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HANSARDDirect Payment to Farmers (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2022My Lords, I hope it will be useful to your Lordships if I speak to all the instruments, beginning with the draft Direct Payment to Farmers (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2022,…21 Mar 2022HANSARDDirect Payment to Farmers (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2022That the Grand Committee do consider the Direct Payment to Farmers (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2022. Relevant document: 30th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny…21 Mar 2022HANSARDAnimals (Penalty Notices) BillMy Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Randall for his sponsorship of this important Bill and for his continuous and totally reliable championing of animal welfare, both in this…18 Mar 2022HANSARDMinister for the OceansMy Lords, the noble Baroness is right about the importance of the ocean but that is why this issue runs like a thread through most departments of government. The impact of our…16 Mar 2022HANSARDMinister for the OceansMy Lords, ocean protection is vital for the domestic and global economy as well as for nature, of course, and that is why we have several Ministers across government covering…16 Mar 2022HANSARDMinister for the OceansWe absolutely do address this issue at the global level. There are many things that we need to do to restore the health of the ocean and protect what we have, but the single most…16 Mar 2022HANSARDMinister for the OceansI am not 100% convinced that I followed the question, but the UK’s role internationally in standing up for the rule of law on our oceans is almost second to none. We have taken a…16 Mar 2022HANSARDMinister for the OceansIt is a really important point. Take South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, for example, where we have a large protected area. Those waters are policed by a UK ship that is…16 Mar 2022HANSARDMinister for the OceansI thoroughly approve of the second part of the question; I thank my noble friend. I am in regular contact with my counterparts across the overseas territories. There is a real…16 Mar 2022HANSARDMinister for the OceansMy Lords, before becoming a Minister, my noble friend Lord Benyon put together a report for the Government on highly protected marine areas. We are now taking those plans forward.…16 Mar 2022HANSARDFlood Reinsurance (Amendment) Regulations 2022That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 27 January be approved. Considered in Grand Committee on 10 March. Relevant document: 29th Report from the Secondary…16 Mar 2022HANSARDMinister for the OceansThis is an important point and there is a tension between our desire to scale up offshore wind, a sector in which the UK has a leadership position, and the need to protect our…16 Mar 2022HANSARDMinister for the OceansI am just not convinced that we would have a better approach. We may enjoy self-flagellating in the UK but, outside this country, the UK is seen as a leader on ocean conservation…16 Mar 2022HANSARDMinister for the OceansThat is a very different issue. The noble Lord will not be surprised that I disagree, but again I challenge him to give me a single example of another country that has either…16 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine: BBC World ServiceMy Lords, I strongly agree that the BBC World Service provides just that: a world service and a world-class service. It is something that we are, and can continue to be, very…10 Mar 2022HANSARDBelarusI thank the noble Baroness for raising the case of young Dzmitry. I am not familiar with his case, but I am familiar with many others which are no less appalling. We are deeply…10 Mar 2022HANSARDBelarusIt absolutely will go from bad to worse if trends continue. The actions the noble Lord described are reprehensible. We have been clear in our condemnation of Lukashenko’s actions…10 Mar 2022HANSARDBelarusMy Lords, that is an important point, but I point out that in two Questions’ time, that will be the subject of a 10-minute question and answer session, where I hope to be able to…10 Mar 2022HANSARDBelarusThe noble Baroness is absolutely right. Although she is asking a broader question, at the root of this, without a free press, freedom of speech and guarantors of that sort, it is…10 Mar 2022HANSARDBelarusI thank the noble Baroness for making the introduction. I can tell her that Foreign Office Minister James Cleverly met the leader of the opposition, Svetlana Tsikhanovskaya, only…10 Mar 2022