Environment Bill

My Lords, briefly, I offer my support to the amendment of the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh of Pi...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh, for allowing us to have this brief ...

I thank my noble friend Lady McIntosh of Pickering for Amendment 113F and reassure noble Lords th...

I have received no requests to speak after the Minister, so I move to the mover, the noble Barone...

My Lords, I am extremely grateful to all those who have spoken in the debate, so movingly in the ...

Moved by

Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

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We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 119. Anyone wishing to press this or anything e...

Moved by

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

119: Schedule 4, page 160, line 8, at end inser...

My Lords, we now move on to the next part of the Bill, dealing with resource efficiency. I very m...

My Lords, there can be few more unpleasant jobs than clearing fatballs and wet wipes out of conge...

My Lords, I am delighted to follow my noble friend Lord Bradshaw. We have a history of working to...

My Lords, this is an important group of amendments, ably introduced by the noble Baroness, Lady J...

My Lords, it is not only producers who have to have regard to resource efficiency; it is also the...

My Lords, I want to speak to my own Amendment 128, which goes back even further into the depths o...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Teverson. I rise chiefly to speak...

I am delighted to speak briefly on this group and to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett of M...

My Lords, I support Amendment 120, in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Bradshaw. No one who saw l...

My Lords, the next three speakers on the list—the noble Lord, Lord Berkeley, the noble Earl, Lord...

My Lords, I apologise for the fact that I was not able to speak at Second Reading on the Bill. I ...

My Lords, I have campaigned long and hard on the horrors of plastic waste, the need for biodegrad...

My Lords, I welcome the opportunity to add my voice in general support of these amendments. It is...

My Lords, I too support Amendment 124, so ably explained by the noble Baroness, Lady Scott, and a...

My Lords, this group concerns packaging and single-use items. I shall speak in support of Amendme...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords for taking part in this debate. It is a rare area of almost com...

I have had one request to speak after the Minister, from the noble Baroness, Lady Meacher, so I c...

My Lords, I must be the most unpopular person in this House today, and I must apologise. I failed...

I thank the noble Baroness for her helpful comments. I hope that in the course of my speech I add...

I have received another request to speak from the noble Baroness, Lady Neville-Rolfe.

Sadly, I think the plastic tax that is coming is too complex, but maybe we will learn from that. ...

I apologise for not addressing that point earlier. I think my noble friend has almost answered he...

My Lords, I thank everyone who has contributed to this debate. We have heard some excellent propo...

My Lords, we now come to the group beginning with Amendment 121. Anyone wishing to press this or ...

Moved by

Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

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My Lords, in moving technical government Amendment 121, I will also speak to similar government A...

My Lords, I declare my environmental interests as in the register. However, today, I speak in my ...

The noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh of Pickering, has withdrawn so I call the noble Baroness, Lady ...

My Lords, I wish to speak to Amendment 278 in the name of the Minister. My contribution here will...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Humphreys, again and to note a sati...

I am very pleased that we are discussing consultation today, even if it is in a very small way. I...

I start by thanking my noble friend Lord Blencathra for his contribution to this debate and parti...

I have received a request to speak after the Minister from the noble Lord, Lord Framlingham.

My Lords, I am grateful to have the opportunity to say a few words after the Minister. I am also ...

I thank the noble Lord for that final comment. I am very happy to give him my absolute assurance ...

Moved by

Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

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We come now to the group beginning with Amendment 123. Anyone wishing to press this or anything e...

Moved by

Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville

123: Clause 50, page 30, line 13,...

My Lords, I rise to speak to this group of amendments in my name and thank the noble Lord, Lord R...

My Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville, on this amen...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to listen to the noble Baroness, Lady Bakewell of Hardington Mandevill...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow not just my noble friend Lord Blencathra but my noble friend...

My Lords, I declare my interests as set out in the register. I thoroughly support the amendments ...

My Lords, I have spoken on fly-tipping many times before in your Lordships’ House, so I will not ...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Earl, Lord Caithness. I join every speaker in than...

My Lords, as a rural resident and minor landowner, I very much welcome the opportunity to debate ...

My Lords, I shall speak to all the amendments in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Bakewell of...

It is quite rare that we have virtual unanimity around the Committee on something being a major p...

My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have taken part in this debate, and I thank the Mi...

Moved by

Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

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Moved by

Lord Goldsmith

129: Schedule 6, page 172, line 7, at end insert—

“(3) ...

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 130A. Anyone wishing to press this, or anything...

Moved by

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

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In moving Amendment 130A, I shall speak also to Amendments 130B and 141A in the name of the noble...

My Lords, I applaud the Government’s determination to drive down the single use of plastics. Clau...

My Lords, the noble Viscount, Lord Colville of Culross, has made a very powerful speech on cracki...

My Lords, I speak to Amendments 141 and 142 to 145, which are in my name. Amendment 141 relates t...

My Lords, yet again, the noble Baroness, Lady Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville, makes a soft thr...

I understand that the noble Earl, Lord Lytton, and the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh of Pickering...

I will be brief. I just want to point out that we have apparently thrown away—I have checked this...

My Lords, it is a very great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Boycott. Since she start...

I understand that the noble Baroness, Lady Neville-Rolfe, has withdrawn, so the next speaker will...

My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend the Minister and the Government on the work they have al...

My Lords, this is a powerful suite of amendments to tackle waste and our throw-away culture. As t...

Before I address the individual amendments in the group, I reiterate that the Government absolute...

I understand that the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, wishes to speak after the Minister, so I call...

My Lords, I have a very simple question. The Minister referred to the Government already having p...

Do we have plans? We are committed to extending our bans on unnecessary single-use packaging and ...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords for the support for my noble friend Lady Ritchie’s amendments, ...

Moved by

Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

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We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 133. Anyone wishing to press this or anything e...

Moved by

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

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My Lords, in moving Amendment 133 I will also speak to Amendment 133A in my name. I am grateful t...

My Lords, I beg to move that the debate on this amendment be adjourned.