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Lords Chamber
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill
Committee stage: Part 2 - Mon 24 Apr 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: None Conservation Areas) Act 1990;(c) any proceedings under section 21 of, or paragraph 6 of the Schedule - Speech Link
2: Baroness Hayman of Ullock (LAB - Life peer) the RSPB has released analysis showing how the UK has missed almost all its targets in this area of conservation - Speech Link
3: None It was invented some 40 years ago by the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust, together with Southampton - Speech Link
4: Baroness Pinnock (LDEM - Life peer) on our wildlife, of all types and sizes. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill
Report stage - Fri 17 Mar 2023
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Bill Wiggin (CON - North Herefordshire) biologist and director of the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit at the University of Oxford, has also - Speech Link
2: Christopher Chope (CON - Christchurch) and actively harming conservation globally. - Speech Link
3: Mark Francois (CON - Rayleigh and Wickford) as someone comes up with an idea to stop trophy hunters, these evil, wicked people get ahead of the game - Speech Link
4: Trudy Harrison (CON - Copeland) wildlife, and how we are going to achieve that. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Animals (Low Welfare Activities Abroad) Bill
3rd reading - Fri 17 Mar 2023
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Angela Richardson (CON - Guildford) conservation concerns, and that up to 550,000 animals are suffering in these venues. - Speech Link
2: Jane Stevenson (CON - Wolverhampton North East) In Zimbabwe 20 years ago, I was lucky enough to visit the Hwange game reserve, where there were some - Speech Link
3: Alex Sobel (LAB - Leeds North West) it is important to note that there are many good operators and activities that benefit conservation - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Shellfish Aquaculture - Wed 15 Mar 2023
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Anthony Mangnall (CON - Totnes) worth pointing out, but I am happy to be corrected on this, that in the guidance on section 14 of the Wildlife - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) that this is yet another UK-wide fishing industry that needs improvement to balance the key goals of conservation - Speech Link
3: Angus Brendan MacNeil (SNP - Na h-Eileanan an Iar) Shellfish—not close cousins, but on the Hebridean islands we are often very related—Islay Crab, Sutherland Game - Speech Link
4: Daniel Zeichner (LAB - Cambridge) marine conservation zones. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Open Season for Woodcock - Mon 27 Feb 2023
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Jonathan Gullis (CON - Stoke-on-Trent North) Roger Draycott from the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust, or GWCT, who argue that the ban is arbitrary - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) area has been carried out by the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust. - Speech Link
3: Greg Smith (CON - Buckingham) and Wildlife Conservation Trust and many more, the shooting community is involved in a voluntary transition - Speech Link
4: Duncan Baker (CON - North Norfolk) According to the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust, there is currently a breeding population of approximately - Speech Link
5: Alex Sobel (LAB - Leeds North West) A national survey, which is a collaboration between the Gaming & Wildlife Conservation Trust and - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Environmental Targets (Woodland and Trees Outside Woodland) (England) Regulations 2022 - Tue 24 Jan 2023
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Lord Benyon (CON - Life peer) solutions to challenges such as managing flood risk and improving mental and physical health. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Young of Old Scone (LAB - Life peer) timber industry, on the basis of the current science, coniferous woodlands provide less return for wildlife - Speech Link
3: None important time for government to work with industry, with farming, with people who mind about conservation - Speech Link


General Committees
DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL TARGETS (BIODIVERSITY) (ENGLAND) REGULATIONS 2022 DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL TARGETS (WOODLAND AND TREES OUTSIDE WOODLAND) (ENGLAND) REGULATIONS 2022 DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL TARGETS (WATER) (ENGLAND) REGULATIONS 2022 DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL TARGETS (MARINE PROTECTED AREAS) REGULATIONS 2022 DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL TARGETS (FINE PARTICULATE MATTER) (ENGLAND) REGULATIONS 2022 DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL TARGETS (RESIDUAL WASTE) (ENGLAND) REGULATIONS 2022 - Mon 23 Jan 2023
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Daniel Zeichner (LAB - Cambridge) Our wildlife numbers are in freefall, and more communities are exposed to catastrophic flooding. - Speech Link
2: Trudy Harrison (CON - Copeland) the rest of society can take, because this is an incredible team game that we must play. - Speech Link
3: Trudy Harrison (CON - Copeland) The modelling undertaken by our statutory nature conservation bodies Natural England and the Joint Nature - Speech Link
4: Daniel Zeichner (LAB - Cambridge) waterways and the natural habitats of our wildlife. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill
Report stage - Wed 18 Jan 2023
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Mentions:
1: Lindsay Hoyle (Speaker - Chorley) of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats (Bern, 1979) [ratified / signed];“Biodiversity Convention” - Speech Link
2: Emma Hardy (LAB - Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle) the Bumblebee Conservation Trust, the Bat Conservation Trust and the Amphibian and Reptile Conservation - Speech Link
3: Patrick Grady (SNP - Glasgow North) freedoms that this Bill represents.The Government could admit that the game is up and that there is - Speech Link
4: None Greener UK and Wildlife and Countryside Link have expressed the opinion that the Bill will derail the - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Avian Influenza: Game Birds - Wed 18 Jan 2023
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Lord Colgrain (CON - Excepted Hereditary) game birds; and in respect of any such link, what plans they have to ban the rearing and release of - Speech Link
2: Lord Benyon (CON - Life peer) The Government will keep the policy regarding future game bird releases under review and will take into - Speech Link
3: Lord Trees (CB - Life peer) parasites, and biodiversity in the habitats which those birds share with other birds and other wildlife - Speech Link
4: Lord Benyon (CON - Life peer) Some work has been done with Natural England and the British Association for Shooting and Conservation - Speech Link
5: Lord Benyon (CON - Life peer) Some £250 million a year is spent by private individuals on conservation, because of activities such - Speech Link


Grand Committee
UN Biodiversity Conference: COP 15 - Thu 12 Jan 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Randall of Uxbridge (CON - Life peer) I have seen wildlife around the world and here in the UK. - Speech Link
2: Lord Howarth of Newport (LAB - Life peer) According to Wildlife and Countryside Link, only about 3.2% of land in Britain is well protected and - Speech Link
3: Baroness Walmsley (LDEM - Life peer) The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 was game changing in the protection of our important habitats, - Speech Link
4: Baroness Hayman of Ullock (LAB - Life peer) be conserved and managed by 2030 through systems of protected areas and conservation measures that recognise - Speech Link