Speeches by Denyer.

“Do you think that the current national measures and regulations are enough to tackle nitrogen pollution or are more targeted or localised approaches needed? Jenny, you have already told us that you think we need more specific measures for farm practices, but are there any other changes that you would want to make to th…”

“Do you have anything to add, Professor Sutton? On this Committee we are always keen for specific recommendations, if you have them.”

“I am relieved that the Government are now committed to breaking the price link between expensive gas and cheap renewables, but given that the proposed solution is voluntary for electricity generators, how will the Chancellor ensure that the proposals that she and the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero …”

“I am relieved that the Government are now committed to breaking—[Interruption.]”

“Green-led Bristol city council received glowing peer review from the Local Government Association this month, specifically noting how moving to a committee system has strengthened democratic engagement and transparency. It also, by the way, enables cross-party co-operation, and an honourable mention goes to the local L…”

“Will the Minister give way?”

“I beg the right hon. Lady’s pardon, but they say I am wrong about what?”

“No, I will not. I will continue for now. What the shadow Secretary of State’s motion would achieve is the raising of a lot of money. When war inflates oil and gas prices, fossil fuel bosses cash in. Just five companies made nearly half a trillion dollars in the years after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Of course, th…”

“There is simply no case for opening new oil and gas wells in the North sea, for approving Rosebank and Jackdaw, or for removing the windfall tax from oil and gas companies. It is inaccurate, irresponsible and immoral for the shadow Secretary of State, the right hon. Member for East Surrey (Claire Coutinho), to suggest …”

“Those Members answered the challenges from the shadow Secretary of State, so I will move on, given the limit on time. Given that the measures proposed in the motion will not secure our energy supply, protect jobs or bring down bills, what will drilling more oil and gas from the North sea do? It will undo so much progre…”

“My reliance is on the evidence, which shows that 93% of recoverable oil and gas in the British parts of the North sea has already been extracted. Whatever does remain will be sold on the international market to the highest bidder, as many Members have already pointed out. If the proposals in the shadow Secretary of Sta…”

“No, I will not, thank you—I will carry on. [Interruption.] Fine, I will give way.”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Mundell. As an MP, I hear far too often from young trans and gender-questioning people and their families who are unable to get the treatment they need. It is important in this debate to start by being clear what puberty blockers are and are not. They do not, on the…”

“I thank the hon. Member for Basingstoke (Luke Murphy), my fellow member of the all-party parliamentary group on climate change, for securing this debate. The climate and nature emergencies are the most pressing issue of our time. They go to the heart of every area of Government, and we ignore or sideline them at our pe…”

“Will the hon. Lady give way?”

“I am just coming to an end. We must leave no stone unturned, whether it is housing standards, taxation, jobs, transport, energy, defence or food. That is my main message today, and I hope the Government are open to hearing it. It is important that we look at climate change across every single Department, because that i…”

“That is great. I can strongly infer your answer to this question, but I take it that you do not feel that current national Government policy adequately considers the interactions between the two. You certainly have lots of recommendations for how to make it better.”

“I have a slightly tangential follow-up question. As part of making that better, do we need new national legislation on air quality, or can it be done under existing legislation with new guidance? I am particularly thinking about empowering local authorities to act. We managed to get a clean air duty into the English De…”

“Ms Legge, you teed me up nicely for this question about the correlation and overlap between air pollution and climate change. Obviously they are separate things, but some of the causes are the same or similar. Some of the solutions can help with both, but some can undermine each other. Could you expand a bit more on wh…”

“Ms Chambers, you have just made some very clear recommendations, which is great. There is no need to repeat those if some of them are the answer to my next question. Zooming out from methane to air quality generally, I am always a fan of looking at what other people are already doing in other countries and reminding ou…”