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HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Seventeenth sitting)I beg to move amendment 172, in schedule 14, page 212, line 32, leave out “may” and insert “must”. This amendment would commit the Secretary of State to make regulations excluding…17 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Fifteenth sitting)It is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend, who has made a very good case for the amendment. I am puzzled about why the world is not more excited by the Bill at the moment. Given…12 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Fifteenth sitting)I do not mean to usurp my hon. Friend the Member for Southampton, Test, who I am sure will follow immediately afterwards, but I think much of that is to be welcomed—certainly…12 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Fourteenth sitting)Of course not.12 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Fourteenth sitting)That is exactly the point. I was tempted to intervene on the Minister, but she seemed reluctant. The call from people out there is that this needs to be got on with. I do not…12 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Fourteenth sitting)Will the Minister give way?12 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Fourteenth sitting)It is a pleasure to continue with you in the Chair, Sir George. The Minister is making a fine speech, but on all the “may” and “must” issues I find myself casting my mind back to…12 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Fourteenth sitting)As ever, my hon. Friend is making a thoughtful and interesting speech. As he spoke, I thought of some of the examples that came up in the covid-19 crisis in the food chains, where…12 Nov 2020HANSARDDraft Organic Products (Production and Control) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
Draft Genetically Modified Organisms (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Dowd, and it is a pleasure to continue the conversation with the Minister. I note a sense of humour has been introduced to this place.…11 Nov 2020HANSARDDraft Environment and Wildlife (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mr Davies, and to be back with the Minister. Yesterday we were on the Environment Bill Committee and we will be on it again…11 Nov 2020HANSARDDraft Environment and Wildlife (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020On the National Wildlife Crime Unit, is that funding secured for the future? I am not necessarily expecting the Minister to give an answer today, but it is an important point.11 Nov 2020HANSARDDraft Organic Products (Production and Control) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
Draft Genetically Modified Organisms (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020I am grateful for the work that the hon. Gentleman does convening that group, which I have found fascinating on recent occasions when I have been able to join. I very much agree…11 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Twelfth sitting)This is very important, and it came as a surprise to many of us that the Government are introducing it as an amendment. Will the Minister explain why it was not in the Bill…10 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Twelfth sitting)I will not come up with a counter-example, but I think many would draw a very different conclusion from the Minister’s example. I am not a lawyer, but we are advised that the term…10 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Twelfth sitting)Will the Minister give way?10 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Thirteenth sitting)The baton.10 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Thirteenth sitting)My hon. Friend speaks with passion and experience on this issue. This is not novel, so I have found myself wondering, exactly as he does, why those words have been excluded. Would…10 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Twelfth sitting)This is a short clause, but it is very important. I am fortunate to represent Cambridge, a city with some fantastic environmental organisations. The David Attenborough Building is…10 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Twelfth sitting)I welcome the Minister back to the Committee. This is a fine distinction, but does she not agree that, in so dramatically excluding “buildings or other structures”, the Bill goes…10 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Twelfth sitting)Good morning, Mr Gray. My hon. Friend is making important points. In paragraph 340 of the explanatory notes, there is a comparison with how the European Commission works. One of…10 Nov 2020