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HANSARDNew Towns: Laying the Foundations (Built Environment Committee Report)My Lords, I welcome the Select Committee report, particularly its emphasis on an infrastructure-first approach, mandatory basic design standards and capturing land values. I…10 Jun 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]My Lords, I declare my environmental interests as listed in the register, and I thank the Minister for his engaging introduction. He obviously knows something about this, and I…08 Jun 2026HANSARDSocial Housing Bill [HL]Or I might just cheat, if I have enough space at the end, and put the odd little bit of dagger between the ribs. The Bill is very welcome. It helps put a knife through the heart…01 Jun 2026HANSARDSocial Housing Bill [HL]My Lords, the degree of political ideology that this Bill has provoked has been quite entertaining this afternoon. I was terribly tempted to wade in, especially when my namesake,…01 Jun 2026HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, it is a great privilege to follow the speech that we have just heard and I hope we will all ponder it. I am going to be a bit more frivolous in my contribution. When I…20 May 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, I support Amendment 239, in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Boycott. I will be brief, given the stage of the evening we are at. She gave me a good lead line there…11 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillI finish by saying that I also support the amendments so ably put forward by the noble Baronesses, Lady Freeman and Lady Bennett, about bringing forward the third leg of the…11 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, I too support Amendment 241B in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Willis, to which I have added my name. I also support Amendment 192 in the name of the noble…09 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillQuite a lot of local authorities are doing well on this. Many of the things that they are delivering do not require additional funding but are about making the right decisions on…09 Feb 2026HANSARDArrangement of BusinessMy Lords, I will make one point on behalf of silent Back-Benchers across the House. If we are not actively speaking to amendments, the only opportunity to express a view about the…30 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI have one note of question. We are all quoting Kim Leadbeater and how she felt about the Oregon example, but, in fact, it may be that she was not talking about the issue of…30 Jan 2026HANSARDWarm Homes PlanMy Lords, I welcome the Statement from the bottom of my heart because, for a long time, I have been very uneasy that we have approaching 1.6 million children living in conditions…27 Jan 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, I speak in support of Amendment 46, tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Lansley. Spatial development strategies are a really big opportunity and much to be welcomed. We have…27 Jan 2026HANSARDOffshore WindMy Lords, I commend the Minister on this Statement and welcome it very much. It is a welcome return from the terrible days when you put out an auction and nobody played the game.…19 Jan 2026HANSARDEnvironmental Improvement Plan 2025My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Krebs, both for giving us this opportunity to talk about a very important issue and for his excellent introduction. I, too, welcome the EIP,…08 Jan 2026HANSARDEnvironmental Improvement Plan 2025I am glad to have identified something that the Minister will have to find out about. The whole business of the contribution of agri-environment schemes and the farming road map…08 Jan 2026HANSARDBiodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendments 7 and 7A, in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Callanan, even though he has not yet introduced them. The Chagos Islands are a globally…16 Dec 2025HANSARDDraxMy Lords, the Minister’s own department is consulting on sustainability criteria for biomass as we speak, which will inform future subsidy eligibility and reporting requirements…10 Dec 2025HANSARDBiodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction BillMy Lords, I declare my environmental interests in the register and join other noble Lords in welcoming the noble Lord, Lord Whitehead, to our House—an environmentalist to the…02 Dec 2025HANSARDNuclear Regulatory Taskforce ReviewMy Lords, I welcome the report in overall terms, but is my noble friend the Minister aware of the considerable concern in the scientific community about the accuracy of some of…27 Nov 2025