Baroness Young of Old Scone
The Baroness Young of Old Scone
Labour
•House of Lords•ActiveMember since 4 November 1997
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State of Climate and Nature
20/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, the Government’s priority is growth, but the Office for Budget Responsibility’s recent fiscal risks report said that climate change impacts ...
UK Modern Industrial Strategy
29/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I welcome the industrial strategy. It is absolutely about stability and a sense of direction, which is what British business and, indeed, in...
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
24/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I declare my environmental interests in the register.
I think we all recognise the need for changes in the planning system to deliver rea...
UK Infrastructure: 10-year Strategy
23/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I welcome the Statement from the Minister about a much more joined-up and rational approach to infrastructure. It has been long called for a...
Environmental Targets (Public Authorities) Bill [HL]
12/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I hesitate to speak because I am very conscious that the next debate is waiting to begin. I thank the noble Lord, Lord Evans, for his amendm...
My Lords, first, I apologise that I was unable to be present for the Second Reading of this valuable Bill.
I am a bit confused by the amendment in ...
Engineering Biology (Science and Technology Committee Report)
27/04/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I too was pleased to have been a member of the committee that produced this report on an important issue that was so ably introduced by the ...
North Sea Energy
12/03/2025 • Lords
Does the Minister agree that the broad direction of this strategy is heavily supported by the public, the energy industry and the
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03/03/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I welcome the Statement about the measures that the Government are taking to help hard-pressed families keep warm and to alleviate fuel pove...
Beaver: Reintroduction in England
27/02/2025 • Lords
My Lords, though I sympathise with the noble Lord, Lord Forsyth, about his willows, does my noble friend the Minister agree that where beavers are all...
Biomass Generation
12/02/2025 • Lords
I would like to ask the Minister which issues will be taken into account for the decision after 2031. I welcome this as a first step towards reducing ...
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