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HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, I declare my interest as chair of the Labour Climate and Environment Forum. I add my name to the commendations given to the maiden speech of my noble friend Lady…18 Nov 2024HANSARDUniversitiesMy Lords, I declare my interests as a former chancellor of Cranfield University and current chair of the Royal Veterinary College, which is ranked globally as the number one vet…14 Nov 2024HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [HL]My Lords, I support Amendments 32, 39 and 40 in the names of the noble Baroness, Lady Parminter, and the noble Duke, the Duke of Wellington. The case has already been put very…30 Oct 2024HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [HL]My Lords, I support Amendment 53 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh of Pickering. It gives the Secretary of State six months to report on the implementation of…30 Oct 2024HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [HL]My Lords, this is a large group of amendments and I am going to go on a bit; I apologise for that. I will speak first of all to my Amendment 45, which is a probing amendment. I…30 Oct 2024HANSARDIndependent Water CommissionCan the Minister reassure the House on the scope and delivery of the commission? I very much appreciate that this commission is being established and that it has got such a wide…29 Oct 2024HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [HL]My Lords, I add my support to these two amendments, to which I have put my name. I was pondering why Ofwat lost the plot on the environment around 2010. In a way, it is not…28 Oct 2024HANSARDEV Strategy: (ECC Committee Report)My Lords, I declare an interest as chair of the Labour Climate and Environment Forum. I too am very honoured to have served on this inquiry. I am always amazed by the skill of the…16 Oct 2024HANSARDCrown Estate Bill [HL]I know the Minister is anxious to get on to the dinner break business, but I think he misunderstands exactly what we are saying by asking for biodiversity and climate change…14 Oct 2024HANSARDCrown Estate Bill [HL]My Lords, I add my support to Amendment 25, to which I have put my name, alongside the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman, and the noble Lords, Lord Teverson and Lord Young of Cookham. I…14 Oct 2024HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [HL]My Lords, I declare my interests as a former chief executive of the Environment Agency and, briefly, a non-executive director of Anglian Water—I did not gallop over the horizon…09 Oct 2024HANSARDBritish Indian Ocean Territory: NegotiationsMy Lords, can I press the Minister further on the response she gave on the Chagos marine protected area? It is one of the world’s largest and richest officially designated areas…09 Oct 2024HANSARDEnvironment and Climate Change Committee Report: An Extraordinary Challenge: Restoring 30 per cent of our Land and Sea by 2030My Lords, the worst thing in the world is to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Parminter, for two reasons. One is that she was a magnificent chair of this committee, on which I was…11 Sept 2024HANSARDCrown Estate Bill [HL]My Lords, I too welcome the Bill and the opportunity that it gives for the Crown Estate to make a greater contribution to net zero, but the Crown Estate is a big thing—it has…02 Sept 2024HANSARDKing’s Speech (4th Day)My Lords, I declare my various environmental interests and as chair of the Royal Veterinary College, which runs the London BioScience Innovation Centre, the first bioscience…22 Jul 2024HANSARDManagement of Hedgerows (England) Regulations 2024I think the noble Lord needs to look at the latest information about the impact that climate change is having on extending breeding seasons. It is notable; I will send him some.20 May 2024HANSARDManagement of Hedgerows (England) Regulations 2024I have been having sleepless nights about this, noble Lords may be pleased to hear. I was always a great fan of cross-compliance. It was quite a low-key instrument; nevertheless,…20 May 2024HANSARDAgriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2024My Lords, I welcome the Government’s commitment to keeping up the pace of reform, because it is immutable that we will not be able to tackle net zero or species decline without…20 May 2024HANSARDNational Networks National Policy StatementMy Lords, I declare an interest as chair of the Woodland Trust and president, patron or vice-president of a range of environmental organisations. I support the Motion to Regret…08 May 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillMy Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 218, which is in my name and those of the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Oxford and the noble Baroness, Lady Parminter. I thank them for…17 Apr 2024