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HANSARDFood Sector: ProfitsI pay tribute to my hon. Friend for how she campaigns on behalf of her constituents. I know that Welsh farmers are very concerned about the Welsh Government’s approach to Welsh…01 Feb 2024HANSARDFood Sector: ProfitsI can tell the hon. Gentleman where the higher prices are: they are in France and Germany. If we look at the value of a basket of goods, we see that in the UK they are lower than…01 Feb 2024HANSARDEnvironmental Land Management SchemesThis year, we are increasing payment rates under environmental land management schemes, through a 10% average uplift, and we are adding about 50 new actions, so that farmers can…01 Feb 2024HANSARD Draft Animal Welfare (Primate Licences) (England) Regulations 2023We recognise that existing primate keepers will not immediately be able to provide zoo-level standards. To be clear, we do not expect them to do that, which is why there is a…31 Jan 2024HANSARD Draft Animal Welfare (Primate Licences) (England) Regulations 2023I thank the hon. Gentleman for giving us an example of this legislation receiving scrutiny—something that he accused the Government of not wanting, although we are here today to…31 Jan 2024HANSARDPet Abduction BillIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir George. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Southend West for bringing forward this important Bill for pet lovers in this…31 Jan 2024HANSARD Draft Animal Welfare (Primate Licences) (England) Regulations 2023I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Animal Welfare (Primate Licences) (England) Regulations 2023. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr…31 Jan 2024HANSARDPet Abduction BillI can be swift. The Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, my hon. Friend the Member for Taunton Deane (Rebecca Pow) gave a commitment at the Dispatch…31 Jan 2024HANSARDGroceries Supply Code of PracticeThat is a fair question from the hon. Gentleman. We have been working closely with not only retailers but processors, Dairy UK and the NFU to ensure that the regulations we are…22 Jan 2024HANSARDGroceries Supply Code of PracticeIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Murray, and I start by drawing Members’ attention to my entry in the Register of Member’s Financial Interests. I…22 Jan 2024HANSARDGroceries Supply Code of PracticeI will give way to the hon. Member for Aberdeen North (Kirsty Blackman) first, and I will come back to the hon. Member for Bristol East (Kerry McCarthy).22 Jan 2024HANSARDGroceries Supply Code of PracticeI wholly recognise that challenge. I am an ex-dairy farmer, and we left the dairy sector as a farming family in 2001. We did that because it was economically challenging; we could…22 Jan 2024HANSARDGroceries Supply Code of PracticeThat is slightly off topic, but I can assure the hon. Lady that we are doing quite a lot of work. Again, we are working with major retailers and producers across the food…22 Jan 2024HANSARDGroceries Supply Code of PracticeWe learned an awful lot from going through the process with the dairy sector. We reviewed the pork sector and some similarities are evident, so we can go through the process much…22 Jan 2024HANSARDGroceries Supply Code of PracticeMy hon. Friend has made the point himself, but I pay tribute to him and the Business and Trade Committee for the work that they have done to make that opportunity available to…22 Jan 2024HANSARDDraft Wine (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2024I actually think they will be marketed by the half-bottle—in my limited experience, dessert wines tend to come in half-bottles. If the hon. Gentleman reaches for the internet when…17 Jan 2024HANSARDDraft Wine (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2024I can help the hon. Gentleman out. The regulations are about making sure, for consumers who buy ice wine, that the correct process has been followed, and that includes the grapes…17 Jan 2024HANSARDDraft Wine (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2024I shall address that final point first. The reforms apply only to England, Wales and Scotland, but they are progressing their own statutory instruments. There are no producers of…17 Jan 2024HANSARDDraft Wine (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2024I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Wine (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2024. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Gray. The regulations…17 Jan 2024HANSARDDraft Wine (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2024This is about ensuring that UK consumers, when choosing which wine to purchase, understand the process and the methodology by which it has been made and can make that choice for…17 Jan 2024