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HANSARDDraft Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2023I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2023. It is a pleasure to have you in the…02 May 2023HANSARDDraft Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2023No—I am fine, honestly.02 May 2023HANSARDDraft Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2023Shall I begin, and then I will be delighted to answer the right hon. Member’s question? I am very grateful to the shadow Minister for her comments, and for being helpful and…02 May 2023HANSARDWater Quality: Sewage DischargeI am not going to give way, because there simply is not time. I note that the hon. Member for Oldham West and Royton (Jim McMahon) likes our monitoring ideas in the Environment…25 Apr 2023HANSARDWater Quality: Sewage DischargeThe debate provides a welcome and much-needed opportunity to set the record straight on sewage and what the Government are doing. Not only are we taking this issue extremely…25 Apr 2023HANSARD Litter Action GroupsIt is a pleasure to have you in the Chair, Mr Paisley. I congratulate the hon. Member for Ealing, Southall (Mr Sharma) on securing this debate about litter, an issue that is so…19 Apr 2023HANSARD Litter Action GroupsThe hon. Gentleman’s point is very much linked to the wider littering issue, and I will come on to it in a minute, because fly-tipping is an important part of this debate. Before…19 Apr 2023HANSARDDraft Microchipping of Cats and Dogs (England) Regulations 2023Lots of lessons have been learned from dogs because they have been microchipped since 2016. The system is working extremely effectively—hence we are bringing it in for cats. We…17 Apr 2023HANSARDDraft Microchipping of Cats and Dogs (England) Regulations 2023I thank the shadow Minister for his support. Indeed, there is wide cross-party support in the House on this issue. As we cannot disagree on this, we can be very constructive, and…17 Apr 2023HANSARDDraft Microchipping of Cats and Dogs (England) Regulations 2023I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Microchipping of Cats and Dogs (England) Regulations 2023. It is an absolute pleasure to serve under your chairmanship,…17 Apr 2023HANSARDDraft Microchipping of Cats and Dogs (England) Regulations 2023They are—Rafa and Mr Tipps. The purpose of the instrument is to introduce compulsory cat microchipping in England, delivering on one of the Government’s key manifesto pledges. The…17 Apr 2023HANSARDAir QualityI thank the hon. Member for that. I have met him many times on these issues, and I commend him for this work, but I have also met Professor Chris Whitty on this very subject. The…30 Mar 2023HANSARDSewage DischargeWe have asked water companies to deliver their largest ever infrastructure investment, £56 billion over 25 years. Nearly 800 improvements are under way already, and that is…30 Mar 2023HANSARDFlooding: FundingI thank the hon. Lady very much for that question, which touches on so many parts of DEFRA’s portfolio: tackling flooding, water quality, biodiversity—we can get all of that by…30 Mar 2023HANSARDSewage DischargeI am glad the hon. Lady has asked me that, because her plan would add £1,000 on to every customer’s bill and we would have to add pipes that would go two and a half times around…30 Mar 2023HANSARDFlooding: FundingYes, my hon. Friend was a doughty campaigner in raising this issue of frequently flooded communities. As I went around the country when communities unfortunately experienced…30 Mar 2023HANSARDSewage DischargeMy hon. Friend is a great voice for her constituency in this area and I am very pleased to hear about those figures for the improving water. We are using powers in the Environment…30 Mar 2023HANSARDSewage DischargeThank you, Mr Speaker. A lot of what we are hearing is disingenuous and misleading the public. The plan, as I have just—30 Mar 2023HANSARDSewage DischargeI will honestly say that a lot of the— [Interruption.] Well, I am not sure they are facts. [Interruption.]30 Mar 2023HANSARDAir QualityAir pollution has fallen significantly since 2010, and our recently published environmental improvement plan sets out the actions that we will continue to take to continue to…30 Mar 2023