My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (Ed Miliband) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. My noble friend Lord Hunt, Minister for Sustainable Development and Energy Innovation, and I represented the UK at the Environment Council in Brussels on 4 December. At this...

My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (Ed Miliband) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. My noble friend Lord Hunt, Minister for Sustainable Development and Energy Innovation, and I represented the UK at the Environment Council in Brussels on 4 December. At this...

My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (Ed Miliband) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. My honourable friend the Member for Lewisham and Deptford and I attended the 14th conference of the parties (COP14) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)...

My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (Ed Miliband) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. My honourable friend the Member for Lewisham and Deptford and I attended the 14th conference of the parties (COP14) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)...

My noble Friend Lord Hunt, the Minister for Sustainable Development and Energy Innovation and I, represented the UK at the Environment Council in Brussels on 4 December. At this Council, member states set out their views on the Integrated Pollution Prevention Control (IPPC) Directive. Several member states raised concerns about...

My noble Friend Lord Hunt, the Minister for Sustainable Development and Energy Innovation and I, represented the UK at the Environment Council in Brussels on 4 December. At this Council, member states set out their views on the Integrated Pollution Prevention Control (IPPC) Directive. Several member states raised concerns about...

The Under-Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, my hon. Friend, the Member for Lewisham and Deptford (Joan Ruddock), and I attended the 14th conference of the parties (COP14) to the UN framework convention on climate change (UNFCCC) and the fourth meeting of the parties to the Kyoto protocol...

The Under-Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, my hon. Friend, the Member for Lewisham and Deptford (Joan Ruddock), and I attended the 14th conference of the parties (COP14) to the UN framework convention on climate change (UNFCCC) and the fourth meeting of the parties to the Kyoto protocol...

I thank the noble Lord, Lord Teverson, for his points. This is an important issue. Deforestation accounts for 17 per cent of world CO2, which is more than that from all the world’s transport emissions. It is crucial that we tackle it. Recent work has suggested that, by 2020, we...

I thank the noble Lord, Lord Teverson, for his points. This is an important issue. Deforestation accounts for 17 per cent of world CO2, which is more than that from all the world’s transport emissions. It is crucial that we tackle it. Recent work has suggested that, by 2020, we...

Draft European Communities (Definition of Treaties) (2006 International Tropical Timber Agreement) Order 2008. Considered by Delegated Legislation Committee. Minutes of proceedings at UP 7 2007-08.

Draft European Communities (Definition of Treaties) (2006 International Tropical Timber Agreement) Order 2008. Considered by Delegated Legislation Committee. Minutes of proceedings at UP 7 2007-08.

rose to move, That the Grand Committee do report to the House that it has considered the European Communities (Definition of Treaties) (2006 International Tropical Timber Agreement) Order 2008. The noble Lord said: This order covers the ratification of the 2006 International Tropical Timber Agreement. The agreement, approved on 27...

rose to move, That the Grand Committee do report to the House that it has considered the European Communities (Definition of Treaties) (2006 International Tropical Timber Agreement) Order 2008. The noble Lord said: This order covers the ratification of the 2006 International Tropical Timber Agreement. The agreement, approved on 27...

I welcome the Minister’s statement. Although it is technical, it represents a broad and important area of government and global policy on sustainable forests, rainforests and climate change. There have in the past been certification schemes for timber coming into this country which have failed many of the tests, but...

I welcome the Minister’s statement. Although it is technical, it represents a broad and important area of government and global policy on sustainable forests, rainforests and climate change. There have in the past been certification schemes for timber coming into this country which have failed many of the tests, but...

I apologise to the Minister, first, for my own absence when he started to speak, and secondly, possibly more properly, for whichever of my colleagues was supposed to speak to the order. However, I have listened to most of what the Minister said and I do not want to pose...

I apologise to the Minister, first, for my own absence when he started to speak, and secondly, possibly more properly, for whichever of my colleagues was supposed to speak to the order. However, I have listened to most of what the Minister said and I do not want to pose...

Draft European Communities (Definition of Treaties) (2006 International Tropical Timber Agreement) Order 2008. Lords debate on a motion to consider. Agreed to on question. Grand Committee held in the Moses Room.

Draft European Communities (Definition of Treaties) (2006 International Tropical Timber Agreement) Order 2008. Lords debate on a motion to consider. Agreed to on question. Grand Committee held in the Moses Room.

I. Report on the Forestry Commission re-survey of woodlands 2007 to assess the level of incidence of Phytophthora ramorum and Phytophthora kernoviae in woodlands in England and Wales. 7 p. II. Report on survey for Oak Processionary Moth Thaumetopoea processionea (Linnaeus) (Lepidoptera: Thaumetopoeidae) (OPM) in London in 2007. 17 p. III. Report on the National Survey to Assess the Presence of Bleeding Canker of Horse Chestnut Trees in Great Britain. March 2008. 13 p.

I. Report on the Forestry Commission re-survey of woodlands 2007 to assess the level of incidence of Phytophthora ramorum and Phytophthora kernoviae in woodlands in England and Wales. 7 p. II. Report on survey for Oak Processionary Moth Thaumetopoea processionea (Linnaeus) (Lepidoptera: Thaumetopoeidae) (OPM) in London in 2007. 17 p....

I beg to move,"That leave be given to bring in a Bill to make it an offence for any importer or distributor to sell or distribute in the United Kingdom any wood harvested, manufactured or otherwise dealt with illegally in the country from which the wood originated or through which...

I beg to move,"That leave be given to bring in a Bill to make it an offence for any importer or distributor to sell or distribute in the United Kingdom any wood harvested, manufactured or otherwise dealt with illegally in the country from which the wood originated or through which...

Illegally Logged Timber (Prohibition of Sale and Distribution). Ten minute rule motion for leave to introduce a Bill. Agreed to on question. Presentation and first reading (Bill 94). To be read a second time 17 October 2008.

Illegally Logged Timber (Prohibition of Sale and Distribution). Ten minute rule motion for leave to introduce a Bill. Agreed to on question. Presentation and first reading (Bill 94). To be read a second time 17 October 2008.