Speeches by Buckley.

“That is very helpful. Could I ask you, Ben Kite, the same question about whether those two compete or whether they are in synergy, the net gain and the zero?”

“That is such a fantastic example. Could I ask you to write in with more details about that? We are looking for examples exactly like that to help us understand. Could I quickly ask you the same question, whether net gain and net biodiversity are in synergy or are competing demands on housebuilders?”

“It does feel as though that might be quite voluntary. You are providing availability of a dataset, you are asking applicants to tell us first about biodiversity net gain and then secondly to tell us about carbon, and they can access this database if they want to, to apply it. Is there not then opportunity to put all th…”

“Anything that could encourage or enforce that consistency of measure could help to make sure you are all using the same units?”

“Thank you very much, that is great.”

“I thank all Members who have taken the time to listen and contribute to the debate, and I thank the bereaved families and campaigners for their time and for listening again to stories that can only be upsetting. I also thank the Minister for her time. I could hear in her summing-up that she was clearly listening to the…”

“I could not agree more, and I think that particularly affects young people living in rural areas. It is not surprising that between 2019 and 2023, nearly half of casualties in young car driver collisions occurred on rural roads. Each of those numbers is a person—a young person with their whole life ahead of them, a son…”

“I beg to move, That this House has considered road safety for young drivers. Thank you for chairing this Westminster Hall debate on road safety for young drivers, Sir Desmond, and for allowing me to present the opening statement to our Minister for the Future of Roads, my hon. Friend the Member for Nottingham South (Li…”

“I agree that all measures that can prevent collisions, injuries and deaths should be explored. Prevention is often not only better but cheaper than dealing with the consequences of doing nothing. Research from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents has shown that young drivers have poorer visual awareness. T…”

“I agree, and it is absolutely excellent to hear of any support for families who have been bereaved as a result of a collision. That can be used to educate others, so that we can try to prevent accidents in the future. I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. However, a majority of drivers wrongly assume that ur…”

“I thank my hon. Friend for her intervention. I think we are going to be hearing lots of suggestions today about all the measures that could help prevent such tragedies, because each death is an avoidable tragedy that freezes these young people in time, forever prevented from growing up to fulfil their full potential. H…”

“I will not. Such a device can smash the window or cut the seatbelt in case of emergency. We could call it Harvey’s hammer, in memory of one young man from Shrewsbury whose legacy has brought us all here today.”

“What role can the UK play in international climate action now that President Trump has once again pulled the US out of the Paris agreement?”

“Is it an opportunity for closer alignment on some of our environmental standards?”

“In the absence of the US, if China takes a more prominent role, what scope is there for constructive UK collaboration with China to achieve good climate outcomes for the UK?”

“What are your international climate leadership priorities between now and COP30 in Brazil and how do you plan to achieve them?”

“We will come on to some more detailed questions on that. It sounds like an ambitious agenda for the next COP and you will need some support on that. Will you commit to including parliamentarians from relevant Select Committees in the UK delegation to COP30?”

“Turning to the EU, the UK has an obligation to co-operate with the EU on climate and trade and on international negotiations. What work are you doing to work with the EU to push that forward on these shared international climate objectives?”

“Does the Minister agree that it is vital that we embrace the Bill in order to protect those everyday constituents such as mine in Shrewsbury, for whom flooding has moved from a once-in-100-years event to a regular misery each year, as they pay the human cost of climate change?”

“I congratulate the Minister on her sterling work to tackle this minefield of rogue companies who abuse the good will of residents when installing energy saving measures, by scamming them with substandard products and damaging their homes. Will she work with colleagues in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local G…”