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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 28 Mar 2017
Recycling: Plastic Bottles

"My Lords, I hope the Minister will not think I am being discourteous, but his first Answer could have come straight out of “Yes Minister”. His subsequent answers were similar to those the Government gave when we talked about putting a tax or some penalty on the excessive use of …..."
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Written Question
Animal Welfare
Wednesday 1st March 2017

Asked by: Lord Dubs (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have received from (1) Battersea Dogs and Cats home, and (2) other charities, about increasing the sentences for cruelty to animals.

Answered by Lord Gardiner of Kimble

We have received a number of representations from animal welfare charities including the RSPCA, Blue Cross, Dogs Trust as well as Battersea Dogs and Cats Home supporting an increase in the maximum penalties for animal cruelty offences. We have also read the report by Battersea Sentencing for Animal Cruelty in England and Wales which supported an increase in the maximum penalty to five years’ imprisonment.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 05 Mar 2015
Lake District National Park Authority

"My Lords, it is the turn of this side; I live there. Is it not shocking that parts of the national park—one of the most beautiful national parks—have to be sold off as a result of government cuts? Is there not a problem that, in a further sale of the …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Wed 04 Mar 2015
Single Use Carrier Bags Charges (England) Order 2015

"My Lords, I broadly welcome this proposal. Some of us have been arguing about it for years and years. I remember that when I raised it with another Minister, I was slapped down and told that the Government had no intention of doing this, even though I pointed out that …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Wed 04 Mar 2015
Single Use Carrier Bags Charges (England) Order 2015

"Perhaps I may ask a couple of questions. One is on unwrapped fruit. If one goes shopping, one normally buys a lot of things, including, say, four oranges. That means the shopping will be automatically exempt from the charge. That seems to be an inconsistency and, to my mind, not …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Wed 04 Mar 2015
Single Use Carrier Bags Charges (England) Order 2015

"I wonder whether we could all go shopping together because the noble Lord talked about a different world from the one that I inhabit when I do the shopping. It does not seem like that. Those little bags are still plastic...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 09 Apr 2014
Japanese Knotweed

"My Lords, while we are awaiting the result of those trials—four years is a long time—can we not have some action for those people who have knotweed on their neighbours’ land? I have not got any on mine, but my neighbours have. Can we at least persuade local authorities—without legislation—to …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 26 Nov 2013
Bovine Tuberculosis

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To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have any evidence about the impact of artificial insemination of cattle on the spread of bovine tuberculosis...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 26 Nov 2013
Bovine Tuberculosis

"My Lords, is the Minister aware that I got the idea for this Question through talking to a local farmer in my valley in Cumbria? He told me that, although there were many badgers in the valley, there was no bovine TB at all, and that local farmers did not …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 08 Jul 2013
Japanese Knotweed

"My Lords, if the Government are not willing to legislate, can the Minister at least urge local authorities to co-operate locally? When a resident spots knotweed in an adjacent property, the local authority can be helpful in identifying the owner of that property so that something can be done about …..."
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