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Lords Chamber
Heather and Grass etc. Burning (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 - Thu 30 Oct 2025
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Earl of Caithness (Con - Excepted Hereditary) In this country, we tend to burn heather and grass in a prescribed manner and, if done correctly and - Speech Link
2: None These leaders recognised the ancient wisdom of preventive burns, calling them “Indigenous” and “cultural - Speech Link
3: Lord Roborough (Con - Excepted Hereditary) Cattle and sheep need grass and young heather to graze and gain nothing from veteran, woody heather. - Speech Link
4: None Defra will continue to work closely with the NFCC and fire and rescue services, as well as MHCLG and - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
Report stage part three - Wed 29 Oct 2025
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Baroness Grender (LD - Life peer) My Lords, Amendment 199 is about heritage trees, and I thank everyone who has stayed for this debate. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green - Life peer) the trees down to the town hall, and a huge campaign that demonstrated just how important those trees - Speech Link
3: Lord Fuller (Con - Life peer) I am thinking not just of the highway and byway trees; there are some really special champion oaks in - Speech Link
4: Lord Wilson of Sedgefield (Lab - Life peer) Furthermore, development that would result in the loss or deterioration of ancient woodland, or ancient - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Tree Maintenance: Guidance to Local Authorities - Wed 15 Oct 2025
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Sarah Dyke (LD - Glastonbury and Somerton) covers only a small section of ancient and veteran trees. - Speech Link
2: Esther McVey (Con - Tatton) This is specifically about older, ancient, decaying and dangerous trees, but I am quite sure the Minister - Speech Link
3: Mary Creagh (Lab - Coventry East) Some of that will be agroforestry and some restoration of ancient woodland. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
Committee stage part two - Wed 17 Sep 2025
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Baroness Grender (LD - Life peer) The Ancient Tree Inventory records over 233,000 ancient or veteran trees. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Young of Old Scone (Lab - Life peer) We recognise the value of our most important trees and consider all ancient and veteran trees to be irreplaceable - Speech Link
3: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green - Life peer) risking life and limb and arrest—to save those trees. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
Report stage (day 1) - Mon 09 Jun 2025
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Nusrat Ghani (Con - Sussex Weald) including ancient woodland and veteran and ancient trees, unless there are wholly exceptional reasons - Speech Link
2: Olivia Bailey (Lab - Reading West and Mid Berkshire) trees, 4 km of new hedgerow and a new walnut orchard. - Speech Link
3: Chris Curtis (Lab - Milton Keynes North) We have lost over half our ancient woodland and one in six species are at risk of extinction. - Speech Link
4: Gideon Amos (LD - Taunton and Wellington) protection for irreplaceable species and ancient woodland? - Speech Link
5: Alex Sobel (LAB - Leeds Central and Headingley) Estimates suggest that around 100,000 hectares of ancient woodland and open habitats such as lowland - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Planning and Infrastructure Bill (Tenth sitting)
Committee stage: 10th sitting - Thu 15 May 2025
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Ellie Chowns (Green - North Herefordshire) woodland and ancient or veteran trees) should be refused, unless there are wholly exceptional reasons - Speech Link
2: Ellie Chowns (Green - North Herefordshire) Research suggests that 326 species in the UK can only survive on established and ancient oak trees, so - Speech Link
3: Olly Glover (LD - Didcot and Wantage) That is just a symbol of how important nature and trees are to our communities, and why it is so critical - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Planning and Infrastructure Bill (Eighth sitting)
Committee stage: 8th sitting - Wed 14 May 2025
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Olly Glover (LD - Didcot and Wantage) Trust, the Woodland Trust and Butterfly Conservation, who are all gravely concerned that the Bill does - Speech Link
2: None No delivery plan, however well intentioned, can truly replace ancient woodland, lowland fens or ancient - Speech Link
3: None For instance, ancient woodland and veteran trees are afforded protection in the NPPF due to their high - Speech Link
4: None The loss of even small areas of ancient woodland or wetland mosaic can have a disproportionate impact - Speech Link
5: Ellie Chowns (Green - North Herefordshire) It takes seven to eight years for hedgerows and scrub and significantly longer for woodland to become - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Ancient Trees: Protections - Thu 24 Apr 2025
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Baroness Hayman of Ullock (Lab - Life peer) My Lords, ancient and veteran trees are recognised as irreplaceable habitats and protected in national - Speech Link
2: Baroness Hayman of Ullock (Lab - Life peer) Forest Research regarding measures that are needed to improve protections for ancient, veteran and culturally - Speech Link
3: Baroness Hayman of Ullock (Lab - Life peer) The new National Planning Policy Framework recognises ancient and veteran trees as irreplaceable habitats - Speech Link
4: Baroness Walmsley (LD - Life peer) So what are the Government doing to encourage landowners to identify massive ancient trees and perhaps - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Mon 20 Jan 2025
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Angela Rayner (Lab - Ashton-under-Lyne) their local plans and green belt reviews. - Speech Link
2: Neil Duncan-Jordan (Lab - Poole) They are worried about excessive service charges, unfair ground rent, and exit and event fees. - Speech Link
3: Jodie Gosling (Lab - Nuneaton) and opportunity in Nuneaton? - Speech Link
4: Matthew Pennycook (Lab - Greenwich and Woolwich) Ancient woodland and ancient and veteran trees are already strictly protected in national planning policy - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Global Warming - Thu 16 Jan 2025
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Lord Teverson (LD - Life peer) Native forestry can absorb carbon and increase habitats, and individual trees or clusters of trees give - Speech Link
2: Baroness Young of Old Scone (Lab - Life peer) woodlands, ancient and veteran trees, and peatlands, which store twice as much carbon as forests. - Speech Link
3: Lord Gascoigne (Con - Life peer) Trees, heaths and peatlands also cut gases. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Hayman of Ullock (Lab - Life peer) Planting trees and restoring peat, as well as tackling climate change and restoring biodiversity loss - Speech Link