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HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe work closely with FareShare, as we always have. As the hon. Gentleman points out, we did make some additional funding available to help it to support the financially vulnerable…10 Sept 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am more than happy to meet my hon. Friend to discuss these issues. However, since 2010 the Government have invested £181 million in flood defences in Lancashire to better…10 Sept 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe are always open to recommendations, suggestions and proposals from people in all walks of life, whether they are on any type of formal committee or not. The point I was making…10 Sept 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Government recognise that sugar beet growers face yield losses this year because of the difficulties in controlling aphids. We support the restrictions on neonicotinoids to…10 Sept 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe are already running our own reviews in those policy areas through the national food strategy, which is run by Henry Dimbleby. Indeed, the powers in the Agriculture Bill give us…10 Sept 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Environment Agency has completed capital schemes to reduce flood risk at Shoreham, Littlehampton and Arundel. Three maintenance projects on the Arun are due to be completed…10 Sept 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs we approach the end of the transition period, DEFRA’s primary focus will be on putting in place all the necessary legislation for January, working with industry to ensure that…10 Sept 2020HANSARDSmaller Farmers: Supermarket PricesI am happy to meet my hon. Friend to discuss this issue in more detail. We now have a groceries code adjudicator who regulates the types of contract that supermarkets can put in…10 Sept 2020HANSARDSmaller Farmers: Supermarket PricesWe want farmers to get a fair price for their produce, and the Government are committed to tackling the contractual unfairness that exists in the agrifood supply chain. Through…10 Sept 2020HANSARDHealthy and Sustainable FoodWe have made a number of interventions to help people struggling with food affordability, particularly in lockdown and its aftermath. We continue to keep all these policies under…10 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [Lords]My hon. Friend makes a good point. As with all the work we are doing, this work is under way and we will be consulting the industry on it. I am not in a position today to give him…01 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [Lords]My hon. Friend is a long-time expert in fisheries policy, with direct experience of all the difficulties and shortcomings of the CFP, and she makes an important point. We have a…01 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [Lords]The hon. Gentleman is wrong in that the Bill does provide the powers for us to exclude all these trawlers through the licence conditions that we have, and that is not affected at…01 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [Lords]The hon. Gentleman makes an important point. I know that fishing in Northern Ireland is particularly important to some communities, particularly when it comes to nephrops, and he…01 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [Lords]I beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. Fishing is at the heart of coastal communities the length and breadth of the United Kingdom, from the Shetland Islands all…01 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [Lords]My right hon. Friend makes an important point. He is right that there is, in some sections of the fleet, quite a reliance on non-EEA crews. This issue has been raised. Of course,…01 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [Lords]My right hon. Friend makes a very important point. I know that he was involved in crafting some of these measures during his time in DEFRA, and I can confirm that those measures…01 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [Lords]The right hon. Lady raises an important point. We have, over the past five years, significantly increased the amount of quota in the inshore pool managed by the Marine Management…01 Sept 2020HANSARDOffice for Environmental Protection: Contingency Fund AdvanceDEFRA has sought a repayable cash advance from the Contingencies Fund of £215,000. The requirement has arisen because there is an urgent requirement to proceed with setting up the…21 Jul 2020HANSARDFlood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management PolicyI recognise the immense impacts that flooding and coastal erosion can have on homes and businesses across the country. That is why this Government are committed to reducing the…14 Jul 2020