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HANSARDWine (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2024I thank the noble Lord for introducing this statutory instrument. I will not go into the details of what it is about; he explained it very well, as has the noble Baroness, Lady…16 Jan 2024HANSARDWater PollutionMy Lords, I too welcome the noble Lord to his place and say how much I look forward to working with him in the coming months. In a Written Answer, the noble Lord noted that,…16 Jan 2024HANSARDWine (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2024I shall bring a bottle in.16 Jan 2024HANSARDStorms: Weather ResilienceMy Lords, I want to pick up on an issue arising from yesterday’s Statement. In May last year, the EFRA Committee published a report on rural mental health, which found that…11 Jan 2024HANSARDStorm HenkMy Lords, the Statement refers to the dreadful floods caused by Storm Henk very recently. Unfortunately, extreme floods are becoming increasingly common. We now understand that up…10 Jan 2024HANSARDBiodiversity Gain Site Register (Financial Penalties and Fees) Regulations 2024My Lords, I thank the Minister for introducing these two instruments, which we very much welcome as they are integral to rolling out the new biodiversity net gain framework and…10 Jan 2024HANSARDAgriculture (Delinked Payments and Consequential Provisions) (England) Regulations 2023My Lords, the Minister has explained clearly in his introduction that the draft regulations propose to introduce the delinked payments to replace direct payments, so I will not go…13 Dec 2023HANSARDAgriculture (Delinked Payments and Consequential Provisions) (England) Regulations 2023My Lords, I apologise, as I should have declared my interest as president of the Rare Breeds Survival Trust at the start of the debate. I thank all noble Lords who have taken part…13 Dec 2023HANSARDAgriculture (Delinked Payments and Consequential Provisions) (England) Regulations 2023At end insert “but that this House regrets that the draft Regulations 2023 will revoke Basic Payment Scheme cross-compliance provisions regarding environmental, animal welfare and…13 Dec 2023HANSARDBovine TuberculosisMy Lords, I declare my interest as president of the Rare Breeds Survival Trust. I really appreciated the thoughtful contribution from the noble Lord, Lord Colgrain, on…12 Dec 2023HANSARDRepresentation of the People (Overseas Electors etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023My Lords, I have just one very quick point. The noble Lord, Lord Hayward, talked about the fact that I had asked about reviews; when we consider the potential for election fraud,…12 Dec 2023HANSARDPlant Health etc. (Miscellaneous Fees) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2023My Lords, we support this statutory instrument. I do not think there is any reason for me to repeat why it is required; that was ably introduced by the Minister and referred to by…06 Dec 2023HANSARDPlant Protection Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2023My Lords, clearly we are all aware that farmers and growers have had to deal with some pretty formidable challenges over recent years, including the rising costs of fertiliser,…04 Dec 2023HANSARDEnglish Flood DefencesMy Lords, despite the Government doubling their capital funding in England to combat flooding, we know that a quarter of new flood defence projects will not be going ahead. The…30 Nov 2023HANSARDWine (Revocation and Consequential Provision) Regulations 2023My Lords, we have spoken previously about similar reforms. There was an SI in 2021, for example, and during that debate we on these Benches said that it was important that the…27 Nov 2023HANSARDCountryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (Substitution of Cut-off Date Relating to Rights of Way) (England) Regulations 2023My Lords, I have laid my Motion to Regret because I believe that proper records of our public rights of way are so important. We know that public rights of way encourage…27 Nov 2023HANSARDCountryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (Substitution of Cut-off Date Relating to Rights of Way) (England) Regulations 2023That the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (Substitution of Cut-off Date Relating to Rights of Way) (England) Regulations 2023 were laid before Parliament during the…27 Nov 2023HANSARDCountryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (Substitution of Cut-off Date Relating to Rights of Way) (England) Regulations 2023My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who took part in the debate. I particularly welcome my noble friend Lord Rosser, and listened to him speak with such passion and authority today.…27 Nov 2023HANSARDFood and Biological Security: Agricultural FungicideMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett of Manor Castle, for bringing us this debate today. We have heard a lot about how fungicide infections have an impact on…23 Nov 2023HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Gascoigne, and the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Norwich on their maiden speeches in today’s wide-ranging debate. I am very…13 Nov 2023