Speeches by Blake.

“The hon. Lady makes an interesting point and I am sure the Minister is listening. In a time of ecological crisis, every action must contribute to halting and reversing nature loss, because nature is not just part of the solution; it is the solution. I hope the Minister will sit down with me to discuss these points furt…”

“I thank the Chair of the Select Committee for his statement. It has been a privilege to be involved in the Committee’s work on this report. Does he agree that next week’s UN ocean conference offers the Government a unique opportunity to take a global lead on banning destructive practices such as bottom trawling in mari…”

“Colleagues from right across the House have expressed their frustration with the contradictory things that the Minister has said in response to our questions. We have heard that there will be a change when there is a change, and that there will be new steps when new steps are available, yet in the same statement he has…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir John, and I thank the hon. Member for Waveney Valley (Adrian Ramsay) for securing this debate. Around one third of my constituency is agricultural land, so it is no surprise that animal welfare in farming is a big issue for many of my constituents, as it is for me. As…”

“Starvation is a horrific and entirely preventable way to die. Some 14,000 babies’ lives are at risk in the next 48 hours. To put that in perspective, 15,000 babies are born each and every year in South Yorkshire—nearly all of them would be wiped out in two days if that was the situation here. Will the Secretary of Stat…”

“I have been here talking about migrants and other communities who have been victimised and used as scapegoats repeatedly over the past 15 years. It has been sad to see; unfortunately we are seeing it across the globe, but we should all be standing up against it. We should be dealing with people’s daily concerns, rather…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Mundell. I thank the hon. Member for South Cotswolds (Dr Savage) for opening the debate incredibly well, on a subject that often gets heated. Today, we have shown that we can discuss these issues without that heat. I also thank the more than 120,000 people who signed t…”

“Does the Minister agree that six weeks is a very short time for that consultation to run? Initially it was two weeks. Would not 12 weeks, as has been the case for various pieces of consultation undertaken by the organisation, fit better with the big issue that we are talking about today?”

“No, I will make some progress if my hon. Friend does not mind, because I have only a little time. The idea that it is a shame or somehow sad that people are trans is completely and utterly wrong. As has been said, trans joy exists. The many trans people and non-binary people I know live joyful lives. We should celebrat…”

“I think it is very problematic if we go down that track for all services. I think that the equality right and how it was interpreted previously were correct, and that people should be excluded where there is a need for that. It should be on the basis of a balance, and I think that is true for all protected characterist…”

“To ask a bit more about the carbon budgets that we have coming up—this is to Mr Beckford—should the Government include international aviation emissions within the carbon budgets, and would you be surprised if they did not?”

“We will come back to demand management later, but what impact would integration of the emissions into the carbon budget have on the actual likelihood of achieving those budgets?”

“We have already heard on this but, finally, given that only one of the 50 targets have been set for the industry since 2000 has been met, how likely is it that the targets that we are talking about will be met?”

“To ask a bit more about the carbon budgets that we have coming up—this is to Mr Beckford—should the Government include international aviation emissions within the carbon budgets, and would you be surprised if they did not?”

“You have pre-empted my next question but, going back to that report, what would the reduction look like to close that gap and what is your view of trying to achieve the carbon budget in terms of aviation?”

“We will come back to demand management later, but what impact would integration of the emissions into the carbon budget have on the actual likelihood of achieving those budgets?”

“We have already heard on this but, finally, given that only one of the 50 targets have been set for the industry since 2000 has been met, how likely is it that the targets that we are talking about will be met?”

“You have pre-empted my next question but, going back to that report, what would the reduction look like to close that gap and what is your view of trying to achieve the carbon budget in terms of aviation?”

“I refer the House to my declaration in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests about the help that I receive from the Refugee, Asylum and Migration Policy Project. I am also the co-chair of the all-party parliamentary group on migration. I welcome the Government’s action in the Bill to repeal parts of the previous…”

“Does the Secretary of State agree that far from being strangers, migrants are our neighbours, friends and family and an integral part of our community, and that moves to cast them as strangers are divisive and hostile and risk legitimising the same far-right violence that we saw in last year’s summer riots? Have we lea…”