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HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe Cambridge-Milton Keynes-Oxford arc has been a major project that the Government have been considering for some years, but the detail seems to have been lost in the Ministry of…10 Dec 2020HANSARDDraft Animal Welfare and Invasive Non-native Species (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) RegulationsIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mrs Cummins. Last week I commented on the eclectic grouping of statutory instruments and today we have an eclectic group of things…09 Dec 2020HANSARDDraft Animal Welfare and Invasive Non-native Species (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) RegulationsI, too, was very impressed by that report. Going back to those journey times, there is genuine puzzlement—it was not simply a criticism—as to why those long times have been…09 Dec 2020HANSARDArrest of Egyptian Human Rights AdvocatesI wonder whether my hon. Friend is aware of the case of Giulio Regeni, the Cambridge PhD student who was researching trade unions in Cairo. He was brutally murdered five years…08 Dec 2020HANSARDTaxi and Private Hire Vehicle Drivers: Covid-19With over 350,000 licensed taxi and private hire drivers, this is the biggest employment group in the transport sector. As we speak, in London, electric cabs, which we all…03 Dec 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsWith the mothballing of Crossrail 2, the four-tracking of routes out of London, through the innovation corridor, up to Stansted and Cambridge is at risk. Will the Minister look at…03 Dec 2020HANSARDTaxi and Private Hire Vehicle Drivers: Covid-19What assessment he has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on taxi and private hire vehicle drivers.03 Dec 2020HANSARDAgricultureIt is a pleasure to be here and to speak to these statutory instruments, Madam Deputy Speaker. Indeed, they are an eclectic mix of instruments, and I say at the outset that we…02 Dec 2020HANSARDAgricultureThis is possibly not the place to have this debate, but my hon. Friend is right to raise it and the Minister will have the opportunity to respond later. Of course, we are seeing…02 Dec 2020HANSARDAgricultureThe hon. Member tempts me further and further away from the instrument. I can assure him I will be coming to some of those points, because it is obviously key that we resolve…02 Dec 2020HANSARDExiting the European Union (Plant Health)I echo the Minister’s points about just how important these measures are. At first sight, they perhaps seem slightly impenetrable and very lengthy. The two instruments run to some…02 Dec 2020HANSARDDraft Import of, and Trade in, Animals and Animal Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
Draft Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Robertson. I echo the Minister’s opening comments: I think we are all keen to hear the action going on in the main Chamber.…30 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Twenty Second sitting)I am grateful, as ever, but disappointed by the Minister’s response. I do not think we need to divide the Committee, but I doubt whether even the Office for Environmental…26 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Twenty Second sitting)I admire the Minister’s relentless optimism, which she has managed to maintain throughout the Committee’s proceedings, and I congratulate her on that. I almost misheard her at one…26 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Twenty Second sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. I am grateful to the Minister for writing to me yet again. We are such regular correspondents that I am half expecting a…26 Nov 2020HANSARDFood SecurityMay I associate those on this side of the House with the Secretary of State’s comments on the appalling loss of the Joanna C? Twenty-six per cent. of our food comes from the…26 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Twenty Second sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. The new clause seeks to address a glaring problem with the current biodiversity net gain provisions, which we discussed…26 Nov 2020HANSARDDraft Agricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
Draft Food (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020The Minister has explained that very clearly. What she has not touched on is costs to producers. Can she say anything about that?25 Nov 2020HANSARDDraft Agricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
Draft Food (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020This is an additional new cost, however one looks at it.25 Nov 2020HANSARDDraft Veterinary Medicines and Residues (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
Draft Aquatic Animal Health and Alien Species in Aquaculture, Animals, and Marketing of Seed, Plant and Propagating Material (Legislative Functions and Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mr Mundell, and to be with the Minister again today. There is something rather important about the statutory instruments before…25 Nov 2020