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HANSARDEuropean Union: Trade BarriersI do not see how that can happen; 55% of the direct payments went to the 10% who constitute the largest farmers—a deeply unfair system. We are focusing on payments with…04 Jul 2023HANSARDEuropean Union: Trade BarriersWe work very closely with Hannah and other port managers—for example, on the common user charge, which is a way of alleviating very high costs on some and very low costs on…04 Jul 2023HANSARDEuropean Union: Trade BarriersWe are 74% self-sufficient in products we can grow in this country and 62% self-sufficient in all food items. We are setting in train a whole range of policies through which we…04 Jul 2023HANSARDDisposable and Reusable NappiesIn the Plan for Water published in April we said that we were going to do this, and 96% of respondents to our call for evidence supported a ban on wet wipes. More information on…28 Jun 2023HANSARDDisposable and Reusable NappiesWith five children, I should perhaps also declare an interest. I like to think I pulled my weight, though my wife might disagree. The noble Baroness’s point about 3.6 billion…28 Jun 2023HANSARDDisposable and Reusable NappiesCongratulations to the noble Baroness on the joke of the day. We want to assist consumers in making the right choices. The Competition and Markets Authority has produced guidance…28 Jun 2023HANSARDDisposable and Reusable NappiesI cannot tell the noble Lord how much we have spent, but if he is criticising my department for asking the people who use these products, those who manufacture them and those who…28 Jun 2023HANSARDDisposable and Reusable NappiesThe noble Lord will not be surprised that I do not know that figure. I know that the impact of carbon on the environment has dropped considerably since the last life cycle…28 Jun 2023HANSARDDisposable and Reusable NappiesI wish it was as simple as that. The noble Baroness is absolutely right with her figures on the global warming potential of reusable versus disposal nappies. However, reusable…28 Jun 2023HANSARDDisposable and Reusable NappiesI think we all want a deposit return scheme, which is a very important way of recycling more products, but the coalition between the Greens and the Scottish National Party has…28 Jun 2023HANSARDDisposable and Reusable NappiesI have run out of ribald replies. This is a serious matter: nappies account for about 4.5% of the waste that local authorities have to deal with. With plastics, textiles and…28 Jun 2023HANSARDDisposable and Reusable NappiesMy Lords, Defra’s assessment of disposable and reusable nappies concluded that no type of nappy clearly had better or worse environmental performance across its life cycle. We…28 Jun 2023HANSARDFarm Animal WelfareMy Lords, I declare my interests as set out in the register. We have delivered an ambitious legislative programme since the publication of the Action Plan f or Animal Welfare . We…26 Jun 2023HANSARDFarm Animal WelfareThe noble Baroness is right that the power to improve animal welfare lies in large measure with the consumer, and keeping the consumer informed is a key part of this. Therefore,…26 Jun 2023HANSARDFarm Animal WelfareImports into the UK must comply with our existing import requirements. Products produced to different environmental and animal welfare standards can be placed on the UK market if…26 Jun 2023HANSARDFarm Animal WelfareI am grateful to the noble Lord for his involvement with that Act. He challenged me and the House to become more knowledgeable during our debates on it. We think that the Act will…26 Jun 2023HANSARDFarm Animal WelfareThe number of live animals exported from Great Britain since Brexit has been zero—none: not one. There is one vessel, the “Joline”, which operates out of Folkestone and has the…26 Jun 2023HANSARDFarm Animal WelfareI agree with my noble friend. She is not taking issue with me; she is pushing at an open door. This is a manifesto commitment and in our animal welfare action plan, and we want to…26 Jun 2023HANSARDFarm Animal WelfareWe have a very clear set of guidelines, which we have improved in recent years, such as by putting CCTV cameras in slaughterhouses. As the noble Lord will know, the Food Standards…26 Jun 2023HANSARDFarm Animal WelfareThis is a fast-moving technology all over the world, and I think people look at it with some suspicion in terms of where plants come from and what has to happen to plants in order…26 Jun 2023