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149 recent contributions in Hansard
HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I declare my farming and landowning interests. I have a lot of good things to say about this Bill but no time to say them. The change to ELMS and the wider approach to…10 Jun 2020HANSARDFood Supply and SecurityMy Lords, Covid-19 has shown the importance of having a resilient food industry. It is obvious that our food security needs to be under constant review. We do not need dodgy…14 May 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, I put my name to Amendment 105 because I think that this group of amendments, around Clause 25 and the overhaul of the fishing opportunities, is a really important part…09 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, I add my support for Amendment 81 on the equitable treatment of British and foreign-licensed boats. I would have added my support to the previous group of amendments on…09 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, this amendment largely speaks for itself. It is all very well having all the noble objectives in Clause 1—made, one hopes, even more noble if some of our discussions to…04 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, as far as I am concerned, I am dealing only with coastal fisheries and marine fish.04 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]I thank noble Lords for taking part in the debate and, on the whole, for their support of the principles involved, or indeed the accountability of the fisheries authorities. I…04 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, I have put my name to Amendment 31 in this grouping because I think it is important that we put in place agreements with other nations who host most of the stock we live…04 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, I put my name to Amendment 34. It is obvious that setting quotas at MSY is a largely short-term approach. I realise that it is incredibly complicated, particularly for…04 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, I support the amendments in this group, particularly Amendments 98 and 99. It is an interesting idea to have the IFCAs involved in determining fisheries’ opportunities.…04 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]04 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords—02 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]I apologise to the Minister. It may be that he cannot answer this question but, when it comes to the future division, he said that the boats may have access to the waters but not…02 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, I added my name to Amendment 2 and would have done so to Amendment 6, had I been allowed, but there were too many subscribers. I support Amendment 2 because, as many…02 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, I support the amendment. At the beginning of last year, in Committee in the Commons on the earlier incarnation of the Bill, the Minister—who is now Secretary of…02 Mar 2020HANSARDTokyo Nutrition for Growth SummitMy Lords, poor nutrition is a killer. Some 2.5 million children die from it every year. If it was a newly discovered virus from China, the world would be in a state of complete…28 Jan 2020HANSARDFisheries: EU Landing Obligation (European Union Committee Report)First, I am not a Viscount—I should perhaps correct that. However, the answer is at the moment, yes, but I am assured that we are building up to it. The Government have been slow…23 Jan 2020HANSARDFisheries: EU Landing Obligation (European Union Committee Report)My Lords, I too welcome the Minister to the Dispatch Box and look forward to working with him. As others have said, when we in our committee did our original report on the landing…23 Jan 2020HANSARDFarmingMy Lords, has Defra commissioned research, along the lines of that carried out by the Welsh Government, as to what land, notably upland, is likely to become unfarmed after the…08 Jan 2020HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, I congratulate the Government on being the first major economy to put a net-zero target into legislation, but we have to get on with it now. It would be fatal to think…07 Jan 2020