Last week, Parliament’s Environmental Audit Committee held the final session of its Biodiversity inquiry. The witnesses for the session were Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury Kemi Badenoch MP and Steve Field, Director of Climate, Environment and Energy at the Treasury. The session was opportune given the recent Budget speech and Barry opened his line of questioning by pushing for a commitment to stress-test fiscal packages and stimulus against the Government’s net-zero target and updating the Treasury’s Green Book for appraising projects to account for the impact on natural aswell as human and produced capital. Moreover on Dasgupta Barry recommended the Treasury take heed of Dasgupta’s recommendation on Natural Capital Accounting and also pushed the witnesses on other areas of the budget which implications for reaching net-zero targets, including the need for a green mandate for the National Infrastructure Bank and ensuring fossil fuel companies do not benefit from the tax super-deductions announced by Rishi Sunak.