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HANSARDSouth Downs National Park: 10th AnniversaryI am very glad that my hon. Friend had that opportunity to intervene, given that the subject is important to him. I enjoyed speaking to the APPG recently. The South Downs is now…12 Jan 2021HANSARDNational Tree StrategyIt is an absolute pleasure to be having this debate with you in the Chair, Mr Hollobone. What a veritable forest of parliamentary tree-huggers and lovers we have in the room! We…16 Dec 2020HANSARDDraft Reach Etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
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Draft Waste and Environmental permitting Etc. (Legislative Functions and Amendment Etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020I thank my hon. Friend the Member for North Cornwall—a wonderful part of the world—for making that point. I would not want to describe the EU as miserly, as they will continue to…08 Dec 2020HANSARDDraft Reach Etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
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Draft Waste and Environmental permitting Etc. (Legislative Functions and Amendment Etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020Potentially, I think the hon. Lady is unnecessarily scaremongering. She has heard what I have just said: we are retaining the principle in UK REACH that animal testing would be a…08 Dec 2020HANSARDDraft Reach Etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
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Draft Waste and Environmental permitting Etc. (Legislative Functions and Amendment Etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020Again, I would suggest that the hon. Lady is scaremongering. Does she honestly think we want to be in a race to the bottom over something as important to human health and the…08 Dec 2020HANSARDDraft Reach Etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
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Draft Waste and Environmental permitting Etc. (Legislative Functions and Amendment Etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020I am ever supportive of the Prime Minister and optimistic. [Hon. Members: “Hear, hear!”] As we all are—that was a great response, and I thank the Committee for it. The hon. Lady…08 Dec 2020HANSARDDraft Reach Etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
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Draft Waste and Environmental permitting Etc. (Legislative Functions and Amendment Etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020The hon. Lady touched on that in her earlier contribution. I would say that HSE is very well placed to be a great success in this role—it has been stressed many times. Working in…08 Dec 2020HANSARDDraft Reach Etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
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Draft Waste and Environmental permitting Etc. (Legislative Functions and Amendment Etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft REACH Etc. (Amendment Etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020.08 Dec 2020HANSARDDraft Reach Etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
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Draft Waste and Environmental permitting Etc. (Legislative Functions and Amendment Etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020It is a delight to see you in the Chair, Sir Charles, as we debate this bevy of statutory instruments. Of the four instruments before us, three are concerned with the regulation…08 Dec 2020HANSARDDraft Reach Etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
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Draft Waste and Environmental permitting Etc. (Legislative Functions and Amendment Etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020I thank the shadow Minister. It is never a hardship to listen to her speaking at length. She referred to people thinking that this might be a niche issue; chemicals are far from a…08 Dec 2020HANSARD Hare CoursingIt is a pleasure to be here with you this morning, Sir Christopher. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Sittingbourne and Sheppey (Gordon Henderson). I think he said he…01 Dec 2020HANSARD Hare CoursingI hear what my hon. Friend says, and I get the message about the exasperation. Those messages are being heard. Going forward, consideration will be given to some of the other…01 Dec 2020HANSARD Hare CoursingI am actually fairly horrified by that. I hope that is hearsay; I hope it is not true. I was raised and brought up on a farm, and to see a hare out in its natural habitat is a…01 Dec 2020HANSARD Hare CoursingIt is about priorities, obviously. I urge my hon. Friend to engage with his local police force. They understand rural crime and its big knock-on effects—it is not a one-off thing;…01 Dec 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Twenty Second sitting)I thank the hon. Member for tabling the new clause. I have met a range of bodies to talk about water efficiency, including the Bathroom Manufacturers Association, and there is no…26 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Twenty Second sitting)After 230 amendments, why break the habit of a lifetime? Honestly, the hon. Lady will know that I have great sentiment about much of what she is saying. I also support the work of…26 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Twenty Second sitting)On a point of order, Mr Gray, I wanted to do a quick round-up. The hon. Member for Putney mentioned that this Committee has gone on for 261 days. We started back in March, then…26 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Twenty Second sitting)I thank the hon. Member for Cambridge for his tempting words and for the new clause, which would extend the biodiversity net gain objective and the biodiversity gain plan…26 Nov 2020HANSARDAir QualityOur clean air strategy sets out an ambitious programme of action to reduce air pollution from a wide range of sources. We have also put in place a £3.8 billion plan to tackle…26 Nov 2020HANSARDAir QualityMy hon. Friend has engaged continuously on this issue and is really standing up for his Bolton North East constituency. I assure him that only the most polluting older vehicles…26 Nov 2020