Parliamentary search - Natural Environment and Rural Communities Bill

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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. As amended in Committee (HL).
Tuesday, 28 February 2006
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Natural Environment and Rural Communities Bill
Wednesday, 15 March 2006
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Baroness Byford | 679 c1333-4 (Link to this contribution) moved, as an amendment to Amendment No. 122, Amendment No. 123:"Line 5, after ““2”” insert ““or 10””...

Lord Bach | 679 c1332-3 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 122:"After Clause 44, insert the following new clause—" ““CODES OF PRACTICE (1...

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Lord Bach | 679 c1332 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 121:"Page 15, line 28, at end insert ““as soon as is reasonably practicable afte...

Baroness Byford | 679 c1334 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for that explanation, to which I shall certainly give thought, because...

Baroness Byford | 679 c1338 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I apologise to the House. It was a complete oversight on my part. I would have said more a...

Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton | 679 c1337-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I will begin by speaking to Amendment No. 124. We accept that the sustainability of the cu...

Baroness Byford | 679 c1336-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, wish to speak on this group of amendments. The noble Baroness, Lady Miller of Chil...

Lord Bach | 679 c1328-30 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Lord for raising the issue again. He has absolutely nothing to apologise...

Baroness Byford | 679 c1327-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support my noble friend in what he is trying to do. I was a little surprised in Committe...

Earl Peel | 679 c1331 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. *119:"Page 14, line 9, after ““Wales”” insert ““or Natural England””" The noble...

Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville | 679 c1330-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank everyone in your Lordships’ House who has taken part in this brief debate. I am gr...

Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton | 679 c1331-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, Clause 40 places a duty on Ministers of the Crown, government departments and the National...

Duke of Montrose | 679 c1331 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we find the matter that my noble friend Lord Peel has brought up interesting. It certainly...

Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton | 679 c1332 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I hope that I made it clear that the Government would seek to use all those bodies that ha...

Earl Peel | 679 c1332 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, but I am far from satisfied. It seems totally illogical that t...

Lord Bach | 679 c1332 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 120:"Page 15, line 12, at end insert ““as soon as is reasonably practicable afte...

Earl Peel | 679 c1332 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we are slightly dealing in semantics here. If the Government wanted Natural England, and t...

Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton | 679 c1342 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I beg to move that consideration on Report be now adjourned. Moved accordingly, and, on Q...

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 679 c1341-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for the fullness of her reply. I shall start with the last point firs...

Baroness Byford | 679 c1340 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, perhaps I can clarify the position. The noble Baroness, Lady Miller, has not had a chance ...

Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton | 679 c1338-40 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I assumed that we had an ad hoc grouping and was quite happy about it. The noble Baroness,...

Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton | 679 c1340-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall try to be brief. I apologise. There will be many cases where we want to issue code...

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 679 c1340 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, because of the groupings, I have spoken only to my amendment. It would be clearer if I mad...

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 679 c1327 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have put my name to this amendment. I believe that some local authorities are excellent ...

Earl Peel | 679 c1327 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I want to identify myself firmly yet again with my noble friend, whom I supported in Commi...

Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton | 679 c1322 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 110:"Page 8, line 28, at end insert ““as soon as is reasonably practicable after...

Duke of Montrose | 679 c1322 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for his explanation of the Government’s attitude to these issues. I t...

Lord Bach | 679 c1325 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 118:"Page 13, line 18, at end insert ““as soon as is reasonably practicable afte...

Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville | 679 c1325-7 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 118A:"Page 14, line 5, leave out from ““functions,”” to end of line 7 and insert...

Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton | 679 c1324-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, perhaps I may help the noble Duke. Should any problem arise because an area of property ha...

Duke of Montrose | 679 c1325 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for that amount of clarification. However, even in that case, the pow...

Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton | 679 c1323-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, after the fourth Committee sitting, we wrote to Peers who had spoken in Committee on 27 Fe...

Duke of Montrose | 679 c1324 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for her explanation as far as it went. I thank also the noble Barones...

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 679 c1323 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my name is associated with these amendments. What rightly comes before Parliament and what...

Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton | 679 c1318 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Procedure Committee considered matters that have been debated twice being taken away. ...

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 679 c1318 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, those remarks are incredibly helpful. As I have to accept that the CRC is to exist, I woul...

Earl Peel | 679 c1318 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Minister’s intervention has certainly shortened the debate to the extent that I shall ...

Lord Hylton | 679 c1318 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Minister’s assurance is most welcome. An amendment in the general spirit of what my no...

Lord Cameron of Dillington | 679 c1318-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Lords who have spoken for their support. I also thank the Minister for h...

Duke of Montrose | 679 c1319 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 103:"Page 7, line 11, leave out paragraph (b) and insert—" ““(b) sustainable...

Lord Cameron of Dillington | 679 c1319-20 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support these amendments. I think sustainable development is a very important concept, a...

Earl Peel | 679 c1320 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have some difficulty with the amendments. I was very interested in what the noble Lord, ...

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 679 c1320 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I associate myself with the comments made by the noble Earl, Lord Peel. We have establishe...

Lord Bach | 679 c1320-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Duke for his proposed amendments, which seek to clarify the focus of the...

Lord Cameron of Dillington | 679 c1313 (Link to this contribution) : My Lords, I will not repeat all the arguments I made both at Second Reading and in Committee. Ther...

Lord Carter | 679 c1312-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we had an interesting debate on this matter in Committee and I am sure that the noble Baro...

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 679 c1311-2 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 100: Leave out Clause 17. The noble Baroness said: My Lords, with this amendme...

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 679 c1311 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am delighted to hear it. In the mean time, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amend...

Lord Bach | 679 c1313-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as the House knows, Clause 17 establishes the Commission for Rural Communities as an indep...

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 679 c1315 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have to say that I feel even less reassured now. The comments of the noble Lord, Lord Ca...

Lord Cameron of Dillington | 679 c1316-8 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 102:"Page 7, line 10, after ““needs,”” insert—" ““( ) rural proofing acros...

Lord Bach | 679 c1318 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am minded to accept the principles behind these amendments. The wording is not yet adequ...

Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton | 679 c1315-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, Amendment No. 101 revisits an issue that we discussed in Committee—the desirability or oth...

Baroness Byford | 679 c1316 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for her explanation and response to my noble friend’s amendm...

Lord Carter | 679 c1311 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Tyler, and I have tabled a topical Question on this subject which we ...

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 679 c1310-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who spoke in the debate. If it seemed to go a little wide of my am...

Lord Bach | 679 c1310 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I will take that away.

Lord Hylton | 679 c1310 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, while the noble Lord is still standing, will he take away small, medium-sized and local ab...

Lord Bach | 679 c1309-10 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment No. 99 tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Miller, who moved it ...

Lord Cameron of Dillington | 679 c1309 (Link to this contribution) Exactly, my Lords. I gather that people in the ODPM now realise that they have made a mistake, and w...

Lord Hylton | 679 c1309 (Link to this contribution) If possible.

Lord Carter | 679 c1308 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am sure that the noble Lord will agree that he has just given an excellent example of la...

Lord Dixon-Smith | 679 c1308-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, that is perfectly true, but the two are part of the same equation. I agree that I was talk...

Lord Carter | 679 c1306-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I should declare an interest as a former trustee of the Rural Housing Trust. I became awar...

Lord Hylton | 679 c1306 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support as strongly as I can what the noble Baroness, Lady Byford, has been saying. I ha...

Lord Dixon-Smith | 679 c1307-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I speak from personal experience, although not specifically in relation to exception sites...

Earl Peel | 679 c1307 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I reassure the noble Lord that some Tory Peers have remained consistent in that view. I ne...

Lord Bach | 679 c1304 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 97:"Page 6, line 35, at end insert ““as soon as is reasonably practicable after ...

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 679 c1304-5 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 99:"After Clause 16, insert the following new clause—" ““SUSTAINABILITY DUTY F...

Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton | 679 c1301-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the amendment would require certain areas of Natural England’s work to be funded totally b...

Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton | 679 c1303 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 93:"Page 6, line 25, at end insert ““as soon as is reasonably practicable after ...

Duke of Montrose | 679 c1303 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we thank the Government and the Minister for agreeing to address the issue that we raised ...

Baroness Byford | 679 c1301 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 88:"Page 6, line 12, at end insert—" ““( ) The Secretary of State shall ma...

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 679 c1334-6 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 124:"After Clause 46, insert the following new clause—" ““PROHIBITION OF IMPOR...

Baroness Byford | 679 c1315 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 101:"Page 52, line 20, at end insert—" ““(3A) In making appointments to the ...

Baroness Byford | 679 c1305-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness for the way in which she has moved the amendment. I am not sure...

Lord Bach | 679 c1334 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I rise to talk briefly to the noble Baroness’s Amendment No. 123. My understanding is that...

Duke of Montrose | 679 c1322-3 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 112:"Page 9, line 21, after ““may”” insert ““, by order made by statutory instru...

Lord Cameron of Dillington | 679 c1309 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support what we have heard about the seriousness of the situation. In our village, I too...

Baroness Byford | 679 c1318 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I do not believe the noble Lord, Lord Cameron, had any intention of doing that. We are all...

Baroness Byford | 679 c1302-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am not sure that I am satisfied, but I thank the Minister for her response. I have not r...

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