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HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, it is a delight to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Young of Old Scone. I completely agree with her about leaving out one’s body for the birds to pick over the bones.…07 Jul 2021HANSARDPolice: Body-worn VideosAccording to a recent report, some videos showed that police officers were poor at communicating and lacked patience and de-escalation skills. Is it possible that the pressure on…07 Jul 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, just as in the previous group, in this group there are some really forward-thinking amendments that can go a long way to ending our devastating impact on rivers and the…07 Jul 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I will be brief as well because I would like to get home to see extra time. As in the previous group, these amendments would strengthen the Bill by giving it powers and…07 Jul 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL]My Lords, I ask the Minister to completely disregard anything that the noble Lord, Lord Moylan, said about me. I do not mind him calling me a “seasoned campaigner and activist”,…06 Jul 2021HANSARDGreenhouse Gas Emissions: Tax StrategyDo the Government agree that, in view of the climate emergency, we must move away from a fossil fuel-dependent economy? If so, why not take to COP 26 the great, world-leading idea…06 Jul 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL]It is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Forsyth. I usually disagree very strongly with almost everything he says. However, something he said rang a bell with me, which was…06 Jul 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, this is one of the groups of amendments which really ought to be just swallowed wholesale by the Government. It has some excellent amendments in it. I have signed…05 Jul 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I am extremely happy to see so many noble Lords interested in this issue, because it is a massive national health issue that we really have to do something about. I…05 Jul 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Boycott, and the noble Earl, Lord Caithness, on their excellent amendments. They are really good but, sadly, I have to agree with…05 Jul 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness opposite. I support all these amendments; they are very simple, very short and very small, but they do actually fix a…05 Jul 2021HANSARDHistorical Railways EstateMy Lords, the Historical Railways Estate seems to be the perfect body to take forward the Government’s stated policy to reverse the Beeching cuts and promote active travel.…05 Jul 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Parminter, explained her Amendment 103 extremely well. I will speak to my Amendment 109. We have Euro 2020, Wimbledon, the cricket and the…30 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillIt is my pleasure to open the debate on this group. It includes some amendments from some very esteemed noble Lords which I will no doubt comment on at the end. While all these…30 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment Bill30 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister for his comments, especially about continuing dialogue and revisiting this; that is incredibly important. I thank all noble Lords who have…30 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, yet again, the noble Baroness, Lady Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville, makes a soft threat to the Minister about not going away, and I support her completely. This is a…30 Jun 2021HANSARDHouse of Lords ReformThe Minister has been in his Cabinet Office post since February 2020, so was it he who told the Prime Minister that it was perfectly okay to ignore the Burns committee report on…30 Jun 2021HANSARDMortgages: EWS1 FormI declare an interest as a former councillor in Southwark. The Minister is using lots of words such as “challenging this”, “working with so and so” and “taking a number of…29 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment Bill28 Jun 2021