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Thanks for joining us tonight - keep your eyes peeled tomorrow morning for some exclusive #bbcqt audience content We’ll be back next week with a studio audience from Tottenham You can apply to be in the #bbcqt audience here: bit.ly/3PKVLIP
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“We’re talking about banning something that we have a choice of doing”

This audience member asks why something in our “control” should be banned, when pesticides which are “causing cancer” and “killing' wildlife have been allowed to remain

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“I don’t like banning things but smoking is causing 80,000 deaths a year”

Conservatives’ David TC Davies says “it may not be perfect” but supports the rolling smoking age ban and proposes further action on vape companies advertising to children

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'There is an opportunity for us as a nation to deliver really skilled, high paid jobs'

Labour’s Bridget Phillipson says homegrown energy will allow bills to become cheaper and skilled jobs to return to disadvantaged areas

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“There has been a huge increase in the amount of renewable energy used to generate electricity… but we are going to continue to need gas and oil”

Conservatives' David TC Davies says without North Sea oil, the UK will lose energy independence

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“You've got to adapt to climate change as opposed to thinking you can stop it”

Reform UK’s Richard Tice says “smarter” and “less costly” options such as improving sea defences in the Maldives should be prioritised over net zero commitments

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'I know as an engineer that the technology is pretty much there... The barrier is the policies and political will'

The Green's Carla Denyer says climate change has been apparent for decades, politicians just haven't prioritised it

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“Politics doesn’t exist in a vacuum”

Labour’s Bridget Phillipson believes that in positions of power there will “always” be a risk of abuse, but that there is currently a “wider” issue about “standards” at play

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“Standards in public life should be a big feature of the general election campaign”

This audience member says MPs need to be contracted to very clear responsibilities and standards, referring to the Nolan Principles

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“It’s an incredibly expensive way to be cruel”

The Green Party’s Carla Denyer says the money for the Rwanda policy could be “much better” spent providing international aid, alongside “safe and legal” routes into the UK

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