Extract from Budget
debate
Mr (Na h-Eileanan an
Iar) (SNP): Canada exports 75% of its products to the
United States of America; is the hon. Gentleman arguing that a
country should be united, with the same Government, with its
chief export destination? That logic will ultimately lead to one
global Government, as all countries will have to join with the
country they are majorly exporting to. The hon. Gentleman is
promoting a fallacy—a Tory fallacy, obviously.
(Torbay) (Con): It is
interesting to hear the example of Canada; of course, there is a
part of Canada called Quebec that rightly rejected nationalist
arguments in two referendums, and I hope there will be a parallel
situation in Scotland if the SNP is daft enough to call another
referendum...
Extract from
Westminster Hall debate on Microbead Ban
(Taunton Deane)
(Con):...Let me deal quickly with other countries. The
United States of America and Canada have already legislated to
prohibit the production or use of microplastics, although they
have come in for some criticism. The US Microbead-Free Waters Act
of 2015 was limited to microbeads with exfoliating functions in
rinse-off products, meaning that many microplastics were excluded
from the legislation. That indicates how much consideration is
needed when deciding how and what to ban...
(Workington)
(Lab):...We have heard details of what has happened in
America, where President Obama signed an Act to outlaw the sale
and distribution of toiletries that contain microbeads. Similar
legislation is being planned in Canada. Studies have shown that the
majority of the British public believe that we should follow
those examples and ban the use of microbeads in toiletries. I
hear that view regularly from my constituents...
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