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HANSARDFarmers: Flooding CompensationThe Rural Payments Agency is contacting all eligible farmers to remove the burden of the farmers themselves having to contact the RPA. The RPA has a range of measures to look at…16 Apr 2024HANSARDFarmers: Flooding CompensationThe noble Baroness will be very well aware that there is a trade here between the environmental gains we are looking to enact and protecting our food production. One of the main…16 Apr 2024HANSARDFarmers: Flooding CompensationI have recently attended a number of meetings on this specific subject, and the intention last week was to get the first element of this fund out and available to farmers. We have…16 Apr 2024HANSARDFarmers: Flooding CompensationI thank the noble Baroness very much for her question. I do not have the exact answer so, rather than perhaps mislead her and the House, I will endeavour to write to her very…16 Apr 2024HANSARDFarmers: Flooding CompensationI am particularly sympathetic to the issue of livestock farmers, being one myself. As I explained in my opening comments, that fund is restricted to a number of areas at the…16 Apr 2024HANSARDFarmers: Flooding CompensationThe noble Lord is right about the 150-metre restriction, which was lifted within 48 hours of that announcement. The farming recovery fund will pay farmers who suffered uninsurable…16 Apr 2024HANSARDFarmers: Flooding CompensationThe right reverend Prelate is entirely right to raise the issue of food security, which is high on the Government’s agenda. Through our environmental land management schemes, we…16 Apr 2024HANSARDFood SecurityI thank the noble Baroness for her question. This month the Environment Secretary appointed Will Quince MP as an independent adviser to support our ongoing work to improve food…26 Mar 2024HANSARDFood SecurityI thank the right reverend Prelate for his question. Defra has a large outreach programme with its constituent members, particularly its farming community. We monitor a lot of…26 Mar 2024HANSARDFood SecurityThe noble Lord raises a serious question on a serious subject. The Government are in the process of assessing this impact, and I hope to write to him shortly with the answer to…26 Mar 2024HANSARDFood SecurityMy noble friend is correct. There is a presumption against planning on grade 1, grade 2 and grade 3 land. He is entirely right that solar energy and any other developments need to…26 Mar 2024HANSARDFood SecurityMy Lords, I declare my interests as set out in the register. UK food security remains consistently high, and the Government continue to strengthen it by supporting our farmers and…26 Mar 2024HANSARDFood SecurityPerhaps we could invite the noble Baroness to attend; that might solve the problem completely.26 Mar 2024HANSARDFood SecurityNo, I am not content to leave it to the next Government. I cannot furnish the noble Baroness with a date, but I will write to her and, indeed, to the noble Baroness, Lady…26 Mar 2024HANSARDFood SecurityI thank my noble friend and entirely agree with her on the issue of supporting our farmers and congratulating them on the work they do. I quite accept the premise that a…26 Mar 2024HANSARDFood SecurityI thank the noble Baroness for her question. As she will know, the upcoming Farm to Fork summit is the second one we have held, and the National Farmers’ Union requested that we…26 Mar 2024HANSARDFood SecurityThe noble Lord raises a good point, and I was a little surprised that I did not see him out there when I went to visit the protesters last night. He is entirely correct; they did…26 Mar 2024HANSARDFood SecurityThe noble Lord is absolutely right about this issue. Both Defra and the Government have been crystal clear that agriculture is at the forefront of any trade deals we negotiate. We…26 Mar 2024HANSARDFair Dealing Obligations (Milk) Regulations 2024My Lords, I declare my interests as set out in the register. This evening’s protests around Parliament by farmers, seeking a fair price for their product, I think speaks to the…25 Mar 2024HANSARDFair Dealing Obligations (Milk) Regulations 2024That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 1 March be approved. Relevant document: 16th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee25 Mar 2024