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HANSARDINSPIRE (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I thank the shadow Minister for pretty much agreeing that we are going to agree and for making, as ever, some perceptive comments. He raised a couple of points that I will touch…29 Oct 2019HANSARDINSPIRE (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the INSPIRE (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I., 2019, No. 1352). It is lovely to see you here bright and early this…29 Oct 2019HANSARD Minerals Mining (Barford)The hon. Gentleman makes a sound point, but that is all assumption, and we have no data. Councils have to work on data in preparing their five-year plan for housing allocation, as…29 Oct 2019HANSARD Environment BillIt is not over-egging the pudding to say that I am genuinely honoured to be closing this debate on what I consider to be a landmark Bill that will transform our approach to…28 Oct 2019HANSARD Environment BillI will very quickly give way to my hon. Friend.28 Oct 2019HANSARD Environment BillI said I was not going to take any interventions because there are just so many comments to get through. The issue of resourcing and how the OEP was going to be funded was raised,…28 Oct 2019HANSARD Environment BillI will not give way because I have so little time. I am delighted that so many stakeholders have expressed their support for the ambitions of the Bill. For example, the Aldersgate…28 Oct 2019HANSARDSouthern WaterOf course I will meet my right hon. Friend. We want water companies that are working effectively and efficiently, and we need to understand the pressures they are under and how to…28 Oct 2019HANSARDSouthern WaterIt is late, but I think we are all still very focused on this issue, which is a tricky one. To be talking about sewage at this time of night is really focusing the mind. I…28 Oct 2019HANSARD Environment BillI am going to conclude now. The substance of this debate is the greatest issue of our time. The Environment Bill will make a much needed step change to protect and enhance our…28 Oct 2019HANSARD Environment BillThat is absolutely right. There are many measures to encourage the use of more recycled plastic in products. Ultimately, we will get into the producer-responsibility circular…28 Oct 2019HANSARDPlastic Food and Drink PackagingI just wanted to address the point, which I think was made by the hon. Gentleman, about local authorities no longer being required to collect DRS material. Obviously, their new…24 Oct 2019HANSARDPlastic Food and Drink PackagingWe have committed to maintaining our environmental standards, and will always keep a weather eye on what is going on in Europe. We will be moving on in our own way, but it is…24 Oct 2019HANSARDPlastic Food and Drink PackagingI want to get through all of my information, but go on, then. Make it quick, sir. [ Laughter. ]24 Oct 2019HANSARDPlastic Food and Drink PackagingI urge the hon. Lady to look at the detail of the producer responsibility scheme and the consultation. We will develop our own bespoke system. This is all being done in…24 Oct 2019HANSARDPlastic Food and Drink PackagingThat is a good point. Members touched on funding. We will give increased powers to local authorities, fully funded through the producer responsibility scheme, which I will go on…24 Oct 2019HANSARDPlastic Food and Drink PackagingThank you, Mr Stringer; it is a pleasure to serve under you today. I will endeavour to leave a minute for my hon. Friend the Member for Tiverton and Honiton (Neil Parish), whom I…24 Oct 2019HANSARD Waste Processing Facilities: Local EnvironmentI thank my hon. Friend for his intervention. Local authorities do have power and are required to act for the benefit of local people; I gather that my hon. Friend’s council has…23 Oct 2019HANSARD Waste Processing Facilities: Local EnvironmentGoing on to the ground seemed to me like an eminently sensible thing to do. I gather that, following that tour, the Mayor decided that they would try to see whether they could…23 Oct 2019HANSARD Waste Processing Facilities: Local EnvironmentI was not at that particular debate, but there are a great many measures coming through the resources and waste strategy, which I am sure the hon. Lady is familiar with, with…23 Oct 2019