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HANSARDFood SecurityThere are many grants that people can source, even at a household level, to acquire and install solar panels on roofs, and the noble Lord is entirely right to point that out. He…13 Jun 2022HANSARDFood SecurityI suggest that we look at this as the glass half full: there are plenty of examples where private sector finance can be a massive boost towards the environment by working with…13 Jun 2022HANSARDFood SecurityI am well aware of this case in Suffolk and the concerns of local people about loss of good agricultural land. The food strategy published today sets out the ambition to maintain…13 Jun 2022HANSARDFood SecurityI absolutely assure the noble Earl that we are working closely with our devolved colleagues on this, because the environment clearly does not respect boundaries. We want to make…13 Jun 2022HANSARDGovernment Food StrategyI am grateful to the two Front-Bench spokesmen for their responses, but I wonder whether they have read the same report as I have. On food poverty, the first point that I would…13 Jun 2022HANSARDTree Health in EnglandMy Lords, I start by referring to my entry in the register. As other noble Lords have, I congratulate the noble and right reverend Lord, Lord Harries of Pentregarth, on securing…09 Jun 2022HANSARDFarmersWe have a firm commitment that, in all trade deals, we will not compromise on environmental and animal welfare standards. We also have to recognise that, if you are going to bring…08 Jun 2022HANSARDFarmersMy Lords, tenant farmers can access the sustainable farming incentive, which is the entry-level scheme. Where there are difficulties between landlord and tenant, we are seeking to…08 Jun 2022HANSARDFarmersThe Government want more trees planted, but we want the right trees planted in the right way. Many of these plantings are under the headline of environmental social governance. To…08 Jun 2022HANSARDFarmersFarming and wildlife advisory groups are incredibly valuable because the advisers are trusted interlocutors. The noble Lord is absolutely right that they need to be skilled both…08 Jun 2022HANSARDFarmersI have been absolutely determined to facilitate much more access to the countryside on my brief watch in this post, but the truth is that we could spend ELMS 20 times over on…08 Jun 2022HANSARDFarmersMy Lords, I declare my farming interests as set out in the register. Our agricultural transition plan explains how we will prepare farmers for the phase-out of direct payments,…08 Jun 2022HANSARDFarmersMy Lords, I am absolutely convinced that farming is going to be a profession and a skill that will be much in demand in a hungry world. But the noble Lord is absolutely right:…08 Jun 2022HANSARDFarmersMy Lords, I have already outlined one area in which we are helping. I am glad to say that the fertiliser production plants in this country that were either mothballed or operating…08 Jun 2022HANSARDFarmersWe have announced a number of the areas of the sustainable farming incentive, the soil standard and many others. We are going to make further announcements in the next few weeks…08 Jun 2022HANSARDZoonoses Research CentreWe are supporting something called the Quadripartite MoU for One Health, which includes the OIE, the WHO, the FAO and UNEP—apologies again for the acronyms. That is part of what…24 May 2022HANSARDZoonoses Research CentreThere is a very large number of pets in Ukraine; it has one of the highest pets to human population percentages anywhere in the world. Rabies is an endemic disease there, but the…24 May 2022HANSARDZoonoses Research CentreThe noble Lord is absolutely right to point out the impact that these diseases have. Foot and mouth cost this country £8 billion and huge amounts of human and animal misery.…24 May 2022HANSARDZoonoses Research CentreI am very happy to pay tribute to Fera, which does extraordinarily important work and is part of a wide range of different organisations— I apologise to noble Lords; sometimes it…24 May 2022HANSARDZoonoses Research CentreThe noble Lord is absolutely right. This is a major threat and was identified as such in the integrated review. We are corralling expertise within government, academia and the…24 May 2022