Speeches by Reynolds.
Every Hansard contribution by Emma Reynolds this parliament, most recent first. Back to the MP page for the headline figures and analysed positions.
Showing 221–240 of 888 contributions · most-recent first
| Date | Debate & contribution | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 10 Mar 2026 | Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1749) “I tend to take quite a calm approach. We have set ourselves some very challenging interim targets in the EIP. We have some challenging targets overall in the Environment Act. We are by no means complacent about that. Do I convey that to the Prime Minister in Cabinet? Yes, I do. I am not going to divulge exactly what I …” | 240 |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1749) “On a more positive note, we know that £4 million of bonuses have been blocked for the last financial year. Like you, I am frustrated. I want to ensure that water companies abide by the spirit as well as the letter of the law that many of us voted for last year. That was a key piece of the Government’s agenda, the Water…” | 75 |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1749) “No, I wasn’t. It does depend on the arm’s length bodies and the status.” | 14 |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1749) “I cannot overstate it, I don’t think. It is really, really important. We have worked closely with the OEP, and we know that you work closely with the OEP, too. Having those interim targets and detailed delivery plans means that, as a Department, working with our important ALBs, we can push forward and meet those target…” | 137 |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1749) “I have left Parliament as an MP, and I used—” | 10 |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1749) “We work closely with the OEP. I meet the chair and the chief executive. My junior Ministers do, too. There is also a lot of joint working and cross-working between officials. However, it is independent of us and, as you will see, it challenges us, and rightly so. That is what it is there for. When I say we work closely…” | 80 |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1749) “To be very clear, I have not previously left Government as a Minister. I hope you are not hastening my demise.” | 21 |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1749) “No. I think it is about how these things are implemented, but it is also about the guidance around them. Governments are always looking at trade-offs, but here we can make sure that we have a system—and we had a lot of these discussions during the passage of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill—where we do restore natu…” | 107 |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1749) “Obviously, there shouldn’t be. We have a unit in Government that looks at what officials from different Departments do after they leave Government—” | 23 |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1749) “We certainly need to ensure that there are no serving members of the—” | 13 |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1749) “The relationship, once we left the European Union—and this was a creation of the previous Government—was to make sure there was a body, independent of Government, that was scrutinising both the policy and delivery of environmental policy.” | 37 |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1749) “We work very closely with the devolved Governments. We have an inter-ministerial group. We wrote to them last month setting out and confirming our commitment to work closely with them on having a joined-up, UK-wide approach. Sally, do you want to add to that?” | 44 |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1749) “We do a number of things across Government on these issues. Various Departments of Government own and manage quite big swathes of land, such as the MOD, DFT and others. We work very closely with them on climate adaptation and other issues with regard to their land management. As a Government, we have quite a large esta…” | 71 |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1749) “You will know that we have pledged to legislate for a ban on the sale of peat and peat-containing products. We have pledged to do that when parliamentary time allows.” | 30 |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1749) “As you will know, we consulted on the stage 3 MPA bylaws in September, and when it closed, we had over 20,000 responses. We have consulted on very significant restrictions on bottom trawling in a number of protected areas, but we have not yet responded to the consultation. We want to make meaningful progress on this.” | 56 |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1749) “We are happy to take that away as a proposal.” | 10 |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1749) “Sorry, I can’t. It is something that we are still working on. It is a really important document. I imagine that you have had discussions with my Minister, Mary Creagh, who is completely focused on this plan, and on making sure that we see the opportunities from the circular economy, because we know that the growth of t…” | 83 |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1749) “If you look very carefully at what the Prime Minister has said, we do not want to pit building and nature against each other. I very much want to see a win-win situation where we can have the best of both. On planning, we can agree that the existing system does not work well for anyone. It does not work well for those …” | 191 |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1749) “Soon, I hope.” | 3 |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Environmental Audit Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1749) “On flooding, we have simplified the rules so that a wider range of solutions can be taken forward by a wider range of actors. For example, and I am sure as a Committee you will be glad to hear this, making sure that nature-based flooding measures are put in place, not just filling holes with concrete, and making sure t…” | 152 |