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HANSARDPersistent Organic Pollutants (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2023That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 16 October be approved. Considered in Grand Committee on 14 November.15 Nov 2023HANSARDPersistent Organic Pollutants (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2023My Lords, I beg to move that these regulations, which were laid before the House on 16 October 2023, be approved. This instrument adds a new substance called perfluorohexane…14 Nov 2023HANSARDPersistent Organic Pollutants (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2023That the Grand Committee do consider the Persistent Organic Pollutants (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2023.14 Nov 2023HANSARDPersistent Organic Pollutants (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2023I thank noble Lords for their contributions to this debate. The regulations debated here today ensure that existing legal provisions for the prohibition and restriction of the…14 Nov 2023HANSARDStorm Babet: FloodingI thank my noble friend for his question. This is an absolute priority for the Government and we are putting in record sums. We want to see £52 billion spent by water companies on…25 Oct 2023HANSARDStorm Babet: FloodingIn the wider context, the Government are investing £5.2 billion to build flood and coastal erosion schemes to better protect communities, and almost 60,000 properties are better…25 Oct 2023HANSARDStorm Babet: FloodingI thank my noble friend for her continued interest in this matter. She has reminded me that I did not respond to the point that the noble Baroness asked about building on flood…25 Oct 2023HANSARDStorm Babet: FloodingMy Lords, the Government acknowledge the terrible impact the storm has had on householders and businesses, and sympathise with those affected, particularly the friends and…25 Oct 2023HANSARDStorm Babet: FloodingLike the noble Baroness, I saw that clip—at least I think it was the same one—and it is horrible to see this natural capital being swept into a river system, where it can clog up…25 Oct 2023HANSARDFluorinated Greenhouse Gases (Amendment) Regulations 2023I thank noble Lords for their interest in this matter and their contributions to the debate. I reiterate that the amendment made by this instrument relates to the correction of a…24 Oct 2023HANSARDFluorinated Greenhouse Gases (Amendment) Regulations 2023My Lords, these regulations were laid in draft before this House on 4 September 2023. Fluorinated greenhouse gases, also known as F-gases, are powerful greenhouse gases used…24 Oct 2023HANSARDFluorinated Greenhouse Gases (Amendment) Regulations 2023That the Grand Committee do consider the Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases (Amendment) Regulations 2023.24 Oct 2023HANSARDWindsor Framework (Retail Movement Scheme) Regulations 2023My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Dodds of Duncairn, for tabling this Motion, and all noble Lords who have contributed to this debate today. I pay great tribute to him and…18 Oct 2023HANSARDWindsor Framework (Retail Movement Scheme) Regulations 2023I will refer to the noble Baroness’s bulbs. I do not know why the company she bought her bulbs from returned her money and did not wish for her custom, because the movement of…18 Oct 2023HANSARDWater and Sewage Regulation (Industry and Regulators Committee Report)Perhaps the noble Baroness would allow me to finish. We passed more legislation in the Moses Room just the other day to ensure that unlimited fines can be imposed on water…16 Oct 2023HANSARDWater and Sewage Regulation (Industry and Regulators Committee Report)Multi-million pound infrastructure projects are being done by water companies; I will come on to talk about reservoirs. Some are doing them better than others; it would be a very…16 Oct 2023HANSARDWater and Sewage Regulation (Industry and Regulators Committee Report)I think it has been wonderful to see pension funds invest—perhaps those paying the pensions of those of us in this Room. I totally welcome the fact that people want to invest in…16 Oct 2023HANSARDWater and Sewage Regulation (Industry and Regulators Committee Report)I will take that away. I think that they are both funded properly. I want to make sure we continue to do so and allow them to carry out the work the Government require of them. I…16 Oct 2023HANSARDWater and Sewage Regulation (Industry and Regulators Committee Report)I hope the noble Lord heard me say that we have changed the rules. Fines by the Environment Agency are no longer capped at £250,000. They can be unlimited and there can be…16 Oct 2023HANSARDWater and Sewage Regulation (Industry and Regulators Committee Report)We make sure that the money comes not from customers but from shareholders so that it is fair.16 Oct 2023