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HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am aware that my hon. Friend lives in a part of the country, and represents a constituency, famous for its ciders. I would be more than happy to meet with her and any of those…09 Dec 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend makes a good point. A storm of this scale, which brings down this number of trees, can cause significant damage to infrastructure. We should pay tribute to the work…09 Dec 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe set out, through our schedule at the World Trade Organisation, the so-called aggregate market support that is available for these things, and that does not provide any…09 Dec 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs I said, the Minister for Farming, Fisheries and Food did visit and she held meetings with farmers to discuss their concerns. I have had raised with me issues such as damage to…09 Dec 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for his question and for his passion for campaigning on these issues. We have made a number of improvements to Government procurement over the years,…09 Dec 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy colleague the Minister for Farming, Fisheries and Food visited those areas last week and saw some of the devastation. The hon. Gentleman is right that there has been severe…09 Dec 2021HANSARDBasic Payment Scheme: Farmers’ IncomeMy hon. Friend makes an important point. Last year, we made some funding available to a range of consultants and advisers across the country to help support all farmers with the…09 Dec 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend makes a good point. My noble Friend Lord Benyon is leading on this issue and I will ensure that he can have that conversation. As I have said, we are following this…09 Dec 2021HANSARDFloor Risk Management: Inner CitiesI discussed this issue with the Environment Agency board yesterday. It is that time of year when being alert to flood risk is absolutely at the top of our priorities, and I…09 Dec 2021HANSARDFloor Risk Management: Inner CitiesI regularly meet the chair of the Environment Agency to discuss flood risk management, and indeed I spoke to its board yesterday. We have doubled our investment in flood and…09 Dec 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsEarlier this year, we published the direction—the strategic policy plan—for Ofwat, which requires it to prioritise reducing the use of these combined sewer overflows and to secure…09 Dec 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for his work on that report, which he and I have discussed many times. There are many things in his report that we do indeed intend to take forward.09 Dec 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsEach year, the UK faces a seasonal risk of the incursion of avian influenza associated with migratory wild birds. Although we have that threat each year, this year we are seeing…09 Dec 2021HANSARDFloor Risk Management: Inner CitiesFirst, may I apologise for my oversight in not welcoming the hon. Gentleman to his place at the beginning of this session? We have made available £5.2 billion, and this is a…09 Dec 2021HANSARDAgricultural TransitionWe are almost one year into the agricultural transition. Farming in England is moving away from the arbitrary land-based subsidies and top-down bureaucracy that epitomised the EU…02 Dec 2021HANSARDUK-French Trading DisputeThe UK Government will stand squarely behind Jersey on this matter. As I said, we have worked closely with it on the methodology for issuing licences. We believe that Jersey has…28 Oct 2021HANSARDAgricultural Exports to the United StatesRecent discussions with the US have led to several positive outcomes for the UK. We have resolved the Airbus-Boeing dispute, leading to the suspension of the 25% tariff on Scotch…28 Oct 2021HANSARDUK-French Trading DisputeAll I can say is that the UK Government stand squarely behind the Scottish fishing industry and always have done. That is why we supported its wish to leave the common fisheries…28 Oct 2021HANSARDUK-French Trading DisputeThe answer at the moment is that we are applying what was agreed, so there do not need to be further technical groups. We have very close relations with the European Commission.…28 Oct 2021HANSARDUK-French Trading DisputeUnder the terms of the trade and co-operation agreement, I think that is unlikely. Vessels can enter one another’s exclusive economic zone and licences have been issued for that.…28 Oct 2021