm

I would like to begin by praising the work of Wild Justice, whose members are far from ill- infor...

I ran out of time.

Yes, well, perhaps the hon. Gentleman can come back for the next debate and make an intervention ...

I am delighted to have the opportunity to speak on this landmark Bill, which aims to ensure that ...

It is a pleasure to be able to speak in this important debate today. I would like to cut to the c...

I will speak to amendment 45. Clause 95 is an important step forward because it changes the duty ...

I am grateful for the opportunity to speak in this debate, Madam Deputy Speaker. I will restrict ...

I agree very much with the hon. Gentleman. Farming, landscape and tourism are closely integrated....

The Select Committee Chair is absolutely right, and I completely agree. We have to find a mechani...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Westmorland and Lonsdale (Tim Farron), and it is a...

In our area, there are a lot of chalk streams. Does my hon. Friend agree that for our population ...

I thank my right hon. and learned Friend and neighbour, because I will come on to mention chalk s...

The environment is the bedrock of our economy and our wellbeing. It is not something separate fro...

Many of us will be glad to see the back of endless Zoom calls that merge into one another. One th...

I am pleased to speak in this vital debate. Given the short time that we have, I shall focus on n...

It is with great pleasure that I rise today to speak on this important Bill and on a vital issue ...

I will speak briefly in favour of four amendments. First, I pay tribute to the Minister for her h...

I am grateful for this opportunity to speak on clauses relating to nature, biodiversity and conse...

It is a pleasure to be called to speak in this debate. This place is admired for its rigorous scr...

The UK is one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world. The World Wide Fund for Nature’...

It was an honour to serve on the Environment Bill Committee, as it is to speak today on Report. M...

Every aspect of this Environment Bill will have an impact not only now, but for decades if not ce...

I rise to speak to amendment 41. It is a probing amendment, which aims to strengthen this importa...

It is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Basingstoke (Mrs Miller) and I endorse her c...

As I have said before in this Chamber, there can be few things more important for any Member of P...

I am so grateful to my right hon. Friend for making that point. It concerns us that there is pote...

My hon. Friend makes a valid point. This is a great Bill and we do not want it undermined by the ...

Hon. Members will be pleased to know that the children of Our Lady of Victories Primary School in...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Putney (Fleur Anderson). I have sympathy with a lo...

We should be going by video link to Mike Amesbury, but we shall come back to him.

I can boldly say that Stroud is not only the best place to live according to a national newspaper...

Obviously my hon. Friend the Member for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath (Neale Hanvey) will be supporti...

The time limit is now reduced to three minutes. I call Flick Drummond.

I know the Bill is welcomed by many people in Meon Valley. It will help to secure the health of o...

My constituency is home to beautiful countryside and woodlands, with picturesque walks that even ...

The climate and ecological crises are the gravest threats we face, and no one, in no part of thei...

The Opposition Front-Bench spokesman, the hon. Member for Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport (Luke Po...

I shall be seeking to press my amendment 29 to a vote.

I very much welcome this Environment...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Richmond Park (Sarah Olney).

The events of t...

I want to speak to new clause 25, amendment 46 and amendment 22, which would cement in legislatio...

It is a real privilege to once again speak in this place to express my support for the Environmen...

I welcome the opportunity to speak once again on this important piece of legislation and am thank...

This is a landmark Bill, and I am hugely proud to support it. We quite rightly talk a great deal ...

We cannot continue to take nature for granted. This pandemic has highlighted the importance of na...

I thank all hon. Members who have tabled amendments. However, the shadow Secretary of State, the ...

I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.

With this it will be convenient to discuss the following:

New clause 19—Labelling scheme fo...

New clauses 12 and 24 were tabled in my name and the names of my hon. Friends the Members for Ply...

I thank my hon. Friend for all the work that she and her team do on these issues. Does she agree ...

I do agree with my hon. Friend: Wales is leading the way and I urge the Minister to seek meetings...

I would be grateful if the hon. Lady clarified that. Clearly, I support the principle of our leav...

We are in a transition phase, and we need not just to look at natural gas, but to look forward to...

I have declared my business interests in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests.

Ther...

We now go to the SNP spokesperson, Deidre Brock.

4.15 pm

I will be brief, because as I have already laid out, this is almost entirely an English Bill, but...

I will focus my remarks on the issues I raise in new clause 19. We have talked about deforestatio...

I want to address most of my remarks to new clause 12 and fracking, but before I turn to that spe...

More pearls of wisdom for the Government to listen to.

I am delighted we have reached the R...

I will speak to new clause 29, in my name and that of my colleagues, which would compel the Envir...

While I welcome the measures in the Bill to standardise the collection of plastic waste across al...

No. 10 on the speakers’ list is not here, so we will go to Barry Gardiner.

I am delighted to support new clauses 12 and 24, tabled by my hon. Friend the Member for Newport ...

As there have been some withdrawals and some people have not turned up, I am unusually going to p...

That is incredibly kind, Madam Deputy Speaker, and I am extremely grateful.

In case Members...

I was elected on the back of the greenest manifesto Labour had ever proposed. We understood the s...

Jacob Young has withdrawn, so we go to Geraint Davies.

The world faces a catastrophic climate change crisis, yet this Bill falls very short, particularl...

I draw the House’s attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. I am a ...

I rise to speak on fracking, an issue close to my constituents’ hearts and mine, and to reject cl...

With the highest-ever temperatures recorded in the Arctic circle, and with just 3% of the world’s...

Nos. 17, 19, 20 and 21 on the list have withdrawn, so we go straight to the final speaker from th...

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. It is not often that four speakers ahead of me drop out; does th...

I again thank all Members who tabled amendments and who contributed to this afternoon’s debate, d...

This has been an important debate, and I am grateful to all colleagues who have shared their thou...

I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time.

Of course, for this Bill, it is th...

Well, here we are: the Environment Bill has finally reached Third Reading, and we all know that i...

I have declared my business interests in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. I welcome ...

Very briefly, I would like to thank DEFRA officials and particularly the Clerks on the Committee ...

Almost two years ago to the day, Parliament declared a climate emergency. Two years ago! The last...

I put on record my thanks and pay tribute to the officials and Clerks who have been involved thro...