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HANSARDAgriculture Bill (Eighth sitting)That is why we are going slowly, or relatively slowly. That is why we have a seven-year transition period. I refer the hon. Gentleman to the back page of his favourite document…27 Feb 2020HANSARDAgriculture Bill (Seventh sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship again, Mr Stringer. While dealing with some of the points that the hon. Member for Cambridge has raised, I will try to stick…27 Feb 2020HANSARDAgriculture Bill (Seventh sitting)The amendments would enshrine in the Bill a legal duty to make regulations that govern agricultural and horticultural activity and to restrict financial assistance to those who…27 Feb 2020HANSARDAgriculture Bill (Seventh sitting)As the hon. Member for Cambridge said, I suspect that many people in this room agree with a great deal of what he told us. On this side of the House, we are determined that UK…27 Feb 2020HANSARDAgriculture Bill (Seventh sitting)For all the reasons I mentioned earlier, I cannot possibly give the hon. Gentleman any more detail than is in his favourite document, but I look forward to working with him over…27 Feb 2020HANSARDAgriculture Bill (Eighth sitting)I envisage the specific grants that I was just talking about as payments to enhance buildings, for example, or for other welfare issues. However, the hon. Member is right to…27 Feb 2020HANSARDAgriculture Bill (Eighth sitting)It is a pleasure to follow my right hon. Friend, who as ever makes some very valid points. Animal welfare is important to us all, and I am proud that, broadly speaking, it is also…27 Feb 2020HANSARDAgriculture Bill (Eighth sitting)Clause 2 establishes certain aspects of how financial assistance provided under chapter 1 may be administered. It provides for funding to be subject to conditions and makes it…27 Feb 2020HANSARDAgriculture Bill (Eighth sitting)Environmental land management will, as we said earlier, be most successful if the highest number of participants are enabled to join in. As my right hon. Friend has just made…27 Feb 2020HANSARDAgriculture Bill (Eighth sitting)The hon. Gentleman and I have had this discussion several times today already. Having new duties to consult, such as this, could result in unintended consequences, which I am keen…27 Feb 2020HANSARDAgriculture Bill (Eighth sitting)There will certainly be a case, with the wider tier 3 schemes, to involve more people, because the aim is to cross farm boundaries in order to provide a public good over a wider…27 Feb 2020HANSARDAgriculture Bill (Eighth sitting)Yes, you have.27 Feb 2020HANSARDAgriculture Bill (Eighth sitting)I am sure the hon. Member will enjoy that.27 Feb 2020HANSARDAgriculture Bill (Eighth sitting)No. Question put and agreed to. Clause 2, as amended, accordingly ordered to stand part of the Bill. Clause 3 ordered to stand part of the Bill. Clause 4 Multi-annual financial…27 Feb 2020HANSARDUK Chemical Industry: Regulatory DivergenceYes, absolutely. I undertake to write to the hon. Gentleman with the correct answer. It is really important that we do not misspeak at this point of a live trade negotiation. I am…26 Feb 2020HANSARDUK Chemical Industry: Regulatory DivergenceIt is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Sharma. I welcome the hon. Member for Newport West (Ruth Jones) to her place, and look forward to many happy hours…26 Feb 2020HANSARDUK Chemical Industry: Regulatory DivergenceAs a lawyer, I tell the hon. Gentleman that that is an extremely long and complicated question, to which I will endeavour to provide some of the answers, but not all, because, as…26 Feb 2020HANSARDUK Chemical Industry: Regulatory DivergenceIn many ways, the hon. Gentleman will find that we are on exactly the same page, so I ask him to listen to the rest of what I have to say. We can then discuss the position as it…26 Feb 2020HANSARDUK Chemical Industry: Regulatory DivergenceWhile I am unable to tell the hon. Gentleman exactly where we will end up, I am also unable to answer that question as fully as it deserves. If I may, I will continue to tell him…26 Feb 2020HANSARDUK Chemical Industry: Regulatory DivergenceI think I had better carry on, if the hon. Gentleman is happy.26 Feb 2020