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HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, the Minister has gone over time, but in any case the noble Lord needed to be here at the start of the group to be able to intervene during the debate.15 Dec 2025HANSARDProducer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2025I thank all noble Lords for their valuable contributions. I am glad to have the opportunity to close this important debate and to have heard a range of views. It is clear that we…15 Dec 2025HANSARDProducer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2025My Lords, these draft regulations were laid before this House on 3 November. They amend extended producer responsibility for packaging, or PEPR, across England, Wales, Northern…15 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillAbsolutely.15 Dec 2025HANSARDEducation (Scotland) Act 2025 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2025That the draft Order laid before the House on 28 October be approved. Considered in Grand Committee on 8 December .10 Dec 2025HANSARDEducation (Scotland) Act 2025 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2025That the Grand Committee do consider the Education (Scotland) Act 2025 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2025.08 Dec 2025HANSARDEducation (Scotland) Act 2025 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2025My Lords, I am grateful for the opportunity to debate this order today. As with all the Scotland Act orders we have considered since the start of this Parliament, this is the…08 Dec 2025HANSARDEducation (Scotland) Act 2025 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2025My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Bruce of Bennachie, and the noble Earl, Lord Effingham, for their contributions to the debate; it is a distinct pleasure to respond to my…08 Dec 2025HANSARDNHS Industrial ActionMy Lords, it is the turn of the Cross Benches.02 Dec 2025HANSARDSmall FarmsMy Lords, we have allocated £11.8 billion this Parliament to sustainable farming and food production, targeting public money where it delivers most value. We are making supply…01 Dec 2025HANSARDSmall FarmsMy Lords, this is a subject of the utmost seriousness. I cannot commit to publishing data without understanding that the data is available to be published in a correct and…01 Dec 2025HANSARDSmall FarmsI thank my noble friend for that question. I will have to write him with the details of the review. Agritech and engineering biology, such as precision breeding, are frontier…01 Dec 2025HANSARDSmall FarmsI thank the noble Lord for that question. It is probably a little outside my bailiwick to talk about changing the devolution settlement with the Senedd. To reassure him, we are…01 Dec 2025HANSARDSmall FarmsI thank the noble Baroness for that question. To be clear, I do not know whether the Treasury has done precisely that analysis, but I can say that at the Budget last week, the…01 Dec 2025HANSARDSmall FarmsI thank the right reverend Prelate for his question. He is right to say that the Government are committed to farming, food security and nature recovery through a number of…01 Dec 2025HANSARDSmall FarmsOf course, the Government share concern when any farming business closes, which is why we are backing farmers to be more profitable and unlocking the full potential of the rural…01 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I thank everyone who contributed to this short but vital debate on an issue, which, speaking personally, I was not tremendously well aware of before looking at the…27 Nov 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I am grateful to all those who have contributed to this short debate. I assure the noble Lord, Lord Blencathra, that I was not agitated—if he thinks that that is me…27 Nov 2025HANSARDLitter on Canal TowpathsI am happy to join him in that sort of terminology or to call it environmental vandalism, which is a phrase I certainly used when responding to the noble Lord in that debate in…20 Nov 2025HANSARDPlastic Recycling TargetsI was going to give some examples of schemes for reusables, although I might have to write on the details of the metrics. A good example of a reusable plastic cups scheme already…20 Nov 2025