Debate on Thursday, 13 February 2020, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Hope of Craighead. The answering member was Lord Gardiner of Kimble.

Tree Pests and Diseases

Lords motion to take note of the threats posed by pests and diseases to native trees in the United Kingdom. Agreed to on question.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 801 cc2354-2400
Session: 2019-21
Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Related items: Native Trees: Pests and Diseases
Wednesday, 5 February 2020
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Proceeding contributions: Lord Hope of Craighead | 801 cc2354-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it is a real privilege for me to have been asked to open this debate. Before I go any f...; Lord Colgrain | 801 cc2357-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it is sobering to consider that not many of us alive today remember what the English co...; Bishop of St Albans | 801 cc2359-2361 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I too thank the noble Earl, Lord Kinnoull, for obtaining the debate and the noble and l...; Lord Harries of Pentregarth | 801 cc2361-2 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I too thank the noble Earl, Lord Kinnoull, and the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hope, f...; Earl of Kinnoull | 801 cc2362-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble and right reverend Lord, Lord Harries, and his com...; Baroness Fookes | 801 cc2364-6 (Link to this contribution)
I first declare my interest as co-chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Gardening and Horticult...; Lord Carrington | 801 cc2366-8 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I add my thanks to the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hope of Craighead, and the noble Ea...; Baroness Byford | 801 cc2367-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am grateful to the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hope of Craighead, for introducing th...; Lord Chartres | 801 cc2369-2371 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, many noble Lords have already spoken with great practical experience—I think of the nob...; Earl of Caithness | 801 cc2371-3 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, in the last two decades alone, there have been 14 new diseases and five new major pest ...; Earl of Cork and Orrery | 801 cc2373-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I echo the thanks to my noble and learned friend Lord Hope and my noble friend Lord Kin...; Earl of Devon | 801 cc2375-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I, too, am grateful both to the noble Earl, Lord Kinnoull, and to the noble and learned...; Earl of Home | 801 cc2376-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I thank the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hope, and the noble Earl, Lord Kinnoull, for i...; Earl of Lytton | 801 cc2378-2381 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I congratulate the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hope, and the noble Earl, Lord Kinnoull...; Lord Framlingham | 801 cc2381-3 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, after the wonderful introduction by the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hope, and all the ...; Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle | 801 cc2383-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I thank the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hope, for his lyrical introduction to this deb...; Lord Thurlow | 801 cc2384-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I would like to add my compliments to the noble Earl, Lord Kinnoull, and the noble and ...; Lord Mann | 801 cc2386-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I still have my PG Tips book of British trees—50 cards painstakingly plucked from indiv...; Lord Vaux of Harrowden | 801 cc2387-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it is privilege to follow so many experts on this subject. I cannot claim to have the s...; Baroness McIntosh of Pickering | 801 c2388 (Link to this contribution)
I want to take this opportunity to make two points. First, I do not think any noble Lord has ment...; Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville | 801 cc2388-2392 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, we have had a very wide-ranging debate, in preparation for which extensive briefings we...; Baroness Jones of Whitchurch | 801 cc2392-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am grateful to the noble and learned Lord for tabling this debate; for setting out so...; Lord Gardiner of Kimble | 801 cc2394-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I declare my membership of the International Dendrology Society and my farming interest...; Lord Hope of Craighead | 801 cc2396-2400 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, on both my behalf and that of the noble Earl, Lord Kinnoull, I thank all noble Lords wh...
Subjects: Birds Deer Damage Diseases Disease control Forests Import controls Imports Insects Pest control Research Tree felling Trees Tree planting Pests Squirrels Phytophthora ramorum Ash dieback disease Non-native species Xylella Oak processionary moth Arboriculture
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Tree Pests and Diseases

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