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HANSARDPlastic Pollution in the OceanOne of our key focuses is on environmental protection. We are doing a great deal of work, as I am outlining, on the international stage to work with our partners, and influence…18 May 2023HANSARDPlastic Pollution in the OceanThank you, Sir Christopher. You might be pleased to hear that I may not go on for half an hour, but that will give a little time for my hon. Friend the Member for North Devon…18 May 2023HANSARDPlastic Pollution in the OceanYes. I have spent a lot of time working on cigarette butts as well. They are a nasty, poisonous, polluting litter item. In fact, in terms of numbers of items littered, they are…18 May 2023HANSARD Draft REACH (Amendment) Regulations 2023I am afraid that this is so complicated that, to correct the answer on what the hon. Lady is specifically referring to, I will write to her. Without a shadow of a doubt, we are…16 May 2023HANSARD Draft REACH (Amendment) Regulations 2023I thank my right hon. and learned Friend for that. It is a really significant industry in his constituency, and he is right to speak up for it. I am sure that he has engaged with…16 May 2023HANSARD Draft REACH (Amendment) Regulations 2023My hon. Friend is very astute. In no way will we reduce any of the protections—we have to make a statement to say that we will not do that—and this change does give us an…16 May 2023HANSARD Draft REACH (Amendment) Regulations 2023I thank all right hon. and hon. Members who have contributed to the debate. First, I welcome the shadow Minister’s support for this SI, although she has given me a raft of…16 May 2023HANSARD Draft REACH (Amendment) Regulations 2023I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft REACH (Amendment) Regulations 2023. It is a pleasure, as ever, to have you in the Chair, Sir Graham. The draft…16 May 2023HANSARD Draft REACH (Amendment) Regulations 2023I honestly do not believe that there is cause for concern. There might be divergence in terms of flexibility or decisions that might be made at slightly different times. She…16 May 2023HANSARD Draft REACH (Amendment) Regulations 2023In April, HSE and the EA published a regulatory management options analysis on PFAS, or “forever chemicals”, and they will be considering the recommendations for restrictions on…16 May 2023HANSARD Extended Producer Responsibility for PackagingI will very quickly before I wind up.03 May 2023HANSARD Extended Producer Responsibility for PackagingIt is a pleasure to have you in the Chair, Mr Sharma; I know this subject is of great interest to you, as is litter, which the House just had an Adjournment debate on. It all…03 May 2023HANSARD Extended Producer Responsibility for PackagingMy hon. Friend makes a very good point, which we are discussing with industry. It is critical that we have enough material to put back into the system and that our measures on…03 May 2023HANSARD Extended Producer Responsibility for PackagingThat is a really important part of the circle and of our engagement. It is a question of ensuring that we have industry capable of taking all that material. We are working…03 May 2023HANSARD Extended Producer Responsibility for PackagingI thank my hon. Friend, who has made valuable contributions to this discussion and debate. I cannot stress enough that we are working closely with industry and want to continue to…03 May 2023HANSARDDraft Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2023I thank the right hon. Gentleman for that, and he is absolutely right that it is important to understand what we are talking about. This is very detailed. I do have some notes…02 May 2023HANSARDDraft Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2023We have a well-established process for the regional monitoring of groundwater. Any long-term trends in quality and in what is found in the groundwater are monitored, and we have…02 May 2023HANSARDDraft Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2023Thank you, Mr Vickers; that gives me no time to get my answers together. I thought that perhaps our former Secretary of State, my right hon. Friend the Member for Camborne and…02 May 2023HANSARDDraft Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2023I thank my hon. Friend for being so clear, because that is exactly what is stated. If a cemetery is in an area where there might be some implications for the groundwater, the…02 May 2023HANSARDDraft Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2023No—I am fine, honestly.02 May 2023