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HANSARD Exiting the European Union (Agriculture)Well, as the hon. Gentleman will be aware, there is nothing to stop that happening now, apart from EU law. For 45 years we have relied on EU law being enforced in member states.…01 Oct 2019HANSARD Exiting the European Union (Agriculture)The regulations provide for a transitional period, precisely to give people time to adjust. We will be saying to European wine exporters that they do not, on day one, have to…01 Oct 2019HANSARD Exiting the European Union (Agriculture)We rehearsed plenty of issues when we debated the previous statutory instrument, so I can be briefer, and I appreciate that both hon. Members who spoke have done so briefly. The…01 Oct 2019HANSARD Exiting the European Union (Agriculture)The hon. Member for Edinburgh North and Leith (Deidre Brock) seemed to criticise the fact that we have these four SIs before us this afternoon and indicated she felt it might be a…01 Oct 2019HANSARD Exiting the European Union (Agriculture)Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. As I was saying, the end dates of these transitional periods were explicitly stated as 29 March 2021 for hops and fruit and vegetables and 30 June…01 Oct 2019HANSARD Exiting the European Union (Agriculture)The hon. Gentleman raises a point that is somewhat outside the scope of these regulations—01 Oct 2019HANSARD Exiting the European Union (Agriculture)I beg to move, That the draft Common Agricultural Policy and Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019,…01 Oct 2019HANSARDSheep Farming: No-deal EU ExitYes, absolutely, there is discretion, and the UK Government have already indicated what our tariff schedule would be in a no-deal scenario. Governments have the opportunity to…03 Sept 2019HANSARDSheep Farming: No-deal EU ExitI can absolutely give my hon. Friend that reassurance. He will be aware that the Government are seeking a free trade agreement with the European Union in the medium to long term…03 Sept 2019HANSARDSheep Farming: No-deal EU ExitYes, that has been decided. One of the few areas in which the European Union has from the very beginning being willing to work with the UK is on agreeing a splitting of the tariff…03 Sept 2019HANSARDSheep Farming: No-deal EU ExitThe Government have already made it clear that because of the particular sensitivity, we will apply full MFN tariffs on lamb, so there will not be any additional imports to the UK…03 Sept 2019HANSARDSheep Farming: No-deal EU ExitThe hon. Lady has it the wrong way round, as it is always the case that for sectors that are producing goods, such as agriculture, a weaker exchange rate against the euro leads to…03 Sept 2019HANSARDSheep Farming: No-deal EU ExitI want to conclude now as we are running out of time. The scale of, or need for, any intervention is difficult to judge at this point, because it will depend quite considerably on…03 Sept 2019HANSARDSheep Farming: No-deal EU ExitI congratulate the hon. Member for Darlington (Jenny Chapman) on securing this important debate on a day when we have already had a lot of discussion about our EU exit. She has…03 Sept 2019HANSARDSheep Farming: No-deal EU ExitI am going to conclude because we are running out of time. The hon. Member for Bishop Auckland (Helen Goodman) raised the important issue of whether we have the legal vires to…03 Sept 2019HANSARD AquacultureThere are huge economic opportunities in aquaculture—indeed, Scottish salmon is one of our biggest food exports—but, as my right hon. Friend says, there are some environmental…17 Jul 2019HANSARD Small and Village School FundingIs another problem with the national funding formula that the system of gains, caps and floors—in place for transitional reasons, which we all understand—compounds historical…17 Jul 2019HANSARD Census (Return Particulars and Removal of Penalties) Bill [Lords]I am conscious of your comments, Madam Deputy Speaker, but is this Bill not really about equality of treatment for people? My hon. Friend makes a very good point about the Council…17 Jul 2019HANSARD No Deal: Agriculture TariffsI was involved in some of that work and the development of that schedule as a Minister. The existing New Zealand tariff rate quota would be split in half, giving it less access to…16 Jul 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsGiven that we ran a highly successful seasonal agricultural workers scheme from 1945 to 2013, what do the Government think they can learn from a two-year pilot? Since we have an…15 Jul 2019