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HANSARDWaste Incineration Plant CapacityOfficials are currently assessing planned residual waste treatment capacity, including incineration, against expected future residual waste arising in England, so that we can…09 May 2024HANSARDAir QualityI am grateful for the hon. Lady’s question, which gives us the opportunity to highlight the great progress we are making in this area. We want to continue to make progress and…09 May 2024HANSARD Sport Horse Industry: Import and Export ControlsIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Dame Caroline. I also pay tribute to the hon. Member for North Shropshire (Helen Morgan) for securing this important debate. I…30 Apr 2024HANSARD Sport Horse Industry: Import and Export ControlsI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his intervention and for his work in this subject area. He is very informed on these matters and the House benefits a great deal from his…30 Apr 2024HANSARD Checks on Goods Entering UKThe right hon. Gentleman says that there will be extensive costs. As I said, for low-risk products they are £10 per product, limited to a maximum of five products per common…29 Apr 2024HANSARD Checks on Goods Entering UKI am familiar with the beauty of the hon. Gentleman’s constituency; as he knows, I was there on Saturday with the shadow Minister. He gives the figures for what we import in…29 Apr 2024HANSARD Checks on Goods Entering UKThe hon. Gentleman is right to highlight how important that sector is to the UK economy; that is why we want to protect those growing flowers here in the UK from any diseases that…29 Apr 2024HANSARD Checks on Goods Entering UKWe did look at different models. Of course, we could have adopted the model of third country to the EU, but that would have created significant cost for those wishing to import…29 Apr 2024HANSARD Checks on Goods Entering UKMy hon. Friend asks an important question. That is why we have capped the maximum charges to five per load, particularly to support SMEs. As I say, for those of medium risk the…29 Apr 2024HANSARD Checks on Goods Entering UKI pay tribute to my hon. Friend’s tenacious campaign on behalf of her constituents and the port of Dover, but I hope she will not mind my drawing attention to the fact that these…29 Apr 2024HANSARD Checks on Goods Entering UKOf course, we recognise the importance of the Northern Ireland economy, and we want to ensure that Northern Ireland feels part of the United Kingdom. We will do everything we can…29 Apr 2024HANSARD Checks on Goods Entering UKI am grateful to my right hon. Friend for his support, and the reassurance that he gives the House. We will continue to listen, and to work with those who want to import goods…29 Apr 2024HANSARD Checks on Goods Entering UKI draw the House’s attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. What the hon. Lady has described is exactly what we want to try to achieve: making sure…29 Apr 2024HANSARD Checks on Goods Entering UKI do not think that if we were to reach that agreement, it would include veterinary medicines, but of course we continue to have conversations with our friends in the EU to remove…29 Apr 2024HANSARD Checks on Goods Entering UKI do not accept the hon. Gentleman’s characterisation. This is a pragmatic approach to keeping the country safe from animal and plant diseases while allowing the free flow of…29 Apr 2024HANSARD Checks on Goods Entering UKI am a strong believer in democracy. The Brexit debate was one that was settled by the great British public. They voted to leave the European Union, and now I want to embrace the…29 Apr 2024HANSARD Checks on Goods Entering UKThe hon. Lady either chooses not to understand what is happening, or deliberately tries to inflame a situation that will be of great benefit to the UK moving forward. She…29 Apr 2024HANSARD Checks on Goods Entering UKActually, on increased food prices in Wales, the biggest danger is taking 20% of land away from Welsh farmers and out of production and imposing a top-down approach to those…29 Apr 2024HANSARD Checks on Goods Entering UKUnder the border target operating model, tomorrow the Government are introducing documentary and risk-based identity and physical checks on medium-risk animal products, plants,…29 Apr 2024HANSARD Checks on Goods Entering UKAs the hon. Gentleman will be aware from my previous answers, we are working hard to ensure that we keep UK food producers free from plant and animal diseases. That is why we are…29 Apr 2024