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HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful for the meeting that I had prior to today with my noble friend the Minister. I assure him that this is indeed a probing amendment. It enables me to press…02 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful to those who have contributed. The amendment tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Grantchester, is entirely consistent with my amendment, in the sense of…02 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 14 in my name and that of—if I may say so—my noble friend Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb. I was grateful for the opportunity to discuss this with…02 Mar 2020HANSARDEU: Future RelationshipMy Lords, in congratulating my noble friend and welcoming him to his new position, does he recall the Government— or the leave campaign’s position—at the time of the referendum…27 Feb 2020HANSARDTrade: StandardsMy Lords, I am delighted to have secured this debate. I grew up in the Pennines, at the heart of livestock production, with spring lambs and suckler cows—both central to the rural…25 Feb 2020HANSARDTrade: StandardsTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to establish a trade standards commission in advance of negotiating trade deals.25 Feb 2020HANSARDFlooding CompensationMy Lords, will my noble friend also thank the council officials and those from the Environment Agency who have been on duty for weeks during the present floods? Does she not agree…25 Feb 2020HANSARDImmigration: Refugee DoctorsMy Lords, I am grateful. Will my noble friend ensure that any doctor who seeks to practise, whether a refugee doctor or otherwise, is registered to practise in their home country…24 Feb 2020HANSARDImmigration: Refugee DoctorsMy Lords—24 Feb 2020HANSARDSmart MotorwaysMy Lords, I welcome the opportunity to hold this debate. I start by recording my condolences for those who have lost loved ones or suffered serious injury in an incident on a…13 Feb 2020HANSARDTree Pests and DiseasesI want to take this opportunity to make two points. First, I do not think any noble Lord has mentioned Fera Science Ltd, the national agri-food innovation campus at Sand Hutton,…13 Feb 2020HANSARDSmart MotorwaysTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the safety of smart motorways and what plans they have to review their policy towards them.13 Feb 2020HANSARDBereavement ServicesMy Lords, will the Minister use her good offices to ensure that the public are more aware of the bereavement support payment, which I do not think is widely understood at present?13 Feb 2020HANSARDFishery Protection SquadronMy Lords, does my noble friend agree that the key to fisheries protection is to catch foreign vessels in the act of fishing? To what extent will the Government use remote…12 Feb 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, we are at a historic moment where the UK is in transit to leaving the European Union, and we need to negotiate new arrangements in that process. We are leaving the…11 Feb 2020HANSARDFlood ResponseMy Lords, I echo my noble friend’s comments about sympathy, condolence and thanks to the emergency services. Does he agree that many livestock will have been lost? I wonder what…10 Feb 2020HANSARDBovine TuberculosisMy Lords, does my noble friend agree that there is no country in which tuberculosis in a herd has been completely eradicated without the need for a cull? Therefore, in a limited…29 Jan 2020HANSARDDirect Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness. I refer to my interests in the register. In particular, I sit on the Rural Affairs Group of the Church of England Synod. I…29 Jan 2020HANSARDAgriculture Bill: Food ProductionMy Lords, will my noble friend ensure that livestock production is given priority within the definition of food production? Will he assure the House, today, that the Government…27 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI followed my noble friend’s arguments closely and understood him to say that Section 8 can be used only to correct deficiencies following the EU withdrawal Bill. His summing up…21 Jan 2020