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Commons Chamber
Zoological Society of London (Leases) Bill
Report stage - Fri 19 Apr 2024
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Bob Blackman (Con - Harrow East) the Crown Estate’s provision, London zoo was unfortunately left out when we did the extension to Kew gardens - Speech Link
2: Ben Everitt (Con - Milton Keynes North) every year, and that is just its specific impact on tourism; there is its wider tourism pull, as one - Speech Link
3: Ben Everitt (Con - Milton Keynes North) The zoo is about more than just education and tourism. - Speech Link
4: Julia Lopez (Con - Hornchurch and Upminster) The maximum allowable lease for the Royal Botanic Gardens in respect of land in Kew gardens was extended - Speech Link

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Public Bill Committees
Zoological Society of London (Leases) Bill
Committee stage - Wed 28 Feb 2024
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Bob Blackman (Con - Harrow East) In 2018, a similar Bill was introduced to extend the lease for Kew gardens: another area of London that - Speech Link
2: Julia Lopez (Con - Hornchurch and Upminster) longer-term lease will bring ZSL in line with other similar organisations, including the Royal Botanic Gardens - Speech Link
3: Thérèse Coffey (Con - Suffolk Coastal) sponsoring this Bill, but I am conscious that there are Members who expressed concern about the Kew Gardens - Speech Link
4: Julia Lopez (Con - Hornchurch and Upminster) concerns in more detail.London Zoo is a very important part of our capital’s heritage, culture and tourism - Speech Link

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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) I echo that praise and praise all those staff—those working in research, those in the zoological gardens - Speech Link
2: Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville (LD - Life peer) Both Kew Gardens and the Zoological Society of London require long leases in order to operate and plan - Speech Link
3: Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Con - Life peer) championed the Bill in another place, working with my honourable friend Julia Lopez, the Minister for Media, Tourism - Speech Link

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Parliamentary Research
Zoological Society of London (Leases) Bill: HL Bill 64 of 2023–24 - LLN-2024-0020
Apr. 29 2024

Found: this length in future. 2 A similar government bill extending the maximum lease available to Kew Gardens

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Bill Documents
29 Apr 2024 - Briefing papers
Zoological Society of London (Leases) Bill: HL Bill 64 of 2023–24
Zoological Society of London (Leases) Bill 2023-24

Found: this length in future. 2 A similar government bill extending the maximum lease available to Kew Gardens

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Select Committee

Horticultural Trades Association

UGS0037 - 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: , not counting nearly 50,000 hectares of public parks and gardens – an area almost equivalent to

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