Parliamentary search - Biodiversity

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

515 c315-48WH

Session

2010-12

Department

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Chamber / Committee

Westminster Hall

Proceeding contributions

Lord Benyon | 515 c315-6WH (Link to this contribution) It is a great pleasure to serve under your watchful eye this afternoon, Mr Crausby, in this importan...

Huw Irranca-Davies | 515 c316-7WH (Link to this contribution) I very much welcome the announcement on marine protected areas that the Minister has repeated today....

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Lord Benyon | 515 c317WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. I hope that when we have implemented what ...

Lord Benyon | 515 c345-6WH (Link to this contribution) I am well aware of the importance of our overseas territories. The RSPB and others are campaigning h...

Huw Irranca-Davies | 515 c343WH (Link to this contribution) Or Ogwr, in Welsh.

Lord Benyon | 515 c343WH (Link to this contribution) I apologise. The hon. Gentleman and I have sparred for many years; I do not know what has got into m...

Barry Gardiner | 515 c344WH (Link to this contribution) The Minister will know that the bulk of Britain's biodiversity is not within these islands; it is wi...

Lord Benyon | 515 c343-4WH (Link to this contribution) I will try the English version. The hon. Gentleman mentioned the Darwin initiative. I spoke about it...

Lord Benyon | 515 c342WH (Link to this contribution) I wish that I could answer that question precisely, but until I am 101% certain, I cannot give the h...

Barry Gardiner | 515 c342WH (Link to this contribution) To reinforce what I know is the consensus here on the importance of uplands management, it may be us...

Lord Benyon | 515 c342-3WH (Link to this contribution) I entirely understand that point, but we cannot support HLS to the exclusion of other systems. The b...

Huw Irranca-Davies | 515 c343WH (Link to this contribution) For the sake of the record—knowing that at some point some committed person might read this debate—I...

Huw Irranca-Davies | 515 c342WH (Link to this contribution) One concern doing the rounds of the rumour mill here is that higher-level stewardship might not be p...

Lord Benyon | 515 c342WH (Link to this contribution) I agree entirely. That is where Government and local government can lead. It can be written into sec...

Huw Irranca-Davies | 515 c341WH (Link to this contribution) May I suggest that, as part of that peat summit or an extension of it, the Minister engages with his...

Lord Benyon | 515 c339-41WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend for making that point. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State f...

Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park | 515 c339WH (Link to this contribution) On that point, has the Minister been able to discuss the environmental causes of poverty with the Se...

Lord Benyon | 515 c339WH (Link to this contribution) As before, the hon. Gentleman has got it exactly right. Elsewhere in Parliament, Members are debatin...

Barry Gardiner | 515 c339WH (Link to this contribution) Given what the Minister has just said, he will perhaps reflect on the fact that, in the horn of Afri...

Huw Irranca-Davies | 515 c333-8WH (Link to this contribution) I share that aspiration; I really hope the new Government do that. I would only remind the hon. Gent...

Lord Benyon | 515 c338-9WH (Link to this contribution) I am glad that I have just under two hours to respond to the many and diverse points that have been ...

Huw Irranca-Davies | 515 c330-2WH (Link to this contribution) Indeed. In terms of bang for our buck—or whatever the sterling equivalent is—we cannot do much bette...

Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park | 515 c332WH (Link to this contribution) I wanted to clarify one thing. I accept fully that a great deal of thinking has been invested by Mem...

Huw Irranca-Davies | 515 c346WH (Link to this contribution) I agree with the gist of what the Minister is saying. I think that the first tranche of the river ca...

Lord Benyon | 515 c346-7WH (Link to this contribution) I am prepared to say that we can. I have dealt at great length with a variety of people and organisa...

Huw Irranca-Davies | 515 c347-8WH (Link to this contribution) One of the big-picture issues that the Minister has not fully addressed is where to go from here, in...

Lord Benyon | 515 c348WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for that offer. I will certainly talk with anyone about that, particularly those who h...

Helen Goodman | 515 c321WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is making an interesting point. During the last Parliament, we updated the legislatio...

Barry Gardiner | 515 c321-5WH (Link to this contribution) As always, I was delighted to sit down when my hon. Friend stood up. She made an excellent intervent...

Justin Tomlinson | 515 c325-6WH (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Mr Crausby, for the opportunity to speak in this crucial debate. I must profess that I do...

Helen Goodman | 515 c326-8WH (Link to this contribution) What a pleasure it is to see you in the Chair this afternoon, Mr Crausby. I am pleased to have the o...

Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park | 515 c328-9WH (Link to this contribution) First, I want to echo the formidable words of the hon. Member for Brent North (Barry Gardiner). I do...

Huw Irranca-Davies | 515 c329-30WH (Link to this contribution) It is a delight to take part in the debate. I was glad to see, among the various pieces of business ...

Barry Gardiner | 515 c330WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend has just given a fascinating illustration of the point. I suspect that he may have vi...

Huw Irranca-Davies | 515 c317WH (Link to this contribution) I welcome the Minister's reassurance, and I know that he shares my commitment. At the risk of soundi...

Barry Gardiner | 515 c319-21WH (Link to this contribution) I, too, am pleased to speak in this debate under your chairmanship, Mr Crausby. Last year, the UN cl...

Lord Benyon | 515 c317-9WH (Link to this contribution) That was a concern throughout the passage of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009, and it remains ...

Subjects

Conservation

Biodiversity

International cooperation

Nature conservation

Standards

Seas and oceans

Peat

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