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HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022My Lords, this instrument makes several minor, technical amendments to retained EU regulations, correcting deficiencies so that the legislation operates effectively. These…20 Jun 2022HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022That the Grand Committee do consider the Animal Welfare (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022.20 Jun 2022HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022I am very grateful to the noble Baroness for her questions and her understanding of the need for this. She rightly identified a number of areas that need clarification. I…20 Jun 2022HANSARDPig FarmingMy Lords, I refer your Lordships to my entry in the register. I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Harris of Richmond, for securing this debate and welcome the opportunity to respond…16 Jun 2022HANSARDPig FarmingI was at the launch of that report yesterday. I read it and it has been received by the department.16 Jun 2022HANSARDPig FarmingAlready, the 180 extra inspectors are doing that. We have built our BCPs and will be occupying them in the coming months.16 Jun 2022HANSARDFood SecurityMy Lords, I declare my farming interests as set out in the register. This Government are committed to safeguarding food security, as highlighted by the food strategy published…13 Jun 2022HANSARDGovernment Food StrategyMy Lords, with the leave of the House, I shall now repeat a Statement made by my right honourable friend the Environment Secretary in another place. The Statement is as follows:…13 Jun 2022HANSARDGovernment Food StrategyLeading on from the last question, it might be more important that those lessons in supporting young people in making the right diet choices are targeted at the places where there…13 Jun 2022HANSARDGovernment Food StrategyTo my noble friend I say that the Government have stated in their policy that they wish to see life expectancy rise across the population. However, she is absolutely right to…13 Jun 2022HANSARDGovernment Food StrategyThe noble Lord is absolutely right. We need to ensure that we are not only feeding ourselves, and maintaining the dependability of what we grow ourselves, but looking at markets…13 Jun 2022HANSARDGovernment Food StrategyThe noble Viscount raises a really important point: our food industry and food distribution network is one of the 13 items listed in our critical national infrastructure. It was…13 Jun 2022HANSARDGovernment Food StrategyOn her last point, I refer the noble Baroness to the points we make about expanding horticulture and our investment in new technologies to produce sustainable fruit, vegetables…13 Jun 2022HANSARDGovernment Food StrategyThe noble Baroness eloquently identifies a very serious societal problem, but to say that the Government are not addressing it because it is not specifically mentioned is not the…13 Jun 2022HANSARDFood SecurityYes, I agree with the right reverend Prelate that the wrong kind of trees planted in the wrong place under the wrong management style will be a loss for both the environment and…13 Jun 2022HANSARDGovernment Food StrategyI am very grateful to the noble Baroness for her support, but I understand that that support is conditional on it being a good land use strategy that reflects the wider uses of…13 Jun 2022HANSARDGovernment Food StrategyI am sorry that my noble friend does not feel that this hits the button. I hope that, as we take it forward, he will see that we are serious about ensuring that we reflect on what…13 Jun 2022HANSARDFood SecurityIt is having an enormous effect on the global cost of agricultural production. The Government are working internationally with organisations such as the World Bank, which has…13 Jun 2022HANSARDFood SecurityUnder the Forestry Commission’s rules, there is a local consultation process that proposed tree planters are required to go through. Also, the woodland carbon code is very clear,…13 Jun 2022HANSARDFood SecurityThe most beneficial way to encourage people into farming at all levels is through a system of let land and tenure. It is very often those corporations and those individuals that…13 Jun 2022