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HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I support Amendment 139, to which I have added my name. I declare an interest as a member of the South Downs National Park Authority and vice-chair of the APPG for…18 Jul 2023HANSARDLive Animals: Export BanMy Lords, when will a suitable border inspection post be up and running in Calais? Can the Minister give a commitment that the ban will be introduced before live animal exports…10 Jul 2023HANSARDEnvironment (Local Nature Recovery Strategies) (Procedure) Regulations 2023My Lords, I support the noble Baroness, Lady Willis, who has made an excellent case today as to why the omissions in these regulations need to be urgently addressed. Throughout…10 Jul 2023HANSARDDrax Biomass Power StationI thank the Minister for that reply. It is estimated that we will have given Drax some £11 billion in subsidies over the different renewable energy schemes. Is the Minister…03 Jul 2023HANSARDDrax Biomass Power StationTo ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the extent to which Drax biomass power station has complied with sustainability requirements; and whether they…03 Jul 2023HANSARDShark Fins BillMy Lords, I thank noble Lords from across the House for their support for this simple but important piece of legislation. It will ban the import and export of shark fins in the UK…16 Jun 2023HANSARDHunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillMy Lords, I am pleased to have the opportunity to support this Bill today and to thank the noble Baroness. Lady Fookes, for being such a doughty campaigner on animal welfare…16 Jun 2023HANSARDShark Fins BillThat the Bill do now pass.16 Jun 2023HANSARDClimate: Behaviour Change (Environment and Climate Change Committee Report)My Lords, I had the pleasure of joining the Environment and Climate Change Committee after its work on the report on behaviour change was completed. However, I have read the…07 Jun 2023HANSARDWater: Wales and EnglandMy Lords, in 2020 the Government reported that 3 billion litres—a huge 20% of the UK’s total supply—are lost every day through leakage from the pipes. Last month, Ofwat expressed…07 Jun 2023HANSARDClimate: Behaviour Change (Environment and Climate Change Committee Report)And using helicopters. He is increasingly pandering to the anti-green faction on his own Back Benches, who put fossil fuels before green energy. This lack of government leadership…07 Jun 2023HANSARDHorticultural PeatTo ask His Majesty’s Government why they have delayed the complete ban on the sale of horticultural peat until 2030.09 May 2023HANSARDHorticultural PeatI thank the Minister for that reply, but a voluntary approach to ending peat use was agreed in the horticultural sector back in 2011. It has already had 12 years to find…09 May 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill24 Apr 2023HANSARDWater Companies: LicencesMy Lords—24 Apr 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have added their support, and the noble Earl, Lord Caithness, who agrees, normally, with so much of what we are debating. I am sorry we have…24 Apr 2023HANSARDWater Companies: LicencesMy Lords, following on from the previous question about the water companies marking their own homework, can the Minister explain how it is that the water companies themselves are…24 Apr 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, in the absence of the noble Lord, Lord Randall, who is unable to be here, sadly, as he is unwell, I will be moving Amendment 289, to which I have added my name. I also…24 Apr 2023HANSARDShark Fins BillMy Lords, I understand that no amendments have been set down to this Bill and that no noble Lord has indicated a wish to move a manuscript amendment or to speak in Committee.…24 Apr 2023HANSARDShark Fins BillThat the order of commitment be discharged.24 Apr 2023