Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 23 Jun 2022
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"The wine trade, and particularly wines produced in the UK, plays an increasing important role in Southport’s food and drink industry. Will my right hon. Friend meet some of these businesses to listen to how the proposed duty reforms will affect their trade?..."Damien Moore - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 10 Mar 2022
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"2. What steps his Department is taking to support biodiversity and rewilding in local urban communities. ..."Damien Moore - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 10 Mar 2022
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"Local urban communities such as Southport benefit enormously from trees, shrubbery and other green spaces that promote biodiversity and rewilding, but there are strong concerns among my constituents that Sefton Council is planning to cut back the greenery along Southport’s pavements and replace it with concrete blocks for cycle lanes. …..."Damien Moore - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 27 Jan 2022
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"12. What steps he is taking to support coastal communities. ..."Damien Moore - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 27 Jan 2022
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"Research has shown that, with rising sea levels, Southport could resemble an island by 2050 if no further action is taken. Will my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State commit to visiting Southport to explore what further steps we could take to protect my constituents’ homes from rising water …..."Damien Moore - View Speech
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Written Question
Wednesday 29th September 2021
Asked by:
Damien Moore (Conservative - Southport)
Question
to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department plans to take to tackle littering in coastal areas.
Answered by Rebecca Pow
Local councils are responsible for keeping public land clear of litter and Defra is committed to supporting them in doing so. We published the Litter Strategy for England in April 2017, setting out our aim to deliver a substantial reduction in litter. We have almost doubled the maximum fixed penalty fine for littering to £150. Through a recent grant scheme administered by the environmental charity WRAP, we have also awarded almost £1m to local councils to provide new litter bins. We have been proud to support national clean-up days such as the Great British Spring Clean and the Great British Beach Clean, and we will continue do so in future. Measures in the Environment Bill, including the Deposit Return Scheme and restrictions on single-use plastic items, will also provide significant additional support to local councils in tackling this issue.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 15 Oct 2020
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" What steps he is taking to reduce plastic pollution. ..."Damien Moore - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 15 Oct 2020
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"What steps are the Government taking to ensure the responsible disposal of face masks and other personal protective equipment?..."Damien Moore - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 15 Oct 2020
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" What steps is my right hon. Friend taking to maintain food standards at the end of the transition period, so that there is no cliff edge in food standards?..."Damien Moore - View Speech
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Written Question
Friday 12th April 2019
Asked by:
Damien Moore (Conservative - Southport)
Question
to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department and its agencies have made of the effect of residential gardens on biodiversity.
Answered by Baroness Coffey
There are a number of research studies that demonstrate the value of domestic gardens for wildlife. For example, a 2019 study led by the University of Bristol found that bees were more abundant in well managed gardens and allotments than most other urban land uses.
Under the National Pollinator Strategy the Government works with research, voluntary and private sector partners to develop advice so that everyone can provide and manage nesting and feeding habitat for bees and other insects in their gardens, window boxes, allotments or community gardens. We promote this advice through the “Bees’ Needs” website and through the annual “Bees’ Needs Week” campaign to celebrate and encourage nationwide action.
We are also addressing the needs of biodiversity in urban areas through plans to introduce a biodiversity net gain requirement. This will help to ensure that new developments include wildlife-friendly green spaces. The biodiversity metric that will be used to measure biodiversity net gain takes account of newly created gardens, so that this policy could help to incentivise the creation of gardens which have greater potential to become havens for local species.
We will continue to work in partnership with scientists and practitioners to review and improve the evidence base to inform our policy and we will be sharing examples of nature-friendly gardening during the 2019 Year of Green Action.