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HANSARD Border Target Operating Model: Food and BiosecurityIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Dover (Mrs Elphicke) for securing a debate on this important topic, and I thank…13 Sept 2023HANSARD Border Target Operating Model: Food and BiosecurityLet me take another intervention and let the right hon. Gentleman try to explain the question again.13 Sept 2023HANSARD Border Target Operating Model: Food and BiosecurityI will take another intervention, but I do want to respond to my hon. Friend the Member for Dover.13 Sept 2023HANSARD Border Target Operating Model: Food and BiosecurityMy right hon. Friend raises an important point: we need to make sure that we are using surveillance. As he will be aware, it is often best not to talk too publicly about the…13 Sept 2023HANSARD Border Target Operating Model: Food and BiosecurityI am not quite sure that I fully understand. Is the right hon. Gentleman talking about trade coming from Northern Ireland to the European Union?13 Sept 2023HANSARD Border Target Operating Model: Food and BiosecurityThose are all things that we want to achieve. The way to do so is by having a very efficient border point where we can check things, deter criminal activity—let us be clear that…13 Sept 2023HANSARDDraft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023I agree with the right hon. Gentleman: it protects the UK internal market, which we are very keen to do. I know that the right hon. Member for East Antrim is also keen to protect…11 Sept 2023HANSARDDraft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023I am grateful for the right hon. Gentleman’s intervention, but this is about the phytosanitary protection of the island of Ireland. Of course, we have obligations to try to…11 Sept 2023HANSARDDraft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023. The draft regulations were laid before the House on 4 September.…11 Sept 2023HANSARDDraft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023Again, I hesitate to wade in, because such matters are often way above my pay grade. However, we have to recognise that there are a number of challenges, not least of which are…11 Sept 2023HANSARDDraft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023Yes.11 Sept 2023HANSARDDraft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023I am conscious that this is quite a specific debate about the enforcement of the regulations in Northern Ireland. It is tempting to wade into reliving the debate with the EU and…11 Sept 2023HANSARDDraft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023We are very keen to expedite this as quickly as possible. Obviously, no one will be planting a tree at this moment in time and we will then move into winter. I will clarify in…11 Sept 2023HANSARDDraft Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (Amendment) Order 2023That is correct, but we are talking about people who have pet pigs in their garden. They will pay a levy if they choose to slaughter their pet pig, but I would think that that is…19 Jul 2023HANSARDDraft Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (Amendment) Order 2023I thank the shadow Minister for his comments. I join him in thanking Nick Saphir, as well as Tim Rycroft, who is stepping down as chief exec after two years in the role. The…19 Jul 2023HANSARDDraft Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (Amendment) Order 2023I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (Amendment) Order 2023. It is a pleasure to serve under your…19 Jul 2023HANSARDFisheries ManagementToday the UK Government are publishing a number of consultations and consultation responses, and announcing funding to use post-Brexit freedoms to support a thriving fishing…17 Jul 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt is always a pleasure to visit Wales and Welsh farmers. I say to constituents of my hon. Friend that making sure there is a red tractor on their food is a very good step to make…06 Jul 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsThat is why we are investing in our farmers to help them produce food more efficiently and increase productivity. It is also why the Government have put forward a huge £94 billion…06 Jul 2023HANSARDFood SecurityWe have extensive conversations with the food supply market. We are blessed in the UK with very robust food supply chains, which are some of the most secure anywhere in the world.…06 Jul 2023