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HANSARD Food Price Inflation and Food BanksI am grateful for the hon. Lady’s intervention. What I was saying was that I recognise the great work that those in food banks do. I recognise the work that the charitable sector…17 May 2023HANSARD Food Price Inflation and Food BanksI am not privy to the whole guestlist, but of course there is a limit to the capacity in No. 10 Downing Street. There are lots of people who would have liked to be there whom we…17 May 2023HANSARD Food Price Inflation and Food BanksIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Harris. I thank the hon. Member for Cynon Valley (Beth Winter) for securing today’s important debate. I also pay tribute to…17 May 2023HANSARD Farmers, Supermarkets and Food Supply ChainsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Mark. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Sittingbourne and Sheppey (Gordon Henderson) for securing this important debate.…16 May 2023HANSARD Farmers, Supermarkets and Food Supply ChainsI hesitate slightly because agriculture is a devolved issue, so it would probably be better for my hon. Friend to lobby the Welsh Government, although I acknowledge what he says.…16 May 2023HANSARD Farmers, Supermarkets and Food Supply ChainsI understand my hon. Friend’s statement. It is right that we have a sharing of risk and responsibility in the supply chain and that primary producers get a fair price for their…16 May 2023HANSARD Farmers, Supermarkets and Food Supply ChainsWe will look with interest at what the CMA finds. That is something we have looked at closely ourselves. It will require food producers and farmers to come forward with evidence…16 May 2023HANSARD Environmental Land Management Scheme: Funding for Upland AreasThank you for that guidance, Mr Hollobone. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship. I pay tribute to the hon. Member for Westmorland and Lonsdale (Tim Farron) for…03 May 2023HANSARD Environmental Land Management Scheme: Funding for Upland AreasLet me just finish the point. In my head, that was a vote against food security, given that the old area-based payments were specifically de-linked from food production in 2005…03 May 2023HANSARD Environmental Land Management Scheme: Funding for Upland AreasSo the motion put forward by the Liberal Democrats was misworded, because its effect would have been to take us right back to the beginning of the process. It would have scrapped…03 May 2023HANSARD Environmental Land Management Scheme: Funding for Upland AreasWe have consistently and constantly engaged with farmers through the development of the SFI. There have been a number of farmers on working groups, working directly with DEFRA to…03 May 2023HANSARD Food Security and FarmingThe hon. Member will be aware that last week I was in Cumbria talking to those very farmers. I think it is fair to say that with the sustainable farming incentive in particular,…19 Apr 2023HANSARD Food Security and FarmingIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Edward. I start by drawing attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, and pay tribute to my…19 Apr 2023HANSARD Farming on DartmoorIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hosie. I pay tribute to my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Torridge and West Devon (Sir Geoffrey Cox) not only…18 Apr 2023HANSARDRural Farmers and CommunitiesThe Department’s farm welfare forum brings together England’s largest farming welfare organisations, many of which provide excellent mental health support. In October last year we…30 Mar 2023HANSARDRural Farmers and CommunitiesI pay tribute to my hon. Friend for his work in this area. DEFRA supports community action to tackle loneliness in rural areas via our ongoing funding of Action with Communities…30 Mar 2023HANSARDRural Farmers and CommunitiesThe hon. Gentleman will be aware that we always have conversations with our colleagues across devolved Administrations. As he identifies, this is a very important issue. Together,…30 Mar 2023HANSARDRural FarmersAgriculture is a devolved issue, and is the responsibility of the Scottish Government. Our farmers produce some of the best food in the world. In England, our environmental land…30 Mar 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe fundamental principle of food labelling rules is that information provided to consumers must not mislead. Based on evidence provided from a 2021 call for evidence on food…30 Mar 2023HANSARDRural FarmersI thank the hon. Member for his question. Obviously, I work closely with Mairi Gougeon in the Scottish Government. She will probably be disappointed to have been re-offered her…30 Mar 2023