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HANSARDRenters’ Rights Bill24 Apr 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendment 173 in this group. I declare my interest in the private rented sector, with cottage lettings in Buckinghamshire and Lincolnshire. I thank the…22 Apr 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillMy Lords, I declare my direct interest in the private rented sector with lettings in Buckinghamshire and Lincolnshire. I am pleased to support the amendment from the noble…22 Apr 2025HANSARDFarming and Rural CommunitiesMy Lords, I declare my active farming interests in Buckinghamshire and Lincolnshire. I thank the noble Lord, Lord Roborough, for bringing this debate, and all noble Lords who have…03 Apr 2025HANSARDSustainable Farming IncentiveMy Lords, I declare my farming interests are set out in the register and that I am likely to be affected by the withdrawal of SFI 24. I want to just probe a little further on the…18 Mar 2025HANSARDAgricultural and Business Property Reliefs: OBR CostingMy Lords, growth, a government priority, requires investment. What assessment have the Government made of the effect of reducing the reliefs on investment in farming?27 Jan 2025HANSARDRural EconomyMy Lords, I too thank the right reverend Prelate—or perhaps, in view of earlier remarks, I should say Primate—for tabling this timely debate. I draw attention to my farming and…19 Dec 2024HANSARDMaintained Schools: Term DatesMy Lords, I thank the Minister for her response and declare my interest as a trustee of a community-maintained school in High Wycombe. My Question is to highlight the current…09 Dec 2024HANSARDMaintained Schools: Term DatesTo ask His Majesty’s Government whether they plan to allow maintained schools to set the number of days on which they are open during a school year, in the same way as for academy…09 Dec 2024HANSARDFarming FamiliesMy Lords, I also thank the noble Baroness, Lady Northover, for bringing this debate forward and for her extremely powerful speech. I declare my interests in farming as set out in…21 Nov 2024HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, I add my congratulations to the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, and the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman of Ullock. I also welcome a great deal of what was in the…18 Jul 2024HANSARDRenters (Reform) BillMy Lords, I declare my interests in the rural private rental sector, as set out in the register. I thank the Minister for her time in briefing me, as well as all the organisations…15 May 2024HANSARDLand Use FrameworkMy Lords, I declare my interests as set out in the register. The primary concern in any such framework needs to be its flexibility to react to circumstances. This means that, at…12 Mar 2024HANSARDLong-Term National Housing StrategyMy Lords, I thank the right reverend Prelate and welcome this debate, with its purpose of promoting cross-party agreement on a national housing strategy. The long-term nature of…29 Feb 2024HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Livestock Exports) BillMy Lords, I too welcome this Bill and its Second Reading. It has many admirable aims, which I fully support. I declare my interest as a farmer, including sheep farming, as set out…21 Feb 2024HANSARDBiosecurity and Infectious DiseasesMy Lords, I welcome this important and topical debate, and I thank the noble Lord, Lord Trees, for initiating it. I also believe he may have had something to do with the headline…18 Jan 2024HANSARDLong-term Plan for HousingMy Lords, may I ask the Minister, following on from the question from the right reverend Prelate, about the certificates—the EPCs? We have had a problem and a review on EPC…11 Jan 2024HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, I welcome much that is in the gracious Speech but would like to concentrate on the housing measures, both new and carried forward from the previous Session. In this…09 Nov 2023HANSARDNo-fault EvictionsTo assist and relieve the courts, what steps are the Government taking to look at other measures to resolve disputes, such as mediation?26 Oct 2023HANSARDFarming: Net ZeroMy Lords, I thank the Minister for his response and I appreciate the progress being made, but years on from the passing of the Agriculture Act and the Environment Act, farm owners…20 Sept 2023