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HANSARDFood CostsWe have been at this week’s NFU conference to talk directly to the NFU and to listen to farmers’ concerns. We recognise that there are huge pressures on UK domestic food producers…23 Feb 2023HANSARDRural FarmersI am glad that we are making progress. If the hon. Gentleman had only read the Conservative party manifesto at the last election, he would have known that and would not be as…23 Feb 2023HANSARDFish StocksI pay tribute to my hon. Friend for all that she does for the fishing sector. We welcome the NFFO’s “Spatial Squeeze in Fisheries” report, which highlights the need for a holistic…23 Feb 2023HANSARDFood CostsOf course, there are Cabinet Office committees that look at all these challenges, but we in the Department continue to meet retailers on a regular basis. We are convening a…23 Feb 2023HANSARDWithdrawal from EU Single Market: Food ProductionThat simply is not true; £2.4 billion is the budget we have committed to in the manifesto, and we are making sure, through this Parliament, that that money continues to go to…23 Feb 2023HANSARDWithdrawal from EU Single Market: Food ProductionThe Government have delivered the first free trade agreement the EU has ever reached based on zero tariffs and zero quotas, and our recent food strategy sets out how we will…23 Feb 2023HANSARDFood CostsThe hon. Lady will be familiar with the huge package of support that the Chancellor of the Exchequer has put in place for families across the country, including in her…23 Feb 2023HANSARDDraft Alcoholic Beverages (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2023I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his comments and support for this SI. I can assure him that we remain constantly in contact with the industry to ensure we are offering the…08 Feb 2023HANSARDDraft Alcoholic Beverages (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2023I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Alcoholic Beverages (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2023. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs…08 Feb 2023HANSARDBee-killing PesticidesThe decision will not be made by Ministers; the decision will be set by a threshold. Rothamsted Research has set that threshold and that model, and it will take into account…01 Feb 2023HANSARDBee-killing PesticidesIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Ms Nokes. I congratulate the hon. Member for Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport (Luke Pollard) on securing this debate, and I welcome…01 Feb 2023HANSARDBee-killing PesticidesWe take into account all of that data when making these decisions. We take the best advice from the best scientists and make these decisions on their advice. My decision was…01 Feb 2023HANSARDBee-killing PesticidesWe have to balance all those factors and all the scientific advice, including the precautionary principle, in coming to this decision. It is not an easy decision to make. We have…01 Feb 2023HANSARDBee-killing PesticidesThat is one of the reasons why we have introduced the new environmental land management schemes, whose purpose is to change the way farmers grow crops and make them adopt those…01 Feb 2023HANSARD Crustacean Mortality in North-east England: Independent Expert AssessmentMay I say to my hon. Friend and to Opposition Members that that is how to hold the Government to account? We help the situation by trying to get to the facts in a calm way. He…26 Jan 2023HANSARD Crustacean Mortality in North-east England: Independent Expert AssessmentI thank my hon. Friend for his question and, along with my hon. Friends the Members for Darlington (Peter Gibson) and for Redcar (Jacob Young), taking a keen interest in this…26 Jan 2023HANSARD Crustacean Mortality in North-east England: Independent Expert AssessmentThat is a slightly different topic. Of course, our scientists consistently monitor water quality throughout the rivers of the UK, and the good news is that water quality is going…26 Jan 2023HANSARD Crustacean Mortality in North-east England: Independent Expert AssessmentFirst, the Secretary of State published the report in full as soon as she received it last Friday. She put it into the public domain, so it was available for anyone to read and…26 Jan 2023HANSARD Crustacean Mortality in North-east England: Independent Expert AssessmentIt is about taking advice from those scientists and working with them so that they can establish the facts behind what caused this disease. As much as the House and I want to find…26 Jan 2023HANSARD Crustacean Mortality in North-east England: Independent Expert AssessmentI am not aware of any investigation into magnetic fields by the independent panel. It is certainly something I can feed back to our friends at CEFAS, who are the experts in this.…26 Jan 2023