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HANSARDCOP 29My Lords, one of the things that has improved hugely is satellite monitoring of emissions, particularly of methane. According to a recent report, some 1,000 major methane escapes…28 Nov 2024HANSARDThe Ukraine Effect (European Affairs Committee Report)My Lords, I will start with a couple of bits of good news. As Members of the House may have heard, last year, for the first time, the European side of NATO collectively spent 2%…21 Nov 2024HANSARDDrax Power Limited: Ofgem InvestigationMy Lords, given the amount of private money that has been spent in this area, is it not important for Ofgem to be rather more ahead of the curve on these issues? I notice in the…11 Nov 2024HANSARDBiodiversity Net GainMy Lords, is not the answer to the question from the noble Lord on the Conservative Benches that if we do not have biodiversity and nature recovery, we will not have an…06 Nov 2024HANSARDBiodiversity Net GainMy Lords, the Government inherited in their departmental diary a provisional date of November 2025 by which to include biodiversity net gain for nationally significant…06 Nov 2024HANSARDDecommissioned Nuclear-Powered SubmarinesMy Lords, the Minister says—it is not his fault—that the new nuclear submarines will not be delivered for another six years, yet the current length of patrols for the Astute class…23 Oct 2024HANSARDCrown Estate Bill [HL]My Lords, I want to make a very brief intervention on the amendment in the name of the noble Earl, Lord Leicester, and I would like some assurance from the Minister on some…22 Oct 2024HANSARDPassenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) BillI asked the Minister to tell me how we can isolate, to some degree, consistent investment decisions in the new railway structure from Treasury decisions that tend to move public…21 Oct 2024HANSARDPassenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) BillMy Lords, I did not speak at Second Reading, but I often speak on issues around public investment. One of the things that concerns me greatly about this move, although generally I…21 Oct 2024HANSARDPassenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) BillBefore the noble Lord sums up on his amendment, I think the Minister has yet to reply on the issue of the police.21 Oct 2024HANSARDCrown Estate Bill [HL]I make this comment as a former board member of the Marine Management Organisation. The 2010 regulations, in particular, which have come through Europe, have been very…14 Oct 2024HANSARDCrown Estate Bill [HL]My Lords, I declare my interest as chair of the Cornwall & Isles of Scilly Local Nature Partnership. I will be over in the Isles of Scilly on Wednesday and I hope that I can bring…14 Oct 2024HANSARDCrown Estate Bill [HL]I am very grateful to the noble Lord for giving way; I will make one final intervention. I welcome very much what he said about biodiversity and the wish to do that, but he has…14 Oct 2024HANSARDCrown Estate Bill [HL]As we are in Committee, I would just like to answer one of those questions. I do speak to the Cornish Fish Producers’ Organisation and absolutely commend Chris Ranford, who…14 Oct 2024HANSARDCrown Estate Bill [HL]My Lords, I make it clear that this is very much a probing amendment. I am trying to find out the Government’s attitude to how regions benefit from the development of offshore…14 Oct 2024HANSARDCrown Estate Bill [HL]My Lords, I shall be brief. I actually want to say something quite positive about the Government’s approach to this at the moment. I understand the issue completely: offshore wind…14 Oct 2024HANSARDCrown Estate Bill [HL]14 Oct 2024HANSARDCrown Estate Bill [HL]My Lords, strangely enough, I am going to withdraw my amendment, to the shock of the Minister. However, I am seriously disappointed with the response. I get absolutely all the…14 Oct 2024HANSARDCombat Air CapabilityMy Lords, is the Minister confident that we can keep one Vanguard submarine at sea at all times, given the strain there is on crew and our loss of crew because of the increasingly…10 Oct 2024HANSARDPublic Sector ProductivityMy Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness on getting this debate because it is an important subject, as she said, and one that affects all services and the way that the state…09 Oct 2024