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HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) BillBefore the Minister finishes, I hope that he will give way for a microsecond. During my contribution, I asked whether he could let us have some detail of the systems that are in…09 Jan 2023HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) BillMy Lords, I declare my environmental interests, as well as my interest as chair of the Royal Veterinary College. I had not really thought of declaring my Australian and New…09 Jan 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]I wonder whether, in writing to the noble Baroness, the Minister could also write to us on a couple of other things, including the number of schemes that have gone through the two…19 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]My Lords, I also support Amendments 237 and 238, to which I have added my name, and Amendments 242F and 242G in the names of the noble Lord, Lord Lennie, and the noble Baroness,…19 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]My Lords, I rise to support Amendment 192 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman, which has been so ably introduced by the noble Lord, Lord Ravensdale. The crux of it is…19 Dec 2022HANSARDBiomass StrategyDoes the noble Lord recognise, in the context of his last answer, that the recently published report from the land use Select Committee says that we need a land-use framework for…14 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]My Lords, I support the noble Baroness, Lady Worthington, in her two Amendments 130A and 130B and stress that the measurement, monitoring and verification of UK removals is vital.…12 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Prices BillWould the Minister give way on that point? I hope we can depend on him to make the point to the Secretary of State for the Environment that, if he had a proper land use strategy,…19 Oct 2022HANSARDEnergy Prices BillMy Lords, I put on record that I am not sure I support Martin Lewis for Prime Minister, but anything is possible. I am sure we all support the need for the Government to act…19 Oct 2022HANSARDClimate Change and Biodiversity: Food SecurityMy Lords, I declare my interests as chair of the Woodland Trust, as a commissioner at the Food, Farming and Countryside Commission, and as vice-president of a range of…08 Sept 2022HANSARDPakistan: Flood ReliefThe Minister rightly pointed out that this catastrophe has multiple causes. Will he undertake to tell the new Environment Secretary and Business Secretary that this sort of…07 Sept 2022HANSARDUK Infrastructure Bank Bill [HL]My Lords, I declare my interests as chairman, president and vice-president of a range of environmental organisations. I too will speak to Amendment 4, to which I have added my…14 Jun 2022HANSARDUK Infrastructure Bank Bill [HL]My Lords, I also support Amendment 17 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman, to which I have put my name. All the arguments have been laid out as to why energy efficiency…14 Jun 2022HANSARDGovernment Food StrategyMy Lords, I was going to raise a question about the land use strategy, which I welcome—a small crumb of thanks, if I may put it into this pudding of a strategy. However, I cannot…13 Jun 2022HANSARDTree Health in EnglandMy Lords, hear, hear. I declare an interest as chairman of the Woodland Trust. Ash dieback is very serious. The study in 2019 showed that the long-term economic and environmental…09 Jun 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My Lords, I declare my interests, as listed in the register, as a chair, vice-president or commissioner of a range of environmental and conservation NGOs. I declare today…25 May 2022HANSARDSue Gray ReportCan the noble Baroness advise me? Around the time of some of the earlier parties, I developed some condition and had to go and see a doctor. That doctor wept in front of me. I did…25 May 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]I take the noble Baroness’s challenge: I will do the maths shortly and pass her a note, although I did look up her CV yesterday to check the date. It was 1988; the rest of your…25 May 2022HANSARDUK Infrastructure Bank Bill [HL]My Lords, I always like following the noble Baroness, Lady Noakes, who I have disagreed with—I was just working it out on the back of an envelope—for 44 years. I declare my…24 May 2022HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, I add my commendation for the splendid maiden speech of the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Guildford. He was quite right in pointing out that local inequalities…11 May 2022