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HANSARDNeonicotinoids and other PesticidesIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mr Henderson. I am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for City of Chester (Samantha Dixon) for securing the debate. Her…05 Mar 2024HANSARDFarmingI thank colleagues for a full, excellent and thoughtful debate. I was delighted to hear contributions from new, young, Labour rural voices: my hon. Friend the Member for Mid…04 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT6. The Minister talked earlier about protecting our borders. I am sure he will know that Dover Port Health Authority has seized worrying amounts of contaminated meat over the…29 Feb 2024HANSARDBorder Target Operating Model9. What recent assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of the border target operating model on cross-border flows of goods.29 Feb 2024HANSARDBorder Target Operating ModelThe Minister may not have identified risks, but businesses are certainly very worried about potential delays and costs. Alongside the “not for EU” labelling issues, the Food and…29 Feb 2024HANSARDShort-term Lets: National RegistrationCambridge has long suffered from the antisocial behaviour problems associated with short-term lets and Cambridge City Council has long asked for action, so I welcome this long…22 Feb 2024HANSARDTaxi LicensingAs we have heard from colleagues, the cross-border issue remains a real problem right across the country. We have the additional problem of the potentially changed relationship…08 Feb 2024HANSARDTaxi Licensing16. What steps he is taking to ensure consistent standards of taxi licensing across local authorities.08 Feb 2024HANSARDRegional Economic Inequalities: Fiscal Steps16. What recent fiscal steps he has taken to help tackle regional economic inequalities.06 Feb 2024HANSARDRegional Economic Inequalities: Fiscal StepsBy their own measures, the Government are failing on almost half of their levelling-up missions in the east of England. Meanwhile, the Cambridge sub-region, which is a net…06 Feb 2024HANSARDEnvironmental Land Management SchemesThe Minister doesn’t know, does he? The Government are spending large amounts of public money, but they did not set up a system to measure it. The new Secretary of State is…01 Feb 2024HANSARDEnvironmental Land Management SchemesLast week’s report from the Government’s environmental watchdog, the Office for Environmental Protection, was a damning indictment of the Government’s record. It said they were…01 Feb 2024HANSARD Draft Animal Welfare (Primate Licences) (England) Regulations 2023It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mr Dowd. I thank the Minister, as ever, for his full introduction. I assure the Whips that we will not oppose the draft SI, but I…31 Jan 2024HANSARD Draft Animal Welfare (Primate Licences) (England) Regulations 2023Will the Minister give some indication as to what estimate has been made of the costs that local authorities would be entitled to try to recoup? To go back to an earlier point,…31 Jan 2024HANSARDTrade Barriers10. What recent assessment she has made of the principal barriers to trade for importers.25 Jan 2024HANSARDTrade BarriersThe five-times-delayed border checks will come into effect very soon, but those dealing with plant and animal health products are seriously worried about potential delays. Indeed,…25 Jan 2024HANSARDHedgerows: Legal ProtectionI loved the Minister’s reference to “burgeoning froth”. I think it could be her epitaph, frankly, because this is burgeoning froth. Will she tell us how many people, of the…24 Jan 2024HANSARDHedgerows: Legal ProtectionIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Ms Elliott, and to listen to all the contributions this morning. It has occasionally felt like a DEFRA Front-Bench speakers’ reunion, but…24 Jan 2024HANSARDGroceries Supply Code of PracticeDoes the Minister agree that it has been a slow process? We still do not have the regulations. Could he give the House an indication of when we might expect to see them?22 Jan 2024HANSARDGroceries Supply Code of PracticeIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mrs Murray. I thank the hon. Member for Neath (Christina Rees) for opening this debate on behalf of the Petitions Committee, and…22 Jan 2024