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HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Eighth sitting)I suspect that we will be discussing the same points on a number of different amendments, but this amendment raises the whole issue of those biodiversity plans. It also raises the…03 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Eighth sitting)I have to say that I am finding this a slightly dry discussion, Mr Gray. I listened to the Minister carefully and I am trying to understand the amendment’s effect in the real…03 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Ninth sitting)Where are you going with this, Alan?03 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Ninth sitting)Thank you, Mr Gray. My apologies for muddling up the procedure. I am grateful for the opportunity to make a few points on what seems to be one of the most important parts of the…03 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Ninth sitting)We just had a discussion about proportionality, and it strikes me as perfectly possible to say to the MOD that it could react proportionately to these kinds of judgments. In our…03 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Ninth sitting)As I listen to the Minister, I think there is so much subjectivity involved in this. Just thinking back through the glorious array of Secretaries of State who we have had in the…03 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Ninth sitting)This is a fascinating discussion. As the debate has unfolded, I have found myself looking at the clause and thinking, “What would have been in anyone’s mind when drafting that…03 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Ninth sitting)There has been a glorious range of opinions, including those of one or two notorious climate change deniers, so there would have been a completely different view on things that…03 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Ninth sitting)My hon. Friend is making an important point. A theme runs through the debates today: an extraordinary concentration of power in the hands of the Secretary of State. In the…03 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Ninth sitting)I had the privilege of serving on the Transport Committee for a couple of years. Like the hon. Member for South Cambridgeshire—my near neighbour—I went to a number of hearings and…03 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Ninth sitting)There has not been any comment yet on the extraordinary situation we find ourselves in. We are just 55 days away from the end of the year and the new situation that we are about…03 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Ninth sitting)I am grateful; I am sure that the hon. Gentleman can unfinish briefly. This is not just about setting up another body; it is an extraordinarily delicate issue. The complaint out…03 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Ninth sitting)rose —03 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Eighth sitting)My hon. Friend is making a powerful case. In the east of England, the Broads landscape is a similarly excellent example. It was long thought to be an example of the natural…03 Nov 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateArts organisations have responded with flair to the existential crisis of the loss of their audience, but just as they are about to recover by going for live streamings from…02 Nov 2020HANSARDDraft Agriculture (Payments) (Amendment, etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
Draft Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products (Producer Organisations and Wine) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Hollobone. I cannot tell you with what joy I heard that DEFRA has the largest programme of SIs in Government. I am sure that everyone…02 Nov 2020HANSARDDraft Agriculture (Payments) (Amendment, etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
Draft Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products (Producer Organisations and Wine) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020The Minister is shaking her head, so I may be wrong about that. Perhaps she will tell me what the other milk producer organisations are. A consultation is going on at the moment,…02 Nov 2020HANSARDDraft Agriculture (Payments) (Amendment, etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
Draft Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products (Producer Organisations and Wine) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020I am an avid reader of DEFRA publications every day, and I noticed the wine guidance coming out—at the end of last week, I think. Was that prefiguring the decision today?02 Nov 2020HANSARD Animal Welfare (Sentencing) BillI am very grateful, Mr Deputy Speaker, but I do think that it is important to address these points when they are made. We share the deep concerns of the animal welfare…23 Oct 2020HANSARD Animal Welfare (Sentencing) BillIt is a pleasure to speak in this debate, having heard many positive contributions from Conservative Members, many of which I agree with. Can I make the mandatory pet declaration?…23 Oct 2020