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HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Nineteeth sitting)I thank my hon. Friend for a slightly off-the-wall intervention. I bet he has a recycling centre in his own constituency in mind. There will obviously be opportunities. I will not…19 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Nineteeth sitting)I thank the hon. Member for that. While she makes a good point, I point her to the fact that we did a public paper this summer, which explored whether a statutory target for trees…19 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Nineteeth sitting)I absolutely applaud Solihull if it has already planted that many trees. There is a massive amount of voluntary work and other initiatives going on. I will also point out that…19 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Nineteeth sitting)I meant to reference that just now, so I am glad my hon. Friend mentioned it. I believe that all MPs got sent three trees—I cannot remember what year that was, but we were—and I…19 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Nineteeth sitting)I think I have given a very clear answer about the felling. If someone replants, that is an offence; they will be prosecuted for it. I think I have made that very clear. I agree…19 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Nineteeth sitting)Can I just check that I am speaking about all those clauses in one go, because that was a lot to take in?19 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Nineteeth sitting)Thank you. This part of the Bill is based, by and large, on the excellent work done by the Law Commission; I thank the Law Commission for the ongoing support that it has given us.…19 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Nineteeth sitting)Sorry, Sir George. I could not resist it, because we were referring to the hon. Member’s excitement on Tuesday. I thank him for his proposed amendment. Clause 121 places a duty on…19 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Nineteeth sitting)I beg to move amendment 71, in schedule 17, page 222, line 36, leave out from beginning to end of line 9 on page 223 and insert— “Demesne land 3 (1) Where land belongs to Her…19 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Nineteeth sitting)I thank the hon. Member for his comments. Like him, I take this whole area extremely seriously. It is imperative that we establish our own independent chemicals regulatory…19 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Nineteeth sitting)I am loth to give way, but I will be kind and will do so.19 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Nineteeth sitting)I welcome the hon. Member’s ambition of providing a national framework to inform the development of the nature recovery network, but the Bill already provides for a framework.…19 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Nineteeth sitting)It was short for the shadow Minister. The Government’s approach to negotiating a future relationship with the EU includes a proposal for a chemicals annex as part of the EU free…19 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Nineteeth sitting)I wholeheartedly agree. That is what I was trying to get at in the beginning: given that we basically helped to set up those regulations in the first place, we are hardly likely…19 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Nineteeth sitting)Amendment 107 relates to provisions that are listed in the table in paragraph 6 of schedule 19. If I hold up my copy of the Bill—it is slightly disintegrating through…19 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Nineteeth sitting)Thank you, Sir George. It was a detailed intervention. I reiterate what I said about the purpose of the consequential amendments and how useful they will be. I will not run…19 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Nineteeth sitting)In the chuntering from the Back Benches, some sensible points are being made. Work is ongoing, but given that we were so influential on this in the first place, we have a lot of…19 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Nineteeth sitting)I understand why the hon. Gentleman has tabled amendments 227 and 228. It is obviously really important that decisions in the field of chemicals regulation are based on strong…19 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Nineteeth sitting)I understand why the hon. Member for Southampton, Test tabled amendment 229, which I will talk to now. The amendment calls for transparency in decision making, which I completely…19 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Nineteeth sitting)I thank the hon. Gentleman for his contribution on this matter. Clause 127 sets out the scope of regulation-making powers as well as the procedures to be used when making those…19 Nov 2020