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HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I shall try to be brief but I have two amendments in this group, Amendments 103 and 104, which relate to the Bill’s definition of “environmental law”. I am grateful for…28 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment Bill28 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Neville-Rolfe. We often agree but on this occasion I have to say that we do not. I shall speak briefly because the…28 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I have two amendments in the group. Their aim, rather like those of the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb, is to enable the Government to ensure that the…28 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, we on these Benches support both amendments. The noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh of Pickering, has indicated that hers is a probing amendment. We support the need for a…28 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I will be brief, particularly as I understand that the noble Baroness, Lady Boycott, will be able to come in after the Minister, so let us leave it to the experts. I add…23 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I have Amendment 53 in this group, which is, in effect, another way of tightening the wording with regard to the requirements on the Government to report on the success…23 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I have one amendment in this grouping, Amendment 34. I am grateful for the support of the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Whitchurch, and my noble friend Lord Teverson. It…23 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I thank those who have participated so far in this short debate on targets. Like other noble Lords, on these Benches we support the principle of evidence-based targets…23 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister, who is now in his place, for his introduction of the Government’s amendment on the state of nature target. As other noble Lords have said,…23 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Earl, Lord Lindsay, and my noble friend Lord Teverson, for their amendments. We support the intentions of the noble Earl but believe that other…21 Jun 2021HANSARDFood, Poverty, Health and the Environment Committee ReportMy Lords, as with the noble Lord, Lord Rooker, it was a pleasure to serve on the Select Committee, chaired so ably by the noble Lord, Lord Krebs, and staffed by our in-House team…10 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, nearly half our species—our birds, our bees, our wild flowers—are in decline. Yet we rely on them for our physical health, and indeed for our mental well-being. So we…07 Jun 2021HANSARDEating Disorder Services: ReferralsMy Lords, to return to calorie labelling on menus in restaurants, as raised by the noble Baroness, Lady Bull, there is limited evidence for its efficacy in reducing levels of…17 May 2021HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, I add my welcome to the noble Lords, Lord Coaker and Lord Morse. We face a climate and nature crisis, yet this Government are not on track to meet their fourth or fifth…17 May 2021HANSARDBiodiversityMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Boycott, for her powerful opening speech, articulating the values of this report at a time when the evidence shows that nature’s…28 Apr 2021HANSARDBody Mass IndexMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Addington, for his passionate introduction to this debate. I applaud the Women and Equalities Committee’s work highlighting the impacts of…22 Apr 2021HANSARDSingle Use Carrier Bags Charges (England) (Amendment) Order 2021.My Lords, like all other noble Lords in Grand Committee today, I support this statutory instrument and thank the Minister for his eloquent introduction. This measure will…19 Apr 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Sentencing) BillMy Lords, like the noble Baroness, Lady Mallalieu, I welcome and support this Bill, which will increase sentencing for animal welfare offences from six months to five years. It…16 Apr 2021HANSARDDomestic AnimalsThere has been an explosion in the last two years of dogs imported into the UK—mainly puppies with poor disease status from Romania. What are the Government doing to increase the…15 Apr 2021