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HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I too add my thanks to the Bill team for its patience and courtesy in responding to our concerns and for facilitating so many meetings over the summer. We have all been…13 Oct 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I do not have an American spouse to declare and I am certainly not a landowner, so maybe I bring more of a working-class approach to this. But I do declare an interest…15 Sept 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I am speaking in favour of Amendment 117 in the name of my noble friend Lady Young of Old Scone. I feel she made a very good case for an overarching land use framework…15 Sept 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I am pleased to support the amendment in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Krebs, to which I have added my name. The noble Lord has set out in detail why we have concerns…15 Sept 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I rise to speak in favour Amendment 100, in the name of my noble friend Lady Young of Old Scone, and Amendment 101 in my name and those of the noble Lords, Lord Krebs…15 Sept 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I will not repeat what I said in our previous debates on this, but I very much support the noble Baroness’s amendment. We agree that the Government should take action to…15 Sept 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, for her amendment. She has indeed raised important issues about the limitations of the current right to roam legislation. As a…15 Sept 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I declare an interest through my involvement at Rothamsted Research. I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in a clearly very important debate. Amendments 52 and 53…13 Sept 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, we have had some excellent contributions this evening, and I am sure that because of the lateness of the hour, your Lordships do not need to hear my views on this. The…13 Sept 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I am moving Amendment 40 in my name and that of the noble Viscount, Lord Colville of Culross. This amendment broadens out the powers in Schedule 9, which currently allow…13 Sept 2021HANSARDEnvironment Bill13 Sept 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, since we have raised the subject of the Telegraph , I want to add my quick twopenneth to that. I thank the Minister for what he said. I think we are all pleased to hear…13 Sept 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I am speaking in support of Amendment 84A of the noble Lord, Lord Krebs. I will then speak to my Amendments 85 and 87. I thank the noble Lord, Lord Krebs, and the noble…13 Sept 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I add my voice in support of these amendments. We very much concur with the arguments put forward this evening. We agree that these proposals are quite modest. I think…08 Sept 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I am pleased to support Amendments 24 and 30, to which I have added my name. The noble Lord, Lord Krebs, as ever, has set out persuasively why we think Amendment 24 is…08 Sept 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I am grateful to those noble Lords who have spoken in this debate at this late hour. First, we support the Government’s amendments that the Minister has introduced, and…08 Sept 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I am speaking to Amendment 7 in my name, and to support Amendments 5, 6 and 9. We had an extensive debate in Committee on the Government’s new clause setting out the…06 Sept 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendment 1, to which I added my name. I also thank the noble Lord, Lord Bird, for his helpful amendment. We agree that assessing long-term environmental…06 Sept 2021HANSARDEnvironment Bill06 Sept 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I am moving Amendment 8 and speaking to Amendments 10 and 36 in my name, and I thank the noble Baronesses, Lady Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville and Lady Jones of…06 Sept 2021