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HANSARDFair Dealing Obligations (Milk) Regulations 2024My Lords, I am very grateful for all the views shared on this SI. I believe we all recognise that the market needs to operate fairly, and that where there are vulnerable parties…25 Mar 2024HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Livestock Exports) BillI am not quite sure where to begin—or, indeed, where to finish now.14 Mar 2024HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Livestock Exports) BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord de Clifford, my noble friend Lady Fookes and the noble Baronesses, Lady Bakewell and Lady Hayman, for their interest in this Bill…14 Mar 2024HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Livestock Exports) BillI know that everybody is in a hurry to catch their trains. As I speak, I am trying to work up an interesting story on abattoirs at the same time. I am grateful to the noble…14 Mar 2024HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Livestock Exports) BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Hoey, and others for their engagement on this Bill. Let me first address the issue of the stepping stone from Europe to…14 Mar 2024HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Livestock Exports) BillMy Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend Lady McIntosh of Pickering and the noble Baronesses, Lady Hayman of Ullock, Lady Hoey and Lady Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville, for…14 Mar 2024HANSARDLand Use FrameworkI thank the noble Lord for his question. Several government departments have targets with land use implications, and we are working with them to understand and take account of…12 Mar 2024HANSARDLand Use FrameworkThe Government are not currently planning to consult formally on the framework. We are not convinced that the benefits of formal consultation outweigh the burdens it could place…12 Mar 2024HANSARDLand Use FrameworkAs a frequent user of the train service between here and Edinburgh, I appreciate that “shortly” can mean lots of different things. When the Secretary of State took up his position…12 Mar 2024HANSARDLand Use FrameworkSorry, I did not actually hear the question.12 Mar 2024HANSARDLand Use FrameworkI thank the noble Baroness for her question. I caught most of it, but perhaps I might write to her in due course with the answer once I have caught the whole thing.12 Mar 2024HANSARDLand Use FrameworkThe noble Lord is absolutely correct that this framework is not designed to be prescriptive in any way. It will take into consideration all aspects of land ownership, land…12 Mar 2024HANSARDLand Use FrameworkI thank the noble Baroness for her questions. She raises some really important points. I think that the noble Lord who has been the recipient of the previous 40 questions on the…12 Mar 2024HANSARDLand Use FrameworkMy Lords, I declare my land management interests, as set out in the register. I appreciate that it has been a long wait, and I am happy to confirm that the land use framework will…12 Mar 2024HANSARDLand Use FrameworkI pay tribute to the noble Lord and to the other members of his committee for their excellent report. He rightly points out that this is an iterative process; we are not going to…12 Mar 2024HANSARDEnvironment AgencyThe noble Baroness raises a really good point on air quality. It is the single biggest pollution problem that we have. Per the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales)…07 Mar 2024HANSARDEnvironment AgencyMy noble friend is right: local authorities play an absolutely crucial role in protecting the public from flooding. There is a bidding process for funding from the Environment…07 Mar 2024HANSARDEnvironment AgencyThe noble Lord raises a very topical point. In the wider context, reducing antimicrobial resistance is one of Defra’s key objectives. I am pleased to say that, in the farming…07 Mar 2024HANSARDEnvironment AgencyThe noble Duke is absolutely right. Just in the last year, the Government published the Plan for Water , which marks a step change in how we manage our water. We plan to deliver…07 Mar 2024HANSARDEnvironment AgencyI thank my noble friend. She is absolutely right that there are issues around this. However, there is a degree of flexibility within the capital and revenue budgets. Money is…07 Mar 2024