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HANSARDCarbon EmissionsMy Lords, while welcoming the Prime Minister’s announcement, would the Minister agree that nature-based solutions will be essential if we are to meet net-zero targets? The…09 Nov 2020HANSARDUnion with ScotlandMy Lords, it is difficult to keep a marriage together when one party wants a complete separation. I must say to the Minister that rough wooing will not win her ladyship back. Does…04 Nov 2020HANSARDTerrestrial and Freshwater Protected SitesMy Lords, does my noble friend agree that it is all very well talking about new targets, but we cannot meet our existing targets? Surely enforcement of our existing targets is the…02 Nov 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, In the other place, my honourable friend the Minister, Victoria Prentis, criticised some of our amendments because they were badly drafted. That shows a huge weakness in…20 Oct 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, like the noble Lord, Lord Empey, I would very much like my noble friend Lord Gardiner to be the Secretary of State, but I have to disagree with him that it would make…20 Oct 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I served on the House of Lords Select Committee chaired by the noble Lord, Lord Krebs—the Food, Poverty, Health and Environment Committee. Many things struck me when we…20 Oct 2020HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, first, I thank my noble friend the Minister for the correspondence that we have had since our last discussion. I found his letter, which I got yesterday, very helpful. I…06 Oct 2020HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, much of what I wanted to say has already been said in this useful debate. I am supporting the noble Lord, Lord Grantchester, again. I have been doing that quite a lot in…06 Oct 2020HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I first thank my noble friends, Lord Grimstone, the Minister, and Lord Younger of Leckie, together with their officials, for the time they gave me yesterday to discuss…01 Oct 2020HANSARDHolidays: CancellationsMy Lords, I declare an interest, having had a holiday cancelled. Does my noble friend agree that while the ATOL scheme is excellent, waiting 90 days to receive repayment is far…30 Sept 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I spoke on similar amendments to these in Committee. I am happy to add my support to Amendment 78, in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Whitty. My mind goes back to the…22 Sept 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I too had the privilege of sitting on the committee chaired by the noble Lord, Lord Krebs—the Food, Poverty, Health and Environment Committee—and I am grateful to the…17 Sept 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I welcome these amendments. I have only two questions for my noble friend. It concerns me that these amendments have been tabled at this stage. Why did we not know about…17 Sept 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister for bringing forward his amendments on this issue. I would still prefer the reporting to be annual, but he has made a move towards us, and I will…17 Sept 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, we are in a mess on this group of amendments. I would like some clarification. I think that we were misled by the Deputy Speaker when she said that Amendment 18 was not…15 Sept 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillWhat a wonderful thing flexibility is. I am grateful to the Minister for replying this way. That gets us out of the hole. I support the amendment tabled by my noble friend Lady…15 Sept 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I am very pleased to be able to put my name to the amendment moved by the noble Lord, Lord Grantchester, which we discussed in Committee. At Second Reading, I spent my…15 Sept 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I rise to support the noble Earl, Lord Devon, and my noble friend Lady McIntosh of Pickering, because they are on to a good point. I also take the point that the noble…15 Sept 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I too support this amendment and I am grateful to the noble Baroness for tabling it again. Farmers have absolutely no idea what the future holds and what ELMS will…15 Sept 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, while I thoroughly support the aims of this Bill and the direction in which the Government are taking us, I have to say that I get more and more concerned as we delve…15 Sept 2020