Parliamentary search - Natural Environment and Rural Communities Bill

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Parliamentary proceeding

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679 c107-124

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2005-06

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Natural Environment and Rural Communities Bill. Brought from the Commons. Explanatory notes HL Bill 23-EN also published.
Wednesday, 12 October 2005
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Proceeding contributions

Lord Dubs | 679 c108-9 (Link to this contribution) I wonder whether I am the only member of the Committee speaking in the debate who is not on one loca...

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 679 c107-8 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 307:"Page 22, line 28, leave out subsection (2) and insert—" ““( ) In para...

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Baroness Byford | 679 c110-1 (Link to this contribution) I rise briefly to comment on one or two matters. We on these Benches are also concerned about the wi...

Lord Dixon-Smith | 679 c109 (Link to this contribution) I apologise to the Committee because I did not hear the opening remarks of the noble Baroness, but I...

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 679 c109 (Link to this contribution) Just to clear that up, I mean directly elected to the park authority, like to any other authority.

Lord Dixon-Smith | 679 c109 (Link to this contribution) That slightly changes my perspective. The idea of having directly elected members to the park author...

Lord Judd | 679 c109-10 (Link to this contribution) It always upsets me when I find myself not in total agreement with the noble Baroness, Lady Miller. ...

Lord Dubs | 679 c111 (Link to this contribution) The Minister can probably explain the previous legislation better than I can, but my understanding o...

Earl Peel | 679 c111 (Link to this contribution) I apologise to the noble Lord, Lord Dubs, for not being in the Chamber when he moved his amendment. ...

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 679 c114 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for his reply, which he will not be surprised to discover I find slightly disap...

Lord Bach | 679 c112-4 (Link to this contribution) On that issue, the advice that I have received is that it is always the Secretary of State who appoi...

Lord Dubs | 679 c112 (Link to this contribution) I should correct what I said; I am not sure that I got it right when I answered the noble Earl’s que...

Lord Hylton | 679 c111-2 (Link to this contribution) I come from Somerset where we have one national park, shared with Devon, and a number of areas of ou...

Lord Judd | 679 c115-6 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I may just entreat my noble friend not to be quite as absolute as he sounded in his rejectio...

Baroness Byford | 679 c116 (Link to this contribution) Apparently, the definition of ““significant”” is still a problem so far as we are concerned. It was ...

Lord Bach | 679 c114 (Link to this contribution) The hour of the night makes me interrupt the noble Baroness. I am interested in her comparison with ...

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 679 c114-5 (Link to this contribution) That is probably—in fact, definitely—one to the Minister. But the noble Lord, Lord Hylton, made the ...

Lord Judd | 679 c116 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I may put in a brief word on this. I think that my noble friend would agree that the recent ...

Lord Hylton | 679 c117 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful for the Minister’s response, but I would urge him and his colleagues to bear...

Lord Bach | 679 c116-7 (Link to this contribution) Clause 58 serves to remove an uncertainty in the existing legislation. Section 62(1) of the Environm...

Lord Bach | 679 c117 (Link to this contribution) Let me make it clear. There will be no increase in the grant as a consequence of what we have put in...

Baroness Byford | 679 c117 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for his response and for the questions raised by other noble Lords. I ...

Duke of Montrose | 679 c117-8 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 308:"Page 24, line 31, leave out subsection (4)." The noble Duke said: This is ...

Baroness Byford | 679 c117 (Link to this contribution) I will bear that in mind. Obviously the Minister will remember our recent debates on the money being...

Lord Greenway | 679 c118 (Link to this contribution) I do not have to spell out to your Lordships the importance of boating in the broads to the overall ...

Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton | 679 c118-9 (Link to this contribution) Clause 60 realigns the wording of the broads authority’s first two purposes with the wording used fo...

Duke of Montrose | 679 c119 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for that explanation. Hybridity is obviously very dangerous territory indeed, and ther...

Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton | 679 c122-3 (Link to this contribution) This clause introduces a provision for biosphere reserves selected by the UK and designated under UN...

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 679 c123-4 (Link to this contribution) I thank all noble Lords who have spoken. The noble Duke, the Duke of Montrose, put his finger on the...

Duke of Montrose | 679 c121-2 (Link to this contribution) This is a very interesting topic, but it would be difficult to go into it in great detail at this ti...

Lord Hylton | 679 c122 (Link to this contribution) This is a most interesting concept and I was intrigued to learn that we already have eight biosphere...

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 679 c120-1 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 310:"After Clause 60, insert the following new clause—" ““PART 5A BIOSPHERES RE...

Lord Judd | 679 c121 (Link to this contribution) Whether or not my noble friend feels able to accept this amendment in the form in which it is presen...

Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton | 679 c119-20 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 309:"After Clause 60, insert the following new clause—" ““EMERGENCY FINANCIAL ...

Baroness Byford | 679 c120 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for explaining the reasons and circumstances behind this amendment, which we ob...

Lord Bach | 679 c124 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move that the House do now resume. Moved accordingly, and, on Question, Motion agreed to.

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