Baroness Sheehan
The Baroness Sheehan
Liberal Democrat
•House of Lords•ActiveMember since 1 October 2015
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Forest Risk Commodities
07/07/2025 • Lords
I thank the Minister. The problem is that there is no way in which to stabilise our warming planet if we continue to destroy vital sinks like forests....
To ask His Majesty’s Government what plans they have to make regulations under Schedule 17 to the Environment Act 2021 to ban the import of forest ris...
Deep Sea Mining in International Waters
29/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, can the Minister update the House on the progress of the UK’s scientific network of experts on deep sea mining? How are its findings being s...
Methane (Environment and Climate Change Committee Report)
12/05/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I thank the Minister for his response. I thank all contributors for their valuable and well-thought-out responses to this report; they are v...
My Lords, it is indeed a pleasure, as chair, to debate the findings of the Environment and Climate Change Committee’s report, Methane: Keep Up the...
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Grangemouth Oil Refinery
27/03/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I draw the House’s attention to my role as chair of the Environment and Climate Change Committee. What will be the process by which the pref...
UK Energy: Grid Decarbonisation
24/03/2025 • Lords
Does the Minister agree that consumers choosing green electricity as their preferred source of power is a powerful driving force for the View full contribution →
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Palestine Statehood (Recognition) Bill [HL]
14/03/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I too welcome the Bill. Britain’s historical role in the plight of the Palestinians is undeniable. The 1917 Balfour Declaration divided Pale...
Licensed Oil and Gas Fields: Emissions
11/03/2025 • Lords
My Lords, who in government is responsible for collecting the data on spillages from the oil and gas industry operations in the UK? Scope 3 emissions ...
High Seas Treaty
10/03/2025 • Lords
My Lords, can I press the Minister a little further on the ratification process for the high seas treaty? Can she confirm that ratification needs to t...
Climate Change
03/03/2025 • Lords
It is coming. It committed us to work with others to reduce global methane emissions by 30% by 2030. So can the Minister justify why, in their respons...
My Lords, last December the Environment and Climate Change Committee, which I chair, published its report on methane, a greenhouse gas 80 times more p...
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Gas Storage Levels
14/01/2025 • Lords
I wonder if I can move on to the need for warm homes. Heat pumps are very efficient in heating homes—every kilowatt of electricity generates three to ...
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