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HANSARDGreenhouse Gas Emissions (Kyoto Protocol Registry) Regulations 2021My Lords, I must admit that when I first looked at this instrument, I was severely disappointed with it. I can normally find in any secondary legislation at least 25 points of…13 Apr 2021HANSARDHis Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of EdinburghMy Lords, when the public think of the Royal Family and of conservation and the environment they perhaps often think, rightly, of Prince Charles, the Duke of Cornwall. But 60…12 Apr 2021HANSARDOffshore Gas RigsTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to prohibit the flaring of gas on offshore gas rigs within the United Kingdom’s exclusive economic zone.11 Mar 2021HANSARDOffshore Gas RigsMy Lords, I welcome the intent, but could we please have a timetable for this? The Netherlands, Denmark and Norway not only signed up to that initiative but actually practise it…11 Mar 2021HANSARDEU: Fishing Industry NegotiationsMy Lords, many parts of the industry are heading for bankruptcy, yet within the agreement we have the mechanism of a Specialised Committee on Fisheries, which has not yet met. The…04 Mar 2021HANSARDUK Shellfish SectorMy Lords, the Minister will be very aware of the damage that has been done to various aspects of the fishing industry by the trade and co-operation agreement and the lack of other…10 Feb 2021HANSARDEU Trade and Co-operation Agreement: Fishing IndustryMy Lords, I note that the one area where Brexit could have been a real success, and important to one of our important industrial sectors, has been a complete failure in its…19 Jan 2021HANSARDEU-UK Trade and Cooperation AgreementMy Lords, I say with some regret that the failure of the fisheries negotiations is jaw-dropping. This was one area where Brexit could have made a real improvement to our catch…08 Jan 2021HANSARDEnvironmental Land Management SchemesMy Lords, in a very helpful reply to me on a recent Written Question on ELMS and advisory services, the Minister said that the Government would set up an institute for agriculture…14 Dec 2020HANSARDREACH etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020My Lords, I have the privilege of chairing the House’s EU Environment Sub-Committee. Soon after the referendum, we looked at the area of REACH chemicals and we had the then…08 Dec 2020HANSARDPlant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020My Lords, I declare my interest as chair of the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Nature Partnership, which is obviously very concerned about biosecurity. I commend the Minister…07 Dec 2020HANSARDCommon Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020My Lords, it is a regular occurrence that I follow the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh. Her knowledge of this area is absolutely excellent. I thank the Minister and his officials…02 Dec 2020HANSARDFossil Fuels: BusinessMy Lords, energy-intensive industries can only go so far in getting energy efficiency right. There is therefore a risk of carbon leakage from these organisations offshoring…19 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendment 11 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Boycott, although I am very much in favour of the amendments in the name of the noble Lord, Lord…18 Nov 2020HANSARDCOP 26My Lords, the success of COP 26 is absolutely vital for the reputation of this country. One of the ways in which we could, perhaps, reinforce those efforts is by using…18 Nov 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, I will not detain the House. I have a quick question that arose from a question from the noble Lord, Lord Grantchester. Will extending the timeframe of the joint…12 Nov 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, I remind the House of my interest, as chair of the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Nature Partnership. I will speak to Amendments 14A and 14B in my name, but I shall…12 Nov 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the Minister, because I had never heard of this 1999 treaty before. It is quite important because we are in the ratification process of a UK-Faroes fisheries…12 Nov 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]What a delicious irony, as the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Whitchurch, said. We were told that this Bill could not be amended by ourselves due to devolution—look at all the…12 Nov 2020HANSARDTerrestrial and Freshwater Protected SitesMy Lords, in declaring my interest as chair of the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Nature Partnership, I ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper.02 Nov 2020