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Departmental Publication (Open consultation)
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Jan. 11 2024

Source Page: Approach to siting new nuclear power stations beyond 2025
Document: Nuclear National Policy Statement: AoS scoping report appendices volume 1 (PDF)

Found: AoS Scoping Report – Appendices Vol. 1 111 TAN 5: Nature Conservation and Planning 2009 This Technical

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General Committees
Draft Biodiversity Gain (Town and Country Planning) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2024 Draft Biodiversity Gain Site Register (Financial Penalties and Fees) Regulations 2024 - Mon 08 Jan 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Rebecca Pow (Con - Taunton Deane) delivery of the new mandatory net gain requirement, which will help to deliver much-needed gains for nature - Speech Link
2: Matthew Pennycook (Lab - Greenwich and Woolwich) obligations or conservation covenants should hold for at least the same period. - Speech Link
3: Rebecca Pow (Con - Taunton Deane) That is one of the ways that we will be able to see that this is working and that the right nature is - Speech Link

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Departmental Publication (Open consultation)
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

May. 08 2024

Source Page: Fusion energy facilities: new National Policy Statement and proposals on siting
Document: Appraisal of Sustainability Scoping Report for fusion energy - consultation document part 2 (PDF)

Found: Evidence to support nature conservation in a changing climate, RSPB, Natural England, 2020 Landscape

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Lords Chamber
Zoological Society of London (Leases) Bill
2nd reading - Fri 10 May 2024
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Lord Randall of Uxbridge (Con - Life peer) It can create the world’s first campus for nature. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Featherstone (LD - Life peer) Building or renovating part of the zoo also involves long-term planning and investment strategies which - Speech Link
3: Lord Camoys (Con - Excepted Hereditary) I refer Members to my register of interests and my chairmanship of the UK Trust for Nature Conservation - Speech Link
4: Lord Randall of Uxbridge (Con - Life peer) The noble Baroness, Lady Featherstone, mentioned particularly the therapeutic nature of access, which - Speech Link

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Lords Chamber
Biodiversity Gain Site Register (Financial Penalties and Fees) Regulations 2024 - Wed 10 Jan 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Bishop of Norwich (Bshp - Bishops) To be out in nature, to see nature around us, to smell and touch, to hear and taste nature is good—good - Speech Link
2: Lord Benyon (Con - Life peer) Environment Act includes mechanisms to ensure that commitments through conservation covenants are adhered - Speech Link

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Select Committee

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UGS0062 - Urban Green Spaces

Written Evidence Jan. 09 2024

Inquiry: Urban Green Spaces
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Found: From policy to place: rethinking Green Belt planning policy for people and nature.

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Westminster Hall
World Species Congress - Tue 14 May 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Alex Sobel (LAB - Leeds North West) The Government should set out how environmental and planning policies will link together to form a coherent - Speech Link
2: Bill Wiggin (Con - North Herefordshire) It is not okay to go back to the old mantra of, “Shooting bad, conservation good.” - Speech Link
3: Steven Bonnar (SNP - Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill) In 2022, in its updated red list of threatened species, the International Union for Conservation of Nature - Speech Link
4: Bill Wiggin (Con - North Herefordshire) simple things we can do in the UK in that legislation, such as not insisting on a bat survey in the planning - Speech Link

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