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HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I shall speak to the amendments in my name in this group. Amendments 178 and 181 suggest an additional scope for the power to get information. We should look at…16 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend for his comprehensive and optimistic reply. I urge on him again the importance of allowing failure; allowing people to get things wrong;…14 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I am extremely grateful to my noble friend for her answer, which was very encouraging. However, on my specific amendments, will she confirm so that it is clearly on the…14 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillI am immensely grateful for the response given by my noble friends and I beg leave to withdraw my amendment.14 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture Bill14 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, in moving Amendment 58 I shall speak also to my other amendments in this group. There are two basic ways of managing the flow of funding under the Bill: through…14 Jul 2020HANSARDBusiness and Planning BillMy Lords, what I want to say on my Amendment 4 will work very well with what I want to say on Amendment 24, when we come to it. If the Minister chooses to reply to Amendment 4…13 Jul 2020HANSARDBusiness and Planning BillMy Lords, I am delighted to support this amendment. I hope the Government will consider allowing councils considerable freedom as to what land they allow premises to use,…13 Jul 2020HANSARDBusiness and Planning BillMy Lords, Amendments 22 and 23 are intended to offer the Government an opportunity to outline how a district authority can take full advantage of this Bill when the highways are…13 Jul 2020HANSARDBusiness and Planning BillMy Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend for that reply, but I did not gather how he expects the county authority to respond to a request from the district that a particular…13 Jul 2020HANSARDEnvironmental Protection (Plastic Straws, Cotton Buds and Stirrers) (England) Regulations 2020My Lords, to deal well with the interface between citizens and environmental initiatives such as this, we need a comprehensive, open and above all truthful evidence base covering…10 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I thoroughly support Amendments 12 and 13. It has been very evident to me, since I moved out from a long career in London to live on the south coast, that even here,…09 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, in moving Amendment 29, I shall also speak to Amendment 217. Amendment 29 is relatively simple; I am looking for reassurance from the Minister that when we are setting…09 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture Bill09 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I look forward to the Minister’s reply on Amendment 19. Our ability to repair the landscape is obviously crucial to getting our South Downs back in order. Kew is…09 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I am very grateful for the draft of the Bill, and particularly for the definition of “livestock” on page 3, which “includes any creature kept for the production of ……09 Jul 2020HANSARDSurrender of Offensive Weapons (Compensation) Regulations 2020My Lords, it is a continuing sadness to me that the Government chose not to follow their memorandum of 26 June 2018 and allow defences of nature and purpose, as is the case with…08 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I shall speak to my Amendments 108 and 109. I am looking for two reassurances from the Minister. The first is that we are going to look at a system of risk-based…07 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, the amendments in this group are crucial to the success of this Bill—or at least, the spirit behind them is. When I was young, a family t-shirt read: “Farmer Palmer says…07 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I have a number of amendments in this group. Amendments 5, 17 and 89 question the different wording in different sections of the Bill. Clause 1(1)(a) uses “protects or…07 Jul 2020