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HANSARD Moorland BurningI thank my right hon. Friend for that, and I can agree because I, too, was brought up on a farm and drive a tractor, and have got many a tractor stuck. I know what he is talking…18 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I thank the hon. Member for Southampton, Test for the amendment. It is amazing that we have managed to get him excited—for me, that is a massive milestone in the Bill’s passage. I…17 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I thank my hon. Friend for his passionate words. I am happy to consider making it clearer in the explanatory notes.17 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Sixteenth sitting)Thank you, Mr Gray. On that note, I hear what my hon. Friend the Member for Gloucester says about the explanatory notes but I want to reiterate what I said earlier: relevant…17 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Sixteenth sitting)Thank you, Chair. I thought my hon. Friend would try and sneak in a final go. I do not blame him for that.17 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I thank the hon. Member for Cambridge for that, and of course he makes a really important point. All those things will be in the mix for consideration. The storm overflow…17 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I thank the hon. Member for raising that important point; I just want to talk a little bit about the Environment Agency. They are actually part-way through a programme to improve…17 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Sixteenth sitting)My hon. Friend is doing absolutely the right thing in checking up on the issues. I have been doing that myself, in fairness. He mentions the EA. As he said, Emma Howard Boyd, the…17 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I thank the hon. Lady for reiterating my commitment. We believe the measures and steps that are here will ensure that that does happen—the sewerage and drainage management plans…17 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Gloucester for the amendment and for painting such a charming picture of wild swimming in the River Wye, which I should think is quite…17 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Sixteenth sitting)The hon. Gentleman makes a good point, but just for clarity, we can make regulations to specify what persons or bodies must be consulted during the plan preparations, and we plan…17 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I thank the shadow Minister for this amendment—a probing amendment, as he said. I understand the intention to ensure that those who are likely to be affected by water resource…17 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I will intervene one more time, just for clarity. As I said, we made the Water Resources Management Plan Regulations 2007 and the Drought Plan Regulations 2005, which demonstrates…17 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I thank the hon. Gentleman for that point, and lots of companies are already working towards that. We will talk later in more detail about how water companies will work…17 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Sixteenth sitting)It is good to be back this week. I welcome the shadow Minister again, and the new member of our Committee, my hon. Friend the Member for Ynys Môn. I thank the hon. Member for…17 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Seventeenth sitting)I beg to move amendment 223, in clause 93, page 95, line 21, after “England))” insert— “(a) in subsection (1), after ‘conserving’ insert ‘or enhancing’;”. This amendment adds a…17 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Seventeenth sitting)I beg to move amendment 222, in clause 93, page 95, line 3, at end insert “and (b) any relevant species conservation strategy or protected site strategy prepared by Natural…17 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Seventeenth sitting)Some strong points have been made about local nature recovery strategies. I think we all agree that they are a good idea. When I was a trustee of the Somerset Wildlife Trust many…17 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Seventeenth sitting)I thank the hon. Member for tabling the amendments—I shall rattle through them. Amendment 139 would change the definition of “public authority” in relation to the strengthened…17 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Seventeenth sitting)How times have changed. That will change—biodiversity will come into the general parlance. This is an ambitious duty. All public authorities will have to undertake a thorough…17 Nov 2020