In the Lords

I always welcome debate, particularly around the issue of our magnificent overseas territories.

As the noble Baroness will know, we are currently engaging with stakeholders on the content of the England peat strategy and we expect it

We do not dispute that protected areas, which include protected sites and landscapes and other measures, need to be better managed.

The Environment Agency takes water quality samples at all designated bathing waters during the bathing season.

The Environment Bill that is soon to be introduced will, as I said, place a statutory requirement on water companies to produce drainage

I certainly agree with the noble Lord that raw sewage should only ever be released into water systems as a last resort and in exceptiona

Chemicals come from almost all human activities.

Those reports were based on comments by Sir James Bevan, but they were inaccurate; in fact, they were entirely wrong.

The noble Baroness makes an extremely important point.

83 consignments of sheep but no consignments of calves were exported for slaughter or fattening from the port of Ramsgate between 1 Janua