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HANSARDAir QualityI thank my hon. Friend for putting the case for those roads. Local authorities have a range of tools that they can use to reduce air pollution, and we are building on them through…26 Nov 2020HANSARDAir Pollution from Motor VehiclesI thank the hon. Lady for bringing Wales into the discussion, but of course air quality is a devolved matter—she serves on the Environment Bill Committee, in which we have said so…26 Nov 2020HANSARDAir Pollution from Motor VehiclesAverage roadside nitrogen dioxide concentrations remain below levels observed in the previous three years, despite some increases as the March lockdown measures were eased.…26 Nov 2020HANSARDAir Pollution from Motor VehiclesThe hon. Lady gives some examples, but she is somewhat aggressive in her approach. I work closely with the Department for Transport and the Department of Health and Social Care so…26 Nov 2020HANSARDFlood DefencesThe Government are currently investing £2.6 billion between 2015 and 2021, approximately £650 million of which will be allocated to local authorities. Between 2021 and 2027, we…26 Nov 2020HANSARDRaw Sewage and Storm Water: Discharge into WaterwaysWater companies are committed over the next five years to a significant programme of improvements and to the monitoring and management of storm overflows, costing around £1.2…26 Nov 2020HANSARDFlood DefencesWe all understand the difficulties that flooding can bring and my hon. Friend is right to raise it. I understand that the Environment Agency recently attended a meeting with the…26 Nov 2020HANSARDFlood DefencesMy hon. Friend, I know, speaks from experience as he has a farm right by a lot of water, so he raises a very important point. May I just say, Mr Speaker, that we have tremendous…26 Nov 2020HANSARDRaw Sewage and Storm Water: Discharge into WaterwaysThe hon. Lady touches on an issue to which the Department is giving a great deal of attention. As I said, I have recently met water companies to say that that is not good enough…26 Nov 2020HANSARDRaw Sewage and Storm Water: Discharge into WaterwaysI thank my hon. Friend for his impassioned question. The national planning policy framework makes it very clear that new developments should be made safe and resilient without…26 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Twenty Second sitting)I thank the hon. Member for Putney for the new clause and for highlighting her eating of pheasant as a child. I, too, have had many a pheasant hanging in my garage. Indeed, we had…26 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Twenty Second sitting)The shadow Minister said that there is no cohesion to what the Bill is about. He spoke about people with elephantine memories, but surely he has not been listening? Throughout…26 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Twenty Second sitting)The shadow Minister’s new clause refers to a “healthy, resilient” environment—that is such a loose term. What exactly does he mean by that and what does it mean legally? Does he…26 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Twenty Second sitting)I thank the hon. Member for Cambridge for moving this new clause. He is always very passionate about what he says. I am pleased that my letter was able to give a bit of clarity on…26 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Twenty Second sitting)I thank the hon. Member for Newport West for her contribution. It is always good to hear about people’s backgrounds, and her medical knowledge is obviously very useful.…26 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Twenty Second sitting)I just want to make a quick correction. I mentioned a figure of 110 litres. Does the hon. Member agree that, while the efficiency requirement for a new build will be 125 litres…26 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Twenty First sitting)Of course I would like to celebrate that. I commend the school for its work. It is a brilliant thing to engage young people in nature and everything about trees, including ancient…24 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Twenty First sitting)I would like to think that the shadow Minister was going to branch out and not press this new clause to a Division. I share everybody’s desire to deliver on a tree-planting…24 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Twenty First sitting)Perhaps the hon. Lady did not register the producer responsibility, which will put the onus on the person who invents and designs the product in the first place. They will remain…24 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Twenty First sitting)The hon. Lady will be pleased to know that I will not be recycling my notes just yet. I thank her for tabling new clause 16, which seeks to ensure that the Secretary of State must…24 Nov 2020