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HANSARDDirect Payment to Farmers (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2022My Lords, I declare my interests as a farmer and landowner, as set out in the register. I am broadly supportive of the Agriculture Act and the introduction of the new system of…21 Mar 2022HANSARDAnimals (Penalty Notices) BillMy Lords, I declare my interests as a farmer, as set out in the register, and my membership of the National Farmers’ Union, which broadly welcomes and supports this Bill. Like the…18 Mar 2022HANSARDWater Industry ReformMy Lords, I declare my interests as a farmer, as set out in the register. Can the Minister please confirm that any measures to reform the UK water industry are taken after full…25 Jan 2022HANSARDFood and Farming: Supply IssuesMy Lords, can the Minister tell us what action is being taken to improve the facilities available to long-distance and other delivery drivers on the motorway network? Together…20 Jan 2022HANSARDFarming Industry: SupportMy Lords, I declare my interests as a farmer, as set out in the register. I thank the noble Lord, Lord Redesdale, for this debate. The support called for should not be a return to…11 Jan 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I declare my interests as farmer and landowner, as set out in the register, and as someone who has been directly and indirectly affected by hare coursing on more than…03 Nov 2021HANSARDFarming Rules for WaterMy Lords, I beg leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper and, at the same time, declare my interests as a farmer.01 Nov 2021HANSARDFarming Rules for WaterMy Lords, I thank the Minister for his response. However, while his response is welcome, key areas of uncertainty remain. There is a reluctance by the Environment Agency to…01 Nov 2021HANSARDTrees: Ips typographusMy Lords, the emergence of this dreadful disease affecting spruce underlines the need to encourage the development of pesticides if we are serious about combating these new…01 Nov 2021HANSARDFarming Rules for WaterTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the application of the Farming Rules for Water on the use of organic forms of nitrogen in (1) the autumn, and (2)…01 Nov 2021HANSARDLand Use FrameworkMy Lords, I declare my interests as a farmer and landowner as set out in the register. I am absolutely delighted to follow the noble Lord, Lord Harlech, and to hear his excellent…28 Oct 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I declare my interests as a farmer as set out in the register. I also share with the noble Baroness, Lady Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville, a considerable love of bees.…26 Oct 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I declare my interests as set out in the register and confirm that I am the owner of, and actively manage and love, ancient woodland. I do not support Amendment 100 as I…15 Sept 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I declare my interests as set out in the register. I also want to speak about this interesting clause, which I have been scratching my head about for some time. The need…15 Sept 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I am afraid that I will add a little un-unanimity to this debate, which seems to have been completely one-sided so far. I declare my farming interests as set out in the…13 Sept 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister very much indeed for the very considered response. Although I do not totally agree on the compensation issue—but I was never going to—I accept all…13 Sept 2021HANSARDEnvironment Bill13 Sept 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I declare my interests as a farmer, as set out in the register, and that water abstraction is used on my land to grow crops such as potatoes. I am also a member of the…13 Sept 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I fear that in my contribution I cannot be as poetic or as evocative as the noble Lord, Lord Cormack, but I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Redesdale, on focusing…08 Sept 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, there is very little that I can add to the speeches of the two noble Lords who have spoken already, but I will make one small point. The opportunity to prevent species’…06 Sept 2021