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HANSARDEnvironment BillI thank all noble Lords for their brisk contributions. The noble Lord, Lord Khan, is looking hungry. I also thank the noble Lords, Lord Anderson of Ipswich and Lord Krebs, for…08 Sept 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillI thank all noble Lords for their contributions to this debate. I begin with Amendment 24 tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Krebs, and will take each of the issues raised by his…08 Sept 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillI am pleased to open this group and speak to the amendments I have tabled, which respond to many of the concerns raised by noble Lords in Committee regarding the independence of…08 Sept 2021HANSARDEnvironment Bill08 Sept 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I thank noble Lords for their contributions to this important debate. I know there is significant interest in this House in the environmental principles. Regarding…08 Sept 2021HANSARDEnvironment Bill08 Sept 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillI thank all noble Lords for their contributions to this important debate regarding Amendment 18, tabled by my noble friend Lord Caithness. I thank him for his correspondence on…08 Sept 2021HANSARDEnvironment Bill08 Sept 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillI thank the noble Lord for his intervention. We will talk in detail about the target shortly—perhaps even next—but my point is less about the individual fungi or bacteria; it is…06 Sept 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillI thank my noble friend for his intervention and his earlier comments, but the reality is that I, the department I work for and the whole of the Government will be tested and…06 Sept 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillThat the amendments for the Report stage be marshalled and considered in the following order: Clauses 1 to 22, Schedule 1, Clauses 23 to 48, Schedule 2, Clause 49, Schedule 3,…06 Sept 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillI am delighted to be back debating the Environment Bill on Report and not least to be able to do so in person. I thank noble Lords for continuing to meet me and my officials over…06 Sept 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillI was coming to the point made by the noble Earl. As part of the soil health measuring and monitoring scheme, we are developing methodology to enable visual field assessments of…06 Sept 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillI thank all noble Lords for their contributions to this important debate, and the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett of Manor Castle, in particular, for tabling Amendment 2 on soil…06 Sept 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillI have been told to finish but I am not sure how; this is the first time I have been asked to finish in these circumstances. I will repeat what I said earlier: all I can suggest…06 Sept 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillI thank all noble Lords for their contributions to this debate and particularly the noble Lord, Lord Randall of Uxbridge, for his Amendment 3. As my noble friend campaigned for,…06 Sept 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillI would like to thank all noble Lords for another important debate and to reassure the House that the Government view this matter as one of the utmost seriousness. As I have set…06 Sept 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillThat is a really important point. In this debate and previous debates, I have said that our knowledge base is not complete, and it needs to be much more complete. It may not ever…06 Sept 2021HANSARDEnvironment Bill06 Sept 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillAgain, I thank all noble Lords for their contributions to this debate. It is clear, as it was in previous debates, that there is strong support from all sides of the House for…06 Sept 2021