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HANSARDWater Industry Act 1991 (Amendment) Order 2024That the Grand Committee do consider the Water Industry Act 1991 (Amendment) Order 2024.19 Feb 2024HANSARDWater Industry (Special Administration) Regulations 2024I am a little unsure on that, so perhaps the best thing for me to do is write. I think we have covered the questions for which I have answers, and I will write to the noble…19 Feb 2024HANSARDWater Industry (Special Administration) Regulations 2024It might be easier if I wrote specifically on that. Is my noble friend referring to the special administrator’s duties?19 Feb 2024HANSARDWater Industry (Special Administration) Regulations 2024I thank noble Lords for all their questions, which I will now endeavour to have a go at, and for their very welcome support for these instruments. As I mentioned in my opening…19 Feb 2024HANSARDWater Industry (Special Administration) Regulations 2024My Lords, these regulations and the Water Industry Act 1991 (Amendment) Order are part of a package that updates the water industry special administration regime legislation. The…19 Feb 2024HANSARDFood Import RequirementsMy Lords, the controls set out in our new border target operating model, BTOM, represent a comprehensive assessment of the biosecurity and public health risks presented by…14 Feb 2024HANSARDFood Import RequirementsI thank the noble Lord for his question. It is important to differentiate between what is happening at the port of Dover and what is happening at Sevington. If you go to…14 Feb 2024HANSARDSea Fisheries (International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas) (Amendment) Regulations 2024That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 12 December 2023 be approved. Considered in Grand Committee on 13 February.14 Feb 2024HANSARDFood Import RequirementsI thank the noble Lord for his question. Having been down to visit Sevington myself, I can assure him that we are in the advanced stages of recruitment there. I fully anticipate…14 Feb 2024HANSARDFood Import RequirementsI hope I can clarify that for the noble Baroness. If you are commercially importing goods into the UK, you are following a system where you fill out an electronic form and that…14 Feb 2024HANSARDFood Import RequirementsI thank my noble friend for the question. I am afraid I am not an expert on apple varieties across the UK, but I know that there has been quite a lot of emphasis in government…14 Feb 2024HANSARDFood Import RequirementsI thank my noble friend for his question. The Government take the issue of food security extremely seriously, and we are absolutely committed to producing high-quality British…14 Feb 2024HANSARDFood Import RequirementsI thank my noble friend. The last time I checked, we collectively voted to leave the European Union. The Government’s job is to implement the biosecurity checks to make sure that…14 Feb 2024HANSARDFood Import RequirementsI thank the noble Baroness for her extensive question. The purpose of the BTOM is to provide that balance between the necessity to check for our biosecurity and allowing trade to…14 Feb 2024HANSARDFood Import RequirementsThe noble Lord raises a very good point. I do not have the exact details of the requirement he is asking for, so perhaps the best thing I can do is write to him on that.14 Feb 2024HANSARDFood Import RequirementsI thank the noble Baroness for her question. As I say, the Government are completely committed to domestic food production. I do not see that the introduction of the BTOM system…14 Feb 2024HANSARDSea Fisheries (International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas) (Amendment) Regulations 2024I thank both noble Baronesses for their interest in tuna fishery. I was led to believe that the record for an SI is seven minutes; I was hoping that we might have beaten it, but…13 Feb 2024HANSARDSea Fisheries (International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas) (Amendment) Regulations 2024My Lords, these regulations were laid in draft before this House on 12 December 2023. The purpose of this instrument is to make provision to ensure that the United Kingdom, as a…13 Feb 2024HANSARDSea Fisheries (International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas) (Amendment) Regulations 2024That the Grand Committee do consider the Sea Fisheries (International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas) (Amendment) Regulations 2024.13 Feb 2024HANSARDMet Office: 2023 TemperaturesI entirely agree with the noble Lord.06 Feb 2024