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HANSARDAir QualityAs I have said, we have two air quality targets already in the Environment Bill and the WHO’s PM 2.5 is on there. We will consult on exactly how that will come through, which is…10 Sept 2020HANSARDAir QualityThe Environment Bill has a big section on tackling air quality, with two targets to be set. Many other air pollutants—five in total—are also tackled, and we already have targets…10 Sept 2020HANSARDAir QualityI welcome the shadow Minister to her place. As I have said, the Bill contains two targets, and dealing with PM2.5 is one of them. We understand that that is the most significant…10 Sept 2020HANSARDDraft INSPIRE (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft INSPIRE (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020. If anyone has a sense of déjà vu about this debate, that is not…09 Sept 2020HANSARDDraft INSPIRE (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020I, too, very much welcome the new shadow Minister and look forward to working together on many issues with regard to the environment. I thank her for her remarks. The amendment in…09 Sept 2020HANSARDWaste: Reuse and RecyclingMy hon. Friend is always representing his constituency and pushing for new things, and rightly so. The combined effect of the measures set out in the resources and waste strategy…25 Jun 2020HANSARDZoos: Covid-19The Government have introduced a £14 million zoos fund for licensed zoos in England. Outdoor areas of zoos and safari parks have already been allowed to reopen, subject to…25 Jun 2020HANSARDZoos: Covid-19We are a nation of animal lovers. I know that you, Mr Speaker, are a very big animal lover, as am I and as is my hon. Friend the Member for Ashfield (Lee Anderson). The objective…25 Jun 2020HANSARDCountryside Stewardship: Water QualityCountryside stewardship is designed to maximise environmental improvements and value for money for the taxpayers. Water quality actions are focused on areas posing the highest…25 Jun 2020HANSARDCountryside Stewardship: Water QualityI thank my hon. Friend for that question. I know that this is an area he is particularly interested in, as he has spoken to me about it before. Management practices that farmers…25 Jun 2020HANSARDWaste: Reuse and RecyclingOur resources and waste strategy, published in December 2018, sets out ambitious plans for how we will minimise waste, promote resource efficiency and move towards a more circular…25 Jun 2020HANSARDPlastic Waste Increase: Covid-19DEFRA continues to monitor the impact of covid-19 on material flows. We have made no specific estimate of the impact of the outbreak on levels of plastic waste. However, we remain…25 Jun 2020HANSARDPlastic Waste Increase: Covid-19I thank the right hon. Gentleman, who raises some good points. This Government are absolutely committed to getting rid of plastic waste, as our resources and waste strategy shows,…25 Jun 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for that. Of course, people have valued all these green spaces in this lockdown period; that has been more clear than ever. Our manifesto commitment says…25 Jun 2020HANSARD Environmental ProtectionI thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. I know how much work he does with the packaging industry, which, it has to be recognised, is indeed an important part of our economy.…15 Jun 2020HANSARD Environmental ProtectionI beg to move, That the draft Environmental Protection (Plastic Straws, Cotton Buds and Stirrers) (England) Regulations 2020, which were laid before this House on 19 May, be…15 Jun 2020HANSARD Environmental ProtectionWe are well aware of that and will let the hon. Gentleman know in due course when the Bill will be back, because we are all very keen to get on with it; he is absolutely right…15 Jun 2020HANSARD Environmental ProtectionI thank my hon. Friend. This is all part of the whole new world that we are moving into of creating a circular economy where we research what we are making and design it so that…15 Jun 2020HANSARD Environmental ProtectionI think you can see, Madam Deputy Speaker, that this is a wide subject and people are generally interested in this whole issue of waste and plastics. Of course, my hon. Friend’s…15 Jun 2020HANSARD Environmental ProtectionFirst, I must welcome the shadow Minister. I do not believe we have confronted each other yet. I look forward to working with him, on the Environment Bill in particular, and I…15 Jun 2020