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HANSARDCombined Sewer OverflowsI know the noble Baroness well enough to know that she does not really believe that. We sat through hours and hours of debate on the Environment Act, the Agriculture Act and the…14 Sept 2023HANSARDCombined Sewer OverflowsMy noble friend knows that there is a major investment in infrastructure, the largest ever, which is seeing many of those thousands of miles of Victorian pipes being replaced by…14 Sept 2023HANSARDCombined Sewer OverflowsI thank the noble Baroness for her question. I suggest I have a different understanding of how an OEP investigation works. Let me be absolutely clear about this: the OEP has not…14 Sept 2023HANSARDCombined Sewer OverflowsI thank my noble friend. The Secretary of State held a meeting in the Wye Valley with all partners concerned. Out of that have come a number of actions. What is frustrating is…14 Sept 2023HANSARDCombined Sewer OverflowsI may have misunderstood the noble Baroness, but I have certainly had it put to me in this Chamber that, when this system of private ownership was put in place, it was somehow an…14 Sept 2023HANSARDDangerous Dogs Act 1991: New BreedsThe noble Lord makes a very good point. Under the Dangerous Dogs Act, there is an exemption procedure whereby the person can keep the dog provided that they stick to various…14 Sept 2023HANSARDDangerous Dogs Act 1991: New BreedsI totally understand my noble friend’s point; that may well be what comes out of this urgent review. It is of concern right at the top of the Government. He is absolutely right…14 Sept 2023HANSARDDangerous Dogs Act 1991: New BreedsI am very happy to have a discussion with the noble Baroness and any others about what precisely they mean by updating this legislation. Many campaign groups, such as the Dogs…14 Sept 2023HANSARDDangerous Dogs Act 1991: New BreedsI love agreeing with my noble friend but I cannot in this case. It was a very bureaucratic document that cost more than it amounted to and was no more than a tax on dog owners. It…14 Sept 2023HANSARDDangerous Dogs Act 1991: New BreedsI entirely understand the noble Lord’s point. Most of us who keep a dog can know its breed precisely because there is a breed registration book and it is perfectly easy to…14 Sept 2023HANSARDEnvironmental Civil Sanctions (England) (Amendment) Order 2023I thank both noble Baronesses for their response to this instrument and their qualified support for what the Government are doing. The noble Baroness, Lady Bakewell, rightly…13 Sept 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I will respond to a couple of the points made. First, my noble friend Lord Randall probably took my place on the advisory board of River Action UK, from which I had to…13 Sept 2023HANSARDEnvironmental Civil Sanctions (England) (Amendment) Order 2023That the Grand Committee do consider the Environmental Civil Sanctions (England) (Amendment) Order 2023. Relevant document : 48th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny…13 Sept 2023HANSARDEnvironmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2023That the Grand Committee do consider the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2023. Relevant document: 48th Report from the…13 Sept 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill13 Sept 2023HANSARDEnvironmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2023That the Grand Committee do consider the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2023. Relevant document: 47th Report from the Secondary Legislation…13 Sept 2023HANSARDEnvironmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2023I thank the noble Baronesses for their interest in this. I am delighted that the noble Baroness, Lady Bakewell, is a waste nerd. Her social life is fascinating—having dinners…13 Sept 2023HANSARDEnvironmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2023My Lords, I beg to move that the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2023, which were laid in draft before the House on 28 June, be approved. They…13 Sept 2023HANSARDEnvironmental Civil Sanctions (England) (Amendment) Order 2023My Lords, I beg to move that the Environmental Civil Sanctions (England) (Amendment) Order 2023, which was laid before this House on 12 July, be approved. In doing so, I hope that…13 Sept 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I beg to move Amendment 230A, and I will speak to Amendment 309B. These make clear the Government’s commitment to ensuring that biodiversity net gain achieves its…13 Sept 2023