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Westminster Hall
Biodiversity Loss - Wed 15 May 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Alistair Strathern (Lab - Mid Bedfordshire) There are fantastic local conservation groups and charities, and some brilliant work is being done by - Speech Link
2: Olivia Blake (Lab - Sheffield, Hallam) communities across the country place on the preservation and conservation of the environment and the - Speech Link
3: Rebecca Pow (Con - Taunton Deane) wildlife-rich habitats. - Speech Link
4: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) wildlife-rich habitats. - Speech Link
5: Rebecca Pow (Con - Taunton Deane) Biodiversity net gain is a game changer and, again, globally leading. - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Tobacco and Vapes Bill (Second sitting)
Committee stage: 2nd sitting - Tue 30 Apr 2024
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Mary Kelly Foy (Lab - City of Durham) cleaner form, has been a game changer.Vapes are being used successfully in our drug and alcohol treatment - Speech Link
2: Trudy Harrison (Con - Copeland) the Marine Conservation Society, one of which I know has already given evidence.Globally, we also need - Speech Link
3: Caroline Johnson (Con - Sleaford and North Hykeham) hold of disposable vapes and potentially breaking them open, but actual wildlife being impacted—picking - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill
2nd reading - Tue 26 Mar 2024
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Mentions:
1: Lord Lilley (Con - Life peer) wildlife would be disturbed by offshore oilfields. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Young of Old Scone (Lab - Life peer) protected areas, as part of the commitment in the Bill.The International Union for Conservation of Nature - Speech Link
3: Lord Bishop of Norwich (Bshp - Bishops) With the analysis that she has given us and our knowledge that the International Union for Conservation - Speech Link
4: Lord Moynihan (Con - Excepted Hereditary) balance the importance of energy transition with recognising the truism that this is not a zero-sum game - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill
2nd reading - Fri 22 Mar 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Bill Wiggin (Con - North Herefordshire) in delivering benefits for both wildlife conservation and for the livelihoods and wellbeing of indigenous - Speech Link
2: Bill Wiggin (Con - North Herefordshire) It is a wildlife conservation measure that generates income used to combat illegal poaching, support - Speech Link
3: Christopher Chope (Con - Christchurch) Everybody wants to have better conservation of endangered species and wildlife in Africa. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Food Security - Thu 21 Mar 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Greg Clark (Con - Tunbridge Wells) species of bee in Europe, more than half have little or no data associated with them to establish their conservation - Speech Link
2: Natalie Elphicke (Con - Dover) and above standards of protecting goods and food. - Speech Link
3: Neil Hudson (Con - Penrith and The Border) that another 10% will be diverted to wildlife habitats. - Speech Link
4: Steven Bonnar (SNP - Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill) in dairy and egg exports between 2019 and 2022. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Sustainable Farming Incentive: Species Management and ELMS - Thu 25 Jan 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Earl of Caithness (Con - Excepted Hereditary) management can lead to the recovery of species of conservation concern.As a result of a conservation - Speech Link
2: Baroness Hayman of Ullock (Lab - Life peer) & Wildlife Conservation Trust, which argues that not enough focus has been given to species management - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Hedgerows: Legal Protection - Wed 24 Jan 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Selaine Saxby (Con - North Devon) I want to give a big thank you to Braunton parish council and the local volunteers at the Bumblebee Conservation - Speech Link
2: Trudy Harrison (Con - Copeland) Hedgerows are of course bountiful —we can all forage from and enjoy them, and wildlife can forage and - Speech Link
3: Sarah Dyke (LD - Somerton and Frome) Encouraging farmers to actively manage and preserve hedgerows is vital for future conservation and the - Speech Link
4: Tim Farron (LD - Westmorland and Lonsdale) the only game in town, and they either build or do not build. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Heather Burning on Peatlands - Tue 23 Jan 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Olivia Blake (Lab - Sheffield, Hallam) The Wildlife and Countryside Link estimates that the current law therefore leaves about 60% of UK peatlands - Speech Link
2: Robbie Moore (Con - Keighley) benefits, including cutting carbon emissions, optimising biodiversity, minimising wildlife hazards and - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Bill
2nd reading - Mon 18 Dec 2023
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Neil Hudson (Con - Penrith and The Border) UK Labour party saying it will stop control of the wildlife reservoir for tuberculosis, when it has been - Speech Link
2: Louie French (Con - Old Bexley and Sidcup) While the Labour party talks a good game on animal welfare, does my right hon. - Speech Link
3: Thérèse Coffey (Con - Suffolk Coastal) Of course, conservation is very much in the DNA of our Conservative party, and that is why I am delighted - Speech Link
4: Neil Hudson (Con - Penrith and The Border) The movement of animals in and out of the country is important in animal health and welfare, and for - Speech Link
5: Anna Firth (Con - Southend West) sheep and calves for fattening and slaughter. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Bovine Tuberculosis - Tue 12 Dec 2023
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Lord Colgrain (Con - Excepted Hereditary) I thank my noble friend for his positive and most encouraging reply. - Speech Link
2: Lord Harlech (Con - Excepted Hereditary) unlikely to sustain the infection within their own population in the absence of infected cattle or a wildlife - Speech Link
3: Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville (LD - Life peer) It also has a population of badgers and deer. - Speech Link
4: Lord Harlech (Con - Excepted Hereditary) The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust is currently conducting research to investigate the impact - Speech Link
5: Viscount Brookeborough (XB - Excepted Hereditary) People see deer old and diseased, and everybody realises what the problem is. - Speech Link