Environment Bill

I am delighted to follow the noble Lord, Lord Berkeley. I will speak to Amendments 192, 193 and 1...

My Lords, I support many of the amendments in this group, and my Amendment 194A is on exactly the...

My Lords, just as in the previous group, in this group there are some really forward-thinking ame...

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Randall of Uxbridge, has withdrawn, so I call the noble Lord, Lord...

My Lords, I very much support the idea that the automatic right of connection should end. We real...

My Lords, wastewater infrastructure in England is a bit of a mess, as many noble Lords have said....

My Lords, this is an important group of amendments dealing with the improvement of drainage and s...

My Lords, noble Lords have made some important contributions in this debate. I would like to star...

I thank all noble Lords for their thoughtful and helpful contributions on these important issues....

My Lords, I have received a request to speak after the Minister from the noble Baroness, Lady Alt...

My Lords, I apologise for not being able to participate in the earlier discussion. I thank my nob...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend for her useful intervention. She is right: the cost of pollutio...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for assuring us that he is talking to the Ministry of Housing, Com...

I am not sure that I can give the noble Lord a date, because that is not in the hands of Defra an...

My Lords, I thank everyone who has taken part in this debate, which was interrupted, unfortunatel...

Moved by

Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

165: After Clause 78, insert the following n...

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 176. Anyone wishing to press this or anything e...

Moved by

Lord Carrington

176: Clause 82, page 79, line 37, leave out “No”

Membe...

My Lords, I declare my interests as a farmer, as set out in the register. As a farmer, I think it...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Carrington, particularly as I agree wit...

My Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Cameron of Dillington, in this H...

My Lords, I declare my interest as stated in the register, and as owner of a short stretch of the...

My Lords, I rise metaphorically to support Amendment 187B in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Chi...

My Lords, I refer to my interests in the register. I rise to support my noble friend Lord Carring...

I call the noble Baroness, Lady Ritchie of Downpatrick. She is not with us. I call the noble Earl...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to support the amendments so ably proposed by my noble friend Lord Car...

I am delighted to follow the noble Earl. I would like to lend my support in particular to Amendme...

My Lords, the pressure on our wetlands, rivers and aquifers is huge and growing. Demands for wate...

My Lords, I am delighted to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Young of Old Scone. I always remember...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this debate, and I have listened carefully t...

I thank all noble Lords for another interesting discussion on this Bill. As the noble Baroness, L...

I thank everybody who has participated in this debate. There have been some very informative cont...

Before we move on, perhaps we need a pause to allow people to escape from the Chamber.

They...

Moved by

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

188: Clause 83, page 81, line 17, at end inse...

My Lords, I am delighted to move and speak to Amendment 188 in my name and to speak briefly on th...

My Lords, I apologise in advance since I shall probably speak for too long on this group, but man...

My Lords, I support all the amendments in this group. I have added my name to several of those ta...

My Lords, I have added my name to Amendments 188A, 188B and 188C in this group, which are also in...

My Lords, I put my name to Amendment 189 of the noble Baroness, Lady Parminter, on domestic water...

My Lords, I can be very brief because I have great sympathy with most of the amendments before us...

I am pleased to support the very simple but very important amendment from the noble Baroness, Lad...

My Lords, I very much support the purposes behind this group of amendments, and I support many of...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh, for tabling this amendment and to a...

Before I turn to individual amendments, I want to assure noble Lords of our commitment to improvi...

I have received one request to speak after the Minister, from the noble Lord, Lord Randall of Uxb...

I thank all noble Lords who have contributed to the debate, especially those who spoke in support...

Before the amendment is withdrawn, apparently the noble Lord, Lord Randall, has reappeared. Lord ...

We now come to the group consisting of Amendment 194AA. Anyone wishing to press this amendment to...

Moved by

Baroness Hayman of Ullock

194AA: After Clause 91, insert the following new C...

My Lords, Amendment 194AA is in my name and those of my noble friend Lady Jones of Whitchurch and...

I am delighted to speak to and support Amendment 194AA, on a “Flood risk report”. Too often, wher...

My Lords, it is a delight to follow the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh of Pickering, whose comment...

My Lords I have put my name to this amendment in the names of the noble Baronesses, Lady Jones of...

My Lords, flooding incidents have an utterly devastating impact on communities. I thank the noble...

I thank the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh of Pickering, for her kind words and support and for th...

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 194B. Anyone wishing to press this or anything ...

Moved by

Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

194B: After Clause 92, insert the following ...

In moving government Amendment 194B, I will speak to all government amendments consequential to i...

Moved by

Baroness Hayman of Ullock

194C: After Clause 92, on the last line, after “si...

My Lords, in moving Amendment 194C I shall speak also to Amendments 201AZA, 201AZB, 201AZC and 20...

My Lords, I declare my interests as on the register. It was an absolute pleasure to hear my noble...

My Lords, in following the noble Lord, Lord Blencathra, it is a particular pleasure to commend hi...

My Lords, making biodiversity net gain a mandatory requirement for most development is a good thi...

My Lords, I have four amendments in this group. Amendment 201AA is about setting standards for th...

The noble Lord, Lord Kerslake, is not here, so I call the next speaker, the noble Earl, Lord Devo...

My Lords, it is a regret that we have to group so many important amendments together due to the s...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Earl, Lord Devon, although I am not entirely in sy...

My Lords, I draw your Lordships’ attention to my interests as set out in the register, specifical...

My Lords, the Bill is systematically revising so many aspects of the environment where former app...

My Lords, I support Amendment 196 in the names of the noble Baronesses, Lady Jones of Whitchurch,...

My Lords, I first offer my apologies for the technical problems. I hoped to speak after the Minis...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Randall of Uxbridge, and to echo ...

I am thankful to the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Whitchurch, first for her amendments but also ...

My Lords, I have received five requests to speak, from the noble Baroness, Lady Neville-Rolfe, th...

I am sorry I missed the list for this amendment. Noble Lords will know the importance I attach to...

I thank the noble Baroness for raising an important point. It is one that I also addressed in my ...

My Lords, I do not need the Minister to respond to the points I am about to make. First, I thank ...

I will take up my noble friend on his offer for me not to respond, other than to say that I note ...

My Lords, in his argument against Amendment 196, which calls for biodiversity gain sites to be pr...

It is impossible to answer the question, because it depends on the site and the type of ecosystem...

My Lords, first, I congratulate my noble friend, as others have done, on getting this amendment i...

On the first point, my noble friend is absolutely right. My comments relate to the fact—it is a f...

My Lords, I am very grateful to my noble friend for his comprehensive replies, but there are a nu...

Minister, I think that it is your turn now.

The short answer to the first question is that, were such a thing to happen, it would be a breach...

I am sorry for delaying noble Lords a little further. I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady N...

I understand that some may not have heard of this, but developers should have, because it is alre...

My Lords, this has been an extremely informed debate, and I thank all noble Lords who have taken ...

Moved by

Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

201A: After Schedule 14, insert the followin...

Moved by

Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

201B: Clause 93, page 94, line 41, after “19...

Moved by

Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

201C: Clause 94, page 95, line 8, after “199...

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 205A. Anyone wishing to press this or anything ...

Moved by

Lord Lucas

205A: Clause 95, page 96, line 18, at end insert—

“(1ZA) Su...

My Lords, in addition to moving Amendment 205A, I shall speak to the other amendments in the grou...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to reopen this debate in the confident conviction that the entir...

My Lords, I speak to Amendment 253, in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Lucas. I used to hate the...

My Lords, I am not sure I can follow that.

I believe the noble Lord, Lord Lucas, has laid o...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Lucas, for enabling us to have this interesting debate. He...

My Lords, I declare a personal interest in rewilding, which goes back a very long way. I am a str...

My Lords, I am always happy to receive a letter from my noble friend. I will address the subjects...

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 205B. Anyone wishing to press this or anything ...

Moved by

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

205B: Clause 95, page 96, line 18, at end inser...

My Lords, in moving Amendment 205B, I will speak also to Amendment 210 in my name and add my supp...

In introducing Amendment 209, I am grateful for the support of the noble Baronesses, Lady Young o...

My Lords, I listened with care to what the two noble Baronesses have said, and I support their ar...

My Lords, I am delighted to be part of this group and to be supporting the noble Baroness, Lady P...

My Lords, what I am hearing around the House is that everybody is feeling rather anxious about a ...

My Lords, it is a delight to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Young of Old Scone. I completely agr...

My Lords, it is always a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb, ...

It is a great pleasure to follow the noble Earl, Lord Devon. I have just been camping at Knepp fo...

My Lords, once again, I declare my interest as chair of the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Na...

I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Parminter, for tabling Amendment 209. I would like to assure her...

My Lords, the noble Earl, Lord Caithness, has requested to speak after the Minister.

My Lords, I am grateful for the reply my noble friend the Minister gave, but I am slightly pertur...

I think we are agreed. In the past, I have heard the noble Earl, Lord Caithness, agree—as most pe...

My Lords, I thank everyone who has contributed to what has been a very wide-ranging and excellent...

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 212. Anyone wishing to press this or anything e...

Moved by

Lord Oates

212: After Clause 95, insert the following new Clause—

“Pow...

My Lords, I speak to Amendment 212 in my name and those of my noble friend Lord Teverson and the ...

My Lords, I shall be pretty brief on this, because both my amendments should really have been in ...

I understand that the noble Lord, Lord Blencathra, has withdrawn, so I call the noble Baroness, L...

My Lords, I will be brief as well because I would like to get home to see extra time.

As in...

My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 231A in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Teverson. I am slig...

I support Amendment 212 and all amendments that join ELMS and nature recovery plans. Farming, as ...

My Lords, this debate very much follows on from the previous one, so I will be brief. Amendment 2...

My Lords, it is clear that we cannot finish the whole group this evening, so I beg to move that t...

I am happy to go on. I only have a short speech, beginning with Amendment 212 from the noble Lord...

My Lords, I am grateful for the support from my noble friend Lord Teverson, and from the noble Ba...