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HANSARDUK Food SecurityLater today we intend to lay the next edition of the UK food security report in Parliament, as required by the Agriculture Act 2020. The UKFSR sets out an analysis of statistics…11 Dec 2024HANSARDFarming SchemesI have today confirmed this Government have injected more than £343 million into the rural economy in the first week of December, benefiting more than 31,000 farmers. This…11 Dec 2024HANSARDAvian Influenza Outbreak ResponseMy noble Friend, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Baroness Hayman of Ullock), has made the following written statement today.…09 Dec 2024HANSARDBiosecurityIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Dame Siobhain. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for South Norfolk (Ben Goldsborough), not just for securing this important…04 Dec 2024HANSARDFarming and Inheritance TaxOpposition Members have had a lot of time to make their points. I am going to make mine. Would Conservative Members have been so interested during the last Parliament? I remember…04 Dec 2024HANSARDFarming and Inheritance TaxI am grateful for the opportunity to close this debate on the planned reforms to agricultural property relief. It has been important to hear from people on all sides of the debate…04 Dec 2024HANSARDFarming and Inheritance TaxNo. I am afraid that the right hon. Gentleman came in late, and if you turn up late, you do not get to speak. [ Interruption. ] I recognise the frustration and anxiety being felt…04 Dec 2024HANSARDBiosecurityI absolutely share the hon. Gentleman’s concerns. We are working closely with the Port Health Authority to make sure that everything that needs to be done can be done. As I was…04 Dec 2024HANSARDBiosecurityI hear and respect the point that the hon. Gentleman is making, but I gently point out to him that the country is in an economic mess and we can only spend the money that we have.…04 Dec 2024HANSARDBiosecurityI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. I very much enjoyed meeting Minister Muir a few months before the election, when I was the shadow Minister.…04 Dec 2024HANSARDBiosecurityMy hon. Friend makes an important point. Insurance is a complicated issue, but my officials are in discussions about what we might be able to do. Let me conclude—04 Dec 2024HANSARDFarming and Inheritance TaxThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I am not sure that Conservative Members do want to listen, really. As a result of the anxiety that we know people are feeling, it is right that…04 Dec 2024HANSARD Family Farming in Devonindicated dissent .03 Dec 2024HANSARD Family Farming in DevonIt is always a pleasure to serve when you are in the Chair, Sir Mark. I thank the right hon. and learned Member for Torridge and Tavistock (Sir Geoffrey Cox) for bringing this…03 Dec 2024HANSARD Family Farming in DevonWe can, because we simply look at the number of claims that have been made in the last few years. That is how we arrive at that conclusion.03 Dec 2024HANSARD Family Farming in DevonJust once more.03 Dec 2024HANSARD Family Farming in DevonI refer the right hon. and learned Gentleman to the letter that the Chancellor sent to the Chair of the Treasury Committee, which goes into the issue in some detail. It says:…03 Dec 2024HANSARD Family Farming in DevonThe hon. Lady will know that we are one Government and we stand together. Going forward, we are picking up the mess that we inherited, and that is the problem we face. On each of…03 Dec 2024HANSARD Family Farming in DevonThat will be debated further. On our side, the debate will be led by Treasury Ministers who are in a better position to answer those kinds of questions. However, the complexity…03 Dec 2024HANSARDFishing IndustryIndeed. I am not sure that the two things are directly related, but having spoken to the pollack fisherman I am under no illusion about how difficult the situation they face is.…28 Nov 2024