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Member

Speaking in the House of Lords on 16 September 2026

Debate

Railways Bill

Contribution

On nature recovery and the use of clean energy on rail land, in Amendment 130A, there are issues in the subtext. The question is whether you can actually incorporate that while building a nice little house for everybody else next door. I know that not all land owned by the railways is next to a station, but I should have expected some kind of reference to the needs of the poor old human beings who are going to get on these trains, as well as to the poor old nature recovery aspects, which are rightly listed in this amendment.

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