In the Lords

The principal tool we will use in the coming years is the transfer from the common agricultural policy subsidy system to the environmental l

I certainly agree that the department, the Government and the Environment Agency should be using every tool at their disposal to ensure that

The noble Lord makes an extremely good point. I am afraid I am not in a position to update him on the letter I provided most recently.

A number of pieces of work will help us to better understand the economics of biodiversity.

I can give that assurance. Our planning reforms are intended to speed up decisions that can and should be sped up.

My Lords, the Environment Bill requires us to set at least one target in each of the four priority areas, including biodiversity.

The noble Lord asks whether we will bring the target forward.

Our nature strategy, which transcends the climate COP and has direct implications on the biodiversity COP being hosted in Kunming shortly be

Many issues relating to biodiversity and nature are devolved.

Where water companies do not meet our expectations, we will toughen our regulation and push them to improve their performance.