Terrestrial and Freshwater Protected Sites Debate
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Lord Fowler
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Terrestrial and Freshwater Protected Sites
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Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park (Con) [V]
I can give that assurance. Our planning reforms are intended to speed up decisions that can and should be sped up. We are determined to maintain and improve on the high standards we have set for our environment. We recognise that our biodiversity has been in sharp decline for decades; this transcends any one Government. We have put the levers and funding in place to begin the painful but necessary process of reversing those trends.
The Lord Speaker (Lord Fowler)
My Lords, the time allowed for this Question has elapsed.