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HANSARD Fresh and Nutritious Food: Inequality of AccessOf course, but I have very little time to answer some of these points.05 Nov 2025HANSARDDraft Environmental Protection (Wet Wipes Containing Plastic) (England) Regulations 2025I am in awe of my hon. Friend’s detailed knowledge of EU directives that were passed after we left. I am sure that she remains in dynamic alignment with what is going on in…03 Nov 2025HANSARDDraft Environmental Protection (Wet Wipes Containing Plastic) (England) Regulations 2025Of course, and that is why I will give way to my hon. Friend. I think that the EU is perhaps beginning some tentative steps along the same pathway that, thanks to my hon. Friend…03 Nov 2025HANSARDDraft Environmental Protection (Wet Wipes Containing Plastic) (England) Regulations 2025In a minute.03 Nov 2025HANSARDDraft Environmental Protection (Wet Wipes Containing Plastic) (England) Regulations 2025The hon. Gentleman has anticipated some of what I was going to say in my winding-up remarks—but he is right.03 Nov 2025HANSARDDraft Environmental Protection (Wet Wipes Containing Plastic) (England) Regulations 2025It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Desmond. The regulations were laid before the House on 16 September. I welcome the chance today to set out the action that…03 Nov 2025HANSARDDraft Environmental Protection (Wet Wipes Containing Plastic) (England) Regulations 2025We have had a small but perfectly formed debate on a measure that has gathered cross-party agreement, partly because of the power of the argument about the damage that…03 Nov 2025HANSARD Fishing and Coastal Growth FundMy hon. Friend has made some interesting observations about creativity, which may well be applied to the fund. We are trying to co-design the way the fund will work—it is there…23 Oct 2025HANSARD Fishing and Coastal Growth FundI have been looking at the history of seafood support funds. The last one was a UK seafood fund, which was reserved by the then Government nationally, to be used in a strategic…23 Oct 2025HANSARD Fishing and Coastal Growth FundWe are working closely with our fishing and seafood sectors to ensure that they are vibrant, profitable and sustainable, and that we have a healthy and productive marine…23 Oct 2025HANSARD Fishing and Coastal Growth FundThe fund is about long-term transformation and partnership. We want to modernise the fishing sector, support coastal regeneration and build resilience in the industry across the…23 Oct 2025HANSARD Fishing and Coastal Growth FundThe right hon. Gentleman will have to ask the Scottish Government about what they are going to do with their devolved part of the fund. He might also wish to ask them whether…23 Oct 2025HANSARD Fishing and Coastal Growth FundMy hon. Friend is correct. I believe that the free trade deal with India took away all tariffs on Scottish salmon, so hopefully there will be a lot more of it heading that way…23 Oct 2025HANSARD Fishing and Coastal Growth FundWe are awaiting the EU mandate, which the Commission tells us will be available by the end of November. We are very anxious to then get on to doing the SPS deal as quickly as…23 Oct 2025HANSARD Fishing and Coastal Growth FundIt is rather odd that in this country we have to export more of what we catch because we eat what is caught elsewhere. Expanding the UK population’s view of what they can eat from…23 Oct 2025HANSARD Fishing and Coastal Growth FundAs I have mentioned, a predecessor fund—the UK seafood fund—was complained about massively because it was ringfenced and held at UK level. There were demands for it to be…23 Oct 2025HANSARD Fishing and Coastal Growth FundPride in place funding is a new initiative from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Colleagues will know that it is based very much on a bottom-up approach…23 Oct 2025HANSARD Fishing and Coastal Growth FundAs I have said, we are at an early stage in the process of seeing how we can do this. We are committed to trying to co-design the fund, so I am happy to talk to my hon. Friend…23 Oct 2025HANSARD Fishing and Coastal Growth FundThe Father of the House knows that flattery will get him everywhere—obviously, I hold him in equally high esteem. Along with my hon. Friend the Member for Great Grimsby and…23 Oct 2025HANSARD Fishing and Coastal Growth FundPart of the fund and its use is certainly about trying to create a more vibrant and modern fishing industry that is resilient, and part of that must be social resilience. I look…23 Oct 2025