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HANSARD Local Clean Air TargetsDoes the hon. Member mind if I press on? I want to make it clear that the Government are acutely aware of the economic impact that charging zones can have on local businesses and…20 Oct 2020HANSARDFlooding: Grant SchemesI would like to give my hon. Friend every assurance that we have been working extremely hard on this. The Government have doubled their funding in the next flood defence programme…15 Oct 2020HANSARDTree Planting: EnglandWe are committed to increasing tree planting throughout the UK to 30,000 hectares per year by 2025, and we are working with the devolved Administrations on that, too. We have…15 Oct 2020HANSARDTree Planting: EnglandMy hon. Friend raises an important point. Our new £640 million nature for climate fund will do a lot to drive up tree planting. We will also do a lot of planting with the emphasis…15 Oct 2020HANSARDTree Planting: EnglandWe are very much looking forward to Wolverhampton’s National Brownfield Institute coming to fruition and to all the work it will do on sustainable development. Of course, trees…15 Oct 2020HANSARDAir PollutionI thank the hon. Lady for asking about the Environment Bill. As we say constantly, it will be returning very soon, but we do have an out-date for it, which is 1 December, so she…15 Oct 2020HANSARDAir Pollution: Motor VehiclesNitrogen oxide levels are rising again after lockdown as traffic levels increase. We continue to take urgent action to curb the impact of air pollution on communities throughout…15 Oct 2020HANSARDAir Pollution: Motor VehiclesThe hon. Lady raises an important point. I am really heartened that she is thinking about the health of her constituents, because air pollution, especially fine particulate…15 Oct 2020HANSARDAir PollutionI am like a jack-in-the-box this morning, Mr Speaker, with one question after another. Our clean air strategy sets out an ambitious programme of action to reduce air pollution…15 Oct 2020HANSARDAir PollutionThe Environment Bill does introduce a duty to set a target for PM 2.5 . We are committing to ambitious action on this pollutant, which has the most significant impact on health.…15 Oct 2020HANSARDAir PollutionI want to highlight that, through our landmark Environment Bill, we will be delivering on parts of our clean air strategy, which will introduce a target for concentration levels…15 Oct 2020HANSARDPlastic PollutionWe are committed to tackling plastic pollution. We introduced a microbeads ban and reduced single-use plastic carrier bag usage by 95% in main supermarkets. We are also increasing…15 Oct 2020HANSARDPlastic PollutionI thank my hon. Friend for that question. The Government recognise that innovative packaging types can help reduce the environmental impact of plastic if disposed of in the right…15 Oct 2020HANSARDPlastic PollutionOf course, that is a question that many people are thinking about, and I thank my hon. Friend for it. The covid-19 pandemic has led to an increase in PPE, but we are starting to…15 Oct 2020HANSARDWater Companies: Leaks and WastageI am back—I would like to say by popular demand, but I am not sure about that. Water company performance data, including on leakage, is already published annually on the…15 Oct 2020HANSARDWater Companies: Leaks and WastageOur 2018 water conservation report sets out an ambitious target of a 50% reduction in leakage by 2050. The water companies have made progress towards this, but quite clearly, they…15 Oct 2020HANSARDWater Companies: Leaks and WastageThe hon. Gentleman raises a pertinent point, but the 2019 price review set out a £51 billion five-year investment package, and water companies committed to reducing leakage by 16%…15 Oct 2020HANSARDWater Companies: Leaks and WastageI have already mentioned that target of a 50% leakage reduction, but that is just one of many measures. There is a whole raft of measures, as I have just explained, that we are…15 Oct 2020HANSARDFlooding: Grant SchemesFor localised flooding, we expect local authorities to have established contingency measures. In exceptional circumstances, the Government activate their flood recovery framework,…15 Oct 2020HANSARD Flooding: StaffordshireIt is a pleasure to serve under your auspices, Mr Hosie. This is my first time back in Westminster Hall, so I think this is quite an event for us all. I congratulate my hon.…07 Oct 2020