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HANSARDFarmingI absolutely do, and my hon. Friend puts it perfectly when she talks about working with farmers. It seems that—this is as true for Governments north of the border as it is for…13 Mar 2025HANSARDFarmingWhat the right hon. Gentleman refers to is the consequence of an agricultural policy that, despite aiming to do many worthy and worthwhile things, no longer has the concept of…13 Mar 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions: SMEs13. What recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of changes to employer national insurance contributions on small and medium-sized enterprises.13 Mar 2025HANSARDSustainable Farming IncentiveI note the Minister’s complaint that he inherited an uncapped budget. Can he tell the House whether that was something that he just noticed on Monday, which meant that he had to…12 Mar 2025HANSARDNorth Sea Vessel CollisionIt is just over 32 years now since the MV Braer was grounded off Shetland, but for us the memories are still very fresh. We know exactly how those communities on the east coast of…11 Mar 2025HANSARDUkraineThree years ago, the sale of Chelsea football club realised £2.5 billion, which was to be used for the benefit of Ukraine. Today, that money remains frozen, and as Lyra…03 Mar 2025HANSARDGroceries Code AdjudicatorI am grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way because he has come to a very important part of the debate. First, we need proper resourcing of the GCA as it currently exists.…25 Feb 2025HANSARD UkraineViewed from Washington, the idea of carving up the map in Europe might look like a pragmatic deal, even if history tells us that that always ends badly. Surely we in Europe…13 Feb 2025HANSARD Support for the Scotch Whisky IndustryThe hon. Gentleman is speaking about exports. We know the damage done to the Scotch whisky industry when we last suffered tariffs as a consequence of US trade policy—nothing to do…12 Feb 2025HANSARD Support for the Scotch Whisky IndustryWould the hon. Gentleman allow a non-promotional intervention?12 Feb 2025HANSARDInheritance Tax Relief: FarmsAs Chair of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee, I have not been short of opportunities to speak about this issue in recent months, so I shall keep my remarks…10 Feb 2025HANSARDInheritance Tax Relief: FarmsI do not think I can listen to many more people say that. When I questioned the Prime Minister at the Liaison Committee before Christmas, he specifically said that what rich…10 Feb 2025HANSARDInheritance Tax Relief: Farmsrose—10 Feb 2025HANSARDInheritance Tax Relief: FarmsDoes the Minister not understand that by penalising family farming at the same time as offering the 20% threshold, he leaves a situation in which purchasing land is still an…10 Feb 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsMay I take the Secretary of State back to the subject of illegal meat imports? On Tuesday the Select Committee was told that at Dover this work, which covers only 20% of arrivals,…06 Feb 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT10. I thank the Minister with responsibility for energy consumers for agreeing to convene a roundtable tomorrow on the subject of radio teleswitching switch-off at the end of…04 Feb 2025HANSARD Local Post OfficesDoes the Minister agree that the manner in which the Post Office allowed the information about the closure of directly managed branches to come into the public domain was…30 Jan 2025HANSARDMedicinal CannabisThe right hon. Gentleman touches on something that piqued my interest in this subject 20 years ago, when my constituent the late Biz Ivol, who was a sufferer from multiple…30 Jan 2025HANSARD Local Post OfficesI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Taunton and Wellington (Gideon Amos) on taking the initiative to secure time for this debate and on the way in which he opened it. We…30 Jan 2025HANSARD Avian InfluenzaI do not think anybody would disagree with the comments by the hon. Member for Broadland and Fakenham (Jerome Mayhew) about the redevelopment of the facility at Weybridge, but I…30 Jan 2025