In the Lords

I understand that some may not have heard of this, but developers should have, because it is already current policy in the National Planning

I thank the noble Baroness for raising an important point. It is one that I also addressed in my remarks.

I am thankful to the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Whitchurch, first for her amendments but also for her support for biodiversity net gain g

In moving government Amendment 194B, I will speak to all government amendments consequential to it.

My Lords, flooding incidents have an utterly devastating impact on communities.

Before I turn to individual amendments, I want to assure noble Lords of our commitment to improving water quality.

My Lords, I thank my noble friend for her useful intervention. She is right: the cost of pollution rarely features on the balance sheet.

I am not sure that I can give the noble Lord a date, because that is not in the hands of Defra and certainly not in in mine.

I thank all noble Lords for their thoughtful and helpful contributions on these important issues.

On 8 April 2021, we published our response to the call for evidence on the need for standards for bio-based, biodegradable and compostable p