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HANSARDForest Risk Commodity RegulationsI will write to the noble Baroness about Drax, because it is a very complicated issue. It fits into the UK’s net zero balance sheet in terms of what Canada is doing, where the…12 Mar 2024HANSARDSudan: DarfurWe have, and we are. This is obviously a continuing conflict; it appears that the RSF has taken large parts of Khartoum, so that part of the conflict is ongoing. In Darfur, I…29 Feb 2024HANSARDSudan: DarfurI absolutely agree with my noble friend. We are working with others to stem the flow of arms and support for these organisations, which is flowing through countries that we deal…29 Feb 2024HANSARDSudan: DarfurI am very happy to work with the right reverend Prelate and anyone who has means of getting support to particular groups such as he suggests—not just faith groups. There is a…29 Feb 2024HANSARDSudan: DarfurOn sanctions, asset freezes were applied to three commercial entities linked to each party—the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces—involved in the conflict of…29 Feb 2024HANSARDSudan: DarfurI am not sure about that last point and will certainly get back to the noble Baroness on that, but she is absolutely right that this has a destabilising effect across the region.…29 Feb 2024HANSARDMyanmar: Health SystemI will certainly do that. A number of noble Lords asked about the support that we give. Spend in 2021-22 was reduced following the coup. The UK ceased providing funding for policy…29 Feb 2024HANSARDMyanmar: Health SystemMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Crisp, whom I have known for many years, for tabling this debate. I know his commitment to this cause, among many others, and I thank him…29 Feb 2024HANSARDSudan: DarfurWe are taking our role as pen-holder extremely seriously. We have held in-confidence sessions within the Security Council to try to bring forward a solution. Alongside Norway, we…29 Feb 2024HANSARDSudan: DarfurI thank the noble Lord for his great experience and interest in this case. Where I would question what he says is that the UK certainly is not ignoring this. We are the pen-holder…29 Feb 2024HANSARDSudan: DarfurMy Lords, after 10 months of war, the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project estimates, based on the available data, that over 12,000 people have been killed. Sudan now…29 Feb 2024HANSARDRecycled PlasticsThe noble Baroness raises a very good point. Domestically, we are seeking to increase the supply of recycled plastics and reduce the demand, through regulation and tax, for virgin…13 Feb 2024HANSARDRecycled PlasticsOur restrictions on straws, stirrers and cotton buds have had a big impact. These items used to appear on the top-10 littered items lists but no longer do so. According to…13 Feb 2024HANSARDRecycled PlasticsNo, we want this to be a United Kingdom scheme. The noble Baroness will be aware of complications in Scotland, and we want to make sure that we are introducing this in…13 Feb 2024HANSARDRecycled PlasticsThe noble Lord will know that different local authorities have different ways of doing this. There are technologies now that can separate plastics and other recyclable waste, but…13 Feb 2024HANSARDRecycled PlasticsI do not want to rake over the Scottish National Party’s grief, but it sought to have a different scheme from the rest of the United Kingdom—for whatever reason we can only…13 Feb 2024HANSARDRecycled PlasticsAbsolutely. The Government’s 25-year environment plan sets out our ambition to eliminate all avoidable plastic waste by 2042. The resources and waste strategy, which was published…13 Feb 2024HANSARDRecycled PlasticsThere are human health issues related to plastics pollution and huge environmental damage done. At a recent Ospar convention, I saw a fulmar having its guts opened up for us to…13 Feb 2024HANSARDRecycled PlasticsOn the deposit return scheme, we have a date for implementation of October 2025. Our social research found that 74% of respondents supported it and 83% of our consultation…13 Feb 2024HANSARDRecycled PlasticsWe are looking at all sorts of reforms to our measures. The plastic packaging tax increases with inflation and has gone up to £217 per tonne this year. We are continuing to look…13 Feb 2024