This is the parliamentary question time for questions to the Environment Secretary.

Members of the Commons may question the Environment Secretary on any issue relating to his department. Each member is limited to one question per week.

This House recognises plqx as the Environment Secretary, and requests that he answers all questions posed to him.

This House recognises DynamoJax as the Leader of the Opposition, and as such grants him the right to ask six questions per week.

The government may only be asked to answer one question at a time - no new questions may be submitted until the previous one has been answered. If the government does not answer, action may be taken by the speaker of the commons.

I therefore open this session with the following question:

Will the Environment Secretary please tell us of his department's aims for this session of parliament?

To enhance our nation's environmental wellbeing and sustainability, help preserve our nation's environmental and ecological heritage, and hopefully make it easier for future governments to do the same.

I thank the minister for his answer and open this session to the house.