Speeches by Tufnell.

“You set out a public statement before, but your representatives on the ground are merely observing the process that is taking place.”

“What is the sort of timeframe? You have until 25 August, which is pretty soon.”

“Are you able to provide a written statement to the Committee as to why you are unable to?”

“Why are you unable to support that treaty?”

“I just want to move on quickly, if that is okay. There was a roundtable co-ordinated by the UK Government, and a statement about a plastic pollution treaty. Have you signed that treaty? We will go from Peter all the way down.”

“In respect to what was outlined by Joe, there is less input on regulations or consumer products. You have less input; it is more of an observation role.”

“Helen, you sent three representatives. Can you speak, in the same way, to what those representatives were doing on the ground?”

“That seems to be a very different approach from the one that Peter set out in respect of just being an observer to the proceedings. You seem to be much more an active participant around product design regulations.”

“We touched upon this point around industry lobbying in the previous session. The Chair mentioned that industry lobbyists would be the largest delegation. There were seven representatives from Coca-Cola, including two from Coca-Cola Europacific Partners. Joe, could you give a bit more of an outline? We have heard from P…”

“Why are you sending a delegation, in any event?”

“I am just struggling to understand this. You have industry representatives. You are part of an association.”

“You do not present that because they are just observing.”

“You set out a public statement before, but your representatives on the ground are merely observing the process that is taking place.”

“Those delegations do not go with the view of inputting any kind of position.”

“Are you able to set out what the delegation from INEOS would be doing in those settings?”

“Does it not speak to the wider issue in terms of trying to approach this topic in good faith led by scientific evidence? At the same time, there are bad faith actors trying to suppress information and evidence.”

“You were aware of that taking place, but you did not take any action as a result of hearing that it had taken place.”

“Thank you, Chair. Before I get to that, I just wanted to touch on the issue discussed in the previous session on the threats to the scientific community. If I could just start with Peter, I was wondering whether this is something that you are aware of or that you recognise. I would be grateful if you could present your…”

“What actions has your federation taken, having heard those concerns raised by your colleagues in universities?”

“As a Committee, we were not aware, but reference was made to it being on the public record that that has taken place. Is that something you are familiar with?”