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HANSARDFood ProductionFood production is vulnerable to animal disease, and we have heard about the impact of avian flu on supermarkets, which are limiting the sale of eggs. This week, the Public…17 Nov 2022HANSARDOxford-Cambridge ArcI hear the answer, but this issue is so important not just for the arc, but for unlocking the transport and housing issues in a city such as Cambridge. On different days of the…15 Nov 2022HANSARD Avian InfluenzaI thank the Minister for giving me advance sight of his statement, which is welcome but should have been made weeks ago, as the devastating impact on the wild bird population has…01 Nov 2022HANSARD Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) BillI beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.31 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomically Inactive PeopleThe economy is plagued by labour shortages, from care to hospitality. On Saturday, 200 bus services in Cambridge were cancelled because of a lack of drivers, leaving health…31 Oct 2022HANSARD Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) BillThis Bill is now on its third Secretary of State, and I think the Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the right hon. Member for Sherwood (Mark…31 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomically Inactive People3. What recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the level of economic inactivity in the labour market.31 Oct 2022HANSARD Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) BillI am grateful to my hon. Friend for her intervention. She is absolutely right; people should not be careless about antibiotics and that was not an approach to be encouraged at…31 Oct 2022HANSARD Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) BillMy right hon. Friend, as always, speaks good sense. He is absolutely right; with focus and a proper attempt to meet the challenges we face, it is remarkable what can be done. But…31 Oct 2022HANSARD Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) BillMy right hon. Friend speaks good sense once again. Of course, that quite legalistic judgment was met with surprise by many. The question is how we go forward. Others in Europe are…31 Oct 2022HANSARD Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) BillI do not have much to add and do not want to detain the House. All I will say is that I am slightly disappointed that the Minister does not feel able to join us in looking for a…31 Oct 2022HANSARD Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) BillI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for making that point, but of course there are always economic pressures and this is about making sure we guard against those. The Minister…31 Oct 2022HANSARDNational Food Strategy and Food SecurityI, too, congratulate the right hon. Member for Tatton (Esther McVey), my hon. Friend the Member for Bristol East (Kerry McCarthy) and the Backbench Business Committee on enabling…27 Oct 2022HANSARD Agriculture in SussexIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Ms Nokes. I congratulate the hon. Member for Eastbourne (Caroline Ansell) on securing the debate and on her excellent introduction…25 Oct 2022HANSARDPost-Brexit Fisheries ManagementI hear what the Minister says, but could he say something about the prospects for the distant fleet? They seem to have suffered out of this process.13 Oct 2022HANSARDPrivate Hire Operators: VAT3. Whether she has had recent discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential impact of VAT levels on private hire operators.13 Oct 2022HANSARDPrivate Hire Operators: VATI welcome my near constituency neighbours to their posts. I hope they will get behind a brilliant public transport scheme that Cambridge craves and the country needs Cambridge to…13 Oct 2022HANSARDPost-Brexit Fisheries ManagementIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair once again, Mr Mundell. I congratulate the right hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland (Mr Carmichael) on securing this debate, which…13 Oct 2022HANSARD Support for Local Food InfrastructureIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mr Robertson. For the second time today, I welcome the Minister to his place. His predecessor, the hon. Member for Banbury…08 Sept 2022HANSARDFertiliser CostsI, too, welcome the right hon. Gentleman to his place. I am sure that we will work constructively together, and I look forward to swapping Benches at the earliest opportunity. He…08 Sept 2022