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

"My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, and I am very glad that he mentioned healthy homes. It is just one of the many issues missing from the Bill.

I like this Bill. I like the ideas and principles behind it, and I thank the Minister …..."

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Speech in Grand Committee - Thu 12 Jun 2025
Wildfires

"My Lords, wildfires are a natural phenomenon and an essential process in some ecosystems. Climate change is driving not only increasingly frequent periods of fire-supportive weather but changes in our vegetation that are probably making it more prone to fire. Wildfires are becoming a persistent and growing risk to life, …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Thu 12 Jun 2025
Wildfires

"To ask His Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to (1) reduce the risk, and (2) mitigate the effects, of wildfires...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 08 May 2025
Climate Change: Wildfire Strategy and Action Plan

"My Lords, would the Minister agree that there are three key ingredients to a wildfire: ignition, oxygen and fuel load? As most of the owners of our treasured landscape do not look after the fuel load, they are complicit in the wildfire problem. Would the Minister check that Natural England …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 06 May 2025
Renters’ Rights Bill

"My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 124A in the name of my noble friend Lord Leicester. He apologises to the House for not being here. He had hoped to be here, but a long-standing commitment has prevented him from being so.

Of course, my noble friend Lord Black is …..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 06 May 2025
Renters’ Rights Bill

"My Lords, I think it is relevant. If I rent a property in which I am allowed a dog and I have a bitch and she has puppies, I would then have perhaps 10 dogs in the house, although the agreement was that I should have one dog. Do I …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 06 May 2025
Renters’ Rights Bill

"My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for her reply. I am glad she will produce the guidance, though perhaps not in the form I would have liked. Can I clarify one issue I am now confused about? If a tenant wants a pet, there has to be a …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 06 May 2025
Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Regulations 2025

"My Lords, I would briefly like to support the statutory instrument before us. There have been very many good speeches and some that I disagree with, which are fighting battles that we have already fought, discussed at length and voted on—and here we are still raising them—and then people bring …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 30 Apr 2025
Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2025

"My Lords, the present financial crisis that farmers face was an inevitability the moment we voted for Brexit—I said so at the time. It was a question only of when it was going to happen. HM Treasury knew that there was a budget set in Brussels and that it could …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Fri 28 Mar 2025
Food, Diet and Obesity Committee Report

"My Lords it was a privilege to serve on the committee. I thank our chairman, the noble Baroness, Lady Walmsley, Professor Martin White, our clerk Stuart Stoner and the whole team. Of the many committee reports in which I have been involved, this one is unique. None has been so …..."
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