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HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I declare my interests, which I declared on previous occasions. I will make one small flanking point to those made already. As I explained to the House on Tuesday, you…17 Sept 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I am extremely pleased to be able to speak in support of the previous three speakers and their amendment, which I briefly touched on in Committee. Everyone is agreed…15 Sept 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I begin by saying how pleased I am to be following my noble friend Lord Marlesford who, while his experience of farming is at the opposite end of England to mine, shares…15 Sept 2020HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I must begin like other Members of your Lordships’ House by congratulating the Minister and my southern neighbour, the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Blackburn, on…08 Sept 2020HANSARDTreaty Scrutiny: Working Practices (EUC Report)My Lords, as a number of your Lordships have said, this is an important debate. That is particularly so because the Constitution Committee concluded—other Members have quoted…07 Sept 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I am delighted to follow the noble Lord, Lord Judd, who—it may not have been apparent to your Lordships—was speaking from just over the hill from me in Cumbria. I put my…28 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I declare my interests as in the register. I will speak briefly to Amendment 146 but will refer in passing to quite a number of other amendments. Before the CAP was even…21 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, having had the opportunity to read last Thursday’s part debate, I cast my short remarks in general terms. When I read what was said on that occasion, I was reminded of…14 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, being a farmer, over the past two or three years I have had to think very carefully about my activities in future. In my case, I have one specific and really quite…14 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, ever since the age of the hunter-gatherers, earth has been supplying humankind’s food needs. That is why I am pleased to support the amendment proposed by the noble…14 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I am pleased to follow the noble Lord, Lord Greaves, on these three amendments and to support the arguments that he has advanced. It is encouraging that these are…09 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I am sure contributors are right to distinguish between animal health and animal welfare. The important thing is to combine the two: you can conceive of an animal being…09 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, as one of the silenced ones at Second Reading, I must begin by declaring my interests in the register. In particular, I point to the fact that I farm, have land and am…07 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, with the first group of amendments, we did the easy bit: we discussed the generalities. Now, as we move towards specifics, it becomes harder. I will not speak to a…07 Jul 2020HANSARDBusiness and Planning BillMy Lords, it was at the beginning of March, in my capacity as chairman of the Cumbria Local Enterprise Partnership, that I spoke to your Lordships about our actions and responses…06 Jul 2020HANSARDCoronavirus BillMy Lords, I begin by referring to my interests in the register. I am involved in business and am chairman of the Cumbria local enterprise partnership and, as a result of that, a…24 Mar 2020HANSARDExtradition (Provisional Arrest) Bill [HL]My Lords, I add my general support to the proposition and arguments that have been made. When I had the good fortune to chair the ad hoc committee looking at the workings of this…05 Mar 2020HANSARDExtradition (Provisional Arrest) Bill [HL]My Lords, if I may, I shall raise one small point. We are talking here about the ability to effect an arrest, not an obligation on the person who discovers and identifies somebody…05 Mar 2020HANSARDExtradition (Provisional Arrest) Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the Minister for her words and put on record, which I have not yet done this afternoon, that I support the basic principles surrounding the provisions relating…05 Mar 2020HANSARDExtradition (Provisional Arrest) Bill [HL]05 Mar 2020