Speeches by Gardiner.

“We are aligned on that.”

“While you are on demand reduction, can I just ask you specifically about that? The CCC position is that we need a carbon price on non-EU air travel. You say £272 per tonne by 2029, and the jet zero strategy assumes a carbon price on non-EU flights from 2035 of £484 per tonne by 2050. You know as well as anybody that, a…”

“That is the nicest thing that anybody has said to me for a long time, Chair, that I am in my prime. I thought that I was well past it, but there we are. Mr Topping, we are dealing with what you have admittedly said are the riskier elements—direct air capture, sustainable aviation fuel, and BECCS with carbon capture. 60…”

“The Government are saying that. Their estimates are higher than yours, but I disagree with them as well.”

“It is a critical moment, but we will resume.”

“I accept what you said to the Chair earlier, but there are real question marks here over BECCS and SAF, never mind DAC.”

“Ms Pinchbeck, last time we spoke at this Committee, I challenged the CCC on its approach to SAF. You said then what you have just said to my colleagues now: “I will tell you next time”. Now is the next time, and I want to push you a bit on this. Broadly, the Committee has received evidence so far that says that the bal…”

“Following the reduction of their grant by 9% in real terms, National Parks and National Landscapes were explicitly encouraged to use biodiversity net gain markets to attract private finance. I was disappointed, therefore, to see that in setting out their consultation on planning reform proposals on Tuesday, the Governm…”

“May the blessings of Christmas be with you, Madam Deputy Speaker, and all who serve in this place. Few of us can imagine the extraordinary difficulty of studying for university exams in a war zone, so I was delighted about, and commend the Government for, setting up the scholarship scheme for students from Gaza who won…”

“The Solicitor General is absolutely right to say that justice delayed is justice denied. My constituent Qesser Zuhrah has been on remand in prison for over a year. Two other constituents, Heba Muraisi and Lewie Chiaramello, have also been on remand, awaiting trial. None of the offences of which they are accused are off…”

“Thank you for that presentation, and I want to particularly acknowledge the presence of Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah’s mother in the audience, and thank her for the campaign that she has mounted on this in memory of her daughter. You spoke about the impacts on children, and you spoke about the impacts on communities, but oft…”

“You mentioned nitrogen dioxide there. Am I right in thinking that nitrogen dioxide is not included in the environmental improvement plan? You rightly alluded to the fact that they brought forward the target for reduced PM2.5 to 2030—and we are already meeting that in 99% of the areas in the UK—but there would be no req…”

“I am in awe. As a west London MP, I would love you to give this presentation to the west London business community. On top of that, what is there for this Committee to do that you have not already done? What is there for this Committee to recommend that you have not just recommended?”

“As we have done on pesticides?”

“Full disclosure: I would love to rejoin the European Environment Agency, and I would love to have full alignment. I suppose the real question to you is: is this a political push against the expressed views of the public in the Brexit referendum? I voted to remain, but I recognise that the public did not. How much of a …”

“What are the recommendations that this Committee could make in an inquiry? What you have just said is contained there in our adaptation strategy already. That is a very good example, but it is one they have already crystallised and expanded.”

“You are outlining that there could be a multiplicity of such different scenarios and therefore preparation for any one of them crystallising would be extensive and costly. How would you counter the argument that it is more important that we are now taking steps to mitigate, to reduce the environmental damage, to sort w…”

“Could you maybe comment on the difference in biodiversity between a monoculture Sitka spruce forest plantation and an ancient woodland?”

“Can you quantify the amount of biodiversity that one finds in ancient woodlands and the different ways in which ancient woodlands can and should be managed? I am thinking of the work of Oliver Rackham and people who have spent years looking at this.”

“I am very grateful to the Minister for taking all these interventions. Does he agree that the cross-border terrorism—most of the terrorist camps are based in Azad Kashmir—is specifically designed to engender a crackdown on human rights in Jammu and Kashmir and to foment tension? Therefore, one of the things that his Go…”