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HANSARDPlastics: Reduction in UseMy Lords, we are already working with industry to reduce our use of plastics. Key to this will be our reforms to the packaging waste regulations. We will shortly publish the…07 May 2019HANSARDPlastics: Reduction in UseMy Lords, it is clear that the Government recognise the need for consistency on what we are in a position to recycle and to ensure proper marking so we know what can be recycled.…07 May 2019HANSARDPlastics: Reduction in UseMy Lords, the noble Lord is absolutely right that we must recycle more here. We must use less, so there will be less recycling. We certainly need to do more at home, so we need to…07 May 2019HANSARDPlastics: Reduction in UseMy Lords, it is absolutely essential for us all that, in seeking to do the right thing, we are in a position to do so. In response to the noble Lord, Lord Dubs, Morrisons are…07 May 2019HANSARDFarming Communities: Rural CrimeMy Lords, I also last week met Stuart Roberts, the vice-president of the NFU who farms in Hertfordshire. Clearly, the intimidation and fear of gangs arriving on people’s land,…02 May 2019HANSARDFarming Communities: Rural CrimeYes, we will look at all surveys. I would like to refer to your Lordships’ Select Committee on the Rural Economy, which rightly highlighted that the fear and perception of crime…02 May 2019HANSARDFarming Communities: Rural CrimeMy Lords, perhaps it is just my manner. All I would say is that I addressed Operation Galileo. I commended the forces where these activities take place, which are about aggravated…02 May 2019HANSARDFarming Communities: Rural CrimeMy Lords, I certainly will. As rural affairs Minister, I take the whole issue of the way in which rural communities are looked after very seriously. This is particularly important…02 May 2019HANSARDFarming Communities: Rural CrimeMy Lords, as I said to the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Whitchurch, it is very much the case that we need to work with the Home Office. We work with it very closely and also work…02 May 2019HANSARDFarming Communities: Rural CrimeMy Lords, I declare my farming interests as set out in the register. Crime, wherever it takes place, has serious repercussions. Assessments through the crime victimisation survey…02 May 2019HANSARDBrexit: Food Prices and Availability (EUC Report)I am certainly prepared to engage in close scrutiny with officials to ensure that the words in my reply to the noble Lord are as I would require: that we are clear that we will…25 Apr 2019HANSARDBrexit: Food Prices and Availability (EUC Report)My Lords, I always think that it is very important to have further advice when something is technical. However, I open by declaring my farming interests as set out in the…25 Apr 2019HANSARDNational Policy Statement for Water Resources Infrastructure 2018That this House takes note of the draft National Policy Statement for Water Resources Infrastructure 2018.11 Apr 2019HANSARDNational Policy Statement for Water Resources Infrastructure 2018My Lords, my predictions were correct. We have had great experience, much more than mine, displayed across the House on these matters. I therefore emphasise that I do not have all…11 Apr 2019HANSARDNational Policy Statement for Water Resources Infrastructure 2018The noble Lord is rigorous in his questioning and I will be opaque in this answer: I would not want to pre-empt anything that may come up. Noble Lords have made some interesting…11 Apr 2019HANSARDNational Policy Statement for Water Resources Infrastructure 2018My noble friend has engaged in something that clearly is part of the reason why we need to be thinking about a range of things. The noble Lord, Lord Adonis, in quizzing my perhaps…11 Apr 2019HANSARDNational Policy Statement for Water Resources Infrastructure 2018My Lords, plentiful water is vital for securing reliable drinking water supplies, for growing food, for energy production and other industry, and to sustain biodiversity. Securing…11 Apr 2019HANSARDNational Policy Statement for Water Resources Infrastructure 2018I think that the noble Lord is speaking in the gap, but perhaps I could address those points now. In that passage of the speech, I was taking your Lordships through what may be…11 Apr 2019HANSARDUpland FarmingOur objective is to trade freely with the European Union, the EU 27, our partners in what I hope will be a very productive and long-term economic arrangement. That is what we…04 Apr 2019HANSARDUpland FarmingMy Lords, I declare my own farming interests as set out in the register. Upland farmers have been looking after exceptional landscapes, including national parks, for generations.…04 Apr 2019