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HANSARDFarriers and Animal Health (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 13 December 2018 be approved.06 Feb 2019HANSARDVeterinary Surgeons and Animal Welfare (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, I thank all noble Lords for their considerable contributions to this debate. We are all extremely fortunate to have heard such a powerful speech from the noble Lord,…06 Feb 2019HANSARDVeterinary Surgeons and Animal Welfare (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, I will speak to both sets of regulations. I would from the outset like to place on record my appreciation of the work of veterinary surgeons. They undertake a wide range…06 Feb 2019HANSARDVeterinary Surgeons and Animal Welfare (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 13 December 2018 be approved. Relevant document: 13th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (Sub-Committee B…06 Feb 2019HANSARDFisheries (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I take the noble and learned Lord’s important point seriously and, as one of the many things I learn from these debates, I will take it back. The noble Baroness, Lady Parminter,…06 Feb 2019HANSARDFisheries (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I thank all noble Lords for their contributions to the debate. I am grateful to the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hope of Craighead, for raising one of the issues that Ministers…06 Feb 2019HANSARDFisheries (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, the instrument before your Lordships makes minor, technical amendments to primary and secondary domestic legislation in order to make domestic fisheries legislation…06 Feb 2019HANSARDFisheries (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 4 December 2018 be approved.06 Feb 2019HANSARDFly-tippingI agree with a very considerable amount of what the noble Baroness has said. We need to educate people much more: one in five people consciously drop litter—one in four fail to…31 Jan 2019HANSARDFly-tippingMy Lords, I entirely agree with the right reverend Prelate. The fly-tipping and littering that we see in our country is unacceptable. One example is that of partnership. For…31 Jan 2019HANSARDFly-tippingMy Lords, the impact of fly-tipping is grave wherever it occurs. It blights local communities and the environment, and tackling fly-tipping is a government priority. Defra’s…31 Jan 2019HANSARDFly-tippingThe noble Lord is absolutely right. That is why, as part of the detect part of the strategy, we are developing a mobile app alongside landowners for reporting fly-tipping…31 Jan 2019HANSARDFly-tippingMy Lords, the resources and waste strategy engages a lot of that area. Interestingly, although during the lifetime of this Parliament £200 billion is going to local authorities,…31 Jan 2019HANSARDFly-tippingAgain, I agree with my noble friend that there is a lot that needs to be done. It is worse in urban areas than rural areas, but wherever it is, it is unacceptable.31 Jan 2019HANSARDFloods and Water (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I have a feeling that that may be above my pay grade, but it is certainly an interesting and legitimate point. In all these areas, obviously we want to bring forward statutory…22 Jan 2019HANSARDFloods and Water (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I admire the noble Baroness’s inquiring mind. Clearly, that will be relevant to the environment Bill in the next Session, and to many of the deliberations in the other place and…22 Jan 2019HANSARDFloods and Water (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I will continue to talk about the regulator, but I will say that I know from my experience of the judicial reviews of ClientEarth, of which a number of your Lordships are well…22 Jan 2019HANSARDFloods and Water (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019Had the noble Lord known what was coming in my remarks, he might have been furnished with the response. As I mentioned in the previous debate, establishing the office for…22 Jan 2019HANSARDFloods and Water (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, I thank all noble Lords for their contributions, which have shown that we take these matters extremely seriously. My noble friend Lady McIntosh and the noble Baroness,…22 Jan 2019HANSARDInvasive Non-native Species (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, I thank noble Lords for their considerable contributions on a subject that is enormously important. Picking up on what my noble friend Lord Ridley said, I emphasise that…22 Jan 2019