Speeches by Taylor.

“Thank you. I will ask the next question of Ms Davis, but again others can contribute. How do you think local authorities and developers engage with communities to improve flood resilience in planning and building processes? Do local communities have the necessary resources and access to expertise to participate meaning…”

“Yes, and how do developers and communities engage properly with each other to improve flood resilience through the planning and building construction process? How are these conversations happening? Do you think that there is room for improvement?”

“I thank my hon. Friend for bringing the debate to the House. Does she agree that the third sector has to be taken into account when we are developing economic strategies? For example, in Scotland, 135,000 people are employed in the third sector in comparison to life sciences, which employs only 40,000 people. However, …”

“Thank you, Chair. I would just like to draw everyone’s attention to my entry in the register of interests. Before becoming an MP, I was a chartered surveyor, but I am still a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.”

“Thank you. Yes, I agree. Thank you. Dr Hills?”

“Thank you. Yes, I agree. Thank you. Dr Hills?”

“Continuing that theme, is there any reason why a brownfield site with biodiversity introduced through the development process couldn’t be put back to the original state in terms of biodiversity, following the completion of the development? Would the removal of contamination, for example, from a brownfield site not be s…”

“Excellent, thank you.”

“We heard earlier that there is, in some areas, a shortage of the relevant skills and that is hampering the smooth running of the development process, and it is also creating a development time lag. Can each of you briefly tell us what your organisations are doing to attract school leavers into the profession and is the…”

“Thank you very much and thank you all for coming in today.”

“Continuing that theme, is there any reason why a brownfield site with biodiversity introduced through the development process couldn’t be put back to the original state in terms of biodiversity, following the completion of the development? Would the removal of contamination, for example, from a brownfield site not be s…”

“Excellent, thank you.”

“Thank you, Chair. I would just like to draw everyone’s attention to my entry in the register of interests. Before becoming an MP, I was a chartered surveyor, but I am still a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.”

“We heard earlier that there is, in some areas, a shortage of the relevant skills and that is hampering the smooth running of the development process, and it is also creating a development time lag. Can each of you briefly tell us what your organisations are doing to attract school leavers into the profession and is the…”

“Thank you very much and thank you all for coming in today.”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Jardine. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Peterborough (Andrew Pakes) for introducing this topic. I draw attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. I have had personal experience of the value of apprenticeships during my career and w…”

“Thank you, Secretary of State, for coming along today. The next section is on climate adaptation. The UN Environment Programme puts the adaptation finance gap at between $187 billion and $359 billion per year. However, adaptation outcomes at COP29 were limited. How urgent is the need to get adequate global adaptation f…”

“Will the Government be revising and strengthening the third national adaptation programme in light of the criticisms outlined by the Climate Change Committee in its independent assessment last year?”

“Yes.”

“Can you say or have you thought yet if there is a particular process that will be followed and if there are any timescales associated with that?”