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HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Twenty First sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. This is an innocuous-looking new clause, but it is potentially quite important. Indeed, we think it should be an important…24 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Twenty First sitting)I thank the Minister for her reply. She will not be surprised to know that we do not entirely go along with all of it, but I appreciate what she has said. Indeed, it may be that…24 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Twenty First sitting)Sorry, Mr Gray. I have been goaded beyond endurance in this particular debate, so I ask for a Division. Question put, That the clause be read a Second time.24 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Twenty First sitting)If the hon. Member for Gloucester were pursuing a principled position on that, he would have to undo the whole structure of regulation in this country to ensure the freedoms and…24 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Twenty First sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. Interestingly, this new clause comes at the same point from a slightly different direction. On the basis of what the Minister…24 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Twenty First sitting)I thank the Minister for that response. There are arguable cases. What we want to see as an emphasis on enforcement is a matter of opinion as to what is most effective, rather…24 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Twenty First sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.24 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Twenty First sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. This proposed new clause was originally put forward in the names of my hon. Friends the Member for Swansea West (Geraint…24 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Twentieth sitting)The Minister has kindly and gently made quite a good case on our behalf. She has confirmed what we have said: in the UK, we are not talking about an end to or a ban on fracking,…24 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Twentieth sitting)That is an important point. These things do not appear and simply go away. An example of something that does appear and then go away is onshore wind. When the turbine’s life is…24 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Twentieth sitting)I thoroughly agree with my hon. Friend about a regime of substantial fracking. All that has happened at the moment is that fracking has been paused. All the infrastructure…24 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Twentieth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. This new clause concerns well consents for hydraulic fracking: cessation of issue and termination. Hon. Members may ask…24 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Twentieth sitting)Would the Minister at least agree that nothing in the new clause suggests that we should be pegged to EU law, as we were in the past? It simply says that a snapshot should be…24 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Twentieth sitting)I very much take on board the fact that the Bill is primarily about DEFRA, but it cannot work properly unless all other Departments play their part in ensuring that that happens.…24 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Twentieth sitting)We do not want to divide the Committee on the amendments. I welcome the Minister’s enthusiastic intimation that she has no intention that this Bill should sit on a covered shelf.…24 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Twentieth sitting)The amendments all essentially say the same thing, but face towards different Secretaries of State. They refer to the back of the Bill, which we are now considering. I recommend…24 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Twentieth sitting)I beg to move amendment 2, in clause 131, page 117, line 21, leave out “on such day as the Secretary of State may by regulations appoint” and insert “at the end of the period of…24 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Twentieth sitting)At the risk of incurring your wrath, Mr Gray, I will add my congratulations to those of the Minister on the birth of your grandson. I observe that your grandson shares a name with…24 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Twentieth sitting)There we are: the coincidences are raining on each other now. The Government new clause and new schedule represent a tremendous step forward in action not only in the UK but, as…24 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Twenty First sitting)I am sure the Minister will thank us for giving her the opportunity to read out that pellucid note, which puts on the record the intention to, through the OEP, collaborate fully…24 Nov 2020