Terrestrial and Freshwater Protected Sites Debate
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Baroness Redfern
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Terrestrial and Freshwater Protected Sites
Baroness Redfern Excerpts(4 years ago)
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Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park (Con) [V]
Many issues relating to biodiversity and nature are devolved. However, my department, Defra, is in routine negotiations and discussions with the DAs. In certain areas, we work particularly closely together. For instance, we have a target to plant 30,000 hectares of land a year by 2025. A great deal of that burden will be taken up by our friends in Scotland, so we are liaising closely on that and all issues relating to biodiversity and nature.
Baroness Redfern (Con) [V]
My Lords, the environmental performance report of 2 October shows that more action and investment is needed by several water companies, which are failing to protect. The Environment Agency has requested that all water companies develop, publish and implement specific plans to reduce the incidence of pollution by the end of this year. Will the Government request that additional monitoring or modelling is put in place if they find any data gaps?