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HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus) (Restrictions) (England) (No. 4) Regulations 2020My Lords, I want to focus on one aspect of the economic consequences of this lockdown: youth unemployment, or, to be more precise, the outlook for the young people who will be…04 Nov 2020HANSARDAsylum SeekersMy Lords, although HMG must retain the right to allow—indeed, facilitate—the entry of any individual into the UK, following the point made by the noble Lord, Lord Green, can my…29 Oct 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillI cannot hear a word.01 Oct 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillCan you hear me?01 Oct 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I declare my farming interest in Suffolk as in the register. We are debating a number of amendments that could loosely be described as antipesticide. I am afraid I…22 Sept 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillI am not speaking on this amendment.17 Sept 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I speak in support of the amendment tabled by the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of St Albans. What we are talking about is very important and it is heading in the…17 Sept 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillFirst of all, I declare my interests as a farmer in Suffolk. The lesson I draw from the seven days we had in Committee on this Bill is that we—and the Government—need to widen our…15 Sept 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillFirst, I declare my interest in Suffolk farming, as in the register. I also echo so many others in paying tribute to my noble friend Lord Gardiner of Kimble for the brilliant way…28 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I draw the attention of the Committee to my farming interests in Suffolk, as in the register. I will speak to Amendment 222 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Young…21 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I declare my interests in Suffolk as in the register. I am rather doubtful of the wisdom of some of these amendments on climate change, especially Amendments 272 and…16 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillI have one thing to add. There is the inescapable fact that after 2021 farmers will not get money under the basic payment scheme in the same way as they have done. That money is…14 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I first declare again the interests I declared last week, as in the register. I am delighted with this set of amendments, because they put right a fundamental flaw in…14 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I have no problem at all in supporting this amendment; I have for a long while campaigned on this issue. In fact, in July 2013 I introduced a Private Member’s Bill on…09 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I repeat the declaration of interests that I made on Tuesday. Many things have been said on this wide-ranging collection of amendments; I will focus briefly on just a…09 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillI want to follow on closely from what the noble Lord, Lord Liddle, was saying. I believe that the Bill has to be changed somewhat. First, the emphasis should be more on the rural…07 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I declare my interest as a Suffolk farmer. It must be a matter of real regret that the Second Reading of this important Bill was, in effect, guillotined. Only six hours…07 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Support and Accommodation for Asylum SeekersMy Lords, in her reply last week to my Written Question on the asylum process, the Minister said: “Individual applications are referred to Ministers where they are identified as…30 Jun 2020HANSARDBlack Lives Matter: ProtestsMy Lords, can the Minister see that for both sides of the argument on the removal of statues, every day that the statue of Winston Churchill remains boxed up is a day when the…15 Jun 2020HANSARDScientific Advisory Group for EmergenciesYou did. I want to comment on the question about Dominic Cummings. Does my noble friend the Minister agree that anyone who has worked in No. 10 knows that the better informed the…28 Apr 2020