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HANSARD Climate and Nature BillHaving had an outbreak of consensus, I am afraid I have to gently disagree with the right hon. Gentleman. Across Government we are in the process of putting together a land use…24 Jan 2025HANSARD Climate and Nature BillI am happy to agree with my hon. Friend and will say that the era of grown-up government is thoroughly back in town. We are showing our support for nature-friendly farming by…24 Jan 2025HANSARD Climate and Nature BillI thank the hon. Member for that, and she is right. The Climate Minister, my hon. Friend the Member for Bristol East (Kerry McCarthy), is with me on the Front Bench, and we will…24 Jan 2025HANSARD Climate and Nature BillI am going to speak at great length on flooding and water and the measures we have already taken—I have several pages on that. Let me say what this mission-driven Government are…24 Jan 2025HANSARD Climate and Nature BillI apologise for accidentally promoting the right hon. Member for Herne Bay and Sandwich (Sir Roger Gale) to Father of the House. He spoke as a grandfather with passion and energy…24 Jan 2025HANSARD Climate and Nature BillI give the hon. Member my assurances on that. I want to make it absolutely clear that this is a long-standing problem. We have heard from both the Father of the House and the…24 Jan 2025HANSARD Climate and Nature BillMy hon. Friend makes a great point, and I thank him for the sterling work he has done campaigning on those issues, not just in Leeds but nationally. He is right that when it comes…24 Jan 2025HANSARD Climate and Nature BillI agree with my hon. Friend, and she is right that we are investing more than ever in flood defences. I am now going to make a bit of progress. We know that we are living through…24 Jan 2025HANSARD Climate and Nature BillI am going to make a couple of opening remarks, and then I will take interventions. For more than two decades, the hon. Lady has been a fearless environmental campaigner. Rowing…24 Jan 2025HANSARD Climate and Nature BillI begin by drawing the House’s attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. I pay huge tribute to the hon. Member for South Cotswolds (Dr Savage) for…24 Jan 2025HANSARD Environmental ProtectionAs I say, I was talking last week to Ossian Smyth, who is the outgoing Minister in the Republic of Ireland. We have been in discussion with officials over the past several years;…21 Jan 2025HANSARD Environmental ProtectionI thank my hon. Friend for that, and we are looking at what further reforms we can bring in to tackle the rogue waste collectors. The carriers, brokers and dealers regime is not…21 Jan 2025HANSARD Environmental ProtectionI am going to finish my points, and if there is time at the end, I will take interventions. We are very short of time. Turning to material switching, a 2023 report from Reloop and…21 Jan 2025HANSARD Environmental ProtectionThe right hon. Gentleman is right that we made an announcement on that issue. We will bring forward further guidance and work with local authorities as they examine what is before…21 Jan 2025HANSARD Environmental ProtectionI beg to move, That the draft Deposit Scheme for Drinks Containers (England and Northern Ireland) Regulations 2024, which were laid before this House on 25 November 2024, be…21 Jan 2025HANSARD Environmental ProtectionI can assure the hon. Gentleman that my excellent officials, led by the estimable Clare Delaney, have been shepherding this through. They will have had extensive conversations…21 Jan 2025HANSARD Environmental ProtectionI thank my hon. Friend for that point. This move has overwhelming support from the general public, who are sick to death and fed up of seeing their streets and rivers blighted by…21 Jan 2025HANSARD Environmental ProtectionI will make some progress, and I will perhaps come back to the hon. Gentleman later.21 Jan 2025HANSARD Environmental ProtectionNo, I am going to make my point and then give way at the end if there is time. Although there is a separate scheme in the Republic of Ireland, these regulations allow the DMO to…21 Jan 2025HANSARD Environmental ProtectionWhat a tour de force this has been across the House, apart from the tumbleweed silence of the official Opposition. Where are the former DEFRA Ministers, having been muscled out of…21 Jan 2025