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Thu 22nd Feb 2024

Peatlands

Debate between Lord Douglas-Miller and Lord Patel
Thursday 22nd February 2024

(9 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Douglas-Miller Portrait Lord Douglas-Miller (Con)
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I am entirely aware of the amount of time it takes to create peat. I spent a great deal of time doing peatland restoration work.

Lord Patel Portrait Lord Patel (CB)
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My Lords, the Science and Technology Committee, which I chaired at the time, produced a report on nature-based solutions to climate change. One of the things it recommended, because of confusion related to both woodland and peatland codes, was that the Government should have a strategy for land use. Subsequently, an ad hoc committee of the House of Lords recommended that a land use commission should be set up. The Government were resistant to both these recommendations of two independent House of Lords committees. Can the Minister suggest what the Government intend to do about a land use strategy?

Lord Douglas-Miller Portrait Lord Douglas-Miller (Con)
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My Lords, the noble Lord is quite right. The Government have every intention of publishing their land use strategy shortly.