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Westminster Hall
Biodiversity Loss - Wed 15 May 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Caroline Lucas (Green - Brighton, Pavilion) Conservation Committee to new licences on environmental grounds. - Speech Link
2: Alistair Strathern (Lab - Mid Bedfordshire) I am proud to be part of a party that has a proud history of conservation. - Speech Link
3: Wera Hobhouse (LD - Bath) They both undertake conservation work to help to improve nature in their local areas. - Speech Link
4: Rebecca Pow (Con - Taunton Deane) Member for Somerton and Frome (Sarah Dyke) mentioned it, and her planning authority could specify that - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
World Species Congress - Tue 14 May 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Alex Sobel (LAB - Leeds North West) The Government should set out how environmental and planning policies will link together to form a coherent - Speech Link
2: Bill Wiggin (Con - North Herefordshire) It is not okay to go back to the old mantra of, “Shooting bad, conservation good.” - Speech Link
3: Steven Bonnar (SNP - Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill) In 2022, in its updated red list of threatened species, the International Union for Conservation of Nature - Speech Link
4: Bill Wiggin (Con - North Herefordshire) simple things we can do in the UK in that legislation, such as not insisting on a bat survey in the planning - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Zoological Society of London (Leases) Bill
2nd reading - Fri 10 May 2024
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Lord Randall of Uxbridge (Con - Life peer) It can create the world’s first campus for nature. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Featherstone (LD - Life peer) Building or renovating part of the zoo also involves long-term planning and investment strategies which - Speech Link
3: Lord Camoys (Con - Excepted Hereditary) I refer Members to my register of interests and my chairmanship of the UK Trust for Nature Conservation - Speech Link
4: Lord Randall of Uxbridge (Con - Life peer) The noble Baroness, Lady Featherstone, mentioned particularly the therapeutic nature of access, which - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
National Networks National Policy Statement - Wed 08 May 2024
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Lord Berkeley (Lab - Life peer) The Minister completely ignored the strong recommendations from the Environment Agency’s Joint Nature - Speech Link
2: Lord Banner (Con - Life peer) Even if the national networks NPS could be improved with further reviews of the nature the noble Lord - Speech Link
3: None Having an up-to-date planning policy framework is essential. - Speech Link
4: None environmental improvement plan, published in January 2023, is the central pillar of government policy to help nature - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Global Ocean Treaty - Thu 25 Apr 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Barry Gardiner (Lab - Brent North) If we are to achieve 30% of high seas protection, we have to begin planning now, even before ratification.Before - Speech Link
2: Patrick Grady (SNP - Glasgow North) .”They, too, have adopted the idea of a blue economy approach to recognise the mutually beneficial nature - Speech Link
3: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Con - Berwick-upon-Tweed) Its vital role in protecting the areas of the high seas as part of the global effort to help nature to - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Single-use Plastics - Thu 25 Apr 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Sarah Dyke (LD - Somerton and Frome) Since 1996, Carymoor has regenerated 80 acres of a capped landfill site into a beautiful nature reserve - Speech Link
2: Robbie Moore (Con - Keighley) They have been found in large quantities in beach litter surveys conducted by DEFRA and the Marine Conservation - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill
Committee stage - Tue 23 Apr 2024
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Mentions:
1: None I suggest that there is a need for a marine spatial plan because marine planning is currently reliant - Speech Link
2: Baroness Willis of Summertown (XB - Life peer) Conservation Committee, but there is a very complicated and convoluted process and path by which the - Speech Link
3: None environmental regulator, OPRED, was satisfied that they would not have any adverse effects or hinder the conservation - Speech Link
4: Lord Callanan (Con - Life peer) conservation bodies, to ensure that the impact on the environment, including MPAs, is taken into account - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
International Mother Earth Day - Mon 22 Apr 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Benyon (Con - Life peer) previously attended UN events to mark International Mother Earth Day, recognising that development, nature - Speech Link
2: Lord Benyon (Con - Life peer) restore biodiversity in environmentally critical landscapes, including the Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation - Speech Link
3: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LD - Life peer) been, does the Minister agree that emerging economies need the UK to be reliable and dependable in planning - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Lord Banner (Con - Life peer) Until last month, I was for six years a board member, and latterly interim chair, of the Joint Nature - Speech Link
2: Earl of Lytton (XB - Excepted Hereditary) conservation adviser, has somehow alighted on the development control system rather than dealing with - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Zoological Society of London (Leases) Bill
Report stage - Fri 19 Apr 2024
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Bob Blackman (Con - Harrow East) It is essential that everyone, regardless of where they live, has access to nature and outdoor space. - Speech Link
2: Bob Blackman (Con - Harrow East) In 2021-22 alone, £17.4 million was spent on conservation science and field conservation programmes, - Speech Link
3: Ben Everitt (Con - Milton Keynes North) It has ambitions to create the world’s first campus for nature. - Speech Link
4: Bob Blackman (Con - Harrow East) One of the grounds for giving ZSL planning permission for further work is that it would make available - Speech Link