Environment Bill

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

My Lords, I am grateful to be allowed to intervene—briefly, I was withdrawn from speaking in this...

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

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

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

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

Moved by

Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

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

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

Moved by

Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Moved by

Baroness Boycott

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Moved by

Baroness Sheehan

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Moved by

Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

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

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

Moved by

Lord Whitty

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

“Ai...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Moved by

Lord Berkeley

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Moved by

Lord Cameron of Dillington

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Moved by

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

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

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

Moved by

Lord Chidgey

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I beg leave to withdraw my amendment.

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

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

Moved by

The Duke of Wellington

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

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

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

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

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