Baroness Grender

Baroness Grender

LD

Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

LordsLife peerCurrent Member

Affiliation

House: Lords

Constituency: Life peer

Status: Current member

Latest Activity

Sitting day: 2026-04-16

Activity total: 1

Contributions: 1

Votes recorded: 0

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Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

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Conservation of Habitats and Species (Offshore Wind) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2026

2026-04-13

My Lords, I thank the Minister for setting out the statutory instrument. There is no doubt that climate change is an existential threat that demands urgent and transformative acti…

Forest-Risk Commodities

2026-03-02

My Lords, what projections have the Government made of the impact on regional GDP and jobs if UK food and retail businesses lose market share because overseas competitors can show…

British Farming: Competitiveness

2026-03-03

My Lords, the way to help with this significant issue would be the Government achieving their own manifesto promise of getting at least 50% of food supply to the public sector pro…

Peatland Restoration

2026-03-12

My Lords, does the Minister agree with the widespread public concern that peat for horticulture continues to degrade our vital peatlands? Can he update the House on the Government…

Flood Detection and Prevention: Technological Assistance

2026-03-19

What additional steps are the Government taking to ensure that the benefits of new flood technology reach people in rented, social and low-income housing and are not confined to o…

PFAS

2026-03-05

My Lords, can the Minister explain why, when PFAS contamination of marine life and wildlife is already so widespread and understood, the Government are choosing what looks like a…

Sustainable Farming Incentive: Small Farms

2026-03-11

My Lords, how will the Government ensure that the definition of a small farm within the SFI recognises the contribution of smaller, diversified family farms to nature recovery and…

Marine Protected Areas: Bottom Trawling

2026-04-15

Is the Minister confident that the Government can justify calling these marine protected areas when bottom trawling is still permitted in 90% of them, resulting in 20,000 hours of…

Trail-hunting

2026-03-18

My Lords, will the Minister undertake to ensure that any future decision in this area, particularly on trail-hunting, is evidence-led as much as possible and based on assessing wh…

Farming Road Map

2026-04-16

My Lords, will the Government ensure, as urged by the National Trust, that the Farming and Food Partnership Board includes at least one environmental landowner or NGO, so that the…