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HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords—12 Jul 2021HANSARDRoad Vehicle Carbon Dioxide Emission Performance Standards (Cars and Vans) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021My Lords, I, too, thank the Minister for her explanation, although I must admit—it is no fault of hers—that I found it about as opaque as the Explanatory Memorandum to the SI. I…08 Jul 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I shall be pretty brief on this, because both my amendments should really have been in the previous group, although one of them is particularly important. First, I take…07 Jul 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, once again, I declare my interest as chair of the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Nature Partnership, which is rather relevant to a couple of my amendments. I want to…07 Jul 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister for assuring us that he is talking to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government about greywater and other related issues. I ask him…07 Jul 2021HANSARDGreenhouse Gas Emissions: Tax StrategyMy Lords, the House is considering the Environment Bill at the moment. It has important environmental principles within it, but strangely enough, the Treasury is excluded from…06 Jul 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, it is genuinely a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Cameron of Dillington, who always gives us a master class. Whereas I tend to rely a bit too much on rhetoric,…05 Jul 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I was pleased to put my name to the amendments tabled by my noble friend Lady Parminter. It seems obvious, as many noble Lords have said, that for the OEP to have the…30 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I want to speak to my own Amendment 128, which goes back even further into the depths of this Bill to Schedule 6. It is a probing amendment in many ways, and very mild,…30 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, we have had some really good literary contributions. My favourite was probably about Kenneth Williams from the noble Baroness, Lady Young of Old Scone; we also had a…30 Jun 2021HANSARDSpace Industry (Appeals) Regulations 2021My Lords, I thank the Minister for her homework and her explanation of these SIs. I always particularly like her style because there is a slight ironic tinge to everything she…29 Jun 2021HANSARDClimate ChangeTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they intend to take in response to the Climate Change Committee’s 2021 Progress Report to Parliament , published on 24 June.29 Jun 2021HANSARDClimate ChangeMy Lords, the Climate Change Committee report rightly praised the climate progress in the past that the Minister has referred to—but the past is the past and the committee was…29 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillI thank the noble Baroness for that excellent reply and information but, as we are in Committee, I would like to press the Government on their current view of divergence in…28 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I get the impression from that short reply that the Minister does not understand the gravity of what was said around the Chamber. I understand that we are coming back to…28 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I start by quoting the noble Baroness, Lady Neville-Rolfe, who said that the OEP was “adequate”. Remembering that word, I will quote Michael Gove, who said in July 2019,…28 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I listened to that speech by the noble Baroness, Lady Fox of Buckley, with great interest. It was a Second Reading speech for the animal sentience Bill, but I do not…28 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, it is always a great pleasure to follow the noble Earl, Lord Caithness, who is dedicated to these issues. I want to speak to Amendment 34, which I put my name to. First,…23 Jun 2021HANSARDHuman Rights at SeaTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to protect human rights at sea.22 Jun 2021HANSARDHuman Rights at SeaMy Lords, I thank the Minister for that reply, as far as it concerns UK-flagged vessels—but she will understand that the crews of vessels of all nations on the high seas, whether…22 Jun 2021