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HANSARDRecycling RatesWe are introducing reforms to the waste sector that will help us to increase the amount of material we recycle. These reforms include introducing consistency in household and…22 Jul 2021HANSARDRecycling RatesI thank the hon. Lady for her question. I am not going to be sniffy about this: if we can learn lessons from anyone, I am never too proud. Equally, the challenges are different in…22 Jul 2021HANSARDLeaks from Water MainsReducing leakage is an essential part of our ambition to improve water efficiency. Ofwat has set companies a performance commitment to reduce leakage by 16% by 2025. The water…22 Jul 2021HANSARDCOP26 Conference PrioritiesIt is an absolute pleasure to see you in the Chair for this very important debate, Mr McCabe. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland (Mr…22 Jul 2021HANSARDAbundance of Wildlife Species: Legislative ProposalsWe have amended the Environment Bill to require a new, historic and legally binding target for species abundance for 2030 to be set, aiming to halt the decline in nature. The…22 Jul 2021HANSARDAbundance of Wildlife Species: Legislative ProposalsI hope the hon. Gentleman will agree that the Government are taking this issue really seriously. We are the first Government to set a target such as this, aiming to halt the…22 Jul 2021HANSARDLeaks from Water MainsI thank my hon. Friend for that, and I do realise the challenges that people are facing in his constituency. Repairing and replacing leaking pipes is, as he points out, absolutely…22 Jul 2021HANSARDPlaces for Growth: DEFRA Office (Melton)Thank you so much, Mr Speaker. I feel a trip coming on, perhaps as a duo—don’t you? I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Rutland and Melton (Alicia Kearns) on securing…19 Jul 2021HANSARDDog and Cat Meat TradeI have asked that question myself, but we already have a raft of different pieces of legislation that make it illegal to sell dog and cat meat in the UK, and those strict rules…14 Jul 2021HANSARDDog and Cat Meat TradeIt is lovely to see you in the Chair, Mr Rosindell. I know that you have a great interest in animal welfare, so we have a room full of people, albeit small in number, who are…14 Jul 2021HANSARDHedgehogsI think I have time to give way to the hon. Member for Strangford, because he is always so polite.05 Jul 2021HANSARDHedgehogsThat is an interesting suggestion. In the Environment Bill, we are bringing in new measures for strategies for certain wider groups of species and wildlife to look after habitats…05 Jul 2021HANSARDHedgehogsI thank the hon. Lady for that, but one cannot rip hedgerows out now. We have a portfolio—a toolbox—of measures that will combine to improve our nature and put back our declining…05 Jul 2021HANSARDHedgehogsI hear what my right hon. Friend says. We have discussed this at length, and I thank him for that. As I have said previously, it is a priority for us to provide the legislative…05 Jul 2021HANSARDHedgehogsThat is the kind of offer I would find hard to refuse. Interestingly, we went to all the effort of making the house, then releasing the hedgehog into it, but I do not think that…05 Jul 2021HANSARDHedgehogsI thank my right hon. Friend very much for that intervention; she is obviously passionate about this issue and indeed worked in the Department. I am sure she knows that we have…05 Jul 2021HANSARDHedgehogsIt is a great pleasure to serve under you today, Mr Twigg—I do not think that I have had the pleasure before, so it is very nice to see you in the Chair. Indeed, it is a pleasure…05 Jul 2021HANSARDGrouse ShootingThank you, Ms McDonagh; it is actually Rebecca Pow.21 Jun 2021HANSARDGrouse ShootingThis matter comes under my portfolio. There seems to be a little bit of confusion, but I am Rebecca—just in case there is any confusion about that. I see that Minister Prentis’s…21 Jun 2021HANSARDNative Species and WildlifeI welcome the hon. Lady to her place. This is the first time that we have had questions in the Chamber together. This is a tremendous commitment by the Government to halt the…17 Jun 2021