Environment Bill

My Lords, I shall speak to this amendment in my name and the names of my noble friend Lady Walmsl...

My Lords—

I am sorry; I was so pleased to have made it here on time that I forgot to check that the noble B...

My Lords, after that welcome from the noble Baroness in her introduction, I feel that I should go...

My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 55 in my name and those of the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of...

My Lords, I support Amendment 51, which is a no-brainer. This whole group talks about a public he...

My Lords, I strongly support all the amendments in this group and have put my name to two of them...

My Lords, during our debate in Committee on a similar amendment to Amendment 51 the Minister, the...

My Lords, I have some sympathy with Amendment 56 on stationary idling. It is an existing offence,...

My Lords, in my opinion this is quite an important set of amendments because they focus on some s...

I begin by thanking noble Lords for the quality of their contributions on the important issue of ...

I thank the Minister. I have one quick question for her. She said that the Government do not want...

I am happy to elucidate. I do not believe I said I want just to reduce traffic; I said that both ...

I thank the Minister and I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.

Moved by

Lord Whitty

52: After Clause 73, insert the following new Clause—

“Air...

My Lords, this amendment should be recognised as absolutely necessary and straightforward but it ...

My Lords, I have put my name to the amendment, and I support it very strongly. I hope the noble L...

My Lords, I strongly support Amendment 52 to which I have added my name, and the very important c...

My Lords, Amendment 123 is in my name and those of my noble friend Lady Jones of Whitchurch, the ...

My Lords, I am very pleased to support Amendment 123, from the noble Lord, Lord Browne of Ladyton...

My Lords, I will speak first to Amendment 52, in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Whitty, to whic...

It is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett. I just want to say a few words...

My Lords, I am delighted to follow the noble Baroness; she has made a very powerful speech and co...

My Lords, I am afraid that I will add a little un-unanimity to this debate, which seems to have b...

My Lords, I beg to move Amendment 53 in my name and shall speak to Amendments 52 and 123. All the...

My Lords, I declare an interest through my involvement at Rothamsted Research. I thank all noble ...

I start by assuring your Lordships’ House that, in line with this amendment, the Government’s obj...

My Lords, I have to tell the Minister that I am deeply disappointed by that reply. He started out...

Moved by

Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville

53: After Clause 73, insert the f...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for this response and acknowledge the work that Defra is undertaki...

Moved by

Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist

58: Clause 74, page 65, line 10, leav...

Moved by

The Duke of Wellington

59: Clause 79, page 71, line 9, at end insert—

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My Lords, I rise to move Amendments 59 and 60, in my name and those of the noble Baronesses, Lady...

My Lords, in the absence of the noble Lord, Lord Dannatt, and with his permission, I shall speak ...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness for her support of the amendment I wish to speak to; Amendme...

My Lords, I rise to support very briefly the amendments moved by the noble Duke, the Duke of Well...

My Lords, as this is the first time that I have addressed the Chamber in person since March of la...

My Lords, the aim of the noble Duke’s amendments will be something that we all appreciate. I just...

My Lords, I rise to support Amendments 59 and 60, so ably spoken to by the noble Duke, the Duke o...

My Lords, this is an interesting issue. The question, of course, is: where does the blame lie? Se...

The arguments have been very well and fulsomely made, building a consensus. Will noble Lords who ...

Indeed, I have a new point to add, which has not been made—there is no point in frowning, I say t...

My Lords, in view of the time and the Minister’s admonition, I shall be brief. I am very pleased ...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 59 and 60 in the name of the noble Duke, the Duke of Welling...

Tackling storm overflows in England is a government priority, and the Government are acting decis...

Wellington.

What did I say?

Westminster.

I am so sorry—Westminster, Wellington. I meant the noble Duke, the Duke of Wellington. My apologi...

Just before my noble friend sits down, I did ask one question: what has changed since the regulat...

What has changed is the technology and the SUDS—for example, rain gardens and swales et cetera. T...

My Lords, I know that we are all anxious to move on. However, I must first point out quickly to t...

Moved by

The Duke of Wellington

60: Clause 80, page 74, line 34, at end insert—