In the Lords

I thank noble Lords for their contributions and agree that the Covid pandemic has underlined the important role of nature in our health and

I thank the noble Baroness for her question.

I thank noble Lords for their contributions, and I would like to clarify that the Bill gives us the power to set legally-binding long-term t

I thank my noble friend Lord Blencathra for his amendments.

I am not sure it is necessary to add the definition to the Bill itself, but I will certainly consider my noble friend’s comment carefully as

I thank the noble Duke, the Duke of Wellington, for tabling Amendment 4.

I thank my noble friend Lord Lindsay for beginning this Committee.

A Defra-funded review in 2014 by the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology illustrated the ability of hedges to store and accumulate significant

The Government does not have an up to date assessment of hedgerow removal but is committed to protecting hedgerows, and other field boundari

My Lords, as a responsible independent coastal state, we are committed to developing world-class sustainable fisheries management, safeguard