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Commons Chamber
Agriculture Bill - Wed 10 Oct 2018
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Baroness Hayman of Ullock (LAB - Life peer) it is not something on which I have done calculations at this time.Continuing to deplete soils, lose pollinators - Speech Link
2: Kerry McCarthy (LAB - Bristol East) serious environmental challenges facing us, such as biodiversity loss, habitat destruction, disappearing pollinators - Speech Link
3: Anna McMorrin (LAB - Cardiff North) Depleting soils, losing pollinators, and polluting waters do nothing for farm productivity. - Speech Link
4: Victoria Prentis (CON - Banbury) I keep bees on my hobby farm and I know how fragile they are and how important they are to my cider and - Speech Link
5: Huw Merriman (CON - Bexhill and Battle) my chairmanship of the all-party parliamentary group for bees and pollinators. - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Songbirds - Thu 28 Jun 2018
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (GRN - Life peer) He outlined the problem that in Britain we import far too many bees and do not encourage our own natural - Speech Link
2: Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (LAB - Life peer) It follows the excellent one that we had last week on the survival of bees and other pollinators. - Speech Link
3: Lord Gardiner of Kimble (Non-affiliated - Life peer) that she will be involved in “Bees’ Needs” week. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Bee Population - Tue 19 Jun 2018
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist (CON - Life peer) and other pollinators. - Speech Link
2: Lord Gardiner of Kimble (Non-affiliated - Life peer) and other pollinators. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Walmsley (LDEM - Life peer) and other pollinators. - Speech Link
4: Viscount Ridley (CON - Excepted Hereditary) and other pollinators. - Speech Link
5: Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist (CON - Life peer) , bees and a variety of pollinators are in decline. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Protection of Pollinators
1st reading: House of Commons - Tue 08 May 2018
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Ben Bradley (CON - Mansfield) There has certainly been a bit of a buzz about bees and insects in recent years. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Environment: 25-year Plan - Mon 29 Jan 2018
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Lord Gardiner of Kimble (Non-affiliated - Life peer) livestock and boost the resilience of plants and trees. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer (LDEM - Life peer) Butterflies, bees and, in turn, insect-eating birds, should do well and find enough food to feed their - Speech Link
3: Earl Cathcart (CON - Excepted Hereditary) and snipe, marsh fritillaries and other butterflies, bats and wetland plants. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Environment: 25-year Plan - Mon 29 Jan 2018
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Lord Oxburgh (CB - Life peer) Similar declines are recorded in mainland Europe and in Canada.Apart from the honey bees, should we be - Speech Link
2: Lord Greaves (LDEM - Life peer) It will be bogus in practice and it will be used to overturn local and democratic debate, wishes and - Speech Link
3: Lord Framlingham (CON - Life peer) far and wide and been absolutely fascinating. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville (LDEM - Life peer) Pollinators are important to growing crops, plant survival and honey production. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Animal Welfare - Tue 12 Dec 2017
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park (CON - Life peer) ivory to be sold as if it is old ivory; they are banning neonicotinoids, pesticides that are wiping out bees - Speech Link
2: Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park (CON - Life peer) The emotional and physical damage that they endure takes years and years to undo. - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Farm Support - Thu 16 Nov 2017
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Lord Cameron of Dillington (CB - Life peer) and love its every fold and stream. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Redfern (CON - Life peer) , as the noble Lord, Lord Whitty, said, bees and other pollinators, which play an important role in natural - Speech Link
3: Lord Grantchester (LAB - Excepted Hereditary) Hedges, wildlife corridors and the biodiversity of songbirds and pollinators need significant measures - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
UK Bee Population - Tue 14 Nov 2017
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Alex Chalk (CON - Cheltenham) pollinators too.In the vanguard of the fight to support bees and pollinators are our nation’s beekeepers - Speech Link
2: Tony Lloyd (LAB - Rochdale) the knowledge that pollinators in general, and honey bees in particular, are under massive pressure. - Speech Link
3: Huw Merriman (CON - Bexhill and Battle) a cursory glance shows that Parliament is an appalling place for bees and pollinators to thrive and - Speech Link
4: Alex Chalk (CON - Cheltenham) First, bees and pollinators are not just nice to have, but a vital part of our food chain. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Brexit: Non-chemical Farming Methods - Mon 06 Nov 2017
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Lord Gardiner of Kimble (Non-affiliated - Life peer) This work is led by the Health and Safety Executive and the UK Expert Committee on Pesticides, which - Speech Link
2: Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (LAB - Life peer) are around not only their impact on the health of those living in rural communities but the impact on bees - Speech Link
3: Lord Gardiner of Kimble (Non-affiliated - Life peer) My Lords, I have just come back from Kew; I presented the Bees’ Needs awards to primary schools and many - Speech Link
4: Lord Gardiner of Kimble (Non-affiliated - Life peer) enhancing the environment and to have pesticides used when necessary and with precision. - Speech Link