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HANSARDPlastic PollutionThe noble Baroness is quite right. There is a huge amount of innovation going on around plastics. Again, it is a very complicated area. The industrial strategy challenge fund has…10 Apr 2019HANSARDPlastic PollutionThe noble Baroness raises a number of different questions. Of course, she is absolutely right that much of the packaging we use may not be necessary. That is why the UK Plastics…10 Apr 2019HANSARDPlastic PollutionI agree that many of the things the Government are proposing are extremely popular—these things are popular, and the Government are doing them—but I have to be honest with the…10 Apr 2019HANSARDPlastic PollutionMy Lords, I can actually answer that question. The plastic packaging tax will provide a clear economic incentive for businesses to use recycled material in the production of…10 Apr 2019HANSARDPlastic PollutionMy noble friend raises a very important point. Energy from waste is potentially one of the solutions. However, we do not want to see items being sidetracked from recycling and…10 Apr 2019HANSARDPlastic PollutionI am not entirely sure that the Labour Government did it either. The reality is that it was the Conservative Government who banned microbeads and introduced the 5p charge on…10 Apr 2019HANSARDPlastic PollutionIndeed, and I understand that my noble friend has a Question on this particular issue coming up very soon, so we will be able to debate this in greater detail. He is absolutely…10 Apr 2019HANSARDPlastic PollutionMy Lords, our priority is to prevent plastic from entering the environment in the first instance. The resources and waste strategy published in December last year sets out our…10 Apr 2019HANSARDGeo-Blocking Regulation (Revocation) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 14 March be approved. Relevant document: 22nd Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (Sub-Committee B)09 Apr 2019HANSARDGeo-Blocking Regulation (Revocation) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, this statutory instrument will revoke EU regulation 2018/302, commonly known as the geo-blocking regulation, and the Geo-Blocking (Enforcement) Regulations 2018 in the…09 Apr 2019HANSARDGeo-Blocking Regulation (Revocation) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in this short debate this afternoon. I was certainly not intending that the House would nod this one through, but I must be…09 Apr 2019HANSARDAir PollutionI will certainly have a look at the noble Baroness’s clean air Bill and have a think about it.08 Apr 2019HANSARDAir PollutionNoble Lords will have heard us mention the office for environmental protection a number of times over recent months—it has been the subject of much discussion. When the…08 Apr 2019HANSARDAir PollutionAir pollution is a complex area—not only is it about what comes out of cars, but also what comes out of stoves and things such as carpets and paints. We need to move people on…08 Apr 2019HANSARDAir PollutionCertainly we need to understand the impact on children’s health. The London Mayor has also committed to look at the air pollution around 50 primary schools in London. The more we…08 Apr 2019HANSARDAir PollutionThe noble Earl is quite right to mention children. Many vulnerable people are also significantly impacted by poor air quality. The Government are developing personal air quality…08 Apr 2019HANSARDAir PollutionI thank the noble Baroness for raising that, because it is exactly what the Government are doing. The roadside nitrogen dioxide plan basically directs all local authorities to…08 Apr 2019HANSARDAir PollutionI think noble Lords have heard us talk before about the scrappage schemes. In our view, the evidence of their deliverability and value for money simply is not there. We are not…08 Apr 2019HANSARDAir PollutionThe noble Lord makes a very important point: we have already been able to tackle the biggest sources of industrial pollution, and now we are coming on to the more difficult areas.…08 Apr 2019HANSARDAir PollutionMy Lords, the Government’s clean air strategy, published in January of this year, sets out an ambitious programme of action to reduce air pollutant emissions from a wide range of…08 Apr 2019