Environment Bill

I had the pleasure of meeting Rosamund, and I can only say that my heart goes out to the family a...

I do agree, and I am sure that that topic will be dealt with by my fellow shadow Minister, my hon...

It is a pleasure to speak to Lords amendment 1 and to this first group of amendments. I very much...

My hon. Friend is making a powerful point. Does he agree that constituencies such as mine would b...

My hon. Friend makes an interesting point about a taskforce. Whether it is a taskforce or an indi...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

The hon. Gentleman has made many interventions, but I will allow him one more.

This is a very quick one. The hon. Gentleman and I share this passion, and he knows that a number...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for that short intervention! We have taken evidence from the Mayor of ...

I rise principally to speak to Lords amendment 29, but first I would like to associate myself wit...

I am sure that all of us who were friends of David Amess and James Brokenshire appreciate what ha...

I join colleagues in sending our love, prayers and thoughts to the families of David Amess and Ja...

On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I am sorry to interrupt this debate, but colleagues ma...

Further to that point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I am very glad that the hon. Member for Lic...

I thank the hon. Member for Lichfield (Michael Fabricant) and the right hon. Member for Leeds Cen...

I associate myself with the points of order from my hon. Friend the Member for Lichfield (Michael...

I was going to speak on the targets issue but in the face of the time available I am not. On the ...

I thank my hon. Friend. I could not agree more about data. I used to work in data before I was in...

I would just like to inform the House, further to the points of order raised previously, that I u...

I am pleased to hear that, Madam Deputy Speaker.

Let me also say a quick word about James B...

I rise briefly to support Lords amendment 3, which would put legally binding World Health Organis...

I start by adding my voice to that of others who have paid tribute to Sir David Amess and James B...

On tackling air pollution, does the hon. Member not agree that, to take people off road and on to...

I thank the hon. Member for his intervention, and if people are travelling to Heathrow, I would f...

I thank the hon. Lady for her earlier comments about Sir David Amess and James Brokenshire. I hav...

I, too, rise to support Lords amendment 3. My Vauxhall constituency, just across the river, is th...

I very much echo what my hon. Friend the Member for Vauxhall (Florence Eshalomi) said about air p...

With the leave of the House, I will respond to the debate. May I reiterate the condolences that h...

rose—

I am going to leave it there, because I have so many comments to get through.

I want to ref...

I am grateful for what the Minister says. Will she meet me to discuss the sort of mechanism we we...

I hear what my hon. Friend says and I will reiterate that to the new Minister with responsibility...

Just to explain the process, I am anticipating five votes; the first vote will take 10 minutes an...

I am anticipating a vote on the next Lords amendment, and it will be eight minutes for this and e...

I beg to move, That this House disagrees with Lords amendment 43.

With this it will be convenient to discuss the following:

Lords amendment 45, and Governmen...

As we turn to amendments focused on the protection of nature, I would like to remind the House of...

I certainly support the direction of Lords amendment 45. However, I want to ask the Minister why ...

I hear what the hon. Member says, and for once I am really pleased that she almost supports what ...

As there is a lot of concern about this on both sides of the House, can the Minister give us some...

I thank my right hon. Friend for that, and honestly, people are coming up to me left, right and c...

The Minister will know that I am one of the people who keeps talking to her about this, and I pay...

We have been speaking about this. I hear what my right hon. and learned Friend is saying, and I a...

As has been said, it is great to hear about these plans, and we have been hearing about them for ...

I would argue that it is not blurb. The way we direct such changes is through policies such as th...

The Minister is bringing in a fantastic Bill, but it is sad that we are not implementing the meas...

I thank my hon. Friend. This is an important issue and we have thought about it. The Government w...

There are a number of sewage works on the River Wharfe upstream of my constituency, in the consti...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for that intervention. I was proud to be part of getting bathing water...

I just have a very quick question. It is important that the farming sector and the industry under...

We work incredibly closely with our farmers. We could not do any of what we are trying to do with...

Does the Minister not accept that legal deforestation is becoming as much of a problem as illegal...

I thank the hon. Lady and take her point, but we have to work with other Governments to bring for...

Some months ago, my hon. Friend gave very generously of her time, with officials, to talk to my c...

Yes. My hon. Friend’s constituent came specifically to talk about charcoal and those issues. We h...

As well as having deforestation goods enter the supply chain in the UK from the Amazon in Brazil,...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for that intervention. Obviously, our businesses will have an obligati...

Is the Minister saying that if this change goes through, another HS2-type assault on ancient wood...

What it will mean is that, yes, there will be much more credence given to the value of ancient wo...

Warmly welcomed.

Thank you.

Although I must ask hon. Members to reject Lords amendment 66, I hope that they ...

Before I start, I want to send condolences and thoughts on behalf of Plymouth to Sir David Amess’...

Would my hon. Friend agree with me and my beleaguered constituents in Whitstable that this is not...

I thank my hon. Friend for her intervention. As a regular wild swimmer myself, I recognise that t...

Does my hon. Friend agree that the key is to focus the big water companies on this issue? They ha...

My hon. Friend raises an incredibly good point. People want to see action. This is not something ...

I have a simple question for my hon. Friend, following on from what my hon. Friend the Member for...

My hon. Friend raises a good point, and it is why we need firm action not only from the Governmen...

Is there a possible compromise? The Minister said that the regulator could set and enforce target...

There will be targets—there are water-quality targets in the Bill anyway—and the Minister referre...

The Question must be put no later than six minutes past 7. Colleagues can see that there is a lot...

Lords amendment 43 addresses a real and important issue. Although I listened carefully to what th...

My hon. Friend is making a very powerful speech about the importance of pollinators—not just hone...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right, and I hope that the Minister does listen. Although the Govern...

There is a lot covered in this group of amendments, but in the interests of time I will limit my ...

I want to say very briefly that I am deeply concerned that the Government have chosen to disagree...

There are five hon. Members seeking to catch my eye and I propose to call the Minister soon after...

I wanted to speak on interim targets in the first group of amendments, but given the time constra...

I will be brief, but I will simply continue this theme about Lords amendment 45, which, as many h...

With genuine thanks to the Minister and her team, I will speak to Lords amendment 45 on storm ove...

I want to bring the protection of pollinators from pesticides to the Minister’s attention. She ha...

It gives me real pleasure to speak about the Bill once again, and I thank the Minister, who has w...

I thank all hon. Members for their contributions. It has been a heated session, but I think that ...

I beg to move, That this House disagrees with Lords amendment 85.

With this it will be convenient to discuss the following:

Lords amendment 85, Government mo...

I am very happy to finish these proceedings on a really positive note. I am delighted to offer am...

I am glad that the Minister has listened to the concerns that were expressed about the throwaway ...

These amendments are almost entirely focused on English environmental matters, and many Members, ...

It is a pleasure to be called to speak in this debate today as I have I sat on the Environment Bi...