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HANSARDHauliersTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to support hauliers transporting goods internationally.04 Mar 2021HANSARDSocial Care Funding (EAC Report)I hope that the report and the purpose of our debate on it will give the Government confidence that they can take Parliament with them in tackling this great issue.28 Jan 2021HANSARDSocial Care Funding (EAC Report)My Lords, I refer to my interests as set out in the register. However, I have a personal interest in the subject of the report, as, way back in 1987, an announcement was made by…28 Jan 2021HANSARDEU-UK Trade and Cooperation AgreementMy Lords, my interests are listed in the register. I will speak on matters of concern to my family’s business interests. Along with other noble Lords, I am very much relieved to…08 Jan 2021HANSARDPlant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020My Lords, I am delighted to follow my noble friend the Minister. Some eight years ago I was in his place. I thought I was busy, but none of us could have foreseen the workload…07 Dec 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillMy Lords, I am entering the debate on this group of amendments and speaking to them because I am afraid I disagree very much with the noble Lord, Lord Blunkett. I find his…08 Oct 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillMy Lords, I apologise for not participating in Committee, having spoken at Second Reading, but I followed the three days of debate in Committee. I saw the feed on the first day,…08 Oct 2020HANSARDCivil Procedure (Amendment No. 4) (Coronavirus) Rules 2020My Lords, I am pleased to follow the noble Lords proposing the two Motions before the House. The noble Baroness, Lady Grender, is an experienced Member of this House. I expect she…23 Sept 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I hope I can contribute to this debate by drawing on my farming interests and my experience. Of course, some of the latter is now history: I remember personally hot…22 Sept 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Carrington, and to participate in the debate on this group of amendments. Noble Lords will know of my interest in my…17 Sept 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, my interests in this Bill are published in the register. This has been a good debate. I wish to add my voice to those of other noble Lords in support of the Minister’s…17 Sept 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I reiterate my interest in our family farming and horticulture business. Although I no longer have an active managerial role, I retain a residual interest in it. This…15 Sept 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I declare my interest as a member of a family farming and growing business, as listed in the register. Perhaps I can reassure the noble Baroness, Lady Young of Old…28 Jul 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillMy Lords, I welcome the Bill. It gives impetus to the long overdue process of revising the current constituency boundaries. MPs are representing constituencies that were drawn up…27 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, it is a real delight to follow the noble Lord, Lord Rooker—I want to call him my noble friend because he certainly is one—but he has rather stolen my thunder, in the…23 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, as I have not spoken since a week last Thursday, perhaps I should declare my interest as a member of a family farming business in which I worked for over 45 years before…21 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, Members of the House will probably know of my interest in this Bill through my family business, as listed in the register. Noble Lords may also know that the noble Lord,…09 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I declare my interests in the Bill as published in the register. The Bill is one of the most important for the countryside and for farming for many years. It does not…10 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19: UK Border Health MeasuresMy Lords, while I thank my noble friend the Minister, I regret that I have to join the critics of this policy. When Europe is talking about freeing its cross-border movement—15…04 Jun 2020HANSARDFood Supply and SecurityMy Lords, the House will probably be aware of my horticultural and agricultural interests in the register, which I declare. I am fortunate to live at the heart of my family…14 May 2020