Environment Bill

My Lords, I rise to move Amendment 11 and will speak to Amendment 14 in my name and those of the ...

My Lords, I rise very briefly to say why I added my name to this amendment. The Bill currently la...

My Lords, I support Amendments 11 and 14, but actually rise to speak to Amendment 13 in my name. ...

My Lords, I support the amendment from the noble Baroness, Lady Brown, because I know from my exp...

My Lords, I fully support Amendments 11, 13 and 14. I simply ask: what is the point of having tar...

My Lords, I want, very briefly, to support Amendment 11. The whole point of this Bill is that it ...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Brown of Cambridge, for her excellent opening remarks....

My Lords, I will speak in support of Amendments 11 and 14 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady...

I thank all noble Lords for their contributions to this debate. Beginning with Amendment 11, move...

I thank the Minister for allowing me to interject briefly. He makes the point that restoring and ...

I agree with the noble Lord; building resilience into our natural environment—into the natural sy...

I thank the Minister for his response, and I agree with him that the targets will be difficult an...

Moved by

Lord Redesdale

15: Clause 8, page 5, line 39, at end insert—

“(5A) It ...

My Lords, I will also speak to Amendments 16, 17, 25 and 29 in my name. this amendment is looking...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Redesdale. I support all these amendmen...

My Lords, I have put my name to all four amendments tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Redesdale, and...

My Lords, I rise to support the noble Lord, Lord Redesdale, and his excellent amendments. Like hi...

My Lords, I strongly support what my noble friend Lord Blencathra just said about a meeting with ...

My Lords, I will be very brief. I support all these amendments. We should be proud of our heritag...

My Lords, I fear that in my contribution I cannot be as poetic or as evocative as the noble Lord,...

My Lords, I remind the House of my interests and my passion for heritage landscapes. I have spoke...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Redesdale, and the noble Baroness, Lady Jones, for tabling...

I thank all noble Lords for their contributions to this interesting debate. In particular, I than...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness for her response and thank all who took part in the debate. ...

Moved by

The Earl of Caithness

18: After Clause 16, insert the following new Clause—<...

My Lords, I beg to move Amendment 18. Some of your Lordships will remember a BBC radio comedy ser...

My Lords, I am very pleased to support the noble Earl, Lord Caithness, in this amendment. If anyt...

My Lords, I added my name to this amendment. I will not go over the ground again. The noble Earl ...

My Lords, I declare my interest as chair of Cawood Scientific, which provides analysis of soil an...

If noble Lords have noticed my silence at earlier stages of the Environment Bill, it is because m...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Grantchester, who has contributed...

My Lords, on Monday, we debated adding soil health and quality to Clause 1. Many noble Lords from...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Grantchester for his kind comments and for all his excelle...

I thank all noble Lords for their contributions to this important debate regarding Amendment 18, ...

My Lords, I am extremely grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken and given me support. It is ...

Moved by

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

19: Clause 17, page 11, line 8, at end inse...

My Lords, I rise at the request of the noble Lord, Lord Bird, to move Amendment 19. He wishes me ...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness for moving the amendment in the name of the noble Lord, Lord...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Parminter, and I have put my ...

My Lords, I shall speak in favour of Amendments 19 and 20, and passionately so.

Many member...

My Lords, I will speak primarily to Amendment 20 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Parminte...

My Lords, I thank noble Lords for their contributions to this important debate. I know there is s...

I thank all noble Lords who contributed to this short but very powerful debate and the Minister f...

Moved by

Baroness Parminter

20: Clause 19, page 12, line 4, leave out paragraphs (a) ...

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

Moved by

Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

22: Clause 25, page 15, line 18, leave out s...

I am pleased to open this group and speak to the amendments I have tabled, which respond to many ...

My Lords, Amendment 24 in this group is in my name and those of the noble Baronesses, Lady Parmin...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Krebs, for introducing—or reintroducing—a similar...

My Lords, I rise to speak to my Amendment 30 in this group, which is similar in intent to Amendme...

My Lords, I will speak briefly. The noble Lord, Lord Krebs, said that he brought the amendment ba...

My Lords, I also support Amendment 24 and related amendments. Again, I quote the unprecedented st...

My Lords, I just want to intervene briefly to stress the importance of Amendment 24 and the assoc...

My Lords, I share the view around the House that the noble Lord, Lord Krebs, and the noble Barone...

My Lords, no Minister likes an authority such as the OEP, because the Minister is undoubtedly con...

My Lords, I will not detain the House for long because the noble Lord, Lord Krebs, has made a com...

My Lords, I am pleased to support Amendments 24 and 30, to which I have added my name. The noble ...

I thank all noble Lords for their contributions to this debate. I begin with Amendment 24 tabled ...

I am sorry; I would like to make a few comments about Amendment 24. I thought the agreement was t...

I am just putting the amendment. As far as I am aware, Amendment 22 has passed, so we now come to...

Moved by

Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

23: Clause 25, page 15, line 21, at end inse...

Moved by

Lord Krebs

24: Clause 25, leave out Clause 25 and insert the following new C...

I apologise for my earlier interjection, out of order. I thank the Minister for his response to m...

Moved by

Lord Anderson of Ipswich (CB)

26: Clause 38, page 22, line 31, at end insert...

My Lords, I am grateful for the opportunity to take these amendments before the dinner break. Lik...

My Lords, I am not a natural rebel but I stand in rebellion today. I am troubled by what I see be...

My Lords, I spoke in support of the amendment in Committee, and I think it is right that I commen...

My Lords, we are all being very diffident this evening. I apologise because I did not speak at Se...

My Lords, I spoke to and signed the amendment in Committee. I entirely support the new wording. I...

My Lords, I added my name to this amendment in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Anderson of Ipswi...

My Lords, I add my voice in support of these amendments. We very much concur with the arguments p...

I thank all noble Lords for their brisk contributions. The noble Lord, Lord Khan, is looking hung...

I am grateful to all noble Lords who have contributed to this short if somewhat one-sided debate ...

We are considering Amendment 26.

I am so sorry. I meant to move the amendment but put only Amendment 27 to the vote. I must apolog...

I only need the noble Lord to move formally Amendment 27.

Amendment 27

Moved by

Lord Anderson of Ipswich

27: Clause 38, page 23, line 8, leave out subsectio...

On this amendment, I wish to test the opinion of the House.

Moved by

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

30: Schedule 3, page 160, leave out lines 2 ...

Amendments 31 and 32 have been pre-empted so I shall not be calling them.