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HANSARDChildren’s Health: Vehicle EmissionsMy Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Randerson, for tabling this debate and for the persuasive way in which she and all noble Lords have made the case for…11 Jun 2019HANSARDKew Gardens (Leases) (No. 3) Bill [HL]My Lords, I was pleased to add my name to these amendments and to hear the support that the Minister has now pledged for them. I am thankful to my noble friend Lord Whitty for the…05 Jun 2019HANSARDKew Gardens (Leases) (No. 3) Bill [HL]05 Jun 2019HANSARDKew Gardens (Leases) (No. 3) Bill [HL]My Lords, I very much welcome the steps the Minister has taken to listen to the concerns that have been raised around the Chamber in the earlier debates and again today. I know…05 Jun 2019HANSARDKew Gardens (Leases) (No. 3) Bill [HL]My Lords, Amendment 1 would restrict the use of extended leases to residential properties on the Kew estate. This amendment follows up on our earlier debates, which have tried to…05 Jun 2019HANSARDOffice for Environmental ProtectionMy Lords, is the Minister concerned about the criticisms made by the Commons EFRA Committee, whose Conservative chair said recently of the draft environment Bill: “There is also…22 May 2019HANSARDKew Gardens (Leases) (No. 3) Bill [HL]21 May 2019HANSARDKew Gardens (Leases) (No. 3) Bill [HL]My Lords, we have considerable sympathy with the points made by the noble Lord, Lord Hodgson, and the noble Viscount, Lord Eccles. We have also tabled amendments which are another…21 May 2019HANSARDKew Gardens (Leases) (No. 3) Bill [HL]My Lords, I have my name to my noble friend Lord Whitty’s amendment but I also have Amendment 4 in this group so I hope noble Lords will forgive me if I introduce it at this…21 May 2019HANSARDKew Gardens (Leases) (No. 3) Bill [HL]21 May 2019HANSARDKew Gardens (Leases) (No. 3) Bill [HL]My Lords, Amendment 3 addresses the future Defra grant to Kew. It follows on from the very useful debate on this issue at Second Reading, which I thought reflected a great deal of…21 May 2019HANSARDKew Gardens (Leases) (No. 3) Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Bakewell, and the Minister. The report was just a hook or mechanism to try to flush out the issue of the distribution of the…21 May 2019HANSARDKew Gardens (Leases) (No. 3) Bill [HL]My Lords, Amendments 5, 6, 7 and 8 in this group are in my name. All of them are probing amendments, and and we already began to address some of the issues in the other debate, so…21 May 2019HANSARDKew Gardens (Leases) (No. 3) Bill [HL]My Lords, I am very grateful to the Minister for spelling that out in the detail he did. Many of the points he raised provide some reassurance. I was particularly pleased that he…21 May 2019HANSARDRivers Authorities and Land Drainage BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Bethell, for his introduction to the Bill this afternoon and for volunteering to guide it through the potentially choppy waters of Lords…16 May 2019HANSARDWild SalmonMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Earl, Lord Shrewsbury, for tabling the debate and to all noble Lords who have, in their own ways, spoken passionately about the challenges…14 May 2019HANSARDTrade in Animals and Related Products (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, I thank the Minister for his introduction to the SIs this afternoon and for arranging a useful briefing for us beforehand. I particularly thank our Northern Ireland…13 May 2019HANSARDAnimal Health, Plant Health, Seeds and Seed Potatoes (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for setting out why the SIs that we are debating today have been subject to the affirmative procedure under the European Union (Withdrawal)…13 May 2019HANSARDKew Gardens (Leases) (No. 3) Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the Minister for setting out the purpose of this small but significant Bill so clearly. While I do not have any interests to declare, and I certainly cannot…07 May 2019HANSARDFarming Communities: Rural CrimeMy Lords, is this not fundamentally an issue of police resources? The current policing formula does not really take account of the particular challenges and problems in rural…02 May 2019