In the Lords

My Lords, an enormous amount of progress was made at COP 26.

My Lords, I will certainly take both those suggestions back to the department.

I am very happy to make that commitment on behalf of my colleagues in whose portfolio and remit this issue sits.

The noble Baroness is right: Forestry England continues to use peat in the manner she has described.

My Lords, I absolutely make that commitment, and that is one reason why we are moving with renewed vigour on banning the use of peat in hort

My Lords, it is not a source of concern that we are able to legislate or regulate differently; the UK has demonstrated a commitment to raisi

I am not convinced that peat as a fuel does fit into this picture.

I am afraid I cannot provide that justification because there is a clear contradiction, but that is why we are pushing ahead with our propos

My noble friend raises an important point, and she is right that there are insufficient amounts of suitable replacement materials.

My Lords, a number of factors—not least a Covid lockdown across Europe and businesses adjusting to our new trading relationship—have made in