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HANSARDAgricultural Fertiliser and Feed: Rising CostsI am aware that, across this House, there is great support for the environmental land management scheme, but there was a suggestion by his Front Bench in another place that it…29 Jun 2022HANSARDAgricultural Fertiliser and Feed: Rising CostsMy Lords, I refer noble Lords to my entry in the register. I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Redesdale, on securing this debate and the clear passion with which he introduced…29 Jun 2022HANSARDCommon Agricultural Policy (Cross-Compliance Exemptions and Transitional Regulation) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022That the Grand Committee do consider the Common Agricultural Policy (Cross-Compliance Exemptions and Transitional Regulation) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022.28 Jun 2022HANSARDCommon Agricultural Policy (Cross-Compliance Exemptions and Transitional Regulation) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022There is some conditionality on the scheme. If you say that you are going to plant a headland, you have to plant a headland with wild flowers, and it is the same if you are doing…28 Jun 2022HANSARDCommon Agricultural Policy (Cross-Compliance Exemptions and Transitional Regulation) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022I am grateful to the noble Baroness and my noble friend for their contributions; I will try to answer their questions. On the dashboard, these regulations and all retained EU law…28 Jun 2022HANSARDPlant Health etc. (Miscellaneous Fees) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2022That thought is well made and will be reflected on. We want to make sure that we are doing this properly. As the noble Baroness says, the instruments come from two separate pieces…28 Jun 2022HANSARDPlant Health etc. (Miscellaneous Fees) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2022I am grateful to both noble Baronesses for their points. To continue to protect plant biosecurity while facilitating the trade and movement of plants and plant material, it is…28 Jun 2022HANSARDPlant Health etc. (Miscellaneous Fees) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2022My Lords, this instrument makes amendments to plant health fees established in the Plant Health etc. (Fees) (England) Regulations 2018 to ensure that there is no underrecovery or…28 Jun 2022HANSARDPlant Health etc. (Miscellaneous Fees) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2022That the Grand Committee do consider the Plant Health etc. (Miscellaneous Fees) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2022. Relevant document: 5th Report from the Secondary…28 Jun 2022HANSARDCommon Agricultural Policy (Cross-Compliance Exemptions and Transitional Regulation) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022My Lords, I declare my farming interests as set out in the register. These regulations apply to retained EU law relating to the common agricultural policy, specifically: rural…28 Jun 2022HANSARDWater Companies: Sewage Discharge MonitoringI very much hope that I and the noble Baroness are spared until 2035, so that we can see that priority waters—those for public bathing and those which we mind desperately about,…21 Jun 2022HANSARDWater Companies: Sewage Discharge MonitoringI have. An independent piece of research said that water bills would be considerably higher if we had not privatised all those years ago. We know that if water companies were in…21 Jun 2022HANSARDWater Companies: Sewage Discharge MonitoringThe noble Lord is not the only person who refers to Feargal Sharkey as his friend. He is someone I know and worked with when I sat on the board of River Action, which was set up…21 Jun 2022HANSARDWater Companies: Sewage Discharge MonitoringThe Government are very much not siding with the water companies. The level of storm overflows into our rivers is totally unacceptable. That is why we are publishing on 1…21 Jun 2022HANSARDWater Companies: Sewage Discharge MonitoringMy Lords, I refer noble Lords to my entry in the register. The volume of storm overflow discharge is not directly proportional to its harm as the concentration of sewage in…21 Jun 2022HANSARDWater Companies: Sewage Discharge MonitoringThe public are right to feel very strongly about this and we try to reflect that in the priority we give to this. The target will be to concentrate on bathing waters and special…21 Jun 2022HANSARDWater Companies: Sewage Discharge MonitoringI think that was a very good choice of geography. The noble Lord will accept that this is an absolute priority for this Government. People who live in that part of the world, in…21 Jun 2022HANSARDWater Companies: Sewage Discharge MonitoringFrom memory, I think that Schedule 3 refers to water companies being statutory consultees. I am very happy to follow that up with my noble friend in the near future.21 Jun 2022HANSARDWater Companies: Sewage Discharge MonitoringThe noble Baroness is absolutely right that the problem does not just exist with water companies. Agricultural activities in certain parts, particularly the Wye and Usk catchment,…21 Jun 2022HANSARDWater Companies: Sewage Discharge MonitoringI cannot tell the noble Baroness precisely. I can tell her that, 11 years ago, the then Water Minister was quite stunned to discover that we knew of only 10% of sewage outflows…21 Jun 2022