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HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend makes a very important point. Some of the challenges we have are typically with houses built in the Victorian era where, as she says, the street drainage system…22 Jul 2021HANSARDCoastal State Fisheries Negotiations: Quota ShareMy hon. Friend is right. The pelagic sector in particular has benefited from the UK becoming an independent coastal state with more quota and less competition from Norway and the…22 Jul 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right that this is a really big year for the environment internationally—not only with COP26 being hosted in Glasgow, but with the convention on…22 Jul 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Gentleman is incorrect in that the capital spending on floods is increasing to £5.2 billion. That is almost a doubling of the previous programme. We have held meetings…22 Jul 2021HANSARDNational Food Strategy: Small-scale Family FarmsThe Government thank Henry Dimbleby and his team for their work on the independent review of the food system. We are committed to carefully considering the review and its…22 Jul 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe UK Government work very closely with ICES. Indeed, our chief fisheries scientist at the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science is the deputy president of…22 Jul 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am regularly contacted by students in schools around the country on this great challenge. We have made some very important steps forward with the ban on some single-use…22 Jul 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsOver the past 18 months, key workers in our food supply chain have worked incredibly hard to keep the nation fed during the difficult context of the pandemic. The recent hot…22 Jul 2021HANSARDScottish Seed Potato IndustryThe Scottish seed potato industry is renowned globally for its high health status and it is second to none. It exports to some 40 countries around the world and 80% of its exports…22 Jul 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Department for Transport has already announced some plans to increase the speed of driver testing and to deal with some of those logistics issues. Secondly, we are working…22 Jul 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe are doing a very detailed piece of work on all the targets we intend to set under the Environment Bill, including on air quality, but also on water, biodiversity, and waste and…22 Jul 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe have not cancelled culling licences, but it is the case that the intensive four-year culls in many parts of the country have run their course and have therefore ended. To…22 Jul 2021HANSARDScottish Seed Potato IndustryWe introduced a temporary six-month marketing authorisation that allowed EU seed potatoes to be marketed in England and Wales earlier this year. That has now expired, as agreed…22 Jul 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI absolutely agree with my hon. Friend. We all have a role to play in this; people should take responsibility for their litter. We have taken some steps, such as fixed penalty…22 Jul 2021HANSARDReducing Demand for WaterIn 2019 the Government carried out a consultation on measures to reduce personal water consumption. Today I wish to announce measures that the Government will take following our…01 Jul 2021HANSARDLandscapes Review: Government ResponseIn May 2018, DEFRA commissioned Julian Glover and an independent panel to consider how we might improve the management of our national parks and areas of outstanding natural…24 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment, Food and Rural AffairsThe hon. Gentleman makes an important point. The Government are clear that we will consult on a ban on horticultural peat, and we will shortly bring forward the legislation that…21 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment, Food and Rural AffairsThe hon. Gentleman makes an important point. The Government are clear that we will consult on a ban on horticultural peat, and we recently brought forward legislation that…21 Jun 2021HANSARDUK-Australia Trade DealThe Department for International Trade has a number of groups, including one covering agri-food, that discuss the approach to trade deals and help the Department to identify…17 Jun 2021HANSARDUK-Australia Trade DealAs part of the agreement with Australia, we secured a special agricultural safeguard, which has a strict automatic volume trigger. It means that for the first 10 years, Australian…17 Jun 2021