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HANSARD Exiting the European Union (Agriculture)My hon. Friend makes an important point about being listed as a third country so that exports can continue. Shortly before I left the Department, there was a request from the…18 Mar 2019HANSARD Exiting the European Union (Agriculture)I rise to support these two statutory instruments. I will be brief because, although I intended to serve on the original Committee, I appreciate that I have not had a chance to…18 Mar 2019HANSARD Article 50 Extension ProcedureThe motion debated by the House last week envisaged a short extension, and as my hon. Friend pointed out there has to be a purpose to a short extension. Given the absence of a…18 Mar 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionI have not spoken to the Chief Constable, but I have been involved in a lot of other negotiations on the DEFRA front. On 22 March last year, when I was visiting Oslo for some…13 Mar 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionI thank the Secretary of State for giving way. He is right to say that the European Union does not have border infrastructure in place to carry out the border inspection checks…13 Mar 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionI resigned from the Government two weeks ago over the issues that we will be debating in the days ahead. Since Parliament has now taken direct control of events and decisions in…13 Mar 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionNo, I will not give way. We may be ordering the Prime Minister to go cap in hand to the European Union to beg for an extension to article 50, and we do not know what counter-offer…13 Mar 2019HANSARDDraft Plant Protection Products (Miscellaneous amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Draft Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels) (Amendment Etc.) Regulations 2019It is obviously open to us as an independent country to choose independently to adopt processes and have things similar to those in the EU if we want to. There is nothing to…21 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Plant Protection Products (Miscellaneous amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Draft Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels) (Amendment Etc.) Regulations 2019I do not think so because we will still need to comply with the regulations in the UK. The opportunities offered by Brexit to all DEFRA agencies add up to an exciting time. Rather…21 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Plant Protection Products (Miscellaneous amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Draft Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels) (Amendment Etc.) Regulations 2019It is very much the case that I would be open to saying that, as part of any future partnership, we should still have wider European technical working groups, so that the European…21 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Plant Protection Products (Miscellaneous amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Draft Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels) (Amendment Etc.) Regulations 2019I want to draw on some of the points made by the shadow Minister, the hon. Member for Stroud. I will return to the comments of my right hon. Friend the Member for Scarborough and…21 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Plant Protection Products (Miscellaneous amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Draft Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels) (Amendment Etc.) Regulations 2019These are two of a number of affirmative statutory instruments to be considered as the UK leaves the European Union, as provided for by the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.…21 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Plant Protection Products (Miscellaneous amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Draft Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels) (Amendment Etc.) Regulations 2019I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Plant Protection Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019.21 Feb 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: FarmingThe Government are currently in discussions about a tariff policy in the event of no deal. The options that are open to us are to have tariff rate suspensions, which we are likely…21 Feb 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: FarmingMy hon. Friend the Member for Cleethorpes (Martin Vickers) has also raised the case of Cherry Valley, and I have given an undertaking that I will meet it as soon as possible. The…21 Feb 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: FarmingYes, I can absolutely give my hon. Friend that guarantee. It is called the Agriculture Bill and it has provisions to allow market intervention to support that. There are…21 Feb 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: FarmingI recall meeting my hon. Friend about a particularly difficult and tragic case in his constituency. His local authority did make a powerful case for there to be a power to have an…21 Feb 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: FarmingOur plans for future farming policy are set out in the Agriculture Bill. At the heart of our new policy in England will be a system that pays public money for public goods,…21 Feb 2019HANSARD Exiting the European Union (Agriculture)No. I was about to come to precisely that point, which was also made by the shadow Minister. If during the two-year transition period a farmer has bought products labelled under…20 Feb 2019HANSARD Exiting the European Union (Agriculture)I can confirm that we do not envisage any problems at all with the importing of fertiliser, even in a no-deal scenario. That is predominantly because these products—20 Feb 2019