Dr Roz Savage

I thank my hon. Friend for her intervention. I know Chichester harbour well and absolutely agree that this is vital work. There is hope. Nature is enormously resilient and has an amazing capacity to regenerate when we give it a chance. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds’ appropriately named Hope farm has demonstrated that food production can coexist with benefits to wildlife: breeding bird populations there increased by 177% over a 12-year period. We need to encourage people to get involved—a new kind of land army working together for nature. We need to unlock the local knowledge, energy and passion for nature that I see every day in my constituency of South Cotswolds. I am sure every hon. Member in the Chamber has seen it, regardless of whether their constituency is rural or urban. One of my especially passionate constituents, Jonathan Whittaker, put together the “Shroud for Nature”, an art piece made of 13 double bedsheets covered with heartfelt messages about the Climate and Nature Bill. I have chosen a few of those messages to read out today. They are: “Care for the planet. Not just for this generation but the next ones. It’s your responsibility to make sure I have a home. I am twelve years old.” “We all come from nature, by destroying it we are destroying ourselves.” “When will those in power listen and commit? No nature, no us!” and “What you do today will change my life forever.” That is from William, who is 10 years old. They continue: “We have the solutions; we have the skill. Are we willing to make the change?” and “Leave politics aside. Make changes for humankind.” Now we have a little poem dedicated to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: “Secretary of State Steve Reed, do us a good deed”—