Speeches by Stephenson.

“If you want to comment on onsite, that would also be helpful.”

“Do you have anything further to add?”

“Are there any risks to the scheme’s effectiveness in delivering nature recovery? Perhaps this is where Dr Boulton and Dr Martin may have some observations.”

“Anything further, Dr Martin? No. My final question is: do you have any concerns about the monitoring and regulation of the biodiversity credit market?”

“I am conscious of time. I have two quick questions on the importance of local infrastructure and sustainable placemaking. I think these will be to everyone, but we need to keep the answers quite short if we can. Where do you see specific opportunities and challenges for local infrastructure to make a positive contribut…”

“It is, yes.”

“To help ensure that housing growth and environmental protection is in step, what do you want to see from the forthcoming Planning and Infrastructure Bill? Dr Hills, I have a feeling you may have quite a few suggestions here.”

“How do you define a hybrid planning committee?”

“Yes. Anything, Mr Kite?”

“I thank my constituency neighbour, the hon. Member for Bedford (Mohammad Yasin), for campaigning so tirelessly to bring Universal Studios to my constituency. Constituents in Mid Bedfordshire and across the country will be surprised not to hear the Government back Universal Studios. Will the Minister confirm when he int…”

“10. Whether she has had discussions with the Welsh Government on the potential impact of the proposed visitor levy on the economy in Wales.”

“I welcome the Government’s ambition to welcome 50 million visitors per year to the UK by 2030, but does the Secretary of State share my concern that a visitor levy, combined with ever more expensive electronic travel authorisations, will make it much more expensive for people to visit Wales, and indeed my constituency …”

“Not at all.”

“In the interest of providing certainty, would the Minister explain why the Government did not choose a multi-year allowance on this, rather than going for an extension of only one year?”

“Does my hon. Friend think that, by suggesting that farmers should diversify into holiday lets, the Environment Secretary intends that farmers should pay even more tax to the Treasury?”

“I think Opposition Members are somewhat confused. The Chancellor committed to bringing an amendment forward. I know that the Minister says it will be tabled at a later stage, but why is it so complex that it cannot be considered today, so that it can be scrutinised by the Opposition?”

“Thank you, Chair. I will try to keep it fairly short; I do not know how this normally goes, but perhaps you will be asking me questions. Tourism is worth £74 billion in the UK economy, so it is a pretty large industry. The Government set an ambitious target for 50 million visitors per year by 2030, which I think is ext…”

“If possible, but I suppose there is total flexibility within the week. The important thing is that it is within English Tourism Week.”

“Do you think that the $1.3 trillion is likely to be enough to enable the recipient countries to respond and adapt to the impacts of climate change?”

“Earlier when Barry was asking questions, there was a conversation about public versus private. You may not want to go into too much detail but what do you think the public finance contribution will be?”