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HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I shall speak in favour of Amendment 10, to which I have added my name, and I support other amendments in this group. I declare my interest, as others have done, as a…21 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to be speaking to this amendment moved by the noble Duke, the Duke of Wellington. During the past two years, many of your Lordships have raised the…21 Jun 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL]My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Earl, Lord Caithness, and to take part in this wide-ranging debate. I thank the Minister for his briefing and his introduction to…16 Jun 2021HANSARDTown and Country Planning (General Permitted Development etc.) (England) (Amendment) Order 2021My Lords, I declare my interest as a vice-president of the Local Government Association. This is yet another attack on local democracy. I held elected office on Somerset County…08 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to be taking part in this Second Reading at last. I declare my interest as a vice-president of the Local Government Association. The Bill is an…07 Jun 2021HANSARDChild Poverty: EthnicityMy Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Woolley, on securing this important debate. I will focus solely on one aspect of child food poverty, which is somewhat “offline”. I…27 May 2021HANSARDAgri-environment Schemes: Permissive AccessMy Lords, I pay tribute to my colleague Lord Greaves, who in the past would have spoken on this Question. Following on from the question of the noble Earl, Lord Shrewsbury, it is…27 May 2021HANSARDPesticidesMy Lords, following on from the question of the noble Lord, Lord Whitty, scientific evidence moves on at pace, as does the use of pesticides. Those of us in rural areas are not…25 May 2021HANSARDEnvironmental Land Management SchemesMy Lords, I, too, welcome the noble Lord, Lord Benyon, to his first outing at Oral Questions and look forward to working with him. There has been publicity around payments to…24 May 2021HANSARDHouse of Lords: Remote Participation and Hybrid SittingsMy Lords, I congratulate the staff on supporting the functioning of the House throughout the pandemic. I was hoping to take part in this debate physically. However, having been…20 May 2021HANSARDFood and Drink (Miscellaneous Amendments Relating to Food and Wine Composition, Information and Labelling) Regulations 2021My Lords, I thank the Minister for her introduction and am grateful to her officials for providing a briefing on this extremely complex statutory instrument, which is all about…19 May 2021HANSARDTrade and Official Controls (Transitional Arrangements for Prior Notifications) (Amendment) Regulations 2021My Lords, I thank the Minister for his introduction to these two short statutory instruments, which are closely interrelated. The first is a short SI concerned with sanitary and…18 May 2021HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, I too look forward to the maiden speeches of the noble Lords, Lord Coaker and Lord Morse. I will speak to the three animal welfare Bills which were mentioned in Her…17 May 2021HANSARDNatural Habitats: Infrastructure ProjectsMy Lords, habitat loss comes in many forms, and often because of human activity, as in the loss of ancient woodland due to the construction of HS2. However, it can also occur…26 Apr 2021HANSARDBiodiversity EmergencyMy Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Teverson for securing this debate and for his passionate introduction. I am currently reading James Rebanks’s book, English Pastoral : An…22 Apr 2021HANSARDGambling: Early MortalityMy Lords, despite the Government’s cross-departmental insistence that treatment for gambling problems will be prioritised, the scope of the call for evidence in the review of the…20 Apr 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Sentencing) BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Randall of Uxbridge, for his introduction to this important Bill, and Chris Loder, who steered it through the other place. It has…16 Apr 2021HANSARDPlant Health etc. (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021My Lords, I thank the Minister and his officials for their time in providing a briefing yesterday morning, and for his introduction this afternoon. This is a fairly…15 Apr 2021HANSARDGypsies, Travellers and Roma: Racism and DiscriminationMy Lords, the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, as it stands, will have a devastating effect on nomadic Gypsy and Traveller communities. Clause 4 enables the police to…25 Mar 2021HANSARDHousing StrategyMy Lords, it is a pleasure to take part today, and I congratulate the most reverend Primate the Archbishop of Canterbury on securing this debate. I declare my interests as the…24 Mar 2021