Baroness Young of Old Scone (Lab)

My Lords, I welcome the Select Committee report, particularly its emphasis on an infrastructure-first approach, mandatory basic design standards and capturing land values. I welcome the overall direct

My Lords, I declare my environmental interests as listed in the register, and I thank the Minister for his engaging introduction. He obviously knows something about this, and I look forward to discuss

Or I might just cheat, if I have enough space at the end, and put the odd little bit of dagger between the ribs. The Bill is very welcome. It helps put a knife through the heart of a highly damaging T

My Lords, the degree of political ideology that this Bill has provoked has been quite entertaining this afternoon. I was terribly tempted to wade in, especially when my namesake, the noble Lord, Lord

My Lords, it is a great privilege to follow the speech that we have just heard and I hope we will all ponder it. I am going to be a bit more frivolous in my contribution. When I saw the notice of the

My Lords, I support Amendment 239, in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Boycott. I will be brief, given the stage of the evening we are at. She gave me a good lead line there in talking about Incre