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HANSARDEnvironment BillI thank noble Lords for their contributions and assure them that the Government are committed to establishing the OEP to effectively hold public authorities to account, and have…30 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment Bill30 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillI thank noble Lords for their contributions. Before I start, I would like to wish my noble friend a very happy birthday and thank her for spending it with me on these Benches.…30 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment Bill30 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillDo we have plans? We are committed to extending our bans on unnecessary single-use packaging and have a 25-year environment plan to phase out all unnecessary use of plastic, not…30 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillBefore I address the individual amendments in the group, I reiterate that the Government absolutely share the concerns associated with the proliferation of plastics. I assure…30 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment Bill30 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillI start by thanking my noble friend Lord Blencathra for his contribution to this debate and particularly for his committee’s hard work on the Bill. The Government very gratefully…30 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillI thank the noble Lord for that final comment. I am very happy to give him my absolute assurance that I will do whatever is in the power of Defra to ensure that, whatever the…30 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, in moving technical government Amendment 121, I will also speak to similar government Amendments 122, 125, 126, 129, 132, 146, 147 and 151 in my name, which would allow…30 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment Bill30 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillI apologise for not addressing that point earlier. I think my noble friend has almost answered her own question: the key for most of these products will be in the labelling. As…30 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillI thank the noble Baroness for her helpful comments. I hope that in the course of my speech I addressed many of them, on issues such as labelling and so on. I say only that the…30 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords for taking part in this debate. It is a rare area of almost complete consensus—the shared horror at the horrific legacy our throwaway culture has…30 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillI thank my noble friend Lady McIntosh of Pickering for Amendment 113F and reassure noble Lords that the Government are fully committed to the important aims of the Aarhus…30 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillI thank all noble Lords for their contributions to this important debate. This first definition of the natural environment is deliberately broad, and includes both the living,…30 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment Bill30 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillI thank the noble Lord, Lord Rooker, for his introduction. He is right to emphasise the importance of transparency, a point made equally well by my noble friend Lord Lucas and the…30 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillI hope I went some way at least towards reassuring noble Lords about the robust process for appointing the chair, board members and non-executive directors of the OEP earlier. I…28 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords for their contributions on this important subject. I start with Amendment 75 tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb. The…28 Jun 2021