Environment Bill

My Lords, as some of my amendments are associated with nature recovery network strategies, I once...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Teverson, with all his expertise. The G...

My Lords, I just want to make a couple of quick points in support of the noble Lord, Lord Teverso...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Teverson, for, as ever, giving us an excellent explanation...

My Lords, I begin by thanking the noble Lord, Lord Teverson, for his powerful advocacy for the ma...

My Lords, I understand that the noble Lord, Lord Teverson, would like to ask a question of the Mi...

My Lords, I will sum up in just a moment but I have a question for the Minister. I am very disapp...

I take the noble Lord’s point, but the three coastal pilot areas that we considered—Cornwall, Cum...

My Lords—

I beg the noble Lord’s pardon; forgive me, I had not spotted the notice—I also have a request fro...

My Lords, I wanted to return to the question of sustainable fishing, which was mentioned by, amon...

I am sorry, my briefing does not include that sort of detail. May I write to the noble Lord with ...

I call the noble Lord, Lord Teverson, and apologise again to him.

No, I apologise for speaking at the wrong time. I thank the noble Baronesses, Lady Boycott, Lady ...

My Lords, we now come to the group beginning with Amendment 234. Anyone wishing to press this or ...

Moved by

Lord Chidgey

234: Clause 102, page 101, line 34, leave out “may” and insert ...

My Lords, I speak in particular to Amendments 234 and 241 in my name. The Government have shown a...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Chidgey, and his eloquent advocac...

My Lord, I am delighted to follow my friend, the noble Lord, Lord Krebs, because the 10 amendment...

My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 293A, in my name and that of my noble friend Lady Jones of W...

My Lords, I am delighted to follow the noble Lord as a fellow advocate. I endorse the comments of...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh of Pickering. There ...

My Lords, I rise to offer a few words regarding the amendments of the noble Earl, Lord Caithness,...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Earl, Lord Devon, and to hear his expertise. I off...

My Lords, I will add a few words in support of Amendment 235 in the name of my noble friend Lord ...

My Lords, I am delighted to be speaking in this short debate. I added my name to Amendment 235, s...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 293A tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Browne of Ladyton, whom I...

The noble Baroness, Lady Neville-Rolfe, has withdrawn, so I call the noble Baroness, Lady Parmint...

My Lords, the discussion on this grouping has been quite lengthy. I echo the comments of the nobl...

We have had a really interesting debate—it has covered quite a lot of areas. I offer our strong s...

I will start with Amendment 234, tabled by the noble Lord, Chidgey, and Amendment 235, tabled by ...

My Lords, I have received one request to speak after the Minister, from the noble Lord, Lord Rand...

My Lords, I heard what my noble friend the Minister said regarding the amendment in the name of t...

I am very keen for us to make progress as quickly as we can. I understand frustrations with the R...

I thank all noble Lords and noble Baronesses who have spoken in support of my amendment. The vigo...

We now come to Amendment 251A. Anyone wishing to press this amendment to a Division must make tha...

Moved by

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

251A: After Clause 103, insert the following ne...

My Lords, I declare an interest as a member of the South Downs National Parks Authority. The 10 n...

My Lords, I am delighted to contribute to this brief debate on Amendment 251A and I welcome the o...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to again follow the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh of Pickering, ...

My Lords, the 15 national parks in the UK are indeed a natural treasure and one of the glories of...

The noble Baroness, Lady Neville-Rolfe, is not speaking on this group, so I call the noble Earl, ...

My Lords, I declare an interest as a property owner with tourism interests within the Exmoor Nati...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to speak in support of Amendment 251A in the name of the noble Barones...

My Lords, I welcome Amendment 251A from the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Whitchurch, and the con...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords for their contributions to this short debate. I agree with the ...

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 255. Anyone wishing to press this or anything e...

Moved by

Lord Krebs

255: Clause 105, page 106, line 7, leave out “instead of” and ins...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 255 and 256 in my name, together with those of the noble Lor...

My Lords, I will speak to my Amendments 257A, 257B and 257C. I thank the noble Earl, Lord Devon, ...

My Lords, I speak in favour of all the amendments in this group—except for 257A, which appears to...

My Lords, I sought to add my name to the amendments of the noble Duke, the Duke of Montrose, but ...

My Lords, I support Amendment 257AA in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Krebs, and the noble Baro...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Boycott, and I thank her for gettin...

My Lords, we are all very much in the debt of the noble Lord, Lord Krebs, for introducing this se...

My Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow my noble friend Lord Cormack. I can immediately make ...

My Lords, I am delighted to follow my noble friend, and I pay tribute to his work as a trustee of...

My Lords, we on these Benches support the amendments in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Krebs, t...

My Lords, we support Amendments 255, 256 and 257AA in the names of the noble Lord, Lord Krebs, an...

I thank all Peers for their contributions to this debate, and I share the strong feeling in this ...

I have received two requests to speak after the Minister, from the noble Baroness, Lady Young of ...

My Lords, I was not intending to speak to this group of amendments, especially as I was keen to k...

I am sorry that I have raised the noble Baroness’s suspicions. I have described the safeguards th...

I am grateful to my noble friend the Minister for expressing concern for the rural economy and fa...

I apologise to the noble Duke if I did not answer all his questions. I will scan Hansard and writ...

I thank all Peers for their contributions to this very interesting and well-informed debate, and ...

Moved by

Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

257: Clause 105, page 106, line 15, at end i...

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 257E. Anyone wishing to press this or anything ...

Moved by

Lord Kerslake

257E: Clause 108, page 107, line 33, at end insert—

“(2A...

My Lords, I first declare my interest as the recently stood-down president of the Local Governmen...

My Lords, this is the tree group of amendments: we seem to have quite a large number of them clus...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Young of Old Scone, who spoke...

My Lords, I am very pleased to be able to follow the noble Earl. I declare an interest as an owne...

My Lords, I welcome this group on the subject of trees. As we know from the work of the noble Bar...

The noble Baroness, Lady Bennett of Manor Castle, has withdrawn from this set of amendments, so I...

My Lords, I agree with the noble Lord, Lord Kerslake, that decisions on the felling of roadside t...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Viscount, Lord Trenchard. I wish to speak to Amend...

My Lords, I declare my interests as in the register. I rise to commend the statements by the nobl...

My Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Blencathra. Much of what I was g...

My Lords, I support Amendment 259, tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Young of Old Scone. It is t...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Duke, the Duke of Wellington. I absolutely a...

My Lords, I draw attention to my interests in the register. I have pleasure in supporting my nobl...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow my noble friend Lord Colgrain, and I add that deer are a pro...

I support Amendments 258 to 260 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Young of Old Scone. Amend...

It is a pleasure to follow the noble and right reverend Lord. I support the general message conve...

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

My Lords, it is a challenge to follow a contribution as knowledgeable as that which we have just ...

My Lords, it is very difficult to follow the noble Lord, Lord Carrington, with his expertise and ...

My Lords, I have added my name to three amendments: Amendments 259 and 260 in the name of the nob...

My Lords, it is a particular pleasure to speak in the same debate as the noble and right reverend...

The noble Earl, Lord Shrewsbury, has withdrawn, so the next speaker is the noble Lord, Lord Framl...

My Lords, I would like to speak to Amendments 258, 259 and 260, and I declare my non-pecuniary in...

My Lords, this varied group had attracted some 25 speakers, but some have withdrawn due to the ti...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Kerslake, for moving his amendments, which now se...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords for their contributions on this important topic. The best time ...

I have received requests to speak after the Minister from two noble Lords. First, I call the nobl...

My Lords, we have rightly heard much about the importance of protecting ancient woodland in Brita...

I thank the noble Lord for his intervention. We will talk a bit about similar issues in the next ...

My Lords, I am conscious of the hour. I thank the Minister for the initiatives that he spoke of o...

My Lords, I have had commitments from the MHCLG that our protections for trees will be improved a...

I am also sorry to delay matters. I thank the Minister for his response, but I am afraid he did n...

I am very happy to meet and will be in touch.

My Lords, I first thank the noble Viscount, Lord Trenchard, and the noble Baronesses, Lady Nevill...

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 260B. Anyone who wishes to press this or anythi...

Moved by

Lord Randall of Uxbridge

260B: Clause 109, page 108, line 37, at end insert—...

My Lords, I speak principally to my Amendments 260B, 260C, 265B and 265C. Bearing in mind the hou...

My Lords, I have two amendments in this group: Amendments 263 and 265. I thoroughly welcome the G...

My Lords, I will speak to my Amendment 264A. The noble Earl, Lord Sandwich, was very keen to spea...

My Lords, I will speak to the five amendments in the group which either appear in my name or to w...

My Lords, I rise to introduce Amendment 265A in my name, for the support of which I am grateful t...

My Lords, I very much welcome the Government’s commitment to requiring businesses to ensure that ...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Young of Old Scone, and to ex...

My Lords, I declare my interests as in the register. While I warmly welcome all the provisions th...

It is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Blencathra. In the light of what he has sai...

My Lords, I wish to support Amendment 264ZA, in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Whi...

My Lords, I declare my interest as chair of the advisory board of Weber Shandwick UK. As we have ...

My Lords, this is a really important group of amendments and I am pleased that, despite the late ...

I have a number of amendments to address, but before I do, I will take a step back and emphasise ...

My Lords, before I start I should make two apologies. One is for the rapid introduction of my ame...

We now come to Amendment 262A. Anyone wishing to press this amendment to a Division must make tha...

Moved by

Lord Teverson

262A: After Clause 109, insert the following new Clause—