Speeches by Davies.

“Ella, a nine-year-old girl who died in 2013, was the first person to have air pollution listed as a cause of death on her death certificate, which was a shocking moment. I looked into the situation in my county of Derbyshire and found that air pollution contributes to between 400 and 600 deaths a year, even though part…”

“I would like to tease out some more information, because it is an interesting point, although there are lots of points in what you have raised that we could explore further. We know that local authorities have a role under the Environment Act 1995, and one of the levers that the public would have is better information,…”

“I will take that one away. Thank you very much indeed. Ms Lockwood, I have seen some good initiatives locally in my constituency where there have been efforts to reduce the impact of poor air quality. For example, in the village of Duffield, there has been a safer school streets initiative. Sometimes these initiatives …”

“My worry is that these integrated care systems are going to be so big that it is very difficult to put your finger on specific hotspots, and they have been very busy dealing with, particularly, hospital care. When they talk about the wider determinants of people’s health, it is often smoking and drinking or lack of phy…”

“The hon. Member mentions the national insurance hike. I am disappointed about that, but would he be content to see public services—education, healthcare and public transport—continue to fail people? We needed that investment to get the country back on its feet.”

“It is certainly DCMS that would answer this. Unfortunately, the Minister for this specific issue is in the Lords, so you would probably get one of the other ones, but it is a great opportunity to talk about this all the same.”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Huq. The east midlands has been a driver of Britain’s economic growth since at least the earliest days of the industrial revolution. Belper in my constituency was the world’s first factory town; it spun cotton for textiles at a previously unimaginable rate, and that…”

“I declare my interest as someone who likes beer. I have signed this application, and I am also the chair of the all-party parliamentary group on UNESCO world heritage sites. I think that this has real legs, and that cask ale can get on to the new inventory that DCMS is aspiring to create. We noted that you requested a …”

“I thank the Foreign Secretary for her wide-ranging statement, including the support she outlined to protect British nationals in the region and to ensure that humanitarian aid gets into Lebanon, and the efforts to ensure that British consumers with heating oil are protected from price rises. Over 1,500 properties in my…”

“How will that come through? Will it be DEFRA that needs to bring that through?”

“I very much don’t know more about it than you.”

“To summarise, it is a good foundation, but it needs some more clarity about how it will be delivered.”

“There is a number of recommendations, or pieces of guidance in respect of ancient woodlands, in the environmental improvement plan. Would you share my assessment that they feel a bit woolly? It just talks about improving the condition of ancient and semi-natural woodlands and delivering on our commitment to enhance the…”

“So we are not getting to that 10,000.”

“I understand that the responsibility for the inventory sits with MHCLG and DEFRA. This is quite a complicated space when you think about the interaction between woodland and public bodies or Government. Obviously, we have DEFRA, as you would perhaps expect, but then there is the MHCLG, local authorities, the Forestry C…”

“I have an ancient woodland site in my constituency: Chaddesden wood, which is the only ancient woodland in the city of Derby. It is a nine-hectare site that supports a rich cross-section of biodiversity, but it is, or has been, at risk from development. I did not want to miss the opportunity to speak to experts about t…”

“And that will get us there, will it? Pardon my maths.”

“Oh yes, I have written 500k.”

“Thank you for joining us today. I have some questions about Government support for ancient woodland, but before I get to them, do you have any reflections on why it would seem that we still do not have a handle on how much ancient woodland there is and where it is? I note that in the environmental improvement plan ther…”

“Okay. I just wondered if you had any thoughts about whether there was a tension between the EIP’s aims of protecting ancient woodland and some of your stakeholders who, no doubt, will want to increase timber production.”