Results 1–20 of 39 for (in the 'Commons debates' OR in the 'Westminster Hall debates' OR in the 'Lords debates' OR in the 'Northern Ireland Assembly debates') speaker:Lord Colgrain

Bovine Tuberculosis - Question (12 Dec 2023)

Lord Colgrain: To ask His Majesty’s Government what progress they have made towards identifying a vaccine for eradicating bovine tuberculosis.

Bovine Tuberculosis - Question (12 Dec 2023)

Lord Colgrain: I thank my noble friend for his positive and most encouraging reply. Bovine TB devastates both emotionally and financially those farmers who find that their herds contain positive reactors. It also hangs a Damocles sword over those neighbours who fear infection contagion, as we are experiencing with the current ever-expanding TB cluster in Kent. I ask my noble friend to agree with me that,...

Firearms Bill - Third Reading: Motion (18 Sep 2023)

Lord Colgrain: My Lords, if your Lordships should pass the Bill today, it will not go back to the Commons but will go straight to His Majesty the King for Royal Assent. I will be most brief in summarising its contents. It is in two parts. The first will require any person who operates a miniature rifle range to have been granted a firearms certificate by the police—that is not the situation hitherto. It...

Firearms Bill - Order of Commitment (12 Sep 2023)

Lord Colgrain: My Lords, I understand that no amendments have been set down to this Bill and that no noble Lord has indicated a wish to move a manuscript amendment or to speak in Committee. Unless, therefore, any noble Lord objects, I beg to move that the order of commitment be discharged. Motion agreed.

Firearms Bill - Second Reading (14 Jul 2023)

Lord Colgrain: My Lords, I thank those noble Lords who have spoken in this short and important debate. The noble Earl, Lord Attlee, has considerable experience in speaking on firearms matters in the House. To hear him say, “What is there not to like about this Bill?”, is very reassuring. The noble Lord, Lord Browne of Ladyton, obviously has considerable experience too in wider defence matters, but to...

Firearms Bill - Second Reading (14 Jul 2023)

Lord Colgrain: My Lords, I am very pleased to present this Bill following its recent consideration in the other place. It was initiated by my honourable friend Shaun Bailey MP, and it addresses two important aspects of our firearms controls concerning miniature rifle ranges and ammunition. We have strong gun controls in the UK, which help to prevent criminals using illegal firearms. They also ensure that...

Avian Influenza: Game Birds - Question (18 Jan 2023)

Lord Colgrain: To ask His Majesty’s Government what progress they have made in determining a link between avian influenza and game birds; and in respect of any such link, what plans they have to ban the rearing and release of game birds, given the impact that this could have on the rural labour market.

Avian Influenza: Game Birds - Question (18 Jan 2023)

Lord Colgrain: I am grateful to my noble friend the Minister for his reply, which in large part is reassuring. Nevertheless, he will know that plans need to be made over the next few weeks to decide whether many shoots, and the direct and indirect employment that goes with them, will continue for the new season. The financial contribution of shooting to the rural economy has been put annually at over £2...

Urgent and Emergency Care - Statement ( 6 Sep 2022)

Lord Colgrain: My Lords, I apologise for leaping rather prematurely to my feet before my noble friend the Minister just now. It is often the case that you read things in the newspaper and either you doubt the veracity of the information or you feel it is apocryphal, and you have to wait until such time as something occurs to you personally before you understand how vital it is. Last week I visited my 97...

Urgent and Emergency Care - Statement ( 6 Sep 2022)

Lord Colgrain: My Lords—

Restoration and Renewal - Motion to Approve: Amendment to the Motion (13 Jul 2022)

Lord Colgrain: My Lords, I am sure that I speak for all of your Lordships when I say that I am very fond of this building. My affection has grown as a result of having been a member of your Lordships’ Finance Committee for over four years. This gave me the opportunity to clamber all over its structure, up both Victoria and Elizabeth Towers, and on top of and underneath Westminster Hall, inspecting stained...

Queen’s Speech - Debate (4th Day) (16 May 2022)

Lord Colgrain: My Lords, my background being related to employment matters, I will first comment on the economy in that context and then touch on two environment points. I am sure that I am not alone in admitting that I did not fully master the issues attached to passporting in financial services at the time of Brexit. I was concerned that the City of London would see an exodus of talent in favour of the...

Farming Industry: Support - Question for Short Debate (11 Jan 2022)

Lord Colgrain: My Lords, Kent is the garden of England. Its fruit and vegetable growers are market leaders and are now being joined by English wine growers in being held in increasingly high esteem. All these producers are being crippled by the restrictions of the seasonal workers scheme. It is missing the point to say that English workers can fill the void. They cannot, as has been ably demonstrated by the...

Charities and Civil Society: Ministerial Responsibility - Question (23 Nov 2021)

Lord Colgrain: I declare my interests as set out in the register, with particular reference to the Harris (Belmont) Trust and Rochester Cathedral. Does my noble friend agree that within whichever department charities sit, the role of their volunteers is paramount? What measures can the Government take to facilitate their rapid return after the pandemic to both charities and those other organisations where...

Farming Rules for Water - Question ( 1 Nov 2021)

Lord Colgrain: Have the Government considered using a risk-based approach to the autumn application of organic material? This would allow continued application of such organic material in the autumn on arable land where the risk to water is considered low, rather than the current blanket ban. It would also assist to reduce the requirement for artificial fertilisers and the environmental costs associated...

Trees: Ips typographus - Question ( 1 Nov 2021)

Lord Colgrain: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the arrival of the tree beetle Ips typographus in spruce trees in the southeast of England on the timber industry in the United Kingdom; and what steps they are taking to prevent further damage.

Trees: Ips typographus - Question ( 1 Nov 2021)

Lord Colgrain: My Lords, I refer to my interests in the register. I am grateful to my noble friend the Minister for his reply and to the officials from Defra and the Forestry Commission, who are being so effective in endeavouring to contain the current infestations to prevent a further catastrophe that could prove comparable to Dutch elm disease and ash Chalara. Given that this beetle is airborne and has...

Environment Bill - Committee (7th Day): Amendment 257E (12 Jul 2021)

Lord Colgrain: My Lords, I draw attention to my interests in the register. I have pleasure in supporting my noble friend Lord Kinnoull on his Amendment 260A. The Government are setting ambitious tree-planting targets in their various plans, which is to be lauded, but those targets in England are not only not being met but, frankly, are being missed by a mile. Partly, this is to do with the delay in...

Environment Bill - Committee (6th Day): Amendment 176 ( 7 Jul 2021)

Lord Colgrain: My Lords, I refer to my interests in the register. I rise to support my noble friend Lord Carrington and to add my name to his Amendment 178. I also echo his words of thanks to the Minister for the time that he and members of his department gave us during our virtual meeting to discuss this amendment and for his subsequent letter. While my noble friend focused his concerns on abstraction...

Environmental Land Management Schemes - Question (24 May 2021)

Lord Colgrain: I welcome the Minister to his new role. Will he confirm that the results of the ELMS trials will be available to all and, in particular, that it will be possible to compare like-for-like soil types and typographies? Will he also confirm the possibility of carbon credits being applied more broadly across existing woodland and coppice, as opposed to the present eligibility for new woodland...


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