"My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for summing up, albeit that there has been a delay of some two working days. I thank everyone who has spoken. I offer a particular thank you to the noble Baronesses, Lady Altmann and Lady Bowles, for lending their support to Amendments …..." Baroness McIntosh of Pickering - View Speech
"My Lords, I would like to give an alternative view from that of the noble Lord, Lord Shipley, on Amendment 241C. First, though, I say this to the noble Lord, Lord Bassam: I spent 10 and a half years representing Great Bentley in the European Parliament—not all of its residents, …..." Baroness McIntosh of Pickering - View Speech
"My Lords, it would be churlish not to welcome the measures—so far as they go—that the Chancellor has introduced. However, does the Minister accept that it is small family businesses—the hair salons, cafés and restaurants, among others, to which my noble friend on the Front Bench referred—that will be directly …..." Baroness McIntosh of Pickering - View Speech
"Can the noble Baroness explain what proportion of the fines paid to date have been used to improve the environment? Will she ensure that these fines can be used to help farmers prevent pollution from agricultural diffusion? At the moment, the sustainable farming incentive is paused, and in any event …..." Baroness McIntosh of Pickering - View Speech
"My Lords, I lend my support to Amendment 100. I pay tribute to the noble Earl, Lord Clancarty, and the noble Lord, Lord Freyberg, for their knowledge in this sphere. I am grateful to the noble Earl for referencing West and South Yorkshire in this regard. I place on record …..." Baroness McIntosh of Pickering - View Speech
"My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for so comprehensively outlining the contents of the SI. Once again, I welcome him to the House and his position. We knew each other in the other place over a number of years and I was a great admirer of his during …..." Baroness McIntosh of Pickering - View Speech
"I want to press the Minister. We are being more ambitious under his scheme than under the original scheme, the EU ETS to which the UK originally subscribed. We are going for a stricter emissions cap, initially of 5%, and will probably be more ambitious as we go forward. We …..." Baroness McIntosh of Pickering - View Speech
"If it is going up from £100 to £138 per household, when are we going to see the reduction that we were promised in the general election?..." Baroness McIntosh of Pickering - View Speech
"I pay tribute to the Slowing the Flow Pickering scheme, which has prevented the flooding of Pickering. I bring to the Minister’s attention the case of Gladman Developments v Lancaster City Council. It has set aside the sequential test and overruled what MHCLG was hoping for: that optional standards will …..." Baroness McIntosh of Pickering - View Speech