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HANSARDDraft Food and Feed Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2022It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Ms Rees. I echo the comments made by the Minister at the beginning. I have spent many a happy hour in dialogue with the Minister…17 Mar 2022HANSARDPrivate Hire DriversDuring the pandemic, the support available for taxi and private hire drivers around the country was patchy, and many experienced people have been lost to the sector. What…17 Mar 2022HANSARDPrivate Hire Drivers15. What recent assessment his Department has made of the (a) adequacy of working conditions and (b) level of job security of private hire drivers.17 Mar 2022HANSARDDraft Direct Payments to Farmers (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2022
Draft Agriculture (Financial Assistance) (Amendment) Regulations 2022
Draft Agriculture (Lump Sum Payment) (England) Regulations 2022It is pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Hollobone. I am slightly in awe of the weight of experience on both sets of Benches, given the presence of the right hon. Member for…15 Mar 2022HANSARDDraft Direct Payments to Farmers (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2022
Draft Agriculture (Financial Assistance) (Amendment) Regulations 2022
Draft Agriculture (Lump Sum Payment) (England) Regulations 2022Absolutely. At the time, I predicted that we might be back here a year later, doing this again.15 Mar 2022HANSARDDraft Direct Payments to Farmers (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2022
Draft Agriculture (Financial Assistance) (Amendment) Regulations 2022
Draft Agriculture (Lump Sum Payment) (England) Regulations 2022I hear what the Minister says, but I do not see anything in the regulations to prevent some of those things from happening. In some ways, it will not be fraud; it will just be…15 Mar 2022HANSARDDraft Direct Payments to Farmers (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2022
Draft Agriculture (Financial Assistance) (Amendment) Regulations 2022
Draft Agriculture (Lump Sum Payment) (England) Regulations 2022Who knows how many years we will be doing this for? That is probably for others to judge. The matter is not particularly complicated, but there are some points from last year that…15 Mar 2022HANSARDLivestock FarmersI note that the Minister did not address the question about the pig crisis. Pig farmers have been in crisis month after month after month, and, frankly, the Government’s response…10 Mar 2022HANSARDDraft Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2022It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Sir Gary, and I am grateful to the Minister, not just for her helpful introductory remarks but for the pre-meeting discussion we…02 Mar 2022HANSARDDraft Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2022I am grateful to have the opportunity to point out that this has nothing to do with Brexit, because of course the EU has embarked on much the same kind of path. It is already…02 Mar 2022HANSARDDraft Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2022I hear what the Minister says, but the submissions from a range of learned organisations suggested that it is rather a difficult distinction to make. That is the nub of the…02 Mar 2022HANSARDDraft Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2022I quite accept the point that the Minister is making, but of course the difference is that for the past 30 years people have known where those things have been happening, there…02 Mar 2022HANSARDPCSOs: Neighbourhood CrimeI echo the Home Secretary’s comments and am sure that we will extend a generous and gracious invitation to those fleeing from Ukraine. In the year to September 2021, 1.7 million…28 Feb 2022HANSARDPCSOs: Neighbourhood Crime1. What recent assessment she has made of the importance of police community support officers in tackling neighbourhood crime.28 Feb 2022HANSARDHigher Education ReformI am afraid that the Secretary of State has been trounced by the Treasury. Students will pay more, universities will get less, social mobility will be capped, and when it comes to…24 Feb 2022HANSARD UkraineI think everyone knows that Ukraine is a major producer of grain. Unfortunately, because of these awful events, there are likely to be consequences for many countries, including…24 Feb 2022HANSARDFood and Farming: Devon and CornwallWill the Minister give way?23 Feb 2022HANSARDFood and Farming: Devon and CornwallIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mr Betts. What an interesting debate it has been. It was not exactly as I expected, and it started in Ukraine. I congratulate the…23 Feb 2022HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [ Lords ]It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Charles, and to be able to address the issues in the Bill. I have to say, we have already strayed on to other areas. As I…10 Feb 2022HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [ Lords ]It is a pleasure to follow my hon Friend, who made an important set of points about this amendment. I would like to move from crocodiles to pigs because, frankly, what is…10 Feb 2022