Member

I am grateful for the positive approach to lateral solutions. I mentioned beavers, which pose an enormous problem—not least in North Yorkshire, I understand. I back off from taking any responsibility for the beavers in North Yorkshire, but we cannot train them where to go. Anyone who wants to introduce a beaver must understand that the beavers will beaver away wherever they want to and, with the greatest will in the world, there is not a great deal we can do to guide them. I will leave that issue to my noble friends Lord Goldsmith and Lord Roborough.