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HANSARDEnvironment BillYes. My hon. Friend’s constituent came specifically to talk about charcoal and those issues. We have our timber regulations already in place to deal with illegal deforestation. I…20 Oct 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillI thank the hon. Gentleman for that intervention. Obviously, our businesses will have an obligation under what we set in our Bill, but equally, there is a whole session devoted to…20 Oct 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillI thank my hon. Friend for that intervention, but we already have our clean air strategy, as I said, and our local authority fund, which we have recently increased by millions. I…20 Oct 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillData is key, and science is key. As I mentioned—and I was slightly disparaged—that is why we want to do the soil health monitoring: to gather the data. When I talk later about…20 Oct 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillWhat it will mean is that, yes, there will be much more credence given to the value of ancient woodland. At the moment, ancient woodland does not necessarily win, because one can…20 Oct 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillThank you. Although I must ask hon. Members to reject Lords amendment 66, I hope that they will support our approach and my announcement today, which will deliver effective action…20 Oct 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillWe work incredibly closely with our farmers. We could not do any of what we are trying to do without bringing our farmers on board. After all, they manage, own or run at least 70%…20 Oct 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillI thank all hon. Members for their contributions. It has been a heated session, but I think that shows how strongly we feel about these issues. I will touch first on storm…20 Oct 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillI hear what the hon. Member says, and for once I am really pleased that she almost supports what we are doing. I am outlining what we have put into the Bill since it was last here…20 Oct 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillI thank my right hon. Friend for that, and honestly, people are coming up to me left, right and centre about this. I feel as strongly about it as everybody else, so I am so…20 Oct 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillI thank the hon. Gentleman for that intervention. I was proud to be part of getting bathing water designation in Otley. It is the first inland bathing water area that we have…20 Oct 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillI beg to move, That this House disagrees with Lords amendment 85.20 Oct 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillWith the leave of the House, I will respond to the debate. May I reiterate the condolences that have been expressed? I was not able to be in the Chamber earlier. I have not worn…20 Oct 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillI hear what my hon. Friend says and I will reiterate that to the new Minister with responsibility for air quality. My hon. Friend makes good points. Many other measures are in…20 Oct 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillI am going to leave it there, because I have so many comments to get through. I want to refer now to particular questions and comments raised about the OEP. We heard some…20 Oct 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillI beg to move, That this House disagrees with Lords amendment 43.20 Oct 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillAs we turn to amendments focused on the protection of nature, I would like to remind the House of some of the significant changes that the Government have made to the Bill since…20 Oct 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillNorthern Ireland is included in this, but it has to decide whether it wants to commence the powers. It is up to it to do so. Lords amendment 33 relates to the OEP’s enforcement…20 Oct 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillI am very happy to finish these proceedings on a really positive note. I am delighted to offer amendments in lieu of Lords amendment 85 to expand the scope of the single-use items…20 Oct 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillI would suggest a meeting with the new air quality Minister—actually, I meet Sir Stephen Holgate regularly, as he is one of our advisers. We are increasing monitoring across the…20 Oct 2021