"My Lords, first I must apologise for not mentioning earlier my interests as laid out in the register. They include land ownership in Norfolk, let land, my own farming interests and managing arguably the most important national nature reserve in the land at Holkham.
"My Lords, I am grateful to Conservative colleagues for giving me the opportunity to hold this very topical and important debate. I look forward to hearing what noble Lords have to say on the matter. Indeed, looking down the list I see that it is populated with titans from this …..." Earl of Leicester - View Speech
"That this House takes note of the impact of the Government’s budget proposals on the future of small farms and family businesses...." Earl of Leicester - View Speech
"My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Lilley for bringing forward this debate. It is astounding that it has never been had in Parliament until now. I refer the House to my interests in land in Norfolk as set out in the register—land upon which nearly every form of …..." Earl of Leicester - View Speech
"My Lords, I declare interests as a trustee of the Burnham Overy Harbour Trust and president of the Wells-next-the-Sea RNLI station—I say that only because they both go out to sea. I apologise that I was not here at Second Reading on 2 September; I was in the Netherlands on …..." Earl of Leicester - View Speech
"My apologies—this is it. AdBlue is not made from green ammonia. All these marine exhausts omit their fumes below the water to keep the exhausts cool. AdBlue is depositing heavy metal poisoning into the sea. I will stop there...." Earl of Leicester - View Speech
"Is the Minister able to address the issue of pollution from all these crew transfer boats? I mentioned 125 million litres of diesel every year. If we are to have many more wind farms out to sea, that amount of diesel may get very large. Can he comment on converting …..." Earl of Leicester - View Speech
"My Lords, my noble friend Lord Lucas referred to various members of the committee, which was excellently chaired by the noble Baroness, Lady Parminter. Indeed, my noble friend Lord Lilley referred to himself as the grit in the oyster that makes the pearl—not to worry, because he was replaced by …..." Earl of Leicester - View Speech
"My Lords, I welcome the noble Baroness, Lady Smith of Malvern, to this House and congratulate her on her excellent maiden speech—likewise, my noble friend Lady Monckton of Dallington Forest. Both clearly bring great and valuable experience to this debate and to your Lordships’ House.