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Member

Speaking in the House of Lords on 1 September 2025

Debate

Planning and Infrastructure Bill

Contribution

I echo comments made by the noble Baronesses, Lady Bennett and Lady Young, on the biodiversity measurement in productive forestry as well as in non- productive forestry. The data is simply inadequate at the moment, and the biodiversity net-gain calculations supplied by Defra simply do not work for forestry.

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