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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 25 Jun 2025
Planning and Infrastructure Bill

"My Lords, I declare my interest as noted in the register as chair of Peers for the Planet.

When looking at this Bill, the one thing I think we can all agree on is that our planning system needs to be reformed, and in that sense, I welcome the Bill. …..."

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Speech in Grand Committee - Mon 28 Apr 2025
Engineering Biology (Science and Technology Committee Report)

"My Lords, I greatly appreciated taking part in this Science and Technology Select Committee investigation into engineering biology and extend my thanks to my noble friend Lady Brown for such excellent chairing of this report. The committee heard from many witnesses across industry and academia, and a number of clear …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Thu 13 Mar 2025
Biodiversity and Conservation

"My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Grayling, for opening this debate, which I very much welcome. Following on from his many detailed points, I am going to speak more broadly about the UK’s national biodiversity strategy and action plan, launched in Rome last week.

I am going to …..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 20 Nov 2024
Water (Special Measures) Bill [HL]

"My Lords, I will speak to government Amendment 48. I am extremely grateful to the Government for bringing forward this amendment, which reflects the substance of the amendment that I and others brought forward in Committee, and I am happy to support it by putting my name to it. That …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 28 Oct 2024
Water (Special Measures) Bill [HL]

"My Lords, in moving Amendment 1, I will also speak to Amendment 91 in my name. These amendments seek to set a strategic direction for the Bill and, crucially, to apply a new duty on the water regulator to take account of—and take all reasonable steps to ensure that Ofwat …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 28 Oct 2024
Water (Special Measures) Bill [HL]

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 28 Oct 2024
Water (Special Measures) Bill [HL]

"I thank the Minister and everybody else who has contributed to this discussion on my amendment. I am not going to repeat the valid and important points that have been made, but I will respond to the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh, on the term “caution on costs”. There is a …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Fri 18 Oct 2024
Environmental Targets (Public Authorities) Bill [HL]

"My Lords, I rise to speak in full support of my noble friend Lord Krebs’ Environmental Targets Bill, specifically the need for public authorities’ duties to be aligned with climate and nature recovery targets.

My noble friend has already eloquently explained many of the reasons why we need the Bill, …..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 30 Apr 2024
Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures

"I thank the Minister for his response, but I worry that we are just not moving fast enough. For example, last week the Green Finance Institute published a report that found that UK firms are now highly exposed to nature risk and that nature degradation could slow down our GDP, …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 30 Apr 2024
Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures

"To ask His Majesty’s Government what progress they have made in exploring how best the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures framework can be incorporated into UK policy and legislation in line with their commitment in the 2023 Green Finance Strategy...."
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