Environment Bill
Monday, 7 June 2021
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Monday, 21 June 2021
Parliamentary committees
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Wednesday, 14 July 2021
Parliamentary committees
House of Lords
Wednesday, 14 July 2021
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House of Lords
My Lords, before we begin proceedings, I remind noble Lords that the Bill needs to conclude today...
Moved by
Lord Krebs
99: After Clause 109, insert the following new Clause—
“Hab...
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My Lords, the amendment is in my name together with those of the noble Baronesses, Lady Parminter...
My Lords, your Lordships’ House will hear from me a great deal later on, so I will be very brief ...
My Lords, it was very long ago and far away that the birth of the habitats regulations took place...
My Lords, I hope that the Climate Change Committee will be one of the appropriate organisations t...
My Lords, Clause 109(3) says:
“The Secretary of State may make regulations under this secti...
My Lords, I add the support of our Benches for this important regulation on day four of Report. A...
My Lords, I am pleased to support the amendment in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Krebs, to whi...
I thank noble Lords for their contributions during this debate. The Bill takes the world-leading ...
I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in this short debate and the Minister for his respons...
Moved by
Baroness Young of Old Scone
100: After Clause 110, insert the following new ...
My Lords, my Amendment 100 seeks proper protection standards for ancient woodland. I am sure nobl...
The noble Baroness has moved her amendment.
I was delighted to add my name to the noble Baroness’s amendment, because I fully support her in ...
My Lords, I am pleased to support the noble Baroness in this amendment. It is astonishing that we...
My Lords, I also added my name to the amendment of the noble Baroness, Lady Young. This Bill is a...
My Lords, we on these Benches very much support the amendment, and if the noble Baroness decides ...
My Lords, I declare my interests as set out in the register and confirm that I am the owner of, a...
My Lords, I am as keen on the environment as anyone else, but I suggest that it is incumbent on t...
My Lords, I was very much in sympathy with similar amendments in Committee, but I have a feeling ...
My Lords, I have to question the description given by the noble Lord, Lord Hylton, of HS2 as affe...
My Lords, I rise to speak in favour Amendment 100, in the name of my noble friend Lady Young of O...
My Lords, I apologise for butting in; I realise that it is not proper procedure to do so after th...
My Lords, I, too, apologise but I wanted to say that I regard this amendment as not just importan...
Turning to Amendment 101, in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Whitchurch, I thank he...
My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this debate for their comments and support, ...
Moved by
Lord Randall of Uxbridge
106: Schedule 17, page 240, line 42, at end insert—...
My Lords, I once again reiterate my conservation and wildlife interests as in the register, parti...
My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 108A, 108B and 108C. Before I say anything else, I must say ...
My Lords, I support my noble friend Lord Randall’s amendments, particularly Amendment 121. This w...
My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the three noble Lords who have already spoken on this ...
My Lords, I start by congratulating the noble Lord, Lord Randall, on his speech and his due dilig...
I have put my name, although only online, to my noble friend Lady Meacher’s amendments as well as...
My Lords, we have been debating a number of amendments in this group that seek to strengthen Sche...
I thank noble Lords for their contributions to this hugely important debate. The UK has a strong ...
My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this debate and given such strong support.
Moved by
Baroness Meacher
108A: Schedule 17, page 246, line 27, leave out “second” an...
My Lords, I wish to test the opinion of the House.
Moved by
Baroness Meacher
108B: Schedule 17, page 246, line 29, leave out “third” and...
Moved by
The Earl of Devon
109: Clause 113, page 113, line 25, leave out “appears fro...
My Lords, this is a groundbreaking Bill in many ways but, from the perspective of English propert...
My Lords, I support the noble Earl, Lord Devon, in his amendments. They are hugely important. I a...
My Lords, I will speak briefly. When I first looked at these amendments, I decided to leave them ...
Follow that, my Lords. I declare my interest as a landowner. The noble Earl, Lord Devon, has made...
My Lords, I am pleased to give my support to the amendments in the name of the noble Earl, Lord D...
My Lords, I do not have an American spouse to declare and I am certainly not a landowner, so mayb...
My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have contributed to this debate and especially the noble Ea...
I thank noble Lords for their thoughtful contributions to this short debate.
I reiterate th...
Moved by
The Earl of Devon
110: Clause 113, page 113, line 27, leave out “in writing ...
My Lords, I wish to test the opinion of the House.
Moved by
Baroness Young of Old Scone
117: After Clause 136, insert the following new ...
My Lords, my Amendment 117 requires the Secretary of State to create a land-use framework for Eng...
My Lords, I have put my name to this amendment. I have supported the noble Baroness in her cause ...
My Lords, I declare my interests as set out in the register.
I also want to speak about thi...
My Lords, in following the noble Lord, Lord Carrington, I have just tossed out more or less every...
My Lords, I merely wish to say that I am very worried about this proposal. It seems not to deal w...
I agree with my noble friend Lord Deben and will just extend what he says. Essentially, his point...
My Lords, I rise very briefly to say that we support the intent of this amendment. Given the comp...
My Lords, I follow on from the noble Baroness, Lady Parminter. Both the noble Baroness, Lady Youn...
My Lords, I am speaking in favour of Amendment 117 in the name of my noble friend Lady Young of O...
I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Young, to whom I apologise for referring to as the noble Barones...
My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in this debate for their contributions. Per...