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HANSARDFisheries Bill [Lords]It gives me great pleasure to respond to the Bill on behalf of the Opposition on its second outing in the Commons. Our fishers risk their lives every day to bring home food for us…01 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [Lords]I do agree. There is a real opportunity in the waters around the south-west for a catch and release bluefin tuna fishery, for instance—it is a shame that DEFRA did not quite agree…01 Sept 2020HANSARDDual Tariff Proposals: British Food StandardsI think we all know that the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ministerial team are part of the eight out of 10 who are worried about animal welfare in trade…25 Jun 2020HANSARDDual Tariff Proposals: British Food StandardsThe public do not want our British farmers to be undercut by food produced to lower standards abroad. Research by Which? published today shows that eight out of 10 people are…25 Jun 2020HANSARDFood SecurityFood bank demand is surging, up on average by between 60% and 80% from pre-virus levels. Now, unemployment is soaring, up by nearly 70% last month. It is clear that we need…19 May 2020HANSARDRemote Division Result: Amendment 39Labour will not allow farmers to go out of business to secure a trade deal with Donald Trump. It is unusual for any party to vote against Third Reading of a Bill, but we will vote…13 May 2020HANSARD Agriculture BillThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I will speak to the amendments that stand in my name and that of the Leader of the Opposition. Food policy has been overlooked and sidelined in…13 May 2020HANSARDVulnerable People: Food SuppliesI thank the Secretary of State for that answer. I think he will need to provide more detail for those who are in genuine hunger today; the hope of detail in the future is not…19 Mar 2020HANSARDVulnerable People: Food SuppliesI thank the Secretary of State for meeting me and the rest of the shadow DEFRA team this week to discuss concerns about the national crisis and food availability. I urge him to go…19 Mar 2020HANSARDSentience and Welfare of AnimalsMy hon. Friend is dead right. There is an amazing amount of good political meat in publications by the Environment Secretary from the time when he was on the Back Benches. It…16 Mar 2020HANSARDSentience and Welfare of AnimalsIt gives me great pleasure to respond to this very good debate on behalf of the official Opposition. There is cross-party support for enshrining animal sentience in law, and I…16 Mar 2020HANSARDSentience and Welfare of AnimalsMy hon. Friend raises an important issue and, if the Minister has not yet read Labour’s animal welfare manifesto from the general election, it is very good and well worth reading.…16 Mar 2020HANSARDSentience and Welfare of AnimalsThe difficulty when we sit on the Opposition Benches, where our job is to scrutinise rather than to support, is that we look for evidence of the words. There is a genuine risk…16 Mar 2020HANSARDFloodingI agree we need action, but it was action we did not get during the floods. It was action we required from the Prime Minister to call a Cobra meeting that we did not get. It was…04 Mar 2020HANSARDFloodingI beg to move, That this House notes the damage caused by Storms Ciara, Dennis and Jorge and expresses thanks to workers from the Environment Agency, emergency services, local…04 Mar 2020HANSARDFloodingThe hon. Member pre-empts my speech. It is important that we have a long-term plan for flooding with long-term funding attached to it so that we can protect communities at risk of…04 Mar 2020HANSARDFloodingHaving more natural solutions to flooding is part of the solution; it is not the sole solution, but it is a very important part, and I will come on to that in a moment. Our motion…04 Mar 2020HANSARDFloodingThere will be local inquiries and there will be different agencies looking at their own responses, but we need an overarching investigation into the whole response—the…04 Mar 2020HANSARDFloodingFlood Re has resulted in some improvements—the hon. Gentleman is right about that—but it does not insure homes or provide cover for homes built since 2009, and he will know that…04 Mar 2020HANSARD Prisoners (Disclosure of Information About Victims) BillI rise in support of the amendments that the Minister has just set out to this very important Bill. The crimes that Vanessa George committed against the babies and toddlers in the…03 Mar 2020