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HANSARDEnvironment BillI thank noble Lords for their contributions and welcome their engagement with this area of the Bill. Turning first to Amendment 43, I respectfully ask the noble Baroness, Lady…23 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment Bill23 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment Bill23 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment Bill23 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment Bill23 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillThe examples the noble Earl provided are areas where there is a direct biodiversity value. Not all the examples we have been given today have a direct biodiversity value. I am not…23 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Redesdale, for tabling his amendments to include references to heritage and cultural matters in Part 1 of the Bill. I very much enjoyed his…23 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment Bill23 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillI thank noble Lords for their contributions so far. I am happy to clarify some concerns raised by noble Lords in relation to these amendments, tabled by the noble Baronesses, Lady…23 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment Bill23 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment Bill23 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, one of our priority areas for targets is waste, so we are committed to introducing at least one target, but, as I said, we can introduce targets on other issues as well.…23 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillI thank the noble Baroness for that final comment. As I have said many times, extended producer responsibility provides us with the apparatus that would, if used correctly, lead…23 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment Bill23 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillI certainly do. I am brimming with confidence, but we have more to do.23 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillI thank the noble Baroness for her question. This is relevant where the contaminant or the issue that we are talking about crosses the border. Sorry, that is a clumsy answer.…23 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillI thank all noble Lords for their contributions. I hope it will reassure them to know that targets will be set through a robust and evidence-led process. I have already spoken…23 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillI thank the noble Lord for his question. In addition to the answer I gave the noble Lord, Lord Krebs, where new skills are needed—and, as the noble Lord says, new skills will be…23 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillI thank noble Lords for their contributions on this important subject. I start by saying, as a number of noble Lords have, that the death of Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah was an absolute…23 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillI tried to explain our approach to air quality monitoring in response to the noble Lord, Lord Whitty, but the noble Baroness has taken up the issue as well. There is a network of…23 Jun 2021