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HANSARDScotland: 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 SchemeLet us see whether I can try to encourage my noble friend with this reply. The Government have not yet received an official ministerial request from the Scottish Government for a…27 Feb 2023HANSARDUK Food ShortagesI thank the noble Lord for his questions. There will also be photographs of full shelves in supermarkets in the UK. We have a multiplicity of different companies retailing food in…23 Feb 2023HANSARDUK Food ShortagesMy Lords, I refer you to my entry in the register. “The UK has a highly resilient food supply chain, as demonstrated throughout the Covid-19 response, and is well equipped to deal…23 Feb 2023HANSARDUK Food ShortagesI do not quite know what Justin King is suggesting. Is he saying that the Government should tell him as a retailer how to construct his supply chain models? No. I think the…23 Feb 2023HANSARDUK Food ShortagesI absolutely agree with the noble Baroness that we must encourage more homegrown food supply. That is at the heart of our agriculture policy, our food strategy and all our…23 Feb 2023HANSARDUK Food ShortagesIt certainly will, and I pay tribute to the work of my noble friend. I entirely agree with what she says in that report in terms of food security. I also agree with what Minette…23 Feb 2023HANSARDWater Companies: Pollution PenaltiesThe water companies have paid out dividends on profits of about 3.8%, which, compared with other industries, is not immense, but we want to make sure that they do not pay out in…22 Feb 2023HANSARDWater Companies: Pollution PenaltiesIf anything, it will be improved, because we want to see urgency in the restoration of our waterways, and that is what we are pushing for.22 Feb 2023HANSARDWater Companies: Pollution PenaltiesThe number of spills per overflow per year in England in 2021 was 29. That compares, for example, with Wales, where it was 44. It is undoubtedly the case, in a river that I know,…22 Feb 2023HANSARDWater Companies: Pollution PenaltiesIt certainly will look at that, and there is the option of a criminal sanction if the matter can be proved before the courts.22 Feb 2023HANSARDWater Companies: Pollution PenaltiesThrough the regulator, Ofwat, we have provided for water companies to be held to account where they are rewarding people in a way that is disproportionate to the service that they…22 Feb 2023HANSARDPackaging Waste (Data Reporting) (England) Regulations 2023That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 9 and 12 January be approved. Considered in Grand Committee on 21 February .22 Feb 2023HANSARDWater Companies: Pollution PenaltiesThe principal problem in the River Wye is poultry farming and the run-off of phosphates from poultry farms to satisfy people’s demand for free-range eggs. The lesson we learn from…22 Feb 2023HANSARDWater Companies: Pollution PenaltiesI think that fines have their place. Certainly, how we have changed the rules in terms of, first, how the Environment Agency can recover the costs of doing inspections and,…22 Feb 2023HANSARDWater Companies: Pollution PenaltiesThe review is looking at everything. There is no attempt to resile from that figure. That figure relates to one area of sanction. It may be that we should look at unlimited fines…22 Feb 2023HANSARDWater Companies: Pollution PenaltiesI think that if the chair of the Environment Agency was here, he would hope that I could voice more clearly his views and the distinction that is understood between unlimited…22 Feb 2023HANSARDWater Companies: Pollution PenaltiesMy Lords, I declare my farming interests as set out in the register. Defra is preparing to consult on plans to expand the use of, and raise the cap on, penalties that the…22 Feb 2023HANSARDPackaging Waste (Data Reporting) (England) Regulations 2023My Lords, the regulations were laid before the House on 9 January. The date of laying is the same as in the other place. These regulations are essential secondary legislation…21 Feb 2023HANSARDPackaging Waste (Data Reporting) (England) Regulations 2023That the Grand Committee do consider the Packaging Waste (Data Reporting) (England) Regulations 2023.21 Feb 2023