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HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL]I bring your Lordships back to the amendments, which are on peer review and publication, but I say one thing to the noble Lord, Lord Moylan, who entertained us wonderfully with…06 Dec 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL]My Lords, there is a large number of amendments in this group, so in the interests of time and the number of groups yet to be debated I shall focus on Amendment 38 in my name,…06 Dec 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL]Very briefly, I think the concerns on this amendment were answered in the response to the previous group. As it is not necessary to have in the Bill who should be on the…06 Dec 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL]My Lords, the amendments in this group all refer to the make-up of the membership of the committee and how it is appointed. Noble Lords who were with us in Committee may remember…06 Dec 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL]My Lords, I will talk first about the first part of Amendment 2, which looks at committee remit and policy. That has not really been discussed much in this debate so far. I draw…06 Dec 2021HANSARDStorm ArwenThe Minister may have heard of a small village in Cumbria called Ullock. In Ullock, we were without power from Friday evening through to Tuesday afternoon, so I have an acute…02 Dec 2021HANSARDPower Outages: North of EnglandI feel increasingly frustrated by the lack of appreciation of the fact that many residents in the rural north have felt utterly abandoned by the Government. What have the…02 Dec 2021HANSARDWater: SewageSurfers Against Sewage has an annual water quality report which found that water companies have actually increased the amount of raw sewage dumped into our rivers and seas—an 87%…01 Dec 2021HANSARDSmoke-free PavementsAccording to Keep Britain Tidy, cigarette butts are the most littered item. They also have the highest levels of toxicity and are the least recovered, leaching into the ground and…24 Nov 2021HANSARDNational Food Strategy ReportWe strongly support the recommendations that the report makes to ensure better access to healthy food for those on the lowest incomes. Can the Minister confirm that the Government…17 Nov 2021HANSARDBrexit: Food, Environment, Energy and Health (European Union Committee Report)My Lords, I start by thanking the noble Lord, Lord Teverson, for his introduction to this report. As someone who was not on the committee, it was very useful to get that broad…15 Nov 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I will particularly address the amendments from the Government and in the name of my noble friend Lord Adonis on water quality, in Motions C and C1. First, I thank the…09 Nov 2021HANSARDCatchment Based Approach’s Chalk Stream Restoration Strategy 2021My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Chidgey, for securing this opportunity for your Lordships to debate this critical environment issue. As we have heard, England has 85% of…03 Nov 2021HANSARDFishing: FranceMy Lords, it is appalling how much this has escalated over the weekend. What conversations, if any, has Defra had with the noble Lord, Lord Frost, to urge him to help to resolve…01 Nov 2021HANSARDFarming Rules for WaterClearly, sorting out pollution in our rivers is absolutely critical. As the Minister said, we have talked about this time and again on the Agriculture Act and the Environment…01 Nov 2021HANSARDFishing: FranceMy Lords—01 Nov 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillAt end insert “, and do propose Amendment 3B in lieu—26 Oct 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, when the Minister, Rebecca Pow, introduced the government amendments in the other place last week she said: “The Bill is packed with positive measures … I am delighted…26 Oct 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillIn the interests of time, and due to the fact that noble Lords have made important contributions to this debate, I hope that your Lordships will not be too disappointed that I…26 Oct 2021HANSARDCulling of PigsI am very pleased to hear that there will be an imminent announcement, because the Government’s response—including the Prime Minister’s—to this crisis has been pretty hopeless so…14 Oct 2021