In the Lords

My Lords, I am certainly no fan of the inappropriate use of plastics, which are, as the noble Earl says, choking the oceans and have done mo

My Lords, a number of issues were destined at one point to appear in the so-called animals abroad Bill.

My noble friend will understand that I cannot go into the details of what legislation might look like, other than to say that there would be

My Lords, I start by saying that the fur trade body headed, I think, by a former colleague of the noble Baroness, is extremely litigious and

My Lords, I share the noble Baroness’s passion on this issue—as she knows—and her frustration with some of the blockages that have got in th

My Lords, the Government have committed to exploring potential action in relation to animal fur, as set out in the Action Plan for Animal We

The UK has been formally 'listed' as a 'Part 2' third country for the purposes of the EU pet travel scheme, which means that new rules apply

The Waste (Scotland) Regulations 2012, require some Scottish businesses to have separate food waste collections.

As publicly stated by our Ambassador in Khartoum on 23 May, we are disappointed that the Sudanese authorities have chosen not to renew the v

The Minister for Africa is concerned at recent violence in Abyei, including reports of gender-based violence and missing children.