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HANSARDAgriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026My Lords, listening to this debate, it becomes apparent just how diverse our nation’s agriculture is. For every remark by one speaker, there is probably someone who knows about…27 Apr 2026HANSARDFarming Road MapMy Lords, I declare my farming interests in Cumbria. Both Defra and the RPA have now confirmed that there is no current mechanism available for common land to enter the…16 Apr 2026HANSARDResetting the UK-EU Relationship (European Affairs Committee Report)My Lords, as I look back over the last decade in Brexit Britain, I am ever more convinced that the arguments for Britain’s wholehearted engagement with mainland Europe are as…26 Feb 2026HANSARDAnimal Welfare Strategy: Rural CommunitiesCan the Minister confirm that the Government have neither plans nor intentions to ban hound trailing?12 Feb 2026HANSARDWater White PaperMy Lords, I am sure there is agreement around the whole House that the state of the water industry in this country at present is very far from satisfactory. In her remarks about…26 Jan 2026HANSARDBroadcasting: Recent DevelopmentsMy Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lord Fowler on introducing this debate. It is a great pleasure that both at the end and the beginning of my career in your Lordships’…08 Jan 2026HANSARDAutumn Budget 2025I must begin by making a declaration relating to my interests as listed in the register: I am a farmer, a landowner and a businessman in Cumbria. We are today asked to take note…04 Dec 2025HANSARDGateway 3 New-build ApplicationsMy Lords, is not the fundamental problem here the builders, rather than the regulator? Too many builders seem to be prepared to cut corners, and that is where the fundamental…03 Dec 2025HANSARDTelegraph Media GroupMy Lords, in response to the noble Lord, Lord Parkinson, the Minister said that it was premature to look into this unless and until the sale took place. Surely part of this sorry…19 Nov 2025HANSARDBritish CouncilMy Lords, the House will have heard in response to the question from the noble Lord, Lord Bruce, how the assets of the British Council are being threatened with dispersal. Among…11 Nov 2025HANSARDUK-Norway Defence Agreement: Impact in ScotlandMy Lords, does the Minister agree that the example of Barrow-in-Furness, where central government, local authorities and their agencies and BAE Systems are combining and taking…05 Nov 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I support the noble Baroness, Lady Neville-Rolfe, and, by extension, the noble Lord, Lord Deben. I was for six years the chairman of a local enterprise partnership. It…29 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, in rising to move Amendment 84, I ought first to declare my interest. Most unusually, it has been my lot in life to have lived in a listed building, in the midst of a…27 Oct 2025HANSARDFishing and Coastal Growth FundMy Lords, for a number of years, when I was a Member of the European Parliament, there were considerable complaints about the illegal landing of black fish. Are the Government…27 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill27 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I am very pleased to think that my amendment has led to such a wide discussion that has shown more or less complete unanimity across the House about the importance of…27 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, on the grounds of “it takes one to know one”, it is worth noting that this is a debate that we are unlikely to have in the next Session of Parliament—old-style…17 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I rise briefly to support those who have argued that the levy must be spent exclusively on nature. That is what it is collected for. The Government, who administer these…17 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, as I listened to this debate, I thought that everybody was talking about it from the perspective of the person who does the work. The prime focus of what we are…17 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, thus far in this debate, we have been thinking in terms of solving the problems that we are discussing by building more houses, but I would like to raise a point that I…09 Sept 2025