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HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendment 13, to which I have put my name. I am very clear that biomass is not clean energy. It has substantial downsides: the harvesting cycle does not…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 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 2025HANSARDNational Trust ActsDoes the Minister agree that the National Trust is doing precisely what we should all be doing by focusing its remit on biodiversity and climate change in its rural spaces, and…21 Jan 2025HANSARDGlobal WarmingMy Lords, I declare my interests with a range of environmental organisations, as listed in the register. I also thank the noble Lord, Lord Teverson, for securing this important…16 Jan 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillI hope that in writing this note, which I welcome, the Minister will give us an account of how GBE will report on the strategic priorities set by the Government, and that they…15 Jan 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillI was promised by the Conservative Government a land use framework by Christmas 2022; I did not get it. I was promised it by Christmas 2023; I did not get it. I would like it now…13 Jan 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, I rise to speak to Amendment 90A in my name. At the time that I tabled it, it was a simple little amendment at the fag end of a Bill. Instead, it is now an amendment…13 Jan 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, this group of amendments pick up the right issue but produce the wrong solution. There is no doubt about it: we need the land use framework to come forward very swiftly…13 Jan 2025HANSARDLong-duration Energy Storage (Science and Technology Committee Report)My Lords, I declare an interest as the chair of the Labour Climate and Environment Forum. I joined the Science and Technology Committee just as it was finalising its long-term…09 Jan 2025HANSARDFloodingMy Lords—07 Jan 2025HANSARDFloodingI welcome the Minister’s Statement, but I have some questions that are relevant to the fact that the noble Lord just mentioned, which is that extreme weather events are becoming…07 Jan 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendment 116, which is in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman, who cannot be with us today, and to which I added my name. I was greatly…17 Dec 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy BillI thank the Minister for that. In the meantime, I will withdraw the amendment, though perhaps not before dwelling briefly on the statement from the noble Baroness, Lady Boycott.…17 Dec 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, if one were of a nervous disposition, one would be alarmed at the clearing of the Chamber that the simple act of standing up to move an amendment can provoke in this…17 Dec 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy Bill17 Dec 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy BillI thank the Minister for that intervention. It reveals the importance of having more than one debate about community energy that he has now said that twice. I beg to move.17 Dec 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy BillI thank noble Lords who took part in this debate, including the noble Baroness, Lady Boycott, the noble Earl, Lord Russell, and my noble friend Lord Grantchester. The noble…17 Dec 2024HANSARDDomestic Animals: WelfareMy Lords, can the Minister assure us that the Government will find time during this Session to reform the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966, which is already 60 years old and rather…16 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Youth StrategyMy Lords, could the Minister give her view on the importance of local authorities in this strategy? My experience at local level is that they can be a hugely powerful linchpin in…20 Nov 2024