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HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Third sitting)Q Some of it comes from Europe, doesn’t it? Professor Lewis: Europe will be a significant component. You cannot reduce particulate matter without the co-operation of your…12 Mar 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Thank you very much for coming in to talk to us. Obviously, exiting the EU provides us with opportunities for industry, such as integrating the most current scientific knowledge…12 Mar 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Fourth sitting)Q I am sure we will learn some lessons from watching your deposit return scheme. That will prove useful. Alison McNab: I echo the comments made by Lloyd in relation to the OEP. I…12 Mar 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Fourth sitting)No, I understand that. Lloyd Austin: The marine examples that I quoted and the fisheries examples that Alison quoted are areas where things are mutually agreed, and as I tried to…12 Mar 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Third sitting)Q Thank you all for coming in. I want to pursue this subject a little further. It is clear that we recognise how damaging PM 2.5 is to human health, as we have made it the only…12 Mar 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Fourth sitting)Potentially, water would be the same. Lloyd Austin: First of all, I agree with John about the need for the OEP and the Scottish body, whatever it is called, to have stronger…12 Mar 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Thank you for coming. We have had extensive consultation already with all the devolved Administrations, which you welcome. Each of the areas is choosing to opt in or out of…12 Mar 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Fourth sitting)Q On that point, one of the ideas is that we can do our own thing on our environmental targets. We do not have to do what Europe says, and potentially our targets could be better.…12 Mar 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Fourth sitting)Thank you very much, gentlemen. The 25-year plan is being enacted through the Bill, and the plan does touch on the area that you mention, but thank you.12 Mar 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Fourth sitting)Q It does say “significantly improved”. That is the purpose of the Bill. Dr Benwell: I am with you. I am saying that is a very good thing. Ensuring that we do that at a systemic…12 Mar 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Fourth sitting)Q I have a quickfire question. We have our resources and waste strategy, which sets our long-term targets for reducing waste and for sending zero biodegradables to landfill by…12 Mar 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Will you welcome as much alignment as possible through your version of the OEP? We have made it clear who comes under that and where people go to report. Would you like to see a…12 Mar 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Fourth sitting)Q I found this really interesting, actually. My general observation is that you are very keen on close co-operation, which is clearly something that this Government are very keen…12 Mar 2020HANSARD Electric Car Batteries: Disposal and RecyclingI hope I am going to inject some electricity into this subject, which is very new. I congratulate the hon. Member for Newcastle upon Tyne Central (Chi Onwurah) on securing the…11 Mar 2020HANSARD River Severn FloodingIt is a pleasure, as ever, to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hosie. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Shrewsbury and Atcham (Daniel Kawczynski) on securing the…11 Mar 2020HANSARD Electric Car Batteries: Disposal and RecyclingI just want to give some details about numbers of batteries. Typically, between 1.3 million and 1.4 million cars and light vehicles are declared as treated in the UK each year,…11 Mar 2020HANSARD Electric Car Batteries: Disposal and RecyclingI will come to that right at the end, so I am going to keep the hon. Member waiting. The hon. Member touched on second-life applications, and there is clearly a great deal of…11 Mar 2020HANSARD River Severn FloodingI thank my hon. Friend for that intervention, because we must not forget that a great deal of work has been done on flood defences as we have learned lessons from previous events…11 Mar 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (First sitting)May I just interrupt you there for a second? I might bring the other gentleman in from the Broadway group—10 Mar 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (First sitting)Q Mr Bellamy clearly highlighted the legal requirements already in place on a lot of waste and recycling issues. There is the waste strategy, which has the reuse, recycle,…10 Mar 2020