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HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I meant to declare my interest as a landowner and arable farmer in my earlier contribution. I support Amendment 59, as I did in Committee. It is very important to have…17 Sept 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I declare an interest as a landowner, an arable farmer and a recipient of payments from the BPS and its predecessor schemes. I will be brief, as the arguments have been…15 Sept 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I declare my interest as a landowner, arable farmer and NFU member. I am speaking to and, subject to the Minister’s response, planning to move Amendment 12, as well as…15 Sept 2020HANSARDAgriculture Bill15 Sept 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I have listened very carefully to the Minister’s winding-up speech. He has been doing a magnificent job so far in navigating this Bill. I much appreciated his detailed…15 Sept 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I support Amendment 218, in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Whitchurch, and other noble Lords. I declare my interests as a landowner and arable farmer. At…23 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I declare my interest as an arable farmer and landowner in receipt of BPS. Before I come to the amendments, I want to defend the RPA after the swipe at it by my noble…21 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I rise briefly to support Amendments 174 and 285 in the name of my noble friend Lady McIntosh of Pickering. As other noble Lords have said, Amendment 174 changes the…21 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I rise to support the general principle in this group of amendments of more regular reports on food security, although I am not sure whether they should be yearly or…21 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I shall speak to my Amendment 126 in this group. I declare my interest as a landowner and arable farmer. Echoing what would be achieved by my Amendments 56, 60 and 69,…16 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I was very pleased to hear about the success of the excellent allotment scheme mentioned by the noble Lord, Lord Greaves. I shall speak to Amendments 56, 60 and 69,…14 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I partially support the amendment moved by my noble friend Lord Lucas. Assistance should be given for training but there should not be just blanket financial assistance…14 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillI thank the Minister for his detailed response to the group. I think he has answered my question. Is what he has just said the reason why he does not approve of Amendment…14 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I declare my interest as a landowner and an arable farmer. I support my noble friend’s amendment in principle. However, I would like to distinguish direct damage caused…09 Jul 2020HANSARDBudget StatementMy Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow the interesting and entertaining viewpoints of the noble Lord, Lord Desai. I will talk first about the post-Budget emergency economic…18 Mar 2020HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) (Abolition of By-Elections) Bill [HL]My Lords, I am in agreement with my noble friend Lord Trefgarne that this Bill is a breach of a promise given in 1999. On 22 June that year, my noble friend Lord Denham asked the…13 Mar 2020HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, in short, the election result will boost the UK economy in the short term as the major uncertainty about an extreme Labour Administration has been removed for the next…09 Jan 2020HANSARDEmploymentMy Lords, in 2010, when Labour left office, unemployment stood at 2.5 million. As my noble friend Lord Lupton has already noted, remarkably, every Labour Government have left…06 Jun 2019HANSARDCommonwealthMy Lords, we are all grateful to Her Majesty’s Government for initiating this debate. I am sorry that my noble friend Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon is unable to be present, but I…28 Mar 2019HANSARDSpring StatementMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Gadhia, with his great financial experience, and a lot of what I say will be in agreement with his wise words.…20 Mar 2019