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Lords Chamber
Biodiversity Gain Site Register (Financial Penalties and Fees) Regulations 2024 - Wed 10 Jan 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Benyon (Con - Life peer) 2024 and the Biodiversity Gain (Town and Country Planning) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2024 - Speech Link
2: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green - Life peer) As we stand in the House tonight, we are about to see the destruction of a veteran oak tree in Melton - Speech Link
3: Lord Bishop of Norwich (Bshp - Bishops) the ancient word “covenant” appears a number of times in the statutory instruments before your Lordships - Speech Link
4: Lord Benyon (Con - Life peer) of greenwashers that the noble Baroness was referring to have not built the wetland or planted the trees - Speech Link
5: Lord Benyon (Con - Life peer) They have a high range of biodiversity value and are so difficult to recreate—ancient semi-natural woodland - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill
Report stage: Part 1 - Wed 13 Sep 2023
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Lord Harlech (CON - Excepted Hereditary) Defra are delivering on further commitments made regarding ancient woodland and ancient and veteran - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill
Committee stage - Wed 03 May 2023
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Baroness Young of Old Scone (LAB - Life peer) say that the vast majority of our ancient and veteran trees have no real legal protection at the moment.Trees - Speech Link
2: Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville (LDEM - Life peer) In 2021, Defra made three commitments to improving the protection of ancient woodlands and veteran trees - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Queen’s Speech - Wed 18 May 2022
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Cox (CB - Life peer) of hundreds of Armenian Christian monuments and ancient cultural heritage sites, which are now under - Speech Link
2: Lord Trees (CB - Life peer) What about plants and trees? - Speech Link
3: Viscount Trenchard (CON - Excepted Hereditary) we have resumed the collaborative and close relationship between two ancient island constitutional monarchies - Speech Link
4: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (CON - Life peer) and disruption to Nigeria.The noble Baroness, Lady Blackstone, and the noble Lords, Lord Trees and Lord - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Environment Bill
Consideration of Commons amendments - Tue 26 Oct 2021
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: None I also thank the Woodland Trust for its partnership working with government on the ancient woodland inventory—a - Speech Link
2: None and veteran trees and ancient woodland. - Speech Link
3: None This underlines the importance of ancient woodland to local planning authorities and ensures that they - Speech Link
4: None This announcement will deliver effective action to protect our precious and irreplaceable ancient woodland - Speech Link
5: Baroness Young of Old Scone (LAB - Life peer) support for the ancient woodland inventory. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Environment Bill - Wed 20 Oct 2021
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Rebecca Pow (CON - Taunton Deane) a champion for ancient woodland, as have many Members of this House. - Speech Link
2: John Redwood (CON - Wokingham) Is the Minister saying that if this change goes through, another HS2-type assault on ancient woodland - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Environment Bill
Report stage - Wed 15 Sep 2021
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: None woodland or ancient woodland and ancient and veteran trees must be refused unless there are wholly exceptional - Speech Link
2: Lord Carrington (CB - Excepted Hereditary) woodland and ancient or veteran trees) should be refused, unless there are wholly exceptional reasons - Speech Link
3: Lord Marlesford (CON - Life peer) These woodlands and trees, whether they be ancient or veteran, are crucial. - Speech Link
4: Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park (CON - Life peer) woodland, ancient trees and veteran trees. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Environment Bill
Committee stage - Mon 12 Jul 2021
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Young of Old Scone (LAB - Life peer) They can see where there is ancient woodland and try to avoid it. - Speech Link
2: Lord Harries of Pentregarth (CB - Life peer) expansion of trees and woodland in England. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville (LDEM - Life peer) Only 7% of our landscape is covered with trees, and only 2% is ancient woodland. - Speech Link
4: Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park (CON - Life peer) We will update the keepers of time policy on management of ancient woodland, veteran trees and other - Speech Link


Petitions
Preserving Piles Coppice Wood - Thu 29 Apr 2021
No Department present

Mentions:
1: None Active woodland management is essential for the preservation of ancient woodland, conserving and enhancing - Speech Link
2: None The Government are committed to ensuring ancient woodland and ancient and veteran trees are adequately - Speech Link
3: None The Government have also strengthened the protection of ancient woodland and ancient and veteran trees - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
High Speed Rail (West Midlands–Crewe) Bill - Tue 08 Dec 2020
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: None report must include—(a) direct impacts including, but not Ltd to, the loss of ancient and veteran trees - Speech Link
2: None In fact, it has quite an impact on ancient woodland. - Speech Link
3: Lord Haselhurst (CON - Life peer) However, ancient trees and forests, by definition, have grown without any expectation that they would - Speech Link
4: Baroness Randerson (LDEM - Life peer) Ancient woodland does not necessarily mean ancient trees—they are of variable quality. - Speech Link