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HANSARD Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) BillThe last thing I want is to see farmers in Northern Ireland disadvantaged. There will be a huge advantage to English farmers over other parts of the United Kingdom, so we want to…31 Oct 2022HANSARD Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) BillBefore I sit down, I will of course take an intervention from the hon. Gentleman.31 Oct 2022HANSARD Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) BillI will address new clause 1 directly. The hon. Member for Cambridge (Daniel Zeichner) said, “We are very pro science and pro this technology,” and then spent the next 15 minutes…31 Oct 2022HANSARD Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) BillMy hon. Friend makes an important point. There are many new technologies out there that we want to embrace and give the opportunity to come forward, albeit in a regulated format…31 Oct 2022HANSARD Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) BillCan I say how much I have enjoyed the comments from across the Chamber? I will seek to give colleagues some reassurance. I will start with the comments from the hon. Member for…31 Oct 2022HANSARD Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) BillOf course it is. I encourage those devolved Administrations to get on board and to support this new tech. They should embrace it and give their farmers the same advantage that we…31 Oct 2022HANSARD Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) BillI can address many of those points when I sum up the debate, but I am interested to hear other comments from Members around the Chamber before I do so. However, I say to the right…31 Oct 2022HANSARD Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time. I put on record my sincere thanks to the fantastic officials in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs,…31 Oct 2022HANSARD Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) BillI keep saying that I will take a final intervention—the Whips will start to get upset with me, but I will take the right hon. Gentleman’s intervention none the less.31 Oct 2022HANSARD Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) BillI think I will leave it there and speak to other amendments at the end of the debate.31 Oct 2022HANSARDNational Food Strategy and Food SecurityI congratulate my right hon. Friend the Member for Tatton (Esther McVey) and the hon. Member for Bristol East (Kerry McCarthy) on securing this important debate, and I thank the…27 Oct 2022HANSARDNational Food Strategy and Food SecurityAnd the Cotswolds, I hear an interested hon. Member say from a sedentary position. Similarly, it is worth recognising that the beautiful rolling moors of Exmoor and Dartmoor look…27 Oct 2022HANSARDNational Food Strategy and Food SecurityThat could produce quite a lot of ketchup. New technologies in harvesting and production will assist those industries as we move forward. I hope that hon. Members on both sides of…27 Oct 2022HANSARD Agriculture in SussexThat is an absolutely pertinent intervention. Yesterday, I was at the launch of a new system from TIAH—the Institute for Agriculture and Horticulture—which links up all the…25 Oct 2022HANSARD Agriculture in SussexCertainly. As we expand trade deals and co-operate with people around the world, that will be an important factor. To turn the point around, if we are consuming those products…25 Oct 2022HANSARD Agriculture in SussexIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Nokes. I pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Eastbourne (Caroline Ansell) for calling this debate. Before I continue,…25 Oct 2022HANSARDPost-Brexit Fisheries ManagementIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Mundell. Let me reflect, before I get going, on the kind words said about me and my new role. Hon. Members spent about 30…13 Oct 2022HANSARDPost-Brexit Fisheries ManagementI would simply say that that is not true. We have got control of our own waters and it is our choice to work with our international neighbours and friends to secure market access…13 Oct 2022HANSARDPost-Brexit Fisheries ManagementI understand that. It is a skilled occupation. It is certainly something that I could not do. To work at sea I would need sea legs, and I am not sure I have those. People need…13 Oct 2022HANSARDPost-Brexit Fisheries ManagementI do not want to jinx us. That is the last thing I want to do going into these negotiations. I do not want to identify our red lines or what we want to achieve, because that makes…13 Oct 2022