Crossbench Peer
Entered the House of Lords on 15 May 1973
Party was Conservative until 9 Jul 2006
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to prevent the spread, and ensure large-scale control, of bracken to protect the biodiversity of (1) sites of special scientific interest, and (2) other vulnerable areas.
My Lords, I welcome the amendment from the noble Lord, Lord Forsyth. For those of us who have followed these issues over the years, there is no doubt that the impact of no environmental assessments being undertaken on these salmon farms has been a devastating effect on wild salmon stocks. It is about time that we had a system in place where proper assessments were undertaken, so I thoroughly...
My Lords, I declare an interest as the manager of an upland estate in North Yorkshire. I am grateful to the Minister for explaining the new regulations, although, like many other people, I still find them vague and difficult to comprehend. The noble Baroness, Lady Hayman, raises some fundamental issues. Under the previous regulations—under the basic payment scheme and Pillar 1—there was a...
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