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HANSARDLevelling UpMy Lords, as chairman of the Cumbria Local Enterprise Partnership, I welcome these levelling-up initiatives. As the Minister has pointed out, levelling up is not simply a northern…18 Mar 2021HANSARDBudget StatementMy Lords, the most recent occasion I was in London was one year and one day ago, when I came up to speak about the unfolding crisis from my perspective as chairman of the Cumbria…12 Mar 2021HANSARDHauliersMy Lords, my brief remarks are based on having spent 10 years in the European Parliament as a foot soldier in the creation of the single market. I was on the EU Goods…04 Mar 2021HANSARDRural Landlords and Land Letting: ReformMy Lords, I declare my landowning and farming interests and my other declarations in the register and join the noble Lord, Lord Clark of Windermere, as a fellow Cumbrian and…21 Jan 2021HANSARDEuropean Union (Future Relationship) BillMy Lords, as an avowed remainer, I hoped I would never be faced with this evening’s decision, but we are where we are, and I have got to. What has struck me about the process we…30 Dec 2020HANSARDAgricultural Transition PlanMy Lords, I must draw attention to my agricultural interests in the register. Like all other speakers, I welcome the publication of the agricultural transition plan, but, like…08 Dec 2020HANSARDSpending Review 2020My Lords, looking across the northern business landscape, as I do, from the perspective of chair of the Cumbria Local Enterprise Partnership, the prospect is not cheerful. But the…03 Dec 2020HANSARDPersonal StatementMy Lords, with the leave of the House, I wish to make a personal statement. Following the repeat on Wednesday 4 November of an Urgent Question in the House of Commons on economic…10 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19 Lockdown: Economic SupportMy Lords, some firms are facing considerable difficulties in obtaining CBILS loans; I speak as chairman of the Cumbria Local Enterprise Partnership. This appears to be because…04 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, this is been an interesting debate. These amendments are important, focusing as they do on food, foodstuffs and animal feed, and the legal framework surrounding them in…28 Oct 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, now that we are leaving the scope of the single market, the characteristics of the UK internal market become very important; that is why I put my name down to speak to…26 Oct 2020HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I shall intervene briefly in support of the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman, and speak to Amendment 77. We all know that carbon, and in particular net zero by 2050, are…13 Oct 2020HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I speak in support of all the amendments in this group. This is perhaps a paradox, as they may—to some extent—be mutually exclusive. They also touch on a number of other…08 Oct 2020HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I am pleased to speak to these amendments because I believe that each and every one of them is important—not least because of their implications as much as their…06 Oct 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, we have had a very interesting, worthwhile and civilised series of sessions, discussing our individual, and the Government’s, visions, ideas and plans for the future of…01 Oct 2020HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 11, a wide-ranging amendment, and make some general comments arising from it. I am particularly concerned about the relationship between…29 Sept 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, in my capacity as chairman of the Cumbria Local Enterprise Partnership and as a member of the Cumbria Leadership Board, I have recently been involved in debates about…22 Sept 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I should begin by declaring the interests I declared earlier during the passage of the Bill. I shall speak to Amendments 89ZA and 93 and to the gist of the arguments…22 Sept 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, as a number of noble Lords may know, I am a livestock farmer, and if you are a livestock farmer you have to try to ensure that the animals in your care have the highest…17 Sept 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, although I declared my agricultural interests earlier, I should specifically declare that I am, and have been, a landlord, as a freeholder and as a trustee of let…17 Sept 2020