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HANSARDEnvironment 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 2021HANSARDStatus of Workers Bill [HL]My Lords, I strongly support this Bill and, slightly to my surprise, I agree with almost every word the noble Lord, Lord Blencathra, just said. That indicates the recognition of…10 Sept 2021HANSARDNet-Zero Emissions: Planning and Building RegulationsTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to align England’s planning system and building regulations with (1) the net zero emissions target, and (2) other…09 Sept 2021HANSARDNet-Zero Emissions: Planning and Building RegulationsMy Lords, I thank the Minister, but the fact is that the carbon assessments in the present system are not biting or binding. Construction and building use between them account for…09 Sept 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I just want to intervene briefly to stress the importance of Amendment 24 and the associated amendment relating to Northern Ireland. I recognise that the Minister…08 Sept 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I added my name to this amendment. I will not go over the ground again. The noble Earl and the noble Baroness have made the case strongly, and it was made strongly on…08 Sept 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I declare an interest as I am still a vice-president of Environmental Protection UK, which for most of its lifetime was the National Society for Clean Air. In that…06 Sept 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I added my name to this amendment and I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, on the way that she presented it and added a few more points from the noble Lord,…06 Sept 2021HANSARDHydrogen EconomyMy Lords, in the absence of a hydrogen office or the proposed heat and buildings strategy, and given that so-called hydrogen-ready replacement boilers are already being marketed,…19 Jul 2021HANSARDEducation (Environment and Sustainable Citizenship) Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Knight for this much-needed Bill. Most of us have met children—often quite young children, through to teenagers—who are evangelical about…16 Jul 2021HANSARDCovid-19My Lords, I return to the confusing advice on masks. In the early weeks of the pandemic, some of the worst levels of deaths occurred among transport workers. They were inevitably…15 Jul 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, this amendment amends the rather confusing Schedule 20 and would clearly and unambiguously provide that UK standards for the production and use of chemicals would not…14 Jul 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister for that reply, which attempted to reassure me—I am not sure it did entirely. I also record my thanks to the noble Earl, Lord Dundee, the noble…14 Jul 2021HANSARDEnvironment Bill14 Jul 2021HANSARDUnited Kingdom–European Union Parliamentary Partnership AssemblyMy Lords, the treaty itself specifies that these arrangements should be set up—this is a responsibility for Government and not to be offloaded on to Parliament. Are the Government…12 Jul 2021HANSARDLorry DriversThe Minister appears to be blaming the industry and the pandemic but, given that she referred to discussions in 2016 and 2018, do the Government not have some responsibility in…07 Jul 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, this is my first appearance in the Chamber for many a long year—it seems even longer than it actually was—but it is a great pleasure to follow a tour de force by the…05 Jul 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, my Amendment 161B does not sit very well with the rest of the amendments in this group. It is effectively about the reduction in demand for treated water, whereas most…05 Jul 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, we now come to another aspect of air quality. I move Amendment 152 with a strong feeling of déjà vu. I and my cosignatories, whose support I very much appreciate, argued…05 Jul 2021HANSARDEnvironment Bill05 Jul 2021