Speeches by Heylings.

“That is pretty serious for us, that we are looking at a nascent market a year in and we are looking at messages to the market that would undermine this because it is taking a huge chunk out of that market on the financial side, and on the biodiversity and ecology side it is having a huge impact on that locally. That is…”

“Mr King, given that you were saying how difficult it is for some of the smaller housebuilders to do this, do you have any ideas of how they could be helped?”

“Is that something that is a caution as well that you would like this Committee to—”

“If I understand you correctly, you do not think that there is. You have not seen or encountered for you misuse of exemption.”

“That is interesting and leads me on to my second question. Would that be something that you would like to see the Committee recommending as a way to help smaller developments?”

“Mr King, given that you were saying how difficult it is for some of the smaller housebuilders to do this, do you have any ideas of how they could be helped?”

“Is that something that is a caution as well that you would like this Committee to—”

“Going back to you, Ms Toovey, you seemed to be raising a red flag about any changes to further exemptions. We know that six months ago the Government’s development and nature recovery working paper said that they would commit fully implementing biodiversity net gain, but just last week we have had announced the consult…”

“What we have heard from you is that this nascent nature market is starting to kick in, change behaviour and show promise. However, for the market to work it would need for the rules to apply to everyone. I want to explore the Committee’s concerns about potential bypassing of biodiversity net gain. In the first instance…”

“If I understand you correctly, you do not think that there is. You have not seen or encountered for you misuse of exemption.”

“It is almost double counting.”

“Successive Governments have failed to deliver a fair energy transition for workers and communities. We have seen the devastating closure of the Grangemouth oil refinery, and now we are seeing uncertainty around the gas storage facility off the east coast. Just seven out of 87 offshore oil and gas companies are planning…”

“1. What steps she is taking through the spending review to support the transition to clean energy.”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Mundell. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for South Cotswolds (Dr Savage) for moving the motion and for her powerful speech. I also thank all the signatories to the petition. I want to add my voice to the calls for transgender people to be able to change their legal g…”

“My hon. Friend is right to point out that compassion and fairness for those who are terminally ill are rightly at the heart of the Bill. Does he agree with my constituents who would like to see it extended to those terminally ill with motor neurone disease and neurodegenerative disorders, to give them choice and dignit…”

“I thank the hon. Member for his intervention. We have to name the report “In Broad Daylight” from Sheffield Hallam University, which found that all solar industry-relevant polysilicon producers in the Uyghur region were either using state-sponsored labour transfers of Uyghurs or were sourcing from companies that were. …”

“I rise in strong support of Lords amendment 2B and the consequential amendment tabled by the hon. Member for Rotherham (Sarah Champion). The Liberal Democrats welcome this key step by the Government towards preventing goods linked to Chinese slave labour from being part of our renewables businesses’ supply chains. The …”

“Mr Duncan, you mentioned that biodiversity net gain was good because of its objectivity in terms of the goal. The Office for Environmental Protection has said it is concerned about the environmental delivery plans because they are very much open to subjectivity. Do you feel they could be a blocker in a way, because the…”

“But there could be an urgency to deal with them, because if they affect the value of the area, they could be needed, and not in some indeterminate future.”

“What responsibility and accountability would the developer have for their contribution to mediating the impact of that development?”