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HANSARDVeterinary Medicines and Animals and Animal Products (Examination of Residues and Maximum Residue Limits) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I am most grateful to all noble Lords for their contributions. We will consider another SI which is yet to clear JCSI. I want to put on record that I am fully seized of the point…27 Feb 2019HANSARDVeterinary Medicines and Animals and Animal Products (Examination of Residues and Maximum Residue Limits) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019This may well come into the trade and animal-related products SI.27 Feb 2019HANSARDVeterinary Medicines and Animals and Animal Products (Examination of Residues and Maximum Residue Limits) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, veterinary medicines are tightly regulated here in the United Kingdom and in Europe. They are essential for the treatment of animals and ensuring animal welfare but can…27 Feb 2019HANSARDRiver EcosystemsMy Lords, this goes back to the point about needing to ensure that we reduce abstraction and that we have only sustainable abstraction of water. On the principle that the polluter…27 Feb 2019HANSARDRiver EcosystemsThe noble Lord raises something hugely important: we have not only to adapt but to mitigate. That is why the environmental land management schemes, involving what we hope will be…27 Feb 2019HANSARDRiver EcosystemsMy Lords, this goes back to the products produced and the importance, with research and technology, of alternatives. It is why our ban on microbeads is tremendously important. We…27 Feb 2019HANSARDRiver EcosystemsMy Lords, the figures have shown how not only Natural England but the Environment Agency and the water companies have actually produced very strong improvements in difficult…27 Feb 2019HANSARDRiver EcosystemsMy Lords, the whole 25-year environmental plan—and, indeed, all our plans, including in the Agriculture Bill and the environmental land management schemes—is predicated on the…27 Feb 2019HANSARDRiver EcosystemsMy Lords, I declare my farming interests as set out in the register. England’s river ecosystems are the healthiest they have been since the Industrial Revolution. More than 5,900…27 Feb 2019HANSARDTrade in Animals and Related Products (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019On the particular points about exports, my understanding is that, from the point of view of port authorities and others such as port health authorities, the ports feel that they…27 Feb 2019HANSARDTrade in Animals and Related Products (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019Again, the best thing I can do is to ensure that I get this absolutely right. We are undertaking this in the phase I described to ensure that importers know which system they…27 Feb 2019HANSARDTrade in Animals and Related Products (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019It will be pulled off GOV.UK and sent to the APHA, in the same way as it would be checked in arrangements from the EU where the EU standards will be the same as ours from day one.…27 Feb 2019HANSARDTrade in Animals and Related Products (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords— [ Interruption. ] Do I need to look at that? This is very novel for me. The Government continue to negotiate full access to the rapid alert system as it will be mutually…27 Feb 2019HANSARDTrade in Animals and Related Products (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019That is an interesting Box note. I think the most important thing is to say that I will write to your Lordships in respect of all those matters. As I have said, this particular SI…27 Feb 2019HANSARDImport of and Trade in Animals and Animal Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019That the Grand Committee do consider the Import of and Trade in Animals and Animal Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019. Relevant document: 15 th Report from the…27 Feb 2019HANSARDWaste (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019That the Grand Committee do consider the Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019.27 Feb 2019HANSARDWaste (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, the Government take the issue of waste and resource efficiency very seriously and place real importance on this area. We always have in mind the need for strong policies…27 Feb 2019HANSARDWaste (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, I first thank the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Whitchurch, for her generous remarks on the drafting of the statutory instrument and Explanatory Memorandum. I am the…27 Feb 2019HANSARDWaste (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019The noble Baroness is absolutely right. It is in reference to Article 11(2) of the waste framework directive, which is still referred to in domestic legislation with the…27 Feb 2019HANSARDRiver EcosystemsMy Lords, even invasive species usually need good-quality water in which to, unfortunately, flourish. I am very strong on this—invasive species have caused great harm to our…27 Feb 2019