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HANSARD Glass Packaging: Extended Producer ResponsibilityWill the Minister give way?14 May 2025HANSARD Glass Packaging: Extended Producer ResponsibilityWill my hon. Friend please assure her constituents that the whole sector supports EPR, but that, because of the two-year lag, there will be more plastic on her streets, not less?14 May 2025HANSARD Glass Packaging: Extended Producer ResponsibilityI agree 100%. These consequences —one hopes that they are unintended consequences—are the stark evidence that has been put to the Minister, but seemingly it is not making any…14 May 2025HANSARD Glass Packaging: Extended Producer ResponsibilityWill the Minister give way?14 May 2025HANSARD Glass Packaging: Extended Producer ResponsibilityI have not heard that or seen any evidence of that. All I can say is that in Wales, 95% of the glass is kerbside-collected and recycled. I do not know where my hon. Friend’s stats…14 May 2025HANSARD Glass Packaging: Extended Producer ResponsibilityI support my hon. Friend 100%. It is crazy that we are not doing that by volume, because glass is heavier. We are forcing people to move to lighter products, particularly plastic.14 May 2025HANSARD Glass Packaging: Extended Producer ResponsibilityNot at the moment. In the meantime, our Government are driving packaging customers decisively and permanently away from glass. If, for example, a brand sells 1 million half-litre…14 May 2025HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Import of Dogs, Cats and Ferrets) BillI think this is the first time I have served under your guidance, Sir Jeremy; it is a pleasure to do so. I am deeply grateful to the hon. Member for Winchester for using his…14 May 2025HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Import of Dogs, Cats and Ferrets) BillNo, he isn’t!14 May 2025HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Import of Dogs, Cats and Ferrets) BillI am grateful to the hon. Member for inviting me to be on the Committee, for introducing the Bill and for mentioning ferrets. It is very important. In discussing the last…14 May 2025HANSARD Glass Packaging: Extended Producer ResponsibilityI decided not to intervene on the Minister because we have had this argument a lot and she still does not seem to be hearing a whole room of MPs bringing examples to her. She…14 May 2025HANSARD Glass Packaging: Extended Producer ResponsibilityI completely agree with my hon. Friend: the Government need to pause, and I will go on to argue why they need to do that. One of the problems is that packaging producers are…14 May 2025HANSARDUN Ocean Conference15. What steps he is taking to prepare for the 2025 UN ocean conference.13 May 2025HANSARDUN Ocean ConferenceSir David Attenborough’s latest film, “Ocean” revealed the shocking devastation caused by bottom trawling and asked the Government to take action at the UN conference in just four…13 May 2025HANSARDGlobal DeforestationIt is always a pleasure to serve under your guidance, Mr Vickers, and I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Brent West (Barry Gardiner) for securing this debate. It is very…30 Apr 2025HANSARDGlobal DeforestationFirst, I would like to correct the record, because the right hon. Gentleman is anything but simple. He has always been a leading light in every debate he contributes to. In my…30 Apr 2025HANSARDGlobal DeforestationWill the Minister be covering the regulations on due diligence and when they will be published?30 Apr 2025HANSARD British SteelMadam Deputy Speaker, you know that I am a proud steel MP, so it has pained me to watch my business wither on the vine under the last Government. I am incredibly grateful to the…22 Apr 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsOn 23 March in Gaza, eight medics in the Palestinian Red Crescent, five responders from the civil defence and a UN staff member were killed by the IDF while responding to…01 Apr 2025HANSARDPoint of OrderOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. After much chasing in October last year, the Foreign Secretary committed to give oral evidence to my International Development Committee…01 Apr 2025