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HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, the Committee will be extremely grateful to the noble Earl, Lord Devon, for tabling these important amendments. I confess that I have not given them the attention that I…14 Jul 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lord, I am delighted to follow my friend, the noble Lord, Lord Krebs, because the 10 amendments I have in this group very much follow the line of thinking that he just…12 Jul 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I have added my name to three amendments: Amendments 259 and 260 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Young of Old Scone, and Amendment 260A, in the name of the noble…12 Jul 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I am grateful for the reply my noble friend the Minister gave, but I am slightly perturbed by his answer to the amendment of the noble Baroness, Lady Young of Old Scone,…07 Jul 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, first, I congratulate my noble friend, as others have done, on getting this amendment into the Bill. It is a major step forward. I have two questions for him. He was…07 Jul 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I listened with care to what the two noble Baronesses have said, and I support their arguments. They made some very valid points. I am speaking to my two amendments in…07 Jul 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I support many of the amendments in this group, and my Amendment 194A is on exactly the same theme. I liked what the noble Duke, the Duke of Wellington, said on Monday…07 Jul 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL]My Lords, I support the amendments put forward by my noble friend Lord Forsyth of Drumlean, which expand on what we discussed on an earlier amendment. They set out the very…06 Jul 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL]My Lords, I put my name to Amendment 8. Very briefly, the reason for this, as has been said by my noble friends Lord Moylan and Lady McIntosh of Pickering, who has a similar…06 Jul 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL]My Lords, I listened with care to what my noble friend said, and I apologise to him if I did not pick up the comment he made, but did he make any comment about the LSE report? It…06 Jul 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL]I refer to the one that was commissioned from the LSE, to which the noble Lord, Lord Trees, referred at Second Reading.06 Jul 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL]My Lords, I agree with my noble friend Lord Marland that the Government are beginning to alienate quite a large section of the rural community with their attitude towards it at…06 Jul 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL]My Lords, I hope my noble friend the Minister will give us a full and detailed reply, because there have been so many questions and unfortunately, the Committee being operated in…06 Jul 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I rise to speak to Amendment 133A, to which I have put my name, which was tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Whitchurch, and is also supported by the noble…05 Jul 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I am very happy to put my name to the noble Baroness’s amendment. She has moved it extremely well and there is very little for me to add, except to say that I want to go…05 Jul 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I have spoken on fly-tipping many times before in your Lordships’ House, so I will not repeat that. Given what other noble Lords have said, there is little left to say.…30 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, before I speak to the amendments, I apologise to my noble friend the Minister for including his name in what I said about the Forestry Commission on Monday. It was quite…30 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have taken part in this very interesting debate of just over an hour and a half. I have to say that I was saddened by my noble…30 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment Bill30 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, we change topics. We leave behind the OEP, important though that was, and move on to Chapter 3, “Interpretation of Part 1”, which is equally crucial to the success of…30 Jun 2021