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HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, when the office of environmental protection was mooted, I hoped it would be on the same basis as the Climate Change Committee, and be totally independent of government.…28 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I listened with care to what the noble Lord, Lord Krebs, said about the precautionary principle, because this is hugely important to conservation and land management. I…28 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I support the comments of my noble friend Lord Lucas in moving the amendment. I also listened with great care to the noble Lord, Lord Vaux of Harrowden. I hope the…23 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I start by repeating something I said in the first day of Committee. This is a hangover from Monday, but the batting order is not satisfactory, because I want to speak…23 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I agree with the earlier speakers that this part of the Bill needs to be strengthened. I should say to my noble friend Lord Goldsmith with regard to the amendment of the…23 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I assure the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman of Ullock, that it has been extremely useful that she has spoken to her amendment before we all comment on it. I congratulate…23 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend for giving a definition. He then said it was going to come in regulations. Would it not be better if it were in the Bill?21 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, my noble friend the late Lord Ridley of Liddesdale would be as disappointed as I am that, last year, no English river met the highest chemical standards and only 15% of…21 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I agree with the noble Lord, Lord Rooker, and my noble friend Lord Cormack that legislation has to be precise and intelligible. If we are to take the public with us,…21 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I rise to support my noble friend Lord Lindsay’s amendments. They help to clarify the purpose of the Bill—which I welcome, as I said at Second Reading. I like the drift…21 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, it is difficult to speak to an amendment that has not yet been spoken to by its proposer. I therefore ask my noble friend on the Front Bench whether she could make a…21 Jun 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL]My Lords, I regret that my noble friend the Minister has been landed with this as his first Bill back as a Defra Minister. I exonerate him of having any of his fingerprints on…16 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment Bill: Royal AssentMy Lords, the Bill will be a success only if it ties in with existing legislation and the proposed planning Bill. Can my noble friend tell us whether there are any plans to…10 Jun 2021HANSARDNet-Zero Carbon EmissionsMy Lords, does my noble friend agree that what he is going to publish before COP is merely the start of a long, ongoing process that will happen every year, for many years to…07 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend the Minister for his introduction to this already improved Bill, which I welcome in principle. However, I am not as optimistic as he is…07 Jun 2021HANSARDAgri-environment Schemes: Permissive AccessMy Lords, can my noble friend confirm that 2026 is still the cut-off date for mapping historical rights of way—footpaths? Is he aware that the stakeholder group In All Our…27 May 2021HANSARDHouse of Lords: Remote Participation and Hybrid SittingsMy Lords, it is good to see the House fuller than it has been for some months; that is a substantial improvement. I too thank the staff and everybody who has made the last 15…20 May 2021HANSARDBiomass Electricity Subsidies: DeforestationMy Lords, my noble friend Lord Randall is absolutely right: virgin forests are being cut down. How is this being policed? Other countries are cutting down woodland, and what…20 May 2021HANSARDTransport Decarbonisation StrategyMy Lords, I am delighted that my noble friend and her department are going further and faster. As part of that process, would they consider being much tougher on diesel hybrid…19 May 2021HANSARDBiodiversity EmergencyMy Lords, for biodiversity to be diverse and flourish in the UK, it needs habitat, species protection where appropriate, the provision of winter food for birds and animals and…22 Apr 2021