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HANSARDFarming Industry: SupportMy Lords, two minutes: three points. First, on labour costs, the fact of the matter is that British farming is going to have to accept that it will have to pay its workers more.…11 Jan 2022HANSARDFuture Farming Programme: Small FarmsMy Lords, does the Minister recognise that, while we may broadly support the general direction of agricultural policy, a number of farmers, particularly more elderly ones, do not…09 Dec 2021HANSARDNet-zero EmissionsMy Lords, can the Minister confirm that after the publication of this strategy, he indicated that the decision on hydrogen-based heating for homes would not be taken until 2025?…07 Dec 2021HANSARDRivers and Coastal Waters: SewageMy Lords, does the Minister accept that unauthorised discharges of untreated sewage will continue unless the regulators of this industry significantly up their game? I declare a…29 Nov 2021HANSARDOnshore Wind Bill [HL]My Lords, I join everyone else in congratulating the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman, on introducing the Bill and her wider work for Peers for the Planet. It has been pretty clear…19 Nov 2021HANSARDPublic Health Grant to Local AuthoritiesMy Lords, the noble Lords, Lord Laming and Lord Scriven, have pointed out that the loss of £1 billion over the last decade or so from the public health teams’ budgets has impaired…02 Nov 2021HANSARDLand Use FrameworkMy Lords, I first welcome and congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Harlech. He is a worthy successor to those ancestors he mentioned. When I first saw his name on the list, I thought…28 Oct 2021HANSARDClimate Change: Trade PolicyMy Lords, I really must return to the point raised by the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh, and the noble Lord, Lord Deben. As a former Defra Minister, I know that it is quite easy…28 Oct 2021HANSARDHGV DriversMy Lords, this crisis was eminently predictable in light of the age profile of UK haulage drivers and the prospect of Brexit. Do the Government now recognise that temporary visas…26 Oct 2021HANSARDClimate Change Risk: National Audit Office GuidanceMy Lords, I thank the Minister for that, but this NAO report examined the audit and risk committees of public organisations and found that over half of them do not have a climate…25 Oct 2021HANSARDClimate Change Risk: National Audit Office GuidanceMy Lords, on behalf of my noble friend Lord Browne of Ladyton and with his permission, I beg leave to ask the Question standing in his name on the Order Paper.25 Oct 2021HANSARDShortages: Protection for the VulnerableMy Lords, I declare an interest in that I chaired a commission on vulnerable consumers of energy, two or three years ago. The industry has taken on some of the recommendations;…20 Oct 2021HANSARDNet Zero Strategy and Heat and Buildings StrategyMy Lords, I thank the Minister for answering a question I asked a few weeks ago, to which he did not then really reply. I asked when the owners and landlords of buildings and…20 Oct 2021HANSARDNet-zero Emissions TargetMy Lords, it is, frankly, widely believed in both business and environmental circles that the Treasury is at best lukewarm about using fiscal measures to support the climate…11 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Social Care Levy BillMy Lords, it is of course a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Bethell, but also to underline that what he has bequeathed to his successor is no answer to this problem, and…11 Oct 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I also added my name to the amendment of the noble Baroness, Lady Young. This Bill is all about biodiversity—plants, insects, mammals, worms, butterflies and…15 Sept 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I added my name to my noble friend’s amendment. When he first proposed it to me I was not quite clear what the intention was, but it is quite clear what it requires. It…15 Sept 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I strongly support all the amendments in this group and have put my name to two of them. I just want to intervene briefly on the issue of idling. Last week, when I…13 Sept 2021HANSARDEnvironment Bill13 Sept 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, this amendment should be recognised as absolutely necessary and straightforward but it is one, unfortunately, that the Government have resisted. Like the air quality…13 Sept 2021