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HANSARDFarming and Inheritance TaxI think I just said more or less exactly that. A debate of the sort that I am talking about would have allowed for a wider debate about farming finances. We have had 70 years of…04 Dec 2024HANSARDFarming and Inheritance Tax“Working people” hardly does justice to farmers. Some of my young constituents told me they were working for returns of about £6 an hour. There is a reason I chose not to become a…04 Dec 2024HANSARD End of Radio Teleswitch Service: Rural AreasThe hon. Gentleman has touched on the fact that radio teleswitching is going. It is an analogue technology, and we will be fortunate if it lasts until next June—it could collapse…04 Dec 2024HANSARDFarming and Inheritance TaxWill the Minister give way?04 Dec 2024HANSARDFarming and Inheritance TaxI am grateful to the Minister for giving way. That was why the law was changed to introduce 100% relief. Family farms were not being passed down because the value of land was…04 Dec 2024HANSARDFishing IndustryI absolutely do, and this is one of the reasons why it is so difficult for fishing boats in coastal communities to recruit a crew. For decades, teachers, careers advisers and…28 Nov 2024HANSARDFishing IndustryNo, I do not think it does because, apart from anything else, I am not talking about removing a language requirement completely. It is the level of the requirement that is the…28 Nov 2024HANSARDFishing IndustryIn relation to separate systems, I suspect that the hon. Gentleman agrees that the problems for the fishermen in both our constituencies are shared by fishermen in Kilkeel, around…28 Nov 2024HANSARDFishing IndustryI will take this opportunity to address the visa question; I was going to address it last, but we might as well address it now. The hon. Gentleman is right: especially for inshore…28 Nov 2024HANSARDFishing IndustryFor the avoidance of doubt, as I might have said in a previous professional existence, nobody is suggesting that a crew should not have English language skills. The question,…28 Nov 2024HANSARDFishing IndustryMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. Many of the scientists who have contributed to the ICES data over the years will say exactly the same thing. They want to see the stability of…28 Nov 2024HANSARDFishing IndustryI am interested in what the hon. Gentleman says about HPMAs. Does he agree that the Government in Whitehall should learn the lessons from the experience of the Government in…28 Nov 2024HANSARDFishing IndustryThe hon. Gentleman is touching on an interesting issue. The ICES zero quota recommendations are what are called “headline advice”, which basically answers the question, “If you…28 Nov 2024HANSARDFishing IndustryI thank you, Dr Huq, and Mr Efford for your efforts in chairing us. We have had a genuinely excellent debate. Somewhere in the region of 19 Members of Parliament have taken part.…28 Nov 2024HANSARDFishing Industryindicated dissent.28 Nov 2024HANSARDFishing IndustryAbsolutely, yes. The picture is complex and it depends what is being put where. However, for some of the spawning grounds for whitefish that have been affected, the evidence…28 Nov 2024HANSARDFishing IndustryAs interventions go, I think that meets its total allowable catch. I will come on to that issue—the hon. Gentleman knows that, because we have debated it often enough. If he…28 Nov 2024HANSARDFishing IndustryI beg to move, That this House has considered the fishing industry. It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mr Efford. I am grateful to members of the Backbench Business…28 Nov 2024HANSARDFishing IndustryThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. It comes back to the point I made about data and about the science that you base the data on. He will have heard in many of these debates…28 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsOn Friday, the UK Defence Journal reported on the activities of the Russian research and intelligence vessel Yantar in the Irish sea, in the vicinity of various cables. This is…18 Nov 2024