Environment Bill

My Lords, I commend the amendment and thank the noble Lord, Lord Teverson, for having moved it so...

My Lords, I welcome Amendment 262A, which was so ably introduced by the noble Lord, Lord Teverson...

I thank the noble Lord, Lord Teverson, for raising this important issue and the noble Baroness, L...

I call the noble Lord, Lord Teverson, who wants to ask a question before proceeding.

I thank the Minister for that good reply. I will sum up in just a second but I have a specific qu...

I thank the noble Lord for his question. We have a number of consultations and calls for evidence...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his comprehensive and actually quite encouraging reply. I than...

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 266. Anyone wishing to press this or anything e...

Moved by

The Earl of Devon

266: Clause 110, page 109, line 11, leave out “appears fro...

My Lords, I shall also be speaking to my Amendments 267, 268, 269, 274 and 276. These are amendme...

My Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow my noble friend Lord Devon and his forensic legal app...

It is my pleasure to welcome back the noble Lord, Lord Cameron of Dillington. I had not actually ...

My Lords, I share all the reservations expressed by the noble Earl, Lord Devon. In dealing with p...

My Lords, I declare my interests, as stated in the register. It is a great pleasure to follow my ...

My Lords, the House owes the noble Earl, Lord Devon, a great debt of gratitude for bringing to ou...

My Lords, the Committee will be extremely grateful to the noble Earl, Lord Devon, for tabling the...

My Lords, I wish to speak principally about Amendment 276A, which relates to common land and whic...

My Lords, I also welcome the noble Lord, Lord Cameron, back to his place in this House. Like the ...

My Lords, I declare an interest as a member of the South Downs National Park Authority. I am very...

My Lords, I thank noble Lords for their consideration of this part of the Bill. I also take this ...

I have received one request to speak after the Minister, from the noble Lord, Lord Lucas.

My Lords, I am comforted, to some extent, by what my noble friend has said, but I very much hope ...

I believe that the Government and my noble friend are in agreement on the criteria for selecting ...

My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have participated and voiced, in general, consider...

Moved by

Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

278: After Clause 133, insert the following ...

My Lords, we now come to the group beginning with Amendment 280. Anyone wishing to press this or ...

Moved by

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

280: After Clause 133, insert the following n...

My Lords, I am grateful for this opportunity to debate Amendment 280 standing in my name. I am de...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow my friend opposite, the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh of Pic...

My Lords, I am very pleased to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb, and her stro...

My Lords, I am here to speak against Amendment 285. It seems to me that making fracking effective...

My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 280 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh, and th...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 280 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh of Picke...

I thank noble Lords for their contributions to this debate. Although energy production is not dir...

I am grateful to all noble Lord who have spoken, and give special thanks to the Minister for his ...

We come now to the group beginning with Amendment 286. Anyone wishing to press this or anything e...

Moved by

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

286: After Clause 133, insert the following...

My Lords, I will be speaking to Amendment 286 in my name in this two-amendment group. My noble fr...

My Lords, what a pleasure it is to follow my noble friend Lady Bennett of Manor Castle. I would l...

My Lords, I support these amendments in the names of the noble Baronesses, Lady Bennett and Lady ...

My Lords, I am very pleased to see the relationship with the economy being brought to the fore he...

My Lords, I support the green grouping, as it has been classed; as we are in coalition with a Gre...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baronesses, Lady Bennett and Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb, for tabling t...

I welcome Amendment 286 and the thoughtful and interesting speech of the noble Baroness, Lady Ben...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who contributed to the debate and all their expressions of supp...

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 287. Anyone wishing to press this or anything e...

Moved by

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

287: After Clause 133, insert the following...

My Lords, this group of amendments is simple and coherent. Both the amendments address the propos...

It is a great delight to support the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, in the amendment. I, like her,...

My Lords, I was actually disappointed—but perhaps not surprised—to see this amendment tabled by t...

My Lords, it is interesting to hear the views of the noble Baroness, Lady Fox, but I take a diffe...

My Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett of Manor Castle, on tabling these two a...

My Lords, when I saw that the speakers’ list said Baroness Khan, I was worried. I thought I might...

I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett of Manor Castle, for Amendments 287 and 293D on ecocide....

My Lords, I thank everyone who has participated in this very informed and informative debate. The...

I am happy to agree to both requests.

I thank the Minister for that one answer. For the moment, I beg leave to withdraw this amendment....

We now come to the group consisting of Amendment 293C. Anyone wishing to press this amendment to ...

Moved by

Lord Khan of Burnley

293C: After Clause 133, insert the following new Clause...

My Lords, I move Amendment 293C, tabled in the name of my noble friend Lady Jones of Whitchurch. ...

My Lords, I welcome Amendment 293C. I am sure we are all pleased to see the noble Lord in his pla...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh of Pickering, whose work o...

My Lords, I support this amendment. Clearly, it is unsatisfactory if local authorities cannot dep...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Earl, Lord Dundee, and to offer the Green group’s ...

I rise to speak to this amendment in the names of the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Whitchurch, a...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Neville-Rolfe. I declare my interes...

I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Whitchurch, for her Amendment 293C and the noble Lord, ...

My Lords, I have received no requests to speak after the Minister, so I call the mover, the noble...

I thank all noble Lords for taking part in this very informative debate and for the many thoughtf...

We now come to the group consisting of Amendment 293E. Anyone wishing to press this amendment to ...

Moved by

Lord Whitty

293E: Schedule 20, page 247, line 19, at end insert—

“(1A)...

My Lords, this amendment amends the rather confusing Schedule 20 and would clearly and unambiguou...

My Lords, I support this amendment moved by the noble Lord, Lord Whitty, for it guards against lo...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Earl, Lord Dundee, with another message on t...

My Lords, this amendment from the noble Lord, Lord Whitty, for whom I have a great deal of respec...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to be taking part in this debate. I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord ...

My Lords, I offer our strong support to Amendment 293E in the name of my noble friend Lord Whitty...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Whitty, for his Amendment 293E. As I have outlined in prev...

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

I rise to ask two questions, which I think have been answered. One is about microplastics and how...

I am very happy to take both issues back to the department.

My Lords, I thank the Minister for that reply, which attempted to reassure me—I am not sure it di...

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 297A. Anyone wishing to press this or anything ...

Moved by

Baroness Neville-Rolfe

297A: Clause 135, page 123, line 5, at end insert—