Speeches by Gardiner.
Every Hansard contribution by Barry Gardiner this parliament, most recent first. Back to the MP page for the headline figures and analysed positions.
Showing 841–860 of 1,536 contributions · most-recent first
| Date | Debate & contribution | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 4 Jun 2025 | Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 439) “It is no skin off my local authority’s nose, is it? Are they going to get any kudos in from the voters in Brent for enforcing something that may be very nice for the voters in Yorkshire?” | 37 |
| 4 Jun 2025 | Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 439) “Who actually has the contract? I thought that my local authority had the contract with the provider of the BNG. If that is remote from my local authority, what is the incentive to then enforce?” | 35 |
| 4 Jun 2025 | Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 439) “Well, you say it has been in force. It has been the law, but has it been the practice? Has it been carried out and implemented?” | 26 |
| 4 Jun 2025 | Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 439) “I totally sympathise and agree with you. Dr Howard, are there particular areas of ecological expertise where skills shortages you think are particularly acute within the sector? Would you like to comment on what Ms Searle has been saying and the things we have been discussing specifically about species?” | 49 |
| 19 May 2025 | Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories “Food is the means of life, and it must not be used as a weapon of war. The Foreign Secretary has rightly condemned its use as morally wrong, but it is also a breach of international humanitarian law. He has condemned as unjustifiable and disproportionate Minister Smotrich’s proposals to cleanse Gaza and displace and de…” defenceeconomy-jobssocial-care | 91 |
| 19 May 2025 | Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 550) “May I say how powerful all your testimony has been? We have all felt that. You have communicated brilliantly just how devastating this is, not just on people’s lives but on their mental health. Thank you for all you have said, and our commiserations for all that you have been through. I have recently had a number of fl…” | 158 |
| 19 May 2025 | Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 550) “If I get accused of prompting the witness, I will plead not guilty.” | 13 |
| 19 May 2025 | Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 550) “If you are renting a property, it is down to the landlord to put resilience measures in place. There is now a minimum energy performance requirement of EPC C to be able to rent out your property. Would it be a good recommendation to say that there needs to be a minimum FPC in order to do the same? Secondly, when people…” | 94 |
| 19 May 2025 | Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 550) “It is much more important that you say it.” | 9 |
| 19 May 2025 | Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 550) “My apologies: I have to leave at this point, but I really was very impressed with the quality of all your answers to us. It has been really helpful—thank you.” | 30 |
| 19 May 2025 | Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 550) “May I say how powerful all your testimony has been? We have all felt that. You have communicated brilliantly just how devastating this is, not just on people’s lives but on their mental health. Thank you for all you have said, and our commiserations for all that you have been through. I have recently had a number of fl…” | 158 |
| 19 May 2025 | Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 550) “Ms Long-Dhonau, how aware are people of the risks that they bear from flooding, and of what they can do in terms of making their property more resilient? Do people really understand the situation that they are sometimes in?” | 39 |
| 19 May 2025 | Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 550) “You would be able to afford your resilience measures.” | 9 |
| 19 May 2025 | Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 550) “Absolutely. I hope that anybody who is watching this has taken note of all the things you have said, because it is a real lesson in what is available and how to combat it. When responding to the Chair, you said that if there was one message that you would like to get across, it was not to cut flood defence budgets. So …” | 123 |
| 19 May 2025 | Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 550) “If I get accused of prompting the witness, I will plead not guilty.” | 13 |
| 19 May 2025 | Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 550) “Absolutely. I hope that anybody who is watching this has taken note of all the things you have said, because it is a real lesson in what is available and how to combat it. When responding to the Chair, you said that if there was one message that you would like to get across, it was not to cut flood defence budgets. So …” | 123 |
| 19 May 2025 | Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 550) “Ms Long-Dhonau, how aware are people of the risks that they bear from flooding, and of what they can do in terms of making their property more resilient? Do people really understand the situation that they are sometimes in?” | 39 |
| 19 May 2025 | Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 550) “You would be able to afford your resilience measures.” | 9 |
| 19 May 2025 | Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 550) “My apologies: I have to leave at this point, but I really was very impressed with the quality of all your answers to us. It has been really helpful—thank you.” | 30 |
| 19 May 2025 | Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 550) “It is much more important that you say it.” | 9 |