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HANSARDDivorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill [HL]I rise to speak briefly in support of Amendment 20, to which the noble Baronesses, Lady Deech and Lady Shackleton, and the noble and learned Lords, Lord Mackay and Lord Walker,…03 Mar 2020HANSARDRules for Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020My Lords, I thank the Minister for his clear introduction to the order before the Committee today. I also thank him for making himself available for the meeting he convened with…03 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for that reply, and I take it entirely in the spirit in which he makes it. We are all committed to this objective, and we all work as fast…02 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Worthington, for reminding me of the important issue of nature’s ability to store carbon at sea. This is part of the wider implications of what we…02 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]02 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]The noble Lord, Lord Teverson, poses some serious challenges in his amendment. Indeed, quota allocation is already a highly complex and opaque feature in fishing. The tabling of…02 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, I rise briefly to support the thrust behind Amendment 15, in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh of Pickering, which seeks to add a reference to appropriate…02 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, in moving Amendment 22, I will speak also to Amendment 23. These amendments are tabled with slightly different intentions in mind, so while they may be grouped together,…02 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, I rise to speak to my Amendment 16, specifically on subsection (6) on page 2 of the Bill; it is grouped with this Amendment 3 on page 1, on the issue of discards, or…02 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the Minister for his introduction to this important and strategic Bill. In the region of 470 days has passed since the Government published the first version of…11 Feb 2020HANSARDClimate ChangeThis has been an excellent debate on the imperatives of climate change. I start by thanking my noble friend Lord Browne of Ladyton for initiating the debate and throwing down the…06 Feb 2020HANSARDTrade Deals: Animal WelfareI welcome the Minister to his Front-Bench duties and declare my interests in a farming enterprise as recorded in the register. Regarding fair competition for farmers and consumer…05 Feb 2020HANSARDClimate Change: COP 26 and Civil SocietyMy Lords, rather in contradiction to what was said in an earlier question, the Government are woefully slow, as the House debated last June, in coming forward with policies and…15 Jan 2020HANSARDFrackingThe Government have indicated that the moratorium could be temporary if new research can show that fracking can be carried out safely. What exactly would the Government like to…09 Jan 2020HANSARDNet Zero Carbon EmissionsMy Lords, while the regulators need these additional powers to enhance public confidence in combating climate change, can the Minister explain how the net zero target can be…29 Oct 2019HANSARDPlant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, I thank the Minister for his excellent introduction to the regulations before your Lordships’ House this afternoon. I am very grateful to him and his officials at the…23 Oct 2019HANSARDWaste and Environmental Protection (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I too thank the Minister for her introduction to the order this afternoon. It is unfortunate that the Assembly in Northern Ireland is still not up and running. I declare my…23 Oct 2019HANSARDRural Economy (Rural Economy Committee Report)My Lords, this is an excellent report and a credit to your Lordships’ House. I welcome this debate and am grateful for all the contributions on the wide-ranging issues generated…08 Oct 2019HANSARDPeatlands: Commercial ExploitationMy Lords, what work—and to what conclusion—has the Minister’s department undertaken on the application of a carbon tax on sales of peat?09 Sept 2019HANSARDElectricity Capacity (No. 2) Regulations 2019I thank the Minister for his explanation of the regulations before the House this evening. As he stated, they follow up on the Government’s Electricity Capacity (No. 1)…17 Jul 2019