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HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, we very much come back to something that is completely fundamental to the concept of this Bill and in terms of fisheries in the United Kingdom: who has ownership of…22 Jun 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]22 Jun 2020HANSARDEmissions: HousingMy Lords, I thank the Minister for his reply. Can he be more precise on “in due course”? This is an important part of building back better and is absolutely essential to our…22 Jun 2020HANSARDEmissions: HousingTo ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to publish (1) a route map, and (2) a plan of action, to insulate the United Kingdom’s existing housing stock in order to meet…22 Jun 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Lansley, for setting a precedent for us. Parliament is built around precedent and now we have it, which is most useful, and I am most…22 Jun 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I declare my interest as a co-chair of the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Nature Partnership. In some ways, I have a slightly different view, and have always been…10 Jun 2020HANSARDUK Shared Prosperity FundI thank the Minister for that Answer, although it is rather disappointing. This is urgent. In their manifesto, the Government made a commitment to launch this fund. Time is…21 May 2020HANSARDUK Shared Prosperity FundTo ask Her Majesty’s Government when they intend to publish their proposals for the roll out of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.21 May 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]11 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]I thank the Minister for that extensive reply. I knew that it might be a hostage to fortune when I said that this was not mentioned in the Bill. I apologise to his Bill team for…11 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, one of the central themes of Brexit was escaping the common fisheries policy. However, a bedrock of that policy is the producer organisations and I do not think that the…11 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]11 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]I thank the Minister for that reassurance, and for his extensive reply. Regarding the funding of the MMO, I fully agree that it has some broader activities, including marine…11 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]I am grateful for the Minister’s reply. Did I hear correctly that the Bill already gives powers to charge for the licensing of fishing vessels or the variation of those licences?11 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]Perhaps I may come back to the noble Lord, Lord Grantchester, whose point is well made. I have probably not written the amendment exactly as it should be and he is right to pull…11 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]I shall speak also to Amendment 119. When I looked through the list of items that the Marine Management Organisation should be able to charge for, I was surprised that it did not…11 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]11 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]May I come back on a couple of points? I thank the Minister for his positivity and I am grateful that he points out that the Bill allows financial intervention in terms of…11 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, I very much support the amendment. I admit that there is, perhaps uncharacteristically, a smidgen of innovation in this part of the Bill. The noble Baroness is…11 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]Perhaps I may make an obvious point. It is generally understood that discarding is continuing as it always has done and that there is very little change in fishers’ activity in…11 Mar 2020