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HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Twelfth sitting)I thank the shadow Minister for his very kind opening words. I also thank him for his interest in the clause, which is crucial to future environmental governance. I appreciate the…10 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I thank the hon. Member for her interest in this provision and for this amendment. I reassure her and the Committee that the amendment is not needed. Reducing the consumption of…10 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Twelfth sitting)I think that is quite a good example, but the hon. Member for Cambridge might come up with another.10 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Twelfth sitting)I have the exact words here of the 25-year environment plan, which is the first environmental improvement plan. It commits us to: “Safeguarding and enhancing the beauty of our…10 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Twelfth sitting)I apologise—I did not know it was on. It is important to note that the hon. Member’s explanatory statement is very specific about the effect he intends the amendment to have. It…10 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Twelfth sitting)Obviously all that has been considered and thought about, but the hon. Gentleman makes a good point. I will come on to what the 25-year plan says in a minute, because that really…10 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Twelfth sitting)I thank the hon. Gentleman for his amendment on the meaning of the natural environment. Obviously, we discussed this previously in some of the earlier clauses relating to heritage…10 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Twelfth sitting)It is good to be back. I thank the shadow Minister for his comments, and all hon. Members for carrying the proceedings last week when I was unwell. I put on record my thanks to…10 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I was just giving a random example, off the top of my head. I do not see any policies written here. Is the hon. Gentleman trying to catch me out?10 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Thirteenth sitting)The measures are the kind of thing that will open up the doors to all those opportunities.10 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I was, and I thought the Chairman was going to interrupt me when I mentioned all the food. Finally, schedule 4 allows us to set obligations on producers in relation to reuse,…10 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I thank the hon. Member for Newport West for the proposed amendment. Although I recognise the intentions behind it, I must disagree with it. She pressed the Government to be as…10 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Thirteenth sitting)Did the shadow Minister use washable nappies for his children?10 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Thirteenth sitting)Did he? The hon. Member for Putney also raised an important point about garden waste. We have now legislated for garden waste to be collected: that is in clause 54. I also wanted…10 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I thank the hon. Lady for the amendment, but I reassure her and the Committee that it is not needed. Paragraph 11(2) provides the ability to specify in regulations the activities…10 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I thank the hon. Lady for her amendment, but I reassure her that we feel it is not needed. The Government need the flexibility—I have mentioned this before—to decide what measures…10 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Thirteenth sitting)First, I thank the hon. Member for Newport West for withdrawing her previous amendment and not pushing it to a vote. I thank her for her consideration of this particular…10 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I thank my hon. Friend for raising that issue. The hon. Member for Putney touched on litter, and I was going to say that this is a very wide subject—waste, hazardous waste, export…10 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I thank my hon. Friend for mentioning his constituency and for raising that important point about how we need to get business on board, and how we need to give the right signals…10 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I thank the hon. Member for his amendment. He is trying at every opportunity to sneak in a “must”, but we share the sentiment and recognise the importance of taking action to…10 Nov 2020