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Environment Bill

Lords committee stage fifth day. Clauses 54 to 77 agreed to, with clause 56 agreed to as amended. Schedules 8 to 12 agreed to, with schedule 11 agreed to as amended.

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813 cc1035-1148 

Session

2021-22

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Committee stage

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House of Lords chamber

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Deposited Paper DEP2021-0748
Monday, 20 September 2021
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Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle | 813 cc1035-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Whitchurch, even after a f...

Viscount Trenchard | 813 cc1037-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I declare my interests as stated in the register. I am pleased, as always, to follow th...


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Lord Haskel | 813 c1039 (Link to this contribution)

The noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh, and the noble Lords, Lord Berkeley and Lord Lucas, have withdr...

Lord Carrington | 813 c1039 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I add my support to Amendment 134 proposed by the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett of Manor...

Earl of Caithness | 813 cc1039-1040 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I rise to speak to Amendment 133A, to which I have put my name, which was tabled by the...

Viscount Colville of Culross | 813 cc1040-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I have put my name to Amendments 133 and 133A because the DRS is one of the most import...

Baroness Parminter | 813 cc1041-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, we very much agree with what the noble Viscount, Lord Colville, said about the potentia...

Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park | 813 cc1042-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, deposit return schemes are another important reform introduced by the Bill to maximise ...

Baroness Pitkeathley | 813 c1044 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I have received requests to speak after the Minister, from the noble Lords, Lord Berkel...

Lord Berkeley | 813 c1044 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am grateful to be allowed to intervene—briefly, I was withdrawn from speaking in this...

Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park | 813 c1045 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the noble Lord for his intervention. I remember well the scandal of five to 10 years ago....

Lord Marlesford | 813 c1045 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, does my noble friend the Minister recollect that, in the state of Oregon in the United ...

Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park | 813 c1045 (Link to this contribution)

I was not aware of the example from Oregon, but there are plenty examples from around the world o...

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch | 813 cc1045-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in support of our amendments. As I said in my o...

Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park | 813 c1047 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

146: Clause 56, page 38, line 2, at end inse...

Baroness Pitkeathley | 813 c1047 (Link to this contribution)

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 148A. Anyone wishing to press this or anything ...

Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville | 813 c1047 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville

148A: Clause 61, page 51, line 37...

Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville | 813 cc1047-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, in moving Amendment 148A, I will speak to Amendments 148B and 148C, for which the ratio...

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering | 813 c1049 (Link to this contribution)

I am delighted to follow the noble Baroness, and I congratulate her on bringing forward these ame...

Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb | 813 c1050 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness opposite. I support all these amendments;...

Baroness Boycott | 813 cc1050-1 (Link to this contribution)

It is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Jones. I absolutely agree with her and ...

Lord Khan of Burnley | 813 cc1051-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 148A, 148B and 148C in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady ...

Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist | 813 cc1052-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I, like many of your Lordships, find the news reports showing plastic waste from the UK...

Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville | 813 cc1053-4 (Link to this contribution)

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

Baroness Pitkeathley | 813 c1054 (Link to this contribution)

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 149. Anyone wishing to press this or anything e...

Baroness Boycott | 813 c1054 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Boycott

149: After Clause 62, insert the following new Clause—

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Baroness Boycott | 813 cc1054-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I really wish that I was not having to move this amendment. I speak as the chair of Fee...

Earl of Caithness | 813 c1057 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am very happy to put my name to the noble Baroness’s amendment. She has moved it extr...

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering | 813 cc1057-8 (Link to this contribution)

I am delighted to follow my noble friend and I support both him and the noble Baroness, Lady Boyc...

Lord Blencathra | 813 cc1058-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I declare my interests as on the register. Like my noble friend Lord Caithness, I suppo...

Lord Lucas | 813 c1059 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, my noble friend Lord Blencathra is quite right to point up food waste at home. Here in ...

Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb | 813 cc1059-1060 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Boycott, and the noble Earl, Lord Caithness, on...

Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville | 813 cc1060-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am happy to speak in favour of this small but very important group of amendments. I h...

Baroness Hayman of Ullock | 813 cc1061-3 (Link to this contribution)

I commend the noble Baroness, Lady Boycott, and the noble Earl, Lord Caithness, for bringing forw...

Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park | 813 cc1063-5 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Boycott, for her unwavering dedication to this issue. We have di...

Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall | 813 c1065 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I have no requests to speak after the Minister, so I call the noble Baroness, Lady Boyc...

Baroness Boycott | 813 cc1065-6 (Link to this contribution)

I thank your Lordships, and the Minister, whose final words were telling in that the Government h...

Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall | 813 c1066 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, we come now to the group beginning with Amendment 150A. Anyone wishing to press this or...

Baroness Sheehan | 813 cc1066-7 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Sheehan

150A: After Clause 71, insert the following new Clause—

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Baroness Sheehan | 813 cc1067-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this amendment is in my name and those of the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay of Llandaff, ...

Baroness Randerson | 813 cc1069-1070 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I shall speak specifically to the amendments in my name, Amendments 151A and 151B. I al...

Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb | 813 cc1070-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am extremely happy to see so many noble Lords interested in this issue, because it is...

Lord Tope | 813 cc1071-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I declare my interest as a vice-president of the Local Government Association and co-pr...

Lord Whitty | 813 cc1074-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this is my first appearance in the Chamber for many a long year—it seems even longer th...

Lord Lucas | 813 cc1075-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am delighted to support the idea that we should go for 20 miles per hour speed limits...

Baroness Fookes | 813 c1076 (Link to this contribution)

I understand that the noble Lord, Lord Krebs, has withdrawn so I now call the noble Baroness, Lad...

Baroness Finlay of Llandaff | 813 cc1076-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I have my name on several of these amendments—namely, Amendment 150A and Amendments 156...

Baroness Walmsley | 813 cc1077-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I declare an interest as one of the 5.5 million people with asthma. In winding up this ...

Baroness Hayman of Ullock | 813 cc1080-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, previously in Committee we have discussed the fact that polluted air is a growing natio...

Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist | 813 cc1081-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I start by thanking all noble Lords who have spoken with such passion, interest and inf...

Baroness Fookes | 813 c1084 (Link to this contribution)

I have received requests to speak after the Minister from the noble Lord, Lord Lucas, and the nob...

Lord Lucas | 813 c1084 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I would be very grateful if the Minister—in writing if not immediately—could let me kno...

Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist | 813 c1084 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful to my noble friend. I think I answered in general terms how much the Bill enables g...

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle | 813 c1084 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, reflecting on the Minister’s response to my noble friend on the current Prime Minister’...

Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist | 813 c1084 (Link to this contribution)

Ken Livingstone may well have had the original idea, but it was certainly Boris who breathed life...

Baroness Sheehan | 813 c1086 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I start by thanking all noble Lords who have spoken in support of 20’s Plenty. It has b...

Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park | 813 cc1086-7 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

151: Schedule 11, page 190, line 41, at end ...

Baroness Fookes | 813 c1087 (Link to this contribution)

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 152. Anyone wishing to press this or anything e...

Lord Whitty | 813 c1087 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Whitty

152: After Clause 72, insert the following new Clause—

“Ai...

Lord Whitty | 813 cc1087-1090 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, we now come to another aspect of air quality. I move Amendment 152 with a strong feelin...

Baroness Fookes | 813 c1090 (Link to this contribution)

I understand that there has been a slight change in the order of speakers. I call the noble Baron...

Baroness Finlay of Llandaff | 813 cc1090-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am most grateful for this slight change being allowed for the convenience of the Hous...

Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville | 813 cc1091-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am speaking to Amendment 254 in my name and fully support Amendment 152 in the name o...

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle | 813 cc1092-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Bakewell of Hardington Mandev...

Lord Randall of Uxbridge | 813 cc1094-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is always a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett of Manor Castl...

Lord Carrington | 813 cc1095-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I declare my farming interests as set out in the register. I also declare my interest a...

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick | 813 cc1096-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I speak in support of Amendment 152 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Whitty, and col...

Lord Cormack | 813 cc1097-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is very good to have the noble Lord, Lord Whitty, in the Chamber. He has been very a...

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch | 813 cc1099-1101 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I declare an interest through my involve at Rothamsted, which carries out research on p...

Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park | 813 cc1101-3 (Link to this contribution)

I shall start by addressing Amendment 152 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Whitty. Noble Lords...

Baroness Finlay of Llandaff | 813 c1103 (Link to this contribution)

I have received one request to speak. I call the noble Lord, Lord Randall of Uxbridge.

Lord Randall of Uxbridge | 813 c1103 (Link to this contribution)

I am most grateful, and I thank my noble friend for his answer. He may have said this in his repl...

Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park | 813 c1103 (Link to this contribution)

My noble friend raises an incredibly important point and I have to be honest and say that I canno...

Lord Whitty | 813 cc1103-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his reply and all noble Lords who supported my amendment. I fi...

Baroness Finlay of Llandaff | 813 c1104 (Link to this contribution)

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 157. Anyone wishing to press this or anything e...

Lord Berkeley | 813 cc1104-5 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Berkeley

157: Clause 73, page 63, line 29, at end insert “, train, ship...

Lord Berkeley | 813 cc1105-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I shall also speak to Amendments 158 and 159 and comment on the other amendment in this...

Lord Faulkner of Worcester | 813 c1106 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I shall speak to my Amendment 279, which is grouped with the amendments in the name of ...

Baroness Watkins of Tavistock | 813 c1106 (Link to this contribution)

The noble Baroness, Lady Bennett of Manor Castle, has withdrawn, so I call the noble Baroness, La...

Baroness Neville-Rolfe | 813 cc1106-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, like all noble Lords, I support this Bill in the round. Having said that, it contains h...

Lord Bradshaw | 813 c1107 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I too support Amendment 279 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Faulkner of Worcester. ...

Lord Lucas | 813 cc1107-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I want to address two aspects of Amendments 157 to 159. First, looking at the underlyin...

Baroness Randerson | 813 cc1108-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I share the concern of the noble Lord, Lord Lucas, about exactly what this provision in...

Lord Khan of Burnley | 813 c1109 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I shall speak briefly to Amendments 157 and 159, in the name of my noble friend Lord Be...

Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist | 813 cc1109-1111 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the noble Lord, Lord Berkeley, for his amendments, and I thank other noble Lords who have...

Baroness Watkins of Tavistock | 813 c1111 (Link to this contribution)

I have had one request to speak after the Minister, so I call the noble Lord, Lord Forsyth of Dru...

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean | 813 cc1111-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am very grateful to the Minister for her assurances in respect of the amendment conce...

Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist | 813 c1112 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I understand the passion that I could detect in my noble friend’s voice. However, I rep...

Lord Berkeley | 813 cc1112-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am very grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken on this group. We have had a real...

Baroness Barker | 813 c1113 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, we now come to the group beginning with Amendment 160A. Anyone wishing to press this or...

Lord Cameron of Dillington | 813 c1113 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Cameron of Dillington

160A: Clause 77, page 68, line 13, leave out “may...

Lord Cameron of Dillington | 813 c1114 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, we now enter the chapter in this Bill on water, which has attracted a lot of attention ...

Lord Blencathra | 813 cc1114-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I declare my environmental interests as in the register. I support the noble Lord, Lord...

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering | 813 cc1115-6 (Link to this contribution)

I welcome this part of the Bill. I refer to my interests as in the register, in particular that I...

Lord Oates | 813 cc1116-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am pleased to follow the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh of Pickering, and I welcome th...

Lord Khan of Burnley | 813 c1117 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I speak to Amendments 160A, 160B and 160C in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Cameron o...

Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist | 813 cc1117-8 (Link to this contribution)

I start by thanking the noble Lord, Lord Cameron of Dillington, for tabling these amendments. Bef...

Lord Cameron of Dillington | 813 c1118 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who took part in this very short debate. These amendments were ...

Baroness Barker | 813 cc1118-9 (Link to this contribution)

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 161. Anyone wishing this press this or anything...

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch | 813 cc1119-1121 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

161: After Clause 77, insert the following new ...

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch | 813 cc1121-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am moving Amendment 161 in my name and those of my noble friend Lady Hayman and the n...

Lord Chidgey | 813 c1122 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Chidgey

161A: After Clause 77, in inserted section 17ZC, after subsecti...

Lord Chidgey | 813 cc1122-4 (Link to this contribution)

It was—I was going to say “delightful”, but that sounds rather patronising and I do not mean that...

Lord Whitty | 813 c1124 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, my Amendment 161B does not sit very well with the rest of the amendments in this group....

Duke of Wellington | 813 cc1124-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am very pleased to speak after the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Whitchurch. Her Amen...

Lord Cameron of Dillington | 813 cc1126-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a real honour to follow the powerful and authoritative speech of the noble Duke, ...

Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb | 813 cc1129-1130 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this is one of the groups of amendments which really ought to be just swallowed wholesa...

Baroness Redfern | 813 c1130 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb, and other nob...

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering | 813 cc1130-1 (Link to this contribution)

I am delighted to follow my noble friend Lady Redfern. There are a number of extremely interestin...

Baroness Garden of Frognal | 813 c1131 (Link to this contribution)

The noble Lord, Lord Cormack has withdrawn, so I call the noble Baroness, Lady Young of Old Scone...

Baroness Young of Old Scone | 813 cc1132-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this is a rather substantial group of amendments, and I am a very insubstantial person ...

Lord Oates | 813 cc1133-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am pleased to support the amendments in the names of the noble Duke, the Duke of Well...

Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park | 813 cc1135-1140 (Link to this contribution)

I begin by thanking all noble Lords for their contributions on storm overflows. I am grateful to ...

Baroness Garden of Frognal | 813 c1140 (Link to this contribution)

I have received a request to speak after the Minister from the noble Duke, the Duke of Wellington...

Duke of Wellington | 813 c1140 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the Minister very much for such a detailed response to this series of amendment...

Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park | 813 c1140 (Link to this contribution)

I simply thank the noble Duke for his interest in and commitment to this area, and reiterate that...

Lord Chidgey | 813 c1141 (Link to this contribution)

I beg leave to withdraw my amendment.

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch | 813 cc1141-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken and supported our amendment this evening. I als...

Baroness Garden of Frognal | 813 c1142 (Link to this contribution)

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 162. Anyone wishing to press this or anything e...

Duke of Wellington | 813 c1142 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

The Duke of Wellington

162: Clause 78, page 70, line 5, at end insert “with ...

Duke of Wellington | 813 cc1143-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the amendments in this group are all to Clause 78 and would place obligations directly ...

Lord Cameron of Dillington | 813 cc1144-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, once again, it is a real pleasure to follow my noble friend the Duke of Wellington and ...

Lord Teverson | 813 cc1145-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is genuinely a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Cameron of Dillington, who al...

Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist | 813 c1148 (Link to this contribution)

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

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