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HANSARDCost of Living and Food InsecurityI will make some progress. As the Chancellor said last week, we cannot do anything to control some drivers of cost increases, but we can lessen the blow. As a Government, we have…08 Feb 2022HANSARDCost of Living and Food InsecurityIf Members do not mind, I will make a little progress now, because otherwise we shall be here all day. Our Agriculture Act 2020 committed us to reporting to Parliament on food…08 Feb 2022HANSARDCost of Living and Food InsecurityWith the leave of the House, I would like to thank Members from across the House for sharing the experiences of their constituents this afternoon. I will start with my hon. Friend…08 Feb 2022HANSARDCost of Living and Food InsecurityI hope that in the course of my remarks I will be able to answer the right hon. Gentleman more fully, but in brief I would like to say that we clearly have increases in the cost…08 Feb 2022HANSARDCost of Living and Food InsecurityNo, I am going to conclude now. The food strategy will be published shortly and I am very much looking forward to bringing the White Paper before the House. We are working on the…08 Feb 2022HANSARDCost of Living and Food InsecurityIt is also a pleasure to talk to my right hon. Friend about these matters. I have also spoken to him many times, in this instance about his plan to boost horticulture,…08 Feb 2022HANSARDAnimals (Penalty Notices) BillI wonder whether it might be in order to wish my hon. Friend the Member for Halesowen and Rowley Regis (James Morris) an extremely happy birthday. It is good to see him in his…04 Feb 2022HANSARDGlue Traps (Offences) BillI am extremely grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Wolverhampton North East (Jane Stevenson) for her tremendous work in introducing this Bill and for navigating it to this…04 Feb 2022HANSARDAnimals (Penalty Notices) BillI am very happy to continue to work with my hon. Friend and the NFU as we take the secondary legislation forward. I would like to reassure him that this process is intended to…04 Feb 2022HANSARDGlue Traps (Offences) BillI hope I will be able to reassure the right hon. Member for Alyn and Deeside (Mark Tami), and indeed Muffin, Bobby and Mrs Skittles along the way. I understand the concern…04 Feb 2022HANSARDBees: NeonicotinoidsI will not, as I have a great deal to get through. Oil seed rape is significantly different from beet. As we all know, it is a beautiful flowering crop, and its pollen and nectar…02 Feb 2022HANSARDBees: NeonicotinoidsSir Roger, it is great pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, particularly as I think you would rather have been speaking in the debate. I congratulate the hon. Member for…02 Feb 2022HANSARDBees: NeonicotinoidsIf I have time, I would be delighted to. I refer the hon. Gentleman to the full set of reasons given by the Secretary of State on gov.uk, because that gives the complete decision.…02 Feb 2022HANSARDEnvironmental Land Management Scheme: Food ProductionI will not, because I want to give my hon. Friend time at the end of the debate. The figure at the moment is about 74% and that seems about right. I am committed to buying local,…01 Feb 2022HANSARDEnvironmental Land Management Scheme: Food ProductionFair enough. This is an important issue, and the clever statisticians are always reluctant for Government to commit to an absolute figure. That is not because of any theological…01 Feb 2022HANSARDEnvironmental Land Management Scheme: Food ProductionIt is a delight to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies, as it always is under the chairmanship of my hon Friend the Member for Tiverton and Honiton (Neil Parish). I should…01 Feb 2022HANSARDEnvironmental Land Management Scheme: Food Productionindicated assent.01 Feb 2022HANSARDFood LabellingAs I said, we are undertaking a comprehensive review of labelling; one issue that will be considered is whether a product is produced by GE, which probably will not happen for…27 Jan 2022HANSARDFood LabellingCountry-of-origin labelling must not mislead. If the main ingredient has a different origin—for example if a British pie has French meat inside—the label must say so. I have…27 Jan 2022HANSARDFood LabellingNow that we have left the EU, we can review food labelling to make sure that consumers have the information that they need to make healthy and sustainable choices. We have already…27 Jan 2022