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Environment Bill

Lords committee stage first day. Clause 1 under consideration.

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Reference

813 cc19-122 

Session

2021-22

Legislative stage

Committee stage

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber

Proceeding contributions

Lord Haskel | 813 c19 (Link to this contribution)

I will call Members to speak in the order listed. During the debate on each group I invite Member...

Earl of Lindsay | 813 cc19-20 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

The Earl of Lindsay

1: Before Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—

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Earl of Lindsay | 813 c20 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, in moving Amendment 1, I will speak also to Amendments 3, 54 and 74 in my name. The Env...

Lord Teverson | 813 cc20-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I declare an interest as chair of the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Nature Partner...

Lord Rooker | 813 c22 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I have set myself the target for Committee not to make the mistakes of other Committee ...

Lord Cormack | 813 cc22-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I, too, support the amendments of my noble friend Lord Lindsay and the noble Lord, Lord...

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick | 813 cc23-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Cormack. I am speaking in support of Am...

Earl of Caithness | 813 cc24-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I rise to support my noble friend Lord Lindsay’s amendments. They help to clarify the p...

Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb | 813 cc25-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I feel it is only fair to warn your Lordships that you will see quite a lot of the two ...

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering | 813 cc26-7 (Link to this contribution)

I am delighted to follow the noble Baroness. I welcome this group of amendments, which are excell...

Lord Moynihan | 813 cc27-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I declare my interests as set out in the register. I will speak to Amendment 1 in the n...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 813 cc28-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I too support the noble Earl, Lord Lindsay, in his amendment. I may be challenging the ...

Baroness Fox of Buckley | 813 cc29-31 (Link to this contribution)

It is always a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Young. I want to speak to and oppose Amend...

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle | 813 cc31-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a pleasure to find myself at this place in the debate and to respond to the noble...

Baroness Parminter | 813 c32 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the noble Earl, Lord Lindsay, and my noble friend Lord Teverson, for their amen...

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch | 813 cc33-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, we have had an excellent start to our debates and consideration of the Bill, which help...

Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park | 813 cc34-7 (Link to this contribution)

I thank my noble friend Lord Lindsay for beginning this Committee. I note the support for his ame...

Earl of Lindsay | 813 cc37-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for his thoughtful response, to which I will give careful...

Lord Alderdice | 813 c38 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, we now come to the group consisting of Amendment 4. Anyone wishing to press this amendm...

Duke of Wellington | 813 c38 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

The Duke of Wellington

4: Clause 1, page 1, line 15, at end insert “, in par...

Duke of Wellington | 813 cc38-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this amendment in my name—and I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Altmann, for adding her ...

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering | 813 cc39-41 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am delighted to support the noble Duke, the Duke of Wellington, in his amendment. On ...

Baroness Altmann | 813 c41 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 4, so ably moved by the noble Duke, the Duke of Wellington, ...

Baroness Young of Old Scone | 813 cc41-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I support the sentiment of Amendment 4 in the name of the noble Duke, the Duke of Welli...

Lord Cormack | 813 cc42-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Young of Old Scone, is right to talk about the Thames. I remem...

Lord Teverson | 813 c43 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I think we can count that as the best joke of the Environment Bill Committee so far, so...

Earl of Caithness | 813 c43 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, my noble friend the late Lord Ridley of Liddesdale would be as disappointed as I am tha...

Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb | 813 cc43-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I take everybody’s point about the fact that this amendment does not quite measure up t...

Lord Randall of Uxbridge | 813 cc44-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I start by declaring my interest as in the register, particularly in relation to this a...

Lord Wigley | 813 c45 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am delighted to follow the noble Lord, not down the road of the Great Stink but certa...

Lord Harries of Pentregarth | 813 cc45-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I strongly support what the noble Duke, the Duke of Wellington, has said and many impor...

Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville | 813 cc47-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a pleasure to be speaking to this amendment moved by the noble Duke, the Duke of ...

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch | 813 c48 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the noble Duke, the Duke of Wellington, for his amendment and his speech today....

Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park | 813 cc48-50 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the noble Duke, the Duke of Wellington, for tabling Amendment 4. I note the support that ...

Duke of Wellington | 813 cc50-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am grateful to those noble Lords who have participated in this short debate. Of cours...

Earl of Kinnoull | 813 c51 (Link to this contribution)

We come now to the group of amendments headed by Amendment 5. Anyone wishing to press that amendm...

Lord Blencathra | 813 c51 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Blencathra

5: Clause 1, page 1, line 16, leave out paragraph (c) and in...

Lord Blencathra | 813 cc51-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I declare my environmental interests as on the register. This afternoon I will, if I ma...

Lord Rooker | 813 c54 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, we have just heard from the noble Lord, Lord Blencathra, with whom I agree in every res...

Lord Hope of Craighead | 813 cc54-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Rooker. Words matter; so too does the m...

Lord Cormack | 813 cc55-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hope of Craighead, an...

Earl of Caithness | 813 c56 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I agree with the noble Lord, Lord Rooker, and my noble friend Lord Cormack that legisla...

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering | 813 cc56-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am delighted to participate in this debate. I congratulate my noble friend Lord Blenc...

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick | 813 cc57-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I listened to the noble Lord, Lord Blencathra, with a degree of sympathy for what he is...

Viscount Trenchard | 813 cc58-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I was much elated to read my noble friend Lord Blencathra’s amendments. I completely ag...

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle | 813 cc59-60 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to take part in this debate, and I thank the noble Lord, Lord Bl...

Lord Randall of Uxbridge | 813 c60 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I support my noble friend’s Amendment 5, to which I added my name. It is always good to...

Lord Krebs | 813 cc60-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, one could argue that what is good enough for Sir David Attenborough is good enough for ...

Baroness Hayman of Ullock | 813 cc61-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this has certainly been an interesting discussion around the proposal of the noble Lord...

Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park | 813 cc62-3 (Link to this contribution)

I thank my noble friend Lord Blencathra for his amendments. It is a pleasure to follow the though...

Lord Blencathra | 813 c63 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken—

Lord Faulkner of Worcester | 813 c63 (Link to this contribution)

The noble Earl, Lord Caithness, has indicated that he wishes to speak.

Earl of Caithness | 813 c64 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend for giving a definition. He then said it was going to ...

Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park | 813 c64 (Link to this contribution)

I am not sure it is necessary to add the definition to the Bill itself, but I will certainly cons...

Lord Blencathra | 813 cc64-5 (Link to this contribution)

My apologies, Lord Deputy Chairman; I did not realise you would be calling the noble Earl, Lord C...

Lord Faulkner of Worcester | 813 c65 (Link to this contribution)

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 6. Anyone wishing to press this or anything els...

Lord Teverson | 813 cc65-6 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Teverson

6: Clause 1, page 1, line 16, leave out paragraph (c) and inse...

Lord Teverson | 813 cc66-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I welcome the fact that in this Bill the Government are committed to targets on biodive...

Lord Randall of Uxbridge | 813 cc67-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will speak to my Amendment 10. I am grateful to my noble friends Lord Carrington and ...

Lord Harries of Pentregarth | 813 cc69-70 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I have two amendments in this group. The later one, Amendment 31, concerns the health o...

Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb | 813 cc70-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this group of amendments is like some sort of dream list that any environment Bill wort...

Earl of Caithness | 813 cc71-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is difficult to speak to an amendment that has not yet been spoken to by its propose...

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering | 813 cc72-3 (Link to this contribution)

I welcome this small group of amendments. I will speak in particular to Amendment 6 in the name o...

Lord Curry of Kirkharle | 813 cc73-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I speak in support of Amendment 11 in this group, tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Be...

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle | 813 cc74-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I rise with a very long list of amendments to speak to, and I shall begin by very brief...

Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 813 cc77-80 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I see this as a key grouping and I intend to speak to Amendment 10, moved so ably by my...

Lord Rooker | 813 cc80-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am delighted to follow the noble Lord, Lord Taylor. I put my name on this group only ...

Viscount Trenchard | 813 cc81-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Teverson, and the noble Baroness want to give the Secretary of Sta...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 813 cc82-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Teverson, on his amendment, which I support. The ma...

Lord Hope of Craighead | 813 cc83-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I wish principally to support Amendments 12 and 31, in the name of my noble and right r...

Baroness Young of Old Scone | 813 cc85-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I declare my interests as chairman of the Woodland Trust—I thank the noble and learned ...

Duke of Wellington | 813 c86 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I had put myself down to speak in this group to support the noble and right reverend Lo...

Earl of Devon | 813 cc86-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Duke, the Duke of Wellington, and so many other en...

Lord Wigley | 813 cc88-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am grateful for the opportunity to speak to Amendment 31 standing in the name of the ...

Lord Carrington | 813 cc89-90 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I would like to speak in favour of Amendment 10 in the names of the noble Lords, Lord R...

Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville | 813 cc90-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I shall speak in favour of Amendment 10, to which I have added my name, and I support o...

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch | 813 cc91-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Teverson, for introducing this important debate and all no...

Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park | 813 cc93-7 (Link to this contribution)

I thank noble Lords for their contributions, and I would like to clarify that the Bill gives us t...

Lord McNicol of West Kilbride | 813 c94 (Link to this contribution)

I have received one request to speak after the Minister. I call the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay o...

Baroness Finlay of Llandaff | 813 c94 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I would be most grateful if the Minister could tell us what financial assessment has be...

Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park | 813 c94 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the noble Baroness for her question. On the first point about the cost assessments in rel...

Lord Teverson | 813 c98 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken favourably on Amendment 6 about the maritime si...

Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist | 813 c98 (Link to this contribution)

Could I suggest a five-minute adjournment while we just look for the Minister?

8.22 pm

Baroness Watkins of Tavistock | 813 c98 (Link to this contribution)

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 8. Anyone wishing to press this or anything els...

Baroness Scott of Needham Market | 813 c98 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Scott of Needham Market

8: Clause 1, page 2, line 1, at end insert—...

Baroness Scott of Needham Market | 813 cc98-9 (Link to this contribution)

One of the themes that has run through the debates that we have had so far today is the extent to...

Lord Addington | 813 c100 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it does not seem that long ago that we discussed these types of issues on the Agricultu...

Lord Lucas | 813 cc100-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, my two amendments in this group are Amendments 9 and 57. Amendment 9 adds “connecting p...

Baroness Watkins of Tavistock | 813 c101 (Link to this contribution)

We will return to the noble Lord later. We now move to the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett of Manor ...

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle | 813 cc101-3 (Link to this contribution)

I rise to speak to Amendments 8 and 56, in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Scott of Needham ...

Viscount Trenchard | 813 cc103-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I think that farmers and landowners welcome the public’s enjoyment of and responsible a...

Baroness Watkins of Tavistock | 813 c104 (Link to this contribution)

I call the noble Baroness, Lady Quin. She is not here, so I call the noble Lord, Lord Randall of ...

Lord Randall of Uxbridge | 813 cc104-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow my noble friend Lord Trenchard. I agree with nearly everythi...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 813 cc105-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, as I listened to the noble Lord, Lord Randall, I could not make up my mind—I do not thi...

Lord McNicol of West Kilbride | 813 c106 (Link to this contribution)

After the noble Earl, Lord Devon, I will call the noble Lord, Lord Bradshaw.

Earl of Devon | 813 cc106-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, noting my interests previously declared, I am a passionate believer in better access to...

Lord Bradshaw | 813 cc107-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I start with a short explanation of the reason for Amendment 58. The Natural Environmen...

Lord Blencathra | 813 cc108-111 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it was an absolute delight to listen to the excellent speech from the noble Earl, Lord ...

Lord Cameron of Dillington | 813 cc111-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, as this is my first intervention in Committee, and for the purposes of all the stages o...

Lord Teverson | 813 cc112-4 (Link to this contribution)

I put my name to Amendment 8, and it is perhaps worth reminding ourselves what that says given th...

Baroness Hayman of Ullock | 813 cc114-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this has been an extremely interesting debate on a very important issue. I will concent...

Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park | 813 cc115-8 (Link to this contribution)

I thank noble Lords for their contributions and agree that the Covid pandemic has underlined the ...

Lord McNicol of West Kilbride | 813 c118 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I have had three requests to speak after the Minister, so we will take them in turn for...

Viscount Bridgeman | 813 c118 (Link to this contribution)

I am most grateful for the opportunity to come in after the Minister. I wish to support the noble...

Lord McNicol of West Kilbride | 813 c118 (Link to this contribution)

The Minister will respond to the first part of the question put by the noble Viscount, Lord Bridg...

Viscount Bridgeman | 813 c118 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will try to get this issue dealt with.

Lord McNicol of West Kilbride | 813 c118 (Link to this contribution)

The time for the noble Lord to do that may be tight but let us try. The Minister will

Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park | 813 c119 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the noble Lord for half of his question. He got to the point of echoing some of the conce...

Lord Lucas | 813 c119 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend for his responses to my amendments, but if he wants an...

Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park | 813 c119 (Link to this contribution)

I can reassure my noble friend that it does not require the Government to have a change of heart,...

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle | 813 c119 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, in his response the Minister referred to the issue of littering, particularly personal ...

Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park | 813 c120 (Link to this contribution)

I could not agree more. There is of course an element of personal responsibility; it is not alway...

Lord McNicol of West Kilbride | 813 c120 (Link to this contribution)

We shall have one more try at reaching the noble Viscount, Lord Bridgeman. If this does not work,...

Viscount Bridgeman | 813 cc120-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, thank you very much. I am most grateful and I apologise for the problems.

The adv...

Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park | 813 c121 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the noble Viscount for his question. I certainly do not pretend to be an expert on this, ...

Baroness Scott of Needham Market | 813 cc121-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this has been a fascinating debate. I am very pleased that I tabled these amendments be...

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