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HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I will speak on Amendment 222 in my name; I thank the noble Lord, Lord Randall, for putting his name to it. The community infrastructure levy, known as the CIL, was…21 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillWe do indeed. I shall speak to Amendment 222 in my name. I feel, at this precise moment, like having a rant about the inadequacies of rural broadband, but I shall restrain myself.…21 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I support Amendment 129 in the name of my noble friend Lady Jones of Whitchurch. It would require the Secretary of State to take into account the current environmental…16 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I support Amendments 272 and 274 in the names of the two noble Baronesses, Lady Jones and Lady Jones, respectively—you can never have too many Lady Joneses, in my view.…16 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I support Amendment 122 in the name of my noble friend Lord Grantchester and I thank the noble Lord, Lord Lucas, for bringing forward his amendments. We are standing at…14 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillI support Amendment 57 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Whitchurch, so ably laid out by the noble Lord, Lord Krebs. This amendment is vital to ensure that, in…09 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I support Amendment 40, to which I have put my name. It talks about financial assistance for establishing and maintaining agroforestry systems. I also support Amendment…09 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I would like to make a general point about this group. We have a considerable number of amendments to Clause 1. They add further purposes for which the Secretary of…07 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I am afraid that I want to take a different position from several noble Lords who have already spoken about the amendments in this group. I speak specifically to reject…07 Jul 2020HANSARDUltra-processed FoodsMy Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, has demonstrated that there is a bigger killer on the block than Covid, and that is ultra-processed foods. Covid has increased the…02 Jul 2020HANSARDCommittee on Climate Change: Progress ReportI take forward the question asked by the noble Lord, Lord Oates, about zero-carbon housing. Can the Minister assure the House that all of the recovery schemes announced by the…01 Jul 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, I support this amendment in the name of my noble friend Lady Jones of Whitchurch. The situation reminds me of what used to happen with EU structural funds, which were…24 Jun 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, this feels a bit like Groundhog Day because I jumped the gun yesterday and set off in support of Amendment 51 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Lansley, only to…24 Jun 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, we talked a lot about REM in Committee, and it remains the case that, as the noble Lord, Lord Teverson’s Select Committee report stated, without REM there will be no…24 Jun 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, there has been much toing and froing between Committee and Report about the virtues and downsides of maximum sustainable yield. I am glad that the noble Lord, Lord…24 Jun 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]I thank the Minister for his explanation of Amendment 55. It was slightly mystifying when Schedule 10, which was brief and pithy and revoked four articles and one annexe of the…24 Jun 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, I too support Amendments 8, 12 and 13, tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Teverson, and others, which take account of the fact that, as he said very vividly, many fish…22 Jun 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]I thank the noble Lord, Lord Lansley, for sorting me out on Amendment 51 when I jumped the gun on the groupings. I also commend him for his two amendments in this group. One…22 Jun 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]When I originally read this amendment, I thought I supported the proposal made by the noble Lord, Lord Lansley, for an independent review if there was disagreement among the…22 Jun 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]I support Amendment 2 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Krebs. The end of our participation in the common fisheries policy is a real opportunity, which we must not miss if we…22 Jun 2020