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HANSARDAgriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019I have been shown a picture, and—my hon. Friend knows a great deal about this—it looks like a beetle.28 Oct 2019HANSARDAgriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019During the implementation period, they would. In an implementation period under the provisions of the withdrawal agreement Bill, there are saving provisions for that EU law during…28 Oct 2019HANSARDAgriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019I think the hon. Gentleman is mixing up several things. If we were selling eggs into the European Union, they would probably require certain labelling to comply with its laws for…28 Oct 2019HANSARDTB in Cattle and BadgersWe have a number of approaches. We do some roadkill surveillance in areas to identify where there is disease. Also, whenever we have a breakdown on a farm, an assessment is…23 Oct 2019HANSARDTB in Cattle and BadgersI congratulate the hon. Member for High Peak (Ruth George) on securing this debate and, as several hon. Members have said, on the sensitive way she approached a difficult and…23 Oct 2019HANSARDTB in Cattle and BadgersWe will look at that evidence, but this is a difficult issue. My right hon. Friend is right that our aim, as my right hon. Friend the Member for Scarborough and Whitby pointed…23 Oct 2019HANSARDTB in Cattle and BadgersI will take a brief intervention and then I will conclude.23 Oct 2019HANSARDTB in Cattle and BadgersYes, we are continuing to do cattle vaccinations; that particular research has not been stopped. As the hon. Gentleman says, cattle vaccination is an important line of work and it…23 Oct 2019HANSARDTB in Cattle and BadgersI think that was dealt with by my right hon. Friend the Member for Scarborough and Whitby (Mr Goodwill). In all my time in this role previously, I kept going and persevered with…23 Oct 2019HANSARDCommon Fisheries Policy and Animals (amendment Etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I was just about to come on to the issue of the Fisheries Bill. A little under a year ago, we were debating it and taking it through Committee, perhaps in this very room. I had…21 Oct 2019HANSARDDraft Agriculture (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I shall try first to deal with as many as possible of the issues that are pertinent to the statutory instrument. I shall then touch on some of the broader, connected issues that…21 Oct 2019HANSARDDraft Agriculture (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Agriculture (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019. This is one of a number of statutory instruments…21 Oct 2019HANSARDCommon Fisheries Policy and Animals (amendment Etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019Rather than write, let me touch on that now. The concerns on red diesel are a separate agenda being pursued at the World Trade Organisation about removing subsidies. We believe…21 Oct 2019HANSARDCommon Fisheries Policy and Animals (amendment Etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019No, I shall finish my point. The Fisheries Bill was unable to progress because Parliament failed and refused to progress leaving the European Union, and in fact voted to delay…21 Oct 2019HANSARDCommon Fisheries Policy and Animals (amendment Etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the Common Fisheries Policy and Animals (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019, No. 1312), laid under the European…21 Oct 2019HANSARDCommon Fisheries Policy and Animals (amendment Etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I thank the shadow Minister for his kind words on my reappearance in the Department. He followed them with a blizzard of questions, which I shall try my best to address. I also…21 Oct 2019HANSARDDraft Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products and Common Agricultural Policy (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019I will be brief, Mr Gapes, and I will try to address all of the points in turn. The shadow Minister bemoans the fact that, yet again, we are having to discuss another complex and…08 Oct 2019HANSARDAgriculture and Fisheries CouncilAgriculture and Fisheries Council takes place in Luxembourg on 14 and15 October. As the provisional agenda stands, the main item for fisheries will be fixing the fishing…08 Oct 2019HANSARDDraft Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products and Common Agricultural Policy (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019The hon. Lady is very experienced, so she will know that a manifesto commitment lasts for the duration of the Parliament in question. That may be until 2022, or it may be earlier.…08 Oct 2019HANSARDDraft Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products and Common Agricultural Policy (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019We have set out that we will not change the budget at all until 2022. Within that, however, and again this would be an issue that Scotland would be able to take a different view…08 Oct 2019