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HANSARDFloodingI am going to address all those points of review later, but I wanted to take the opportunity, since this does not always happen, to effectively acknowledge some of the great work…04 Mar 2020HANSARDFloodingI will on that point, but then I am going to make progress.04 Mar 2020HANSARD Environment BillWe have consulted on a range of measures on water consumption. We do not think we need additional primary powers in this Bill to take steps to address those issues. We will…26 Feb 2020HANSARD Environment BillI will make some progress. Landowners will be able to agree conservation covenants with charities and other bodies, so they can be assured that subsequent landowners will be…26 Feb 2020HANSARD Environment BillI will give way one more time.26 Feb 2020HANSARD Environment BillYes, that is what we will be doing. Indeed, the design of our future environmental land management scheme will have a local component, and we want to make sure that what we do to…26 Feb 2020HANSARD Environment BillI will give way one more time, and then I will make some progress.26 Feb 2020HANSARD Environment BillMy right hon. Friend makes an important point, and the Bill will require local authorities to have their own strategies for biodiversity and for nature recovery. As he identifies,…26 Feb 2020HANSARD Environment BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. It is a pleasure to open this Second Reading debate on the Environment Bill. In recent decades, our natural world has faced…26 Feb 2020HANSARD Environment BillThe hon. Gentleman will be aware that the Bill provides for us to do precisely that by setting targets for PM 2.5. We will want to consult and engage people on exactly what that…26 Feb 2020HANSARD Environment BillI simply say to my hon. Friend that the Bill gives us the powers to set precisely those long-term targets and to monitor our progress towards them. It also contains powers, later…26 Feb 2020HANSARD Environment BillI would like to make a little bit of progress. I am conscious of the number of Members who want to speak today. I would like to take this opportunity to thank my predecessors, my…26 Feb 2020HANSARD Environment BillMy hon. Friend makes an important point. The Bill contains a number of measures relating to a biodiversity net gain. It includes, for instance, a provision on conservation…26 Feb 2020HANSARD Environment BillMy hon. Friend will know that the Government are always open-minded to good amendments. However, she makes a valid point, which is that the Bill’s contents have already been…26 Feb 2020HANSARD Environment BillThe Bill will establish the Office for Environmental Protection, which will have the power to take public bodies to an upper tribunal if there are breaches of the law. Of course,…26 Feb 2020HANSARD Environment BillI am going to make some progress. The annual progress report we published last May showed that 90% of the highest-priority actions from our first 25-year environment plan, which…26 Feb 2020HANSARD Environment BillThe framework set out in this Bill contains multiple mechanisms through which information is made available. We will be setting targets that will be reviewed every five years.…26 Feb 2020HANSARD Environment BillMy hon. Friend makes an important point. Our Agriculture Bill is currently in Committee, and it includes not only tackling and mitigating climate change, but a wide range of other…26 Feb 2020HANSARD Environment BillThe hon. Gentleman makes an important point. The waste management section of the Bill will provide us with the ability not only to strengthen our requirements on producer…26 Feb 2020HANSARD Environment BillWhile I am sure that the Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, my hon. Friend the Member for Taunton Deane, will look carefully at any amendments, the…26 Feb 2020