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HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillIf we have to extend, that would be the subject of a secondary legislation measure, so this House would be able to review it.28 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI entirely agree with the noble and learned Lord: it has to be specified. That is the work we are doing, and that is how we will decide whether we need that extension.28 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI want to make some progress.28 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI thank the noble Baroness and my noble friend for those remarks. We will be providing a clear list of regulations in due course, but we are working through them, and I make no…28 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI just say to my noble friend that the direction of travel of this and future Parliaments that will be elected over the coming years will not be for a reduction of these things.…28 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillA delay is reform, because it gives more time to get it right. There may be specific technical issues relating to a regulation that require more work to be done than can be…28 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillBecause if it is in the Bill, you cannot improve it, as has been said in very eloquent terms—28 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillWell, not without going through an exhaustive amendment process. I want to see higher environmental standards in this country. I want us to be able to prove that we have higher…28 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI will of course reflect on the points made today, and we will consider them all in due course. I do want to make some progress, if possible.28 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillWe are transposing it. I am sorry if I was not clear. I was setting out a very high standard that we have applied to ourselves, retained since we left the European Union and will…28 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillWe can get bogged down in a philosophical debate about what regulation is for. Some people come at it from the direction that it should always stop people doing things that others…28 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillCan I just finish this point? Where there are more complicated issues that may require us to spend longer dealing with them, the extension mechanism is there to achieve that. That…28 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillHaving laboured through many of the details of this, I can assure the noble Lord that it is a good thing for a Government to be doing. We are tackling some areas of law that have…28 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillAs the Secretary of State said at the launch of the environment improvement plan, we will retain by default. Then we will examine every single item and decide which to put back…28 Feb 2023HANSARDScotland: Bottle Deposit Return SchemeMy Lords, as waste policy is a devolved matter, the Scottish Government have opted to roll out a DRS independently of the rest of the UK, due to launch on 16 August this year. We…27 Feb 2023HANSARDScotland: Bottle Deposit Return SchemeMy Sunday evening has been enhanced by watching what happens to waste on an aircraft carrier and recycling on these facilities. If it lands at Rosyth or Portsmouth, will there be…27 Feb 2023HANSARDScotland: Bottle Deposit Return SchemeThe noble Lord is exactly right. If we were indulging in grown-up politics across all the Governments, we would have a scheme that acknowledged that waste is a devolved but…27 Feb 2023HANSARDScotland: Bottle Deposit Return SchemeI can only applaud my noble friend for his virtuous activities at weekends, but, sadly, I have to report that I do not think he would be able to do that. For the Scottish scheme…27 Feb 2023HANSARDScotland: Bottle Deposit Return SchemeI cannot disagree at all with the noble Lord. I agree with everything he said and assure him that I spoke to the Secretary of State for Scotland on this matter this morning. He is…27 Feb 2023HANSARDScotland: Bottle Deposit Return SchemeYes, and we are having those discussions. We are also looking at other countries that run successful deposit return schemes to try to learn from their successes, just as we are…27 Feb 2023