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HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]I thank the noble Lord, Lord Cameron, for his question because even if we use the traditional ICES areas, those do not reflect the boundaries between the devolved nations. It is…02 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]02 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, I suspect that this amendment will not take up a lot of the Committee’s time. I want to understand what the equal access objective is trying to do and what its…02 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]02 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh of Pickering, for introducing at last the other people who deal with our fish stocks—other national authorities. The…02 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]I promise the Minister that I will not go through a list of even more organisations that should be consulted but Natural England is a key government and Defra body for looking at…02 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, I agree that there needs to be far more collaboration. It is the big missing thing in the Bill in many ways. We have a Bill that covers the whole of the United Kingdom.…02 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, I should have made another declaration: I am co-chair of the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Nature Partnership. Obviously, being surrounded by sea apart from the…02 Mar 2020HANSARDHousing InsulationTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to insulate existing housing in order to contribute to (1) ending fuel poverty, and (2) achieving net zero carbon emissions.25 Feb 2020HANSARDHousing InsulationMy Lords, I welcome the noble Lord, Lord Callanan, to his new position as Minister for Energy. It is estimated that, if we had each of the 29 million households in this country…25 Feb 2020HANSARDFishery Protection SquadronMy Lords, does the Minister agree that fishing vessels are very sophisticated nowadays? They know when a large, grey naval vessel is about to go over the horizon, so surely,…12 Feb 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, one thing that I have come to learn about fisheries is that, the more you learn about it, the more you do not understand it. It is absolutely true; if there is one…11 Feb 2020HANSARDDomestic Premises (Energy Performance) Bill [HL]My Lords, I declare my interest as a trustee of an organisation in the south-west called Regen SW. I am someone who loves quizzes—pub quizzes, family quizzes at Christmas—but when…07 Feb 2020HANSARDGreenhouse Gas EmissionsMy Lords, COP 15 back in 2009 was organised by the Danish Government in Copenhagen. It was chaotic and Denmark suffered humiliation globally—I must put it as strongly as that. We…05 Feb 2020HANSARDDirect Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) BillMy Lords, I confess to having a roughly 4 acre field for which I get no subsidy whatever, except for an electricity pole for which I get about £200 a year—maybe less than that. I…29 Jan 2020HANSARDFisheries: EU Landing Obligation (European Union Committee Report)That this House takes note of the Report from the European Union Committee Fisheries: implementation and enforcement of the EU landing obligation (26th Report, Session 2017–19, HL…23 Jan 2020HANSARDTrade Policy: Environmental AspectsMy Lords, the Minister will be very aware of biosecurity—I welcome his work in this area—the absence of which could be one of the greatest threats to our environment and our…23 Jan 2020HANSARDFisheries: EU Landing Obligation (European Union Committee Report)My Lords, I congratulate the Minister on his response, especially because I do not think that he is even going to have this as part of his portfolio in the future. I hope he will…23 Jan 2020HANSARDFisheries: EU Landing Obligation (European Union Committee Report)To move that this House takes note of the Report from the European Union Committee The EU fisheries landing obligation: six months on (43rd Report, Session 2017-19, HL Paper 395).23 Jan 2020HANSARDFisheries: EU Landing Obligation (European Union Committee Report)My Lords, perhaps I may say to those Members who are about to leave the Chamber that fisheries is going to be a big issue over the next 11 months, so do not miss this chance to…23 Jan 2020