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HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Second sitting)Q That is a separate issue, isn’t it? Rico Wojtulewicz: It is a key issue.10 Mar 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Second sitting)Q I understand, but that is a hypothetical risk. You have not given a specific example of one, although I gave you a specific example where I think the public interest would be at…10 Mar 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Second sitting)Okay, point understood.10 Mar 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Second sitting)Is that the same for Ms Hammond? Judicaelle Hammond: We share some of the NFU’s views, particularly about how the reason for the necessity of the variation or removal is framed.…10 Mar 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Second sitting)Q So it is a general concern rather than a specific issue. Dr Mitchell: It is a general concern.10 Mar 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Second sitting)Q It is very specific about the situations. The Bill spells it out clearly: “No compensation where modification to protect environment”. It then goes on to specific issues and I…10 Mar 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Second sitting)Q Dr Mitchell, in your written evidence you expressed, as did Ms Hammond, considerable concern about the powers to amend or revoke licences for the abstraction of water. As I read…10 Mar 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Second sitting)Thank you. Dr Mitchell—10 Mar 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Second sitting)Q And access to an enhanced environment for members of the public, as well. Judicaelle Hammond: Yes.10 Mar 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Second sitting)Q That is not quite a specific example, but it gives us some structural ideas. Ms Hammond, you welcomed the idea; you are in favour of it. Can you give us an idea of how your…10 Mar 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Second sitting)Q You clearly see it as a positive. Can you give us one example of what could be delivered? Bring it alive for anybody watching this great programme. Alan Law: We could have…10 Mar 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Second sitting)Q I want to come on to the thorny issue of conservation covenants and potential abstraction compensation. May I start with one question to Mr Law of Natural England? From your…10 Mar 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (First sitting)In one way—10 Mar 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (First sitting)Q Would you support the traffic light system, which clearly identifies for every consumer exactly which bit of plastic can be recycled and which cannot? David Bellamy: We support…10 Mar 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (First sitting)Q Can I ask Mr Bellamy a separate question? It is really about your members and their attitudes to eliminating avoidable waste of all kinds. Do you think the introduction of…10 Mar 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (First sitting)Q Can I come back, Mr Curtois, to your earlier point that you thought there was masses in the Bill in terms of recycling, but less on residual waste and how that should be…10 Mar 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (First sitting)Q That sounds as if what both of you are saying is that you want to see an introductory paragraph that lays out, before the stuff that is quite process-y, the benefits that we are…10 Mar 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (First sitting)Q Mr Lockhart-Mummery, you said early on that the Bill needed clear objectives at the beginning. Given what Mr Baxter has just said, do I take it that you want to see a…10 Mar 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (First sitting)Q Can I just explore that a bit more? On page 13, in part 1, the principle objective of the OEP is pretty clear: “to contribute to— (a) environmental protection, and (b) the…10 Mar 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (First sitting)Q Can I come back to Mr Baxter first? In the brief you gave us before this sitting began, you mentioned two ways that you thought the Bill could be improved. Although you raised…10 Mar 2020