Barry in Westminster - Barry Gardiner MP

Promoted by Jackie George on behalf of Barry Strachan Gardiner both at Pavitt Hall, Union Road, Wembley HA0 4AU. Email contact address: jackie@barrygardiner.com

Migration and Border Security

Commons debates

It is clear that my right hon. Friend inherited a chaotic immigration situation from the last Government, and I commend her on the work she is doing. She rightly focused on international...

Bangladesh: Attacks on Hindu Community

Commons debates

Thank you for allowing this urgent question, Mr Speaker. Since the fall of the previous Government in August, Bangladesh has seen more than 2,000 incidents of violence, most of which have been...

Bangladesh: Attacks on Hindu Community

Commons debates

(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs if he will make a statement on the situation in Bangladesh and recent attacks on the Hindu...

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

Commons debates

I have huge respect for the hon. Lady for the way that she has conducted this debate over the last few weeks. My concern is that she has focused today on the individual and the individual choice,...

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

Commons debates

Will my hon. Friend give way?

Fishing Industry - [Clive Efford in the Chair]

Backbench Business

Barry Gardiner made a speech in a Westminster Hall debate

Does the Minister actually believe that the discard ban is being observed? If he has doubts about that, would he agree that ensuring there are onboard cameras and monitoring is the best way to...

Fishing Industry - [Clive Efford in the Chair]

Backbench Business

Barry Gardiner made a speech in a Westminster Hall debate

Before the Minister does that, could he look at what we might learn from the American fish management plans, which are gold standard and have had the clear management objectives that, I am...

Fishing Industry - [Clive Efford in the Chair]

Backbench Business

Barry Gardiner made a speech in a Westminster Hall debate

The hon. Gentleman missed out the United States of America from that list.

Fishing Industry - [Clive Efford in the Chair]

Backbench Business

Barry Gardiner made a speech in a Westminster Hall debate

I agree with the right hon. Gentleman, and I thought that his points on visas were well-made, but it is important that we put safety at the forefront. Paradoxically, the common denominator that...

Fishing Industry - [Clive Efford in the Chair]

Backbench Business

Barry Gardiner made a speech in a Westminster Hall debate

I am sorry if I have given the hon. Gentleman the impression that I think fishing communities would be against this; I do not think that. That is precisely why I welcome the remarks of my hon....

Fishing Industry - [Clive Efford in the Chair]

Backbench Business

Barry Gardiner made a speech in a Westminster Hall debate

I am delighted that I sat down to receive my hon. Friend’s intervention because she is entirely right. What she said goes to the remarks made by our hon. Friend the Member for South East...

Fishing Industry - [Clive Efford in the Chair]

Backbench Business

Barry Gardiner made a speech in a Westminster Hall debate

I am delighted to agree with the right hon. Gentleman, who chairs the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee. It also adds grist to the mill of the five-year approach, but we perhaps need...

Fishing Industry - [Clive Efford in the Chair]

Backbench Business

Barry Gardiner made a speech in a Westminster Hall debate

I think Hansard will record that the right hon. Gentleman mentioned that himself in his opening remarks. Overfishing means that the stock is driven down even further. There is no cure to a...

Fishing Industry - [Clive Efford in the Chair]

Backbench Business

Barry Gardiner made a speech in a Westminster Hall debate

I am, of course, well aware that it is headline advice and that other things come into play, but as the right hon. Gentleman himself mentioned in his opening remarks, the things that come into...

Fishing Industry - [Clive Efford in the Chair]

Backbench Business

Barry Gardiner made a speech in a Westminster Hall debate

It is a pleasure to speak under you in the Chair, Mr Efford. My thanks and congratulations go to the right hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland (Mr Carmichael) on securing this debate. I hope...

Fishing Industry - [Clive Efford in the Chair]

Backbench Business

Barry Gardiner made a speech in a Westminster Hall debate

I want to clarify something in relation to pollack. My understanding is that the scientific advice given out in June was that the total allowable catch should be set at zero, but it was not set...

Storm Bert

Commons debates

Last July, the previous Government issued its third national adaptation plan, and this March the Climate Change Committee issued its independent assessment of NAP3. It said that it falls far...

Gaza and Humanitarian Aid

Westminster Hall debates

I congratulate the Minister on making his maiden address. Can he reflect on the verb that he used? He said that we have been “asking” Israel to do those three things. He then went on...

Gaza and Humanitarian Aid

Westminster Hall debates

As politicians, we talk of the international rules-based system, by which we mean the World Trade Organisation and the United Nations, but often we do so only when it suits our position. When it...

Carbon Capture, Usage and Storage

Commons debates

I had rather hoped that my right hon. Friend was going to start his statement by saying, “As I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted—”. I have waited so long to hear a...