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Grand Committee
Environmental Targets (Woodland and Trees Outside Woodland) (England) Regulations 2022 - Tue 24 Jan 2023
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Lord Benyon (CON - Life peer) solutions to challenges such as managing flood risk and improving mental and physical health. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Young of Old Scone (LAB - Life peer) timber industry, on the basis of the current science, coniferous woodlands provide less return for wildlife - Speech Link
3: None important time for government to work with industry, with farming, with people who mind about conservation - Speech Link


General Committees
DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL TARGETS (BIODIVERSITY) (ENGLAND) REGULATIONS 2022 DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL TARGETS (WOODLAND AND TREES OUTSIDE WOODLAND) (ENGLAND) REGULATIONS 2022 DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL TARGETS (WATER) (ENGLAND) REGULATIONS 2022 DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL TARGETS (MARINE PROTECTED AREAS) REGULATIONS 2022 DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL TARGETS (FINE PARTICULATE MATTER) (ENGLAND) REGULATIONS 2022 DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL TARGETS (RESIDUAL WASTE) (ENGLAND) REGULATIONS 2022 - Mon 23 Jan 2023
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Daniel Zeichner (LAB - Cambridge) Our wildlife numbers are in freefall, and more communities are exposed to catastrophic flooding. - Speech Link
2: Trudy Harrison (CON - Copeland) the rest of society can take, because this is an incredible team game that we must play. - Speech Link
3: Trudy Harrison (CON - Copeland) The modelling undertaken by our statutory nature conservation bodies Natural England and the Joint Nature - Speech Link
4: Daniel Zeichner (LAB - Cambridge) waterways and the natural habitats of our wildlife. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill
Report stage - Wed 18 Jan 2023
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Mentions:
1: Lindsay Hoyle (Speaker - Chorley) of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats (Bern, 1979) [ratified / signed];“Biodiversity Convention” - Speech Link
2: Emma Hardy (LAB - Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle) the Bumblebee Conservation Trust, the Bat Conservation Trust and the Amphibian and Reptile Conservation - Speech Link
3: Patrick Grady (SNP - Glasgow North) freedoms that this Bill represents.The Government could admit that the game is up and that there is - Speech Link
4: None Greener UK and Wildlife and Countryside Link have expressed the opinion that the Bill will derail the - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Avian Influenza: Game Birds - Wed 18 Jan 2023
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Lord Colgrain (CON - Excepted Hereditary) game birds; and in respect of any such link, what plans they have to ban the rearing and release of - Speech Link
2: Lord Benyon (CON - Life peer) The Government will keep the policy regarding future game bird releases under review and will take into - Speech Link
3: Lord Trees (CB - Life peer) parasites, and biodiversity in the habitats which those birds share with other birds and other wildlife - Speech Link
4: Lord Benyon (CON - Life peer) Some work has been done with Natural England and the British Association for Shooting and Conservation - Speech Link
5: Lord Benyon (CON - Life peer) Some £250 million a year is spent by private individuals on conservation, because of activities such - Speech Link


Grand Committee
UN Biodiversity Conference: COP 15 - Thu 12 Jan 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Randall of Uxbridge (CON - Life peer) I have seen wildlife around the world and here in the UK. - Speech Link
2: Lord Howarth of Newport (LAB - Life peer) According to Wildlife and Countryside Link, only about 3.2% of land in Britain is well protected and - Speech Link
3: Baroness Walmsley (LDEM - Life peer) The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 was game changing in the protection of our important habitats, - Speech Link
4: Baroness Hayman of Ullock (LAB - Life peer) be conserved and managed by 2030 through systems of protected areas and conservation measures that recognise - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Snares - Mon 09 Jan 2023
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Conservation, and the Countryside Alliance. - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Indeed, it has already been proven that they are by biologists and others involved in conservation. - Speech Link
3: Robert Goodwill (CON - Scarborough and Whitby) ; the game industry is very important for rural communities and the rural economy. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Disposable Vapes: Environmental Impact - Tue 29 Nov 2022
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Kirsten Oswald (SNP - East Renfrewshire) To illustrate the changing profile, I understand that Keep Scotland Beautiful and the Marine Conservation - Speech Link
2: Kirsten Oswald (SNP - East Renfrewshire) I do not think that is okay, and we need to up our game quickly. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill - Fri 25 Nov 2022
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Nickie Aiken (CON - Cities of London and Westminster) To reverse that trend permanently, we need to work to make wildlife and conservation worthwhile for all - Speech Link
2: Bill Wiggin (CON - North Herefordshire) licensed hunting that contributes to conservation initiatives and illegal poaching of wildlife. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill
2nd reading - Tue 25 Oct 2022
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Mentions:
1: Desmond Swayne (CON - New Forest West) the destruction of wildlife? - Speech Link
2: Brendan O'Hara (SNP - Argyll and Bute) in any way dilute the protections and defences of our natural habitats and our wildlife. - Speech Link
3: Stella Creasy (LAB - Walthamstow) The conservation of habitats and species regulation does not appear on the Government’s dashboard. - Speech Link
4: Caroline Lucas (GRN - Brighton, Pavilion) of products made from dog and cat fur, as well as covering the hunting and trapping of wildlife. - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty Sixth sitting)
Committee stage:s: 26th sitting - Thu 20 Oct 2022
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: None is protected, monitored and managed as a "protected site" or other effective area-based conservation - Speech Link
2: Rachael Maskell (LAB - York Central) that land must be monitored and managed for conservation and restoration. - Speech Link
3: Dehenna Davison (CON - Bishop Auckland) and provision of richer wildlife habitats. - Speech Link
4: Tim Farron (LDEM - Westmorland and Lonsdale) are inaccessible for many people in our community.New clause 66 seeks to prevent the kind of bidding game - Speech Link