Environment Bill
Debate between Baroness Barker and Lord Marlesford
Committee stage
Monday 12th July 2021
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Monday 12th July 2021
(2 years, 9 months ago)
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The Deputy Chairman of Committees (Baroness Barker) (LD)
I have received requests to speak after the Minister from two noble Lords. First, I call the noble Lord, Lord Marlesford.
Lord Marlesford (Con) [V]
My Lords, we have rightly heard much about the importance of protecting ancient woodland in Britain for global reasons. Is it not as important, and perhaps more urgent, to halt and prevent the loss of tropical rainforests, such as the Amazon? Has my noble friend considered the proposals that I made at Second Reading for the relief of national debt, both interest and capital repayment, equal to a multiple—possibly a high multiple—of the commercial value of the rainforest that we want to protect? Only if the rainforest were interfered with would the debt be reinstated.