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HANSARDAgriculture and Horticulture Development Board (Amendment) Order 2020My Lords, I thank the Minister for his introduction to these SIs and the helpful briefing beforehand. I shall deal with the SI on the Agriculture and Horticulture Development…07 Dec 2020HANSARDCommon Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020My Lords, I thank the Minister for his introduction and for his helpful briefing beforehand. It felt very strange reading the first SI, as I felt transported to a bygone age, long…02 Dec 2020HANSARDOfficial Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020My Lords, I thank the Minister for his introduction to these SIs and for the helpful briefing he organised beforehand. I accept that a number of technical and operational updates…02 Dec 2020HANSARDFarming: New EntrantsMy Lords, I am sure that the Minister will acknowledge that increasing the number of affordable rural homes is vital to enabling new entrants to come into the farming sector.…23 Nov 2020HANSARDAgriculture (Payments) (Amendment, etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020My Lords, I thank the Minister for his introduction and the helpful briefing that he organised beforehand. When we agreed to take all these SIs in one go, I do not think I…18 Nov 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the Minister for his letter setting out the Government’s reasons on these amendments, and also for the very helpful meeting with the Secretary of State and…12 Nov 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]I intend to speak quite briefly, but first, I thank the noble Baroness for her explanation of these changes. Having looked at the small, technical amendments in this group, I do…12 Nov 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the Minister for his explanation of this new clause, and the noble Lord, Lord Beith, for raising his concerns, with which we have considerable sympathy. As ever,…12 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment and Wildlife (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020My Lords, I thank the Minister for his explanation of the purpose of this SI. The CITES international agreement is an absolutely vital protection for endangered wild animals and…03 Nov 2020HANSARDTerrestrial and Freshwater Protected SitesMy Lords, what hope do we have of being able to deliver what is an unacceptably distant and unambitious target, when we do not yet have a comprehensive baseline of natural capital…02 Nov 2020HANSARDTimber and Timber Products and FLEGT (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020There was one question I was not clear on, which is what will happen if, post January, the EU and UK diverge on voluntary agreements. I was thinking of the impact on Northern…27 Oct 2020HANSARDTimber and Timber Products and FLEGT (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020My Lords, I thank the Minister for his explanation of this revised SI. I also thank the noble Baroness, Lady Parminter, for her contribution and very helpful questions. Obviously,…27 Oct 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I speak to Amendment 17B, which would create a new clause for a strategy to reduce emissions from agriculture, having regard to our national and international…20 Oct 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Krebs, for pursuing this issue, which had considerable cross-party support when it was debated here on Report. Sadly, the…20 Oct 2020HANSARDBurning of Peat MoorlandsIf the Government have not found a way to table their own legislation to ban the burning of peat by the end of the year, will the Minister agree to work with us on a cross-party…14 Oct 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister for his explanation of these amendments. As I know he is aware, it is clearly very frustrating that they have been tabled at such a late stage. As…01 Oct 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister for his kind comments. By any measure, consideration of the Bill has been a mammoth task. In many ways, this is not surprising: this Bill is the…01 Oct 2020HANSARDAir Quality (Domestic Solid Fuels Standards) (England) Regulations 2020My Lords, I thank the Minister for setting out the intention of this SI so clearly and thank noble Lords who have contributed to this short debate this afternoon. The issue of…29 Sept 2020HANSARDSchools: Great British September CleanMy Lords, to follow up the question asked by the noble Lord, Lord Brooke, given that plastic bottles remain one of the main sources of litter, can the Minister clarify exactly…24 Sept 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I begin by referencing my interests at Rothamsted Research, as recorded in the register. I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, my noble friend Lord Whitty and the…22 Sept 2020