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HANSARDSingle-use PlasticsThe noble Baroness makes a very important point. The problem here is that, quite often, when plastic is sold or marketed as biodegradable, it is not; it simply breaks down into…27 Feb 2020HANSARDSingle-use PlasticsMy Lords, we have reduced annual sales of single-use plastic carrier bags by over 7 billion with the 5p charge. We launched the ground-breaking Commonwealth Clean Ocean Alliance…27 Feb 2020HANSARDSingle-use PlasticsThe plastic bag tax itself has not put any additional costs on to local authorities; on the contrary, it has raised substantial funds, which have been deployed through local…27 Feb 2020HANSARDSingle-use PlasticsThere is no doubt that there has been an upsurge in the use of so-called bags for life, but the net impact of the plastic bag tax has unquestionably been superb for those…27 Feb 2020HANSARDFlooding UpdateI thank the noble Baroness for her question. The various parties in this House and those who do not belong to any particular party agree that we face a climate emergency; there is…25 Feb 2020HANSARDFlooding UpdateMy Lords, with the leave of the House, I will now repeat a Statement made by my right honourable friend the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in the…25 Feb 2020HANSARDFlooding UpdateI thank the noble Baronesses for their questions and statements. I join them in acknowledging the heroic efforts of our emergency response teams and volunteers. That has been an…25 Feb 2020HANSARDFlooding UpdateI thank my noble friend for her question. I believe that when that question was put to my noble friend Lord Gardiner on the previous Statement he promised to write to noble Lords,…25 Feb 2020HANSARDFlooding UpdateI have not seen that letter so I cannot argue with the noble Baroness. It is not an answer that I am able to provide, so I will ensure that we follow this up and that the…25 Feb 2020HANSARDFlooding UpdateI thank the noble Lord for his question. I am not in a position to pledge any additional funding from this Dispatch Box, but I can tell the noble Lord that my colleague the…25 Feb 2020HANSARDFlooding UpdateI thank my noble friend for his question. I cannot provide him with specific information in relation to that river, but I will gladly do so following this exchange. Government…25 Feb 2020HANSARDFlooding UpdateI thank the noble Lord for his question. I absolutely make the commitment to take the case of Herefordshire initially to my colleague, the Secretary of State for Environment, Food…25 Feb 2020HANSARDFlooding UpdateI thank the noble Baroness for her question. The farming recovery fund is specifically designed to provide compensation for loss that is currently uninsurable; it particularly…25 Feb 2020HANSARDFlooding UpdateI thank the noble Lord for his comment. I and the Government are clear that we should not build homes in areas at risk of flooding. That is not to say that there cannot be any…25 Feb 2020HANSARDFlooding UpdateI thank the noble Baroness for her question. On her first point, there has been continuous dialogue between Defra officials, Environment Agency officials and their counterparts in…25 Feb 2020HANSARDFlooding UpdateI thank the noble Lord for his question. His first point related to the property level flood resilience, or PFR, scheme. He is right to say that this scheme is deployed locally.…25 Feb 2020HANSARDFlooding UpdateI thank the noble Lord for his question. I am not entirely sure of the relevance of Brexit to this. The Government made a commitment to provide £2.6 billion up to the end of 2021…25 Feb 2020HANSARDTrade Deals: Animal WelfareThe UK, as the noble Lord points out, has world-leading environmental and animal welfare standards, and that will not change. They are backed up in legislation and, even more…05 Feb 2020HANSARDTrade Deals: Animal WelfareI thank the noble Lord for his question. The Prime Minister was not saying anything new: Ugandan beef already has tariff-free access to our market. As a less-developed country,…05 Feb 2020HANSARDTrade Deals: Animal WelfareI thank the noble Lord for his question. I will make two points. First, the Government are committed to introducing a new sentience clause—a much debated issue in the last…05 Feb 2020