In the Lords

I am happy to go on. I only have a short speech, beginning with Amendment 212 from the noble Lord, Lord Oates.

I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Parminter, for tabling Amendment 209.

I think we are agreed.

My Lords, I declare a personal interest in rewilding, which goes back a very long way.

I will take up my noble friend on his offer for me not to respond, other than to say that I note his comments and, I think, agree with every

It is impossible to answer the question, because it depends on the site and the type of ecosystem created, which determines the kind of prot

On the first point, my noble friend is absolutely right.

The short answer to the first question is that, were such a thing to happen, it would be a breach of planning permission, and the local auth

I understand that some may not have heard of this, but developers should have, because it is already current policy in the National Planning

I thank the noble Baroness for raising an important point. It is one that I also addressed in my remarks.