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HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Twelfth sitting)The hon. Gentleman has quoted the explanatory note, which is not legislation. One of the problems that Committees face is that explanatory notes have a sort of half-life: they are…10 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Twelfth sitting)My hon. Friend’s important point underlines the purpose of our amendment and impels me to highlight that this is not just a theoretical question about the protection of the marine…10 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Twelfth sitting)Yes, that is quite right. Perhaps I should have thought of that; it is difficult to do mid-flight. It was also remiss of me not to welcome the Minister back to her place this…10 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Twelfth sitting)I shall be grateful if the Minister could draw the Whip’s attention to that when he returns.10 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Twelfth sitting)Before I discuss the amendment, I would like to seek your guidance, Mr Gray. As you can see, unfortunately, our Whip is not with us this morning through illness, but I wish to get…10 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Twelfth sitting)I beg to move amendment 125, in clause 41, page 25, line 35, after “water” insert “, including the marine environment”. This amendment clarifies that the natural environment…10 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Twelfth sitting)I am sorry to say that that is rather a tenuous linkage to the fact that we must set out a plan. I have a copy of the plan we have already set out in front of me. There is merely…10 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Twelfth sitting)With the greatest respect, I do not think the Minister has made the sort of case I anticipated she might make this morning to explain why the clause is so loose as far as…10 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I did indeed, absolutely.10 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Thirteenth sitting)If they made nappy pins that did not stab the baby.10 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Thirteenth sitting)My hon. Friend, as always, makes an important point about what is and is not in the legislation. I would expect him to have similar views about other words. It seems plain to me…10 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I want to add a little bit of context to amendment 159. As my hon. Friends the Members for Putney and for Newport West have already mentioned, it increases the dimension within…10 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I was hoping it was going to be policy.10 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Twelfth sitting)The Minister’s amendment does indeed clarify matters and enables a better definition for monitoring assessments and reporting. The Opposition are happy for the word “advising” to…10 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Thirteenth sitting)Is the Minister’s example of requiring a certain proportion of textiles to include recycled materials now a policy?10 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Eleventh sitting)Yet again, we may be defending the Bill from its detractors, who happen, on this occasion, to be in the Government. The traffic is not always one way. The substantial problem of…05 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Tenth sitting)I beg to move amendment 157, in schedule 1, page 124, line 40, at end insert— “12A (1) At the start of each five-year period, the Secretary of State must publish and lay before…05 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Tenth sitting)I beg to move amendment 105, in clause 22, page 13, line 18, at end insert— ‘(5A) The Energy Act 2013 is amended in accordance with subsections (5B) and (5C). (5B) In section…05 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Eleventh sitting)I beg to move amendment 4, in clause 27, page 16, line 16, leave out “may, if the Minister sees fit,” and insert “must”. At first sight, this amendment looks as if it is just…05 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Eleventh sitting)I am not entirely sure that what the Minister has said this afternoon clarifies the matter to the extent that we wanted in our amendment. However, I draw attention to the fact…05 Nov 2020