Lord Gardiner of Kimble - Contributions

Lord Gardiner of Kimble

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Lords, Life peer (2010 - present)

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Bee Population

Lords Chamber on 19 June 201819/06/2018

My Lords, my noble friend Lady Bloomfield is undoubtedly to be congratulated—as your Lordships have done—on securing this debate which, as ever, has been enriched by your Lordships’ own experiences. I agree with the noble Viscount, Lord Falkland. Many of...

Flood Risk

Lords Chamber on 11 June 201811/06/2018

I did not talk about £15 million, but there are some specific projects involving natural capital and the £15 million that I did not mention. But, the £2.6 billion includes both hard engineering and the use of natural capital in the scheme. So, the £15 mi...

Flood Risk

Lords Chamber on 11 June 201811/06/2018

My Lords, whether it affects families, communities or businesses, clearly flooding is devastating and the clear-up can be very much a long-term affair for many. That is precisely why the business-led Property Flood Resilience Roundtable published an acti...

Flood Risk

Lords Chamber on 11 June 201811/06/2018

Undoubtedly. To go back to Slowing the Flow at Pickering, tree planting was part of that process. It is about crops to be grown, trees and buffer zones. We are increasingly realising that there are all sorts of ways in which natural capital is a resource...

Flood Risk

Lords Chamber on 11 June 201811/06/2018

My Lords, surface water is often much more difficult to forecast than flooding from rivers. Obviously, flash flooding has occurred, but following earlier floods the National Flood Resilience Review, published in September 2016, specifically examined the...

Flood Risk

Lords Chamber on 11 June 201811/06/2018

My Lords, we are consulting on the new body, but we have strong aspirations, particularly with our 25-year environment plan, to enhance the environment, and of course that involves reducing risk from natural hazards such as flooding. Given the responses...

Flood Risk

Lords Chamber on 11 June 201811/06/2018

My Lords, between 2015 and 2021, we are investing £2.6 billion in managing flood risk, including 1,500 flood defence schemes using both hard engineering and natural flood management solutions. As a result, 300,000 homes, 690,000 acres of agricultural l...

Transport Emissions in Urban Areas

Lords Chamber on 22 May 201822/05/2018

I entirely agree with my noble friend, whom I saw at Chelsea very early yesterday morning. Plants and trees—the natural world and its protection—are hugely important because of what the natural world does for us. We still have a lot more to learn, and th...

Transport Emissions in Urban Areas

Lords Chamber on 22 May 201822/05/2018

There were a number of points there. We are one of 22 member states reporting exceedances, and there are 12 other countries against which infraction proceedings are carrying on. So this is undoubtedly a problem in many of the developed economies, which i...

Transport Emissions in Urban Areas

Lords Chamber on 22 May 201822/05/2018

My Lords, there are many plus points in hybrid cars and I entirely agree that, at this time, they are a very good option. However, with our investment in ultra-low emission vehicles and in more publicly accessible charging points, we are clearly moving t...

Transport Emissions in Urban Areas

Lords Chamber on 22 May 201822/05/2018

I entirely agree with my noble friend and will pick that up with TfL and the Department for Transport. As my noble friend rightly identified, congestion is a cause of pollution, as is the idling of vehicles. I am pleased that the City of Westminster has...

Transport Emissions in Urban Areas

Lords Chamber on 22 May 201822/05/2018

My Lords, I dispute what the noble Baroness has said. I have figures here from when my party and hers were in government, which include considerable reductions in air pollution since 2010. I wonder whether the noble Baroness wishes not to acknowledge the...

Transport Emissions in Urban Areas

Lords Chamber on 22 May 201822/05/2018

My Lords, this is an extremely ambitious strategy. New legislation will be introduced to give local government new powers to take decisive action. We have deliberately said that this is for local government because, with the funds that we are providing o...

Transport Emissions in Urban Areas

Lords Chamber on 22 May 201822/05/2018

My Lords, with the leave of the House I shall repeat as a Statement an Answer given to an Urgent Question in another place by my right honourable friend the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on improving transport emissions...

Animal Products: Labelling and Packaging

Lords Chamber on 14 May 201814/05/2018

The noble Earl raises an important issue, which is that we want to reduce the use of antibiotics in the agricultural sector. I must say that, two years ahead of target, that has been achieved. It is really important that this country is one of the world-...

Animal Products: Labelling and Packaging

Lords Chamber on 14 May 201814/05/2018

My Lords, as the noble Lord rather anticipated, I understand the figures he raises but I do not have the precise figures in front of me. Trading standards departments are undertaking a very effective job, and I could give him examples of a number of rece...

Animal Products: Labelling and Packaging

Lords Chamber on 14 May 201814/05/2018

My Lords, as I said, we understand the concern of consumers. That is why, as part of a general labelling review, we will consider the opportunities in this regard.

Animal Products: Labelling and Packaging

Lords Chamber on 14 May 201814/05/2018

My Lords, that is why in this country we have the largest free-range flocks in Europe. The definition of eggs, as compared with other food products, is one of the legal definitions, precisely so that the consumer knows the difference between free range a...

Animal Products: Labelling and Packaging

Lords Chamber on 14 May 201814/05/2018

My Lords, I am well aware that I am speaking on behalf of Her Majesty’s Government, but I think I should take advice from colleagues in that department.

Animal Products: Labelling and Packaging

Lords Chamber on 14 May 201814/05/2018

My Lords, I understand what my noble friend says. We are clear that we understand the public concern that people should be eating meat from animals in the way that they would wish. We will be looking at labelling as a post-Brexit opportunity, as I said,...

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