Speeches by Chowns.

“We have heard in the previous session about the limitations of NERC funding, and I know the previous committee heard about NERC’s ability to fund the long-term research programmes that are needed, particularly given the significance of the research that we have heard about here. Do the Government plan to ensure that la…”

“Personally, I would be quite interested in a written response on the format and timeframe for that.”

“I thank the hon. Gentleman—my hon. Friend—for securing this debate on such an important day. He is right to draw particular attention to the experiences of defenders of indigenous communities and environmental rights defenders in Colombia and elsewhere. Back in October, in my capacity as a vice-chair of the all-party p…”

“Storm Darragh brought 96 mph winds, flooding and power outages, and it came hot on the heels of Storm Bert, which brought severe rainfall and terrible flooding. Given the strong evidence that links increasing frequency and severity of storms with climate change, may I ask for the Minister’s response to the comments of …”

“The Secretary of State will be aware that all analyses of the supply of green skills, such as the recent global climate talent stocktake, show a massive undersupply of such skills. Demand is growing at double the rate of supply. What are the Government’s plans to address that important shortfall, and will the Secretary…”

“Thank you. Is there anything that you would like to add, Mr Carter?”

“You are saying that SFI is working pretty well but would you agree that there is significant scope for some tweaking so that they are operating more long term, tying landowners into longer-term agreements.?”

“My next question was going to be about how we can encourage greater participation in these schemes, but it is challenging to get Governments to commit to financial commitments beyond the next year, let alone beyond 30 years.”

“You are saying that SFI is working pretty well but would you agree that there is significant scope for some tweaking so that they are operating more long term, tying landowners into longer-term agreements.?”

“Thank you. Is there anything that you would like to add, Mr Carter?”

“Continuing the theme of how Government can intervene in in the sector, how effective do you think the existing Government schemes are, the schemes that Government provide to encourage landowners to deliver nature recovery projects on their land?”

“My next question was going to be about how we can encourage greater participation in these schemes, but it is challenging to get Governments to commit to financial commitments beyond the next year, let alone beyond 30 years.”

“You are saying that SFI is working pretty well but would you agree that there is significant scope for some tweaking so that they are operating more long term, tying landowners into longer-term agreements.?”

“Continuing the theme of how Government can intervene in in the sector, how effective do you think the existing Government schemes are, the schemes that Government provide to encourage landowners to deliver nature recovery projects on their land?”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger. I will focus my comments on areas where I think we can achieve a degree of cross-party agreement. I have already heard agreement that farmers are the stewards of the land. We can agree that farming is a diverse sector, and farmers as a group are very diverse…”

“My next question was going to be about how we can encourage greater participation in these schemes, but it is challenging to get Governments to commit to financial commitments beyond the next year, let alone beyond 30 years.”

“Thank you. Is there anything that you would like to add, Mr Carter?”

“Continuing the theme of how Government can intervene in in the sector, how effective do you think the existing Government schemes are, the schemes that Government provide to encourage landowners to deliver nature recovery projects on their land?”

“I welcome the Secretary of State’s warm words about improving affordable housing availability. Does she agree that the affordability of housing is closely related to the bills that people have to pay—energy bills in particular? Will she ensure that all new social housing from this stage forward is built to the highest …”

“I have a couple of questions. The first one follows on a bit from the comment about the inclusion of aviation and shipping, recognising that the UK has made relatively good progress in reducing territorial emissions, but much less good progress in reducing consumption-based emissions. Should we be thinking about the im…”