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HANSARDFarming: 25-year Road MapMy Lords, in order to meet the combined objectives of food security and nature recovery, we need a much more nature-friendly form of farming. However, to make that transition, it…28 Apr 2025HANSARDTransport Decarbonisation PlanMy Lords, can the Minister tell us what the Government are doing to invest further in the national cycle network? Cycling was heavily promoted during the Covid period but seems to…24 Apr 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillMy Lords, we have had a number of quotations and reminiscences about family. My father was a general practitioner in a very deprived part of the East End of London: Old Ford. He…23 Apr 2025HANSARDNet-zero Emissions Target: AffordabilityMy Lords, I feel that I ought almost to congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Curran, on her second speech to the House. I also look forward very much to the maiden speech of the…03 Apr 2025HANSARDNet-zero Emissions Target: AffordabilityMy Lords, I apologise to the House. I forgot to declare my interests in the commercial battery storage sector.03 Apr 2025HANSARDFarming and Rural CommunitiesFirst, I declare my interests as chair of Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Nature Partnership and as a director of Wessex Investors, which is involved in the development sector.…03 Apr 2025HANSARDEnergy PricesMy Lords, the best way to reduce the costs of energy is by not needing so much of it. Is the Minister strongly pressing his colleagues in government to get the Future Homes…26 Mar 2025HANSARDHigh Seas TreatyMy Lords, it is great news that we have the high seas treaty in what is otherwise a lawless area of our oceans. However, treaties are no good if they are not enforced, and this…10 Mar 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, I shall talk briefly to Amendment 1, because I probably disagree with it rather more strongly than my Front-Bench colleague. That list of objectives is more a list of…11 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, we seem to have gone into Committee mode. I want to talk briefly to Amendment 35 from the noble Lord, Lord Berkeley, to which I have added my name. It is important never…11 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, it seems to me that this is not the sort of thing that ought to be in this Bill. I do not remember Conservative Party immigration legislation ever mentioning numbers,…11 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillOn a point of personal clarification, I mentioned it because there was an undertaking, made publicly, that net immigration would come down to 10,000.11 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, very briefly, I was pleased to add my name to this amendment and, like others, I commend the noble Lord, Lord Alton of Liverpool, for his long-time work on this crucial…11 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, I too very much welcome the Government’s amendment. I would also like to congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Boycott, on her work to get her amendment there, which I…11 Feb 2025HANSARDECO4 and Insulation SchemesMy Lords, I gather from looking at the press release more than the original Statement that 65,000 applications will be checked through Ofgem procedures. Today I met someone who is…29 Jan 2025HANSARDGreenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2025I am afraid I do have to come back to the Minister. Is it the Government’s intention to integrate, if they can, the two emissions trading systems? Is that a government goal or…27 Jan 2025HANSARDGreenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2025I do not think I have ever known something so simple be made to sound so complicated, if I am honest. Basically, this will stop people having a free ride after they have closed…27 Jan 2025HANSARDEnvironmental Permitting (Electricity Generating Stations) (Amendment) Regulations 2024When one is first appointed to Parliament, one worries about addressing a huge crowd of parliamentarians and being on the telly as well. I am not feeling too nervous today. I…27 Jan 2025HANSARDGlobal WarmingMy Lords, I thank all Members of this House—all noble Lords and the Minister—for their contributions so late in the day. Very briefly indeed, I also thank the noble Baroness, Lady…16 Jan 2025HANSARDGlobal WarmingMy Lords, it is late in the week. The reason why I wanted to hold this debate is that, as those who have been Members of the House for some time know, I have tended to specialise…16 Jan 2025