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HANSARDEnvironmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2023I am grateful to your Lordships for your important contributions to this debate and for what I sense is support for the amendments to the 2016 environmental permitting…22 May 2023HANSARDLand Use CommissionMy Lords, I declare my farming interest as set out in the register. We welcome the committee’s report and agree with many of its findings. The land use framework programme led by…22 May 2023HANSARDAir Quality Strategy ConsultationThe noble Baroness knows how I hate to see her disgruntled, so I will see whether I can make her gruntled. The consultation was open for 10 days, the department received 434…18 May 2023HANSARDAir Quality Strategy ConsultationMy Lords, the Government published the Air Q uality S trategy: F ramework for L ocal A uthority D elivery by the legal deadline of 1 May. Although we recognise that the…18 May 2023HANSARDAir Quality Strategy ConsultationThe number of responses was typical of the kinds of consultations that my department conducts. That 97 local authorities responded in full and that there were many other events,…18 May 2023HANSARDAir Quality Strategy ConsultationI entirely understand the point made by the noble Baroness. Perhaps mine was born out of being slightly long in the tooth in this game, because when I was last at Defra, it was…18 May 2023HANSARDAir Quality Strategy ConsultationWhat I would say to the noble Lord, whom I respect for his experience in this area, is that running campaigns to create new laws sometimes misses the most effective way to…18 May 2023HANSARDAir Quality Strategy ConsultationMy noble friend talks about an issue which may well be the case in certain areas. Encouraging cycling, walking and the use of public transport is undoubtedly better for health, as…18 May 2023HANSARDAir Quality Strategy ConsultationThat question reflects issues relating to politics in London that are particularly complex and the impact of the mayor’s ULEZ on people on low incomes who have to travel to the…18 May 2023HANSARDAir Quality Strategy ConsultationI cannot add in response to the noble Baroness more than I said in my reply to the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman, because I think that we have consulted very widely, not just during…18 May 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillI thank my noble friend. He and the noble Baroness made very important points, but this is a question of resourcing and of prioritisation in local authorities. Of course, some…18 May 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Randall of Uxbridge for tabling Amendment 387, and my noble friend Lady McIntosh of Pickering for tabling Amendments 504GA and 504GB, and…18 May 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillI will have to have discussions with colleagues and officials to see whether there are other areas of legislation, or areas in this legislation, where we could reassure the House.…18 May 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillI understand the campaigning point that the noble Baroness makes. That is perhaps for another occasion in this House; I am very happy to have that debate. I want to see more…18 May 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillA decade ago, we provided a mechanism whereby overextraction would require action to be taken, in this case by water companies. It was a fairly geeky measure called the…18 May 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillI am grateful to noble Lords for their contributions. I will come to the various points but, first, I say that I agreed with nearly everything that the noble Baroness, Lady…18 May 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I refer to my entry in the register. Amendment 372ZA seeks to amend the definition “environmental protection” to include specific reference to the protection of chalk…18 May 2023HANSARDAir Quality Strategy ConsultationMy noble friend raises a point that cab drivers raise with me frequently. It is a serious point. As she knows, air quality is devolved to the mayor, who is ultimately responsible…18 May 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, I am grateful for a really interesting debate. Before I begin to address the amendments in this grouping, I say that I know that there was some discussion earlier today…15 May 2023HANSARDHorticultural PeatMy Lords, we have not delayed the complete ban on the sale of peat. Last August, we announced that we would ban the sale of peat for use in amateur gardening by 2024. We are clear…09 May 2023