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HANSARD Budget: Implications for Farming CommunitiesI also wish my fellow East Anglian MP, the right hon. Lady, good luck in the coming hours. The reason we can look forward to a successful and stable future for farmers across the…04 Nov 2024HANSARD Budget: Implications for Farming CommunitiesI refer the hon. Lady to my earlier answer. The figures are in the Treasury papers for all to see.04 Nov 2024HANSARD Budget: Implications for Farming CommunitiesI think it is time for people to take up the opportunities of the schemes that the previous Government introduced and that we are continuing, which allow them to farm in an…04 Nov 2024HANSARD Budget: Implications for Farming CommunitiesThe hon. Member asks what we did. What we did was look at the farming budget and ensure that we protected it, to allow his constituents and constituents across the country to take…04 Nov 2024HANSARD Budget: Implications for Farming CommunitiesMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. It seems that the Conservative party does not understand that if we raise taxes and invest in the future, we can do more to protect people who…04 Nov 2024HANSARD Budget: Implications for Farming CommunitiesI do not agree. If the right hon. Member looks at a number of the more thoughtful commentators in the debate over the last few days, he will see that there are some very different…04 Nov 2024HANSARD Budget: Implications for Farming CommunitiesI can give my hon. Friend that assurance.04 Nov 2024HANSARD Budget: Implications for Farming CommunitiesNo, I do not. For the reasons that I outlined earlier, I think that it will act as a disincentive for people to do that.04 Nov 2024HANSARD Budget: Implications for Farming CommunitiesThe right hon. Gentleman is very knowledgeable about these issues. I just gently ask him to look closely at the detail and the figures, which show that the numbers are low. I do…04 Nov 2024HANSARD Budget: Implications for Farming CommunitiesI do not recognise those figures. When I look at the figures that the Treasury gave for the number of claims in the last year available, that is very close to the number in the…04 Nov 2024HANSARD Budget: Implications for Farming CommunitiesI am grateful to my hon. Friend. I am very reluctant to offer tax advice to anybody, but the advice I have been given is that the figure may even be more than that. I urge people…04 Nov 2024HANSARD Budget: Implications for Farming CommunitiesThe right hon. Gentleman has raised an important point. We will be addressing it through the land use framework, which will be delivered in the next couple of months. Of course…04 Nov 2024HANSARD Budget: Implications for Farming CommunitiesI have been on an extended farm tour for the last five years, and I am sure it will continue.04 Nov 2024HANSARD Budget: Implications for Farming CommunitiesI find it hard to respond to a question like that. I spoke earlier about using language carefully, and I would just reiterate that point.04 Nov 2024HANSARD Agricultural Land: ProtectionThe hon. Gentleman is not going to tempt me. He will have to wait until Wednesday, I am afraid. One of the key criteria for land to contribute to our 30by30 commitment is…28 Oct 2024HANSARD Agricultural Land: ProtectionOf course, I join the hon. Gentleman in recognising the role of wildfowling clubs and many others who play an important role in the countryside. The Government also place great…28 Oct 2024HANSARD Agricultural Land: ProtectionI would be happy to learn more about the issues that the hon. Lady has raised. The Government will optimise ELMS so that they produce the right outcomes for all farmers while…28 Oct 2024HANSARD Agricultural Land: ProtectionMy thanks to my hon. Friend the Member for Aylesbury (Laura Kyrke-Smith) for securing today’s debate, delivering such an excellent and thoughtful speech and speaking so eloquently…28 Oct 2024HANSARD Pie and Mash: Traditional Speciality Guaranteed StatusAlthough I am grateful for that intervention, I certainly would not want to stand in the way or promote rivalry between the two right hon. Gentlemen. I am sure they can sort it…22 Oct 2024HANSARD Pie and Mash: Traditional Speciality Guaranteed StatusIt is a great pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Sir Mark. I congratulate the right hon. Member for Basildon and Billericay (Mr Holden) on securing this debate on the…22 Oct 2024