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HANSARDClean Air (Human Rights) Bill [HL]It is a pleasure, as always, to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, and I hugely congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Jones, on getting to No. 1 on the Bill list and on…08 Jul 2022HANSARDFood Strategy White PaperTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they will take to monitor the delivery of the proposals in their food strategy white paper, published on 13 June.07 Jul 2022HANSARDFood Strategy White PaperI thank the Minister for his reply. I am very glad that he is still in his job this morning. However, I beg to disagree. The National Food Strategy , in its original state, was a…07 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My Lords, I am happy to support Amendments 85 and 87 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Worthington. As we have heard, procurement is an incredibly powerful tool and, if we…06 Jul 2022HANSARDEnvironmental Principles Policy StatementMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Bakewell. I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Parminter, on securing this debate. As others have said,…30 Jun 2022HANSARDWater Companies: Sewage Discharge MonitoringMy Lords, the Minister mentioned the River Wye, yet the rivers in the west of England are largely polluted through industrial chicken farms. Can the Minister enlighten the House…21 Jun 2022HANSARDFood Insecurity: EnglandMy Lords, two years ago the Government conducted an internal review into drivers of food bank use—everyone in this House would agree that that use has gone up. A commitment was…07 Jun 2022HANSARDSugar Reduction Programme: BreadMy Lords, in respect of the cost of living crisis and healthy food, why do the Government not make automatic enrolment in Healthy Start vouchers immediately happen? At the moment,…25 May 2022HANSARDUK Infrastructure Bank Bill [HL]My Lords, it is a pleasure to be part of this debate. I add my voice to those saying that we can no longer see biodiversity as separate from climate change. Everywhere you look,…24 May 2022HANSARDNHS Dental ServicesMy Lords, I want to follow up on the question about the delay to restrictions on “two for the price of one” sales and advertising. The prime reason that children under 10 go into…24 May 2022HANSARDIndia: Cereals Export BanMy Lords, I completely agree with the Minister that the supplies from India do not make that much of an impact, but the right reverend Prelate’s question about Ukraine is…19 May 2022HANSARDLevelling-up ReportMy Lords, do the Government think that it is an appropriate part of levelling up to postpone the ban on two-for-one HFSS foods in supermarkets and delay the advertising ban during…19 May 2022HANSARDSocial Security System: Rising Cost of LivingMy Lords, one quick solution would be to have automatic enrolment in Healthy Start vouchers. Despite the fact that the Government have put these up, we are still running at only…17 May 2022HANSARDFood Security: Climate Change and Biodiversity LossTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impacts of climate change and biodiversity loss on food security.17 May 2022HANSARDFood Security: Climate Change and Biodiversity LossI thank the Minister very much for his Answer. While the immediate situation in Ukraine is, as we all know, putting incredible pressure on the world’s food security and this will…17 May 2022HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Berkeley, and I am very inspired by the image of his whizzing around London on his scooter. I will certainly join…11 May 2022HANSARDEnergy Security StrategyMy Lords, the IPCC report this week was explicit that emissions need to peak by 2025: that is only three birthdays away if we are to have any hope of holding to below 1.5 degrees,…07 Apr 2022HANSARDDasgupta ReviewMy Lords, as Dasgupta makes clear, food-intensive farming is the primary cause of all biodiversity loss across the world. Yet, if we look at COP 26 in Glasgow, food was not really…07 Apr 2022HANSARDBehaviour Change for Net ZeroTo ask Her Majesty’s Government why they disbanded the Behaviour Change for Net Zero working group; and what they have replaced it with.31 Mar 2022HANSARDEconomy: Spring StatementMy Lords, I am pleased to follow the noble Lord, Lord Whitty, and I agree with all he says. I will make some remarks about health and the environment. We have not really even come…31 Mar 2022