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HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill11 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Coffey, the noble Lord, Lord Blencathra, and the Opposition Front Bench for their support for my amendments. The Minister has expressed…11 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I am really privileged to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Fookes, who I admire greatly from afar—and she is absolutely spot on on this occasion as well. Several noble…09 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendments 127 and 216. Amendment 216, to which I have put my name, was led by the noble Earl, Lord Russell, and concerns the zero-carbon standard for…09 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendment 93 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Krebs, who, alas, cannot be with us today. I declare my interest as chair the Labour Climate and…01 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillThe Minister gave a very impressive list of different pieces of statute, guidance and legislation from right across the spectrum that guides the Forestry Commission in its work. I…01 Sept 2025HANSARDState of Climate and NatureMy Lords, the Government’s priority is growth, but the Office for Budget Responsibility’s recent fiscal risks report said that climate change impacts could cut GDP in the UK by 8%…21 Jul 2025HANSARDUK Modern Industrial StrategyMy Lords, I welcome the industrial strategy. It is absolutely about stability and a sense of direction, which is what British business and, indeed, international investors have…30 Jun 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I declare my environmental interests in the register. I think we all recognise the need for changes in the planning system to deliver really important infrastructure and…25 Jun 2025HANSARDUK Infrastructure: 10-year StrategyMy Lords, I welcome the Statement from the Minister about a much more joined-up and rational approach to infrastructure. It has been long called for and is very much welcomed. I…24 Jun 2025HANSARDEnvironmental Targets (Public Authorities) Bill [HL]My Lords, I hesitate to speak because I am very conscious that the next debate is waiting to begin. I thank the noble Lord, Lord Evans, for his amendment, and mainly for the…13 Jun 2025HANSARDEnvironmental Targets (Public Authorities) Bill [HL]My Lords, first, I apologise that I was unable to be present for the Second Reading of this valuable Bill. I am a bit confused by the amendment in the name of the noble Lord, Lord…13 Jun 2025HANSARDEngineering Biology (Science and Technology Committee Report)My Lords, I too was pleased to have been a member of the committee that produced this report on an important issue that was so ably introduced by the noble Baroness, Lady Brown of…28 Apr 2025HANSARDNorth Sea EnergyDoes the Minister agree that the broad direction of this strategy is heavily supported by the public, the energy industry and the trade unions, which increasingly believe that…12 Mar 2025HANSARDWarm Home DiscountMy Lords, I welcome the Statement about the measures that the Government are taking to help hard-pressed families keep warm and to alleviate fuel poverty. I want to make just two…03 Mar 2025HANSARDBeaver: Reintroduction in EnglandMy Lords, though I sympathise with the noble Lord, Lord Forsyth, about his willows, does my noble friend the Minister agree that where beavers are allowed to flourish they help…27 Feb 2025HANSARDBiomass GenerationI would like to ask the Minister which issues will be taken into account for the decision after 2031. I welcome this as a first step towards reducing and hopefully eliminating our…12 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillI am probably breaking the rules here—I should address the House rather than the noble Lord—but nature-based solutions, which create biodiversity and other benefits, such as…11 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, I was not going to say anything at this point because it is getting late in the evening, but I was pretty staggered by that last intervention. I found it pretty rich,…11 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillSorry, Hansard . There is a huge hole in the carbon budgets, in which we have all colluded by saying, “Well, carbon capture and storage will fill that hole”. But what happens if…11 Feb 2025