Environment Bill

My Lords, I was delighted to add my name to the amendment tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Boyc...

My Lords, I have my name on this amendment. I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Boycott, on t...

My Lords, I rise briefly to offer the Green group’s support for this amendment—there not being en...

My Lords, sadly, I was too slow to get my name on to this amendment, but I think that it has comp...

My Lords, I am very pleased to support Amendment 118, tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Boycott,...

I thank noble Lords for their contributions during this debate, and I also offer my thanks, in ad...

I thank the Minister and all noble Lords who have spoken in support of the amendment. Many intere...

Moved by

Lord Lea of Crondall

119: After Clause 136, insert the following new Clause—...

My Lords, it is obvious that in the international system there is a bit of a crisis in knowing ho...

My Lords, I added my name to my noble friend’s amendment. When he first proposed it to me I was n...

My Lords, I rise briefly, in a slightly curious position, to speak on Amendment 119 in the name o...

My Lords, I first thank the noble Lord, Lord Lea of Crondall, for his Amendment 119; I will speak...

I will address Amendment 119, which was tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Lea of Crondall. I thank h...

My Lords, I thank the Minister in particular for acknowledging the importance of understanding ho...

Moved by

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

120: After Clause 136, insert the following n...

My Lords, I am grateful for the opportunity to bring forward on Report a revised amendment to tha...

My Lords, I will speak briefly to the amendment in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh ...

I thank noble Lords for their contributions to the debate. This is an extremely important issue a...

I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Khan, for his remarks, and I am especially grateful to my n...

Moved by

Lord Faulkner of Worcester

122: After Clause 136, insert the following new C...

My Lords, in moving Amendment 122, tabled in my name and those of noble Lords across the Chamber,...

My Lords, I will not repeat the eloquent arguments that the noble Lord, Lord Faulkner, made; I pa...

My Lords, it seems ridiculous that anyone could object to railway enthusiasts restoring old locom...

My Lords, the recognition that coal is polluting is true, but we need to judge every proposal on ...

My Lords, I rise to support this amendment. I congratulate my noble friend Lord Faulkner of Worce...

My Lords, I rise to support the amendment in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Faulkner, and I dra...

I also add my congratulations to the noble Lord, Lord Faulkner of Worcester. I draw the House’s a...

My Lords, I have no expertise in this area and no interest to declare, but some of the happiest m...

My Lords, I rise to speak briefly to the amendment introduced so eloquently and passionately by m...

The noble Lord can come and see Thomas the Tank Engine, who lives in Didcot, at any time.

I...

Perhaps I may ask my noble friend about her reference to canal boats. I should declare an interes...

I brought up canal boats because, if they are moored in an inland waterway, they may be caught by...

Can I ask a question of the Minister again before she sits down? There are at least two types of ...

Perhaps I may clarify that the measure relates only to coal, not diesel, and only when moored up—...

I know that we are on Report, but this matter is important. The Government at a previous stage of...

This is not about propulsion but the heating system in a boat.

The House is a little confused by that exchange. I have to say that if my Amendment 127 were to b...

I am afraid that I am unable to make that commitment at the Dispatch Box.

My Lords, I am disappointed by that. I will seek an opportunity to discuss this matter further wi...

Moved by

Baroness Neville-Rolfe

124: After Clause 136, insert the following new Claus...

My Lords, I rise to move Amendment 124, which is exploratory in character, on encouraging the use...

My Lords, I offer my support, as I attached my signature to the amendment in the name of the nobl...

My Lords, I will not repeat what I said in our previous debates on this, but I very much support ...

My Lords, I know the hour is late, but this is a very important subject, just because of the quan...

I thank my noble friend for her words and beg leave to withdraw my amendment.

Moved by

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

126: After Clause 136, insert the following...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baronesses, Lady Boycott, Lady Whitaker, and Lady Ritchie of Downpatr...

My Lords, I am very pleased to support this amendment. It is very late so I want to say that this...

My Lords, it is late and I have little to add to the excellent introduction to Amendment 126 from...

My Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, and other noble Lords who signe...

My Lords, forgive me for interrupting, but I fear the noble Lord is making a Second Reading speec...

I have one sentence further.

The pressure of climate change and its effect on world populat...

My Lords, I will make a few points, which can be very briefly made. The first is to commend the M...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett of Manor Castle, for tabling this amendment an...

I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett of Manor Castle, and Stop Ecocide International for agre...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in this debate and I thank the Minister for...

With the noble Baroness’s permission, I will make a commitment to the second of her suggestions. ...

I thank the Minister for his response. It is with regret, and a feeling that we really are delayi...

Moved by

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

126A: After Clause 136, insert the followin...

Yes, my Lords, me again. I have been begged to keep this brief, given the hour, and I am going to...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, for her amendment. She has indeed raised impo...

I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett of Manor Castle, for her amendment. Without going into t...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his response and the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Whitchurch,...

Moved by

Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

128: Clause 142, page 129, line 4, at end in...

Moved by

Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

129: Clause 143, page 130, line 4, at end in...