In the Lords

In the 25 Year Environment Plan, we committed to publishing an England Peat Strategy to create and deliver a new ambitious framework for pea

Our Clean Air Strategy sets out an ambitious programme of action to reduce air pollution from a wide range of sources in our towns and citie

My Lords, the Government recognise the importance of tackling wildlife crime and animal cruelty.

The Government support increasing the maximum custodial sentence for animal cruelty offences from six months to five years.

In 2018, the UK hosted the biggest ever illegal wildlife trade conference, and 65 countries signed up to the London declaration, which commi

Animal experimentation clearly has an enormously important role to play.

Recordable offences are set outside Defra, although Defra has been working with, for example, the Raptor Persecution Priority Delivery Group

The noble Lord makes an important point and I will convey it to the Attorney-General, on whose behalf I am afraid I am not able to speak.

This was a manifesto commitment and we have taken a key step in delivering it by launching, just a few weeks ago, a consultation on ending l

The noble Baroness makes an important point.