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Lords Chamber
Impact of Environmental Regulations on Development (Built Environment Committee Report) - Fri 19 Apr 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) leading to significant amounts of speculative development, including on high-quality, nature-rich, green-belt - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Large-scale Solar Farms - Thu 18 Apr 2024
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Mentions:
1: Caroline Johnson (Con - Sleaford and North Hykeham) conflicting demands on land: agriculture, housing, calls from some people for rewilding, health, and conservation - Speech Link
2: Rachel Maclean (Con - Redditch) belt that was about to be built over, they might change their view. - Speech Link
3: Rachel Maclean (Con - Redditch) belt, or the grey belt, whatever that is. - Speech Link
4: Rachel Maclean (Con - Redditch) But we should focus on conserving plants, trees, nature, wildlife, landscapes and the green belt. - Speech Link
5: David Davis (Con - Haltemprice and Howden) Friend the Member for Gainsborough on his call effectively for a ban on solar farms on green belt and - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Long-term Plan for Housing - Tue 19 Dec 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Lee Rowley (Con - North East Derbyshire) review or alter green belt boundaries. - Speech Link
2: Wendy Morton (Con - Aldridge-Brownhills) , so I welcome the statement, so far as it goes with its protections for the green belt. - Speech Link
3: Andrew Jones (Con - Harrogate and Knaresborough) I have no doubt that we need more homes, but green spaces and the green belt are of critical concern - Speech Link
4: Lee Rowley (Con - North East Derbyshire) The green belt protections remain today as they were yesterday. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Persecution of Buddhists: Tibet - Thu 14 Dec 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Member for Hornsey and Wood Green (Catherine West), for that clarity. - Speech Link
2: Fiona Bruce (Con - Congleton) process, they are making Tibet more aligned to Chinese Han culture.That is done through policies such as conservation - Speech Link
3: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Con - Berwick-upon-Tweed) Member for Hornsey and Wood Green (Catherine West), the hon. - Speech Link
4: Catherine West (Lab - Hornsey and Wood Green) repression and external aggression increased, the Foreign Secretary made positive speeches regarding the belt - Speech Link
5: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Con - Berwick-upon-Tweed) On some level, I think we all support and wish to see the direct success of some of the belt and road - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Former Afghan Special Forces: Deportation - Mon 11 Dec 2023
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Nigel Evans (Con - Ribble Valley) read the First time; to be read a Second time on Friday 22 March 2024, and to be printed (Bill 66).Conservation - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Heritage Pubs - Thu 16 Nov 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Marco Longhi (Con - Dudley North) authorities to treat said buildings with a presumption against change of use, a bit like the way in which green-belt - Speech Link
2: Simon Hoare (Con - North Dorset) reflected that.The building preservation notice is, of course, part of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
King’s Speech - Thu 09 Nov 2023
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Baroness Jay of Paddington (Lab - Life peer) that we should act immediately in this country on cleaner energy, improved air quality and access to green - Speech Link
2: Baroness Deech (XB - Life peer) without the expense and legislation before us, which will result in the spoiling of the only decent green - Speech Link
3: Lord Shinkwin (Con - Life peer) Trust to the list of prescribed conservation bodies, is being honoured in practice. - Speech Link
4: Lord Thurlow (XB - Excepted Hereditary) However, it is ignored, as the Government appear to continue to favour the quick-fix, green-belt or agricultural - Speech Link
5: Baroness Pinnock (LD - Life peer) There is a green light for it. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Nutrient Neutrality: Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill - Tue 05 Sep 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Philip Dunne (CON - Ludlow) referred to the litigation and measures she has undertaken—does she agree that in special areas of conservation - Speech Link
2: Matthew Pennycook (LAB - Greenwich and Woolwich) Not only does it involve disapplying the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017, but it - Speech Link
3: Fleur Anderson (LAB - Putney) Did Natural England green-light the proposals or is it being ignored, along with the Office for Environmental - Speech Link
4: Rachel Maclean (CON - Redditch) What Labour would do is build all over the green belt, and I can tell the House that its own MPs are - Speech Link
5: Stella Creasy (LAB - Walthamstow) what constitutes retained EU legislation, but what we are talking about today is an amendment to the Conservation - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill
Report stage: Part 1 - Mon 04 Sep 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Baroness Scott of Bybrook (CON - Life peer) For example, policies which set the boundaries of important designated areas, such as the green belt, - Speech Link
2: Lord Lansley (CON - Life peer) That is true for heritage assets, the green belt and so on. - Speech Link
3: Lord Lansley (CON - Life peer) For example, we can have a big debate about the green belt, but sometimes—as Cambridge’s examination - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Land Use in England Committee Report - Tue 25 Jul 2023
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Lord Cameron of Dillington (CB - Life peer) With conservation headlands, you get minimal reduction in yield but a massive explosion in biodiversity - Speech Link
2: Lord Inglewood (Non-affiliated - Excepted Hereditary) commented that it is now simply not clear how either capital gains tax or stamp duty land tax affect conservation - Speech Link
3: Lord Benyon (CON - Life peer) set out what good looks like in terms of enticing large amounts of private sector capital into nature conservation - Speech Link
4: Lord Benyon (CON - Life peer) belt and creating more space. - Speech Link