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HANSARDFood Strategy White PaperThe Government are very keen to see more access to the countryside. We are doing this in a variety of different ways, some of which build on the work of the Agnew commission last…07 Jul 2022HANSARDFood Strategy White PaperI think farming and perhaps also the Government have failed to make the argument between good meat and bad meat. Bad meat is grown on feed lots at a high carbon price to society…07 Jul 2022HANSARDFood Strategy White PaperOn food security, as part of the Agriculture Act 2020, we laid before Parliament our food strategy report, which said that we have broadly maintained a fair degree of…07 Jul 2022HANSARDFood Strategy White PaperI always defer to the noble Baroness because of her great experience and passion on this issue. However, this is absolutely a cross-government initiative. We have set up our…07 Jul 2022HANSARDFood Strategy White PaperMy Lords, I declare my farming interests as set out in the register. The Government food strategy is cross-departmental. We will monitor delivery of the strategy across…07 Jul 2022HANSARDSewage Disposal in Rivers and Coastal WatersMy Lords, I refer noble Lords to my entry in the register. I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Oates, on securing this debate and thank noble Lords for their contributions. The…07 Jul 2022HANSARDFood Strategy White PaperThe Government recognise the importance of free school meals for those parts of the population that are on low incomes. That is why eligibility to no recourse to public funds…07 Jul 2022HANSARDSewage Disposal in Rivers and Coastal WatersThe noble Baroness may well be right. I agree that there probably needs to be a change. Just behind us, the River Thames is subject to storm overflows that we are hoping to…07 Jul 2022HANSARDSewage Disposal in Rivers and Coastal WatersI do not agree with that. I also believe it is good that international sovereign wealth funds want to invest in our regulated utility sector, but it has to be a regulated sector…07 Jul 2022HANSARDHousehold Waste RecyclingThere is. Local authorities, which have the interface with the customer or householder, are beholden on this. The drive that we are now pushing to increase recycling rates to 65%…07 Jul 2022HANSARDHousehold Waste RecyclingI will leave that one for those concerned to deal with.07 Jul 2022HANSARDHousehold Waste RecyclingThat is a very good suggestion. I will put it to my honourable friends in the other place. Having a duke in No. 10 is probably long overdue.07 Jul 2022HANSARDHousehold Waste RecyclingThat is a very good point. As the noble Baroness rightly says, many households do not have the ability or space to do this but those that do need to be given information. They…07 Jul 2022HANSARDHousehold Waste RecyclingAs I said, we passed provisions in the Environment Act that give us new powers to improve consistency and introduce both a deposit return scheme and an extended producer…07 Jul 2022HANSARDHousehold Waste RecyclingThe noble Baroness is right that rates dropped by about 1.5% over the pandemic, as I think I said. I am not sure whether there are any incinerators planned at the moment but I…07 Jul 2022HANSARDHousehold Waste RecyclingThe noble Baroness is absolutely right that recycling levels have plateaued. Over the pandemic, they went down by 1.5%. The decrease reflects the impact of Covid, with waste…07 Jul 2022HANSARDHousehold Waste RecyclingI would like to recycle the Scottish Green seats into good blue ones.07 Jul 2022HANSARDHousehold Waste RecyclingMy noble friend is right that households, particularly hard-pressed households, can save a lot of money by managing their food waste better. It is question of encouragement,…07 Jul 2022HANSARDHousehold Waste RecyclingThere is nothing I like more than visiting beautiful parts of the world to see their waste management processes. On my way, I might look in at West Berkshire, where the local…07 Jul 2022HANSARDEnvironmental Principles Policy StatementMy Lords, I am very grateful to all noble Lords for their questions and points today, and many congratulations to the noble Baroness, Lady Parminter, on introducing this debate so…30 Jun 2022