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HANSARDAgriculture Bill (Tenth sitting)I beg to move amendment 85, in schedule 3, page 55, line 20, at end insert— ‘(1A) In subsection (1) leave out “section” and insert “sections 28A and”.”03 Mar 2020HANSARDAgriculture Bill (Tenth sitting)Again, the Minister and I share the same broad aims and principles, which is great. However, we have not changed our minds about “may” and “must”, and the need to strengthen this…03 Mar 2020HANSARDAgriculture Bill (Tenth sitting)I will speak to all the amendments together. Being mindful of time, I will not read out the wording of the amendments. I know that hon. Members are grateful for that. The…03 Mar 2020HANSARDAgriculture Bill (Tenth sitting)I beg to move amendment 82, in clause 27, page 23, line 15, leave out “a specified person” and insert “the Groceries Code Adjudicator”.03 Mar 2020HANSARDAgriculture Bill (Tenth sitting)I thank the Minister for her explanation. Obviously, external bodies and stakeholders will be actively encouraged to lobby the Government on the matter, and I hope that they will…03 Mar 2020HANSARDAgriculture Bill (Tenth sitting)I listened very carefully to the Minister. I agree that we do not disagree on the broad principles, but I am seeking to get the regulations tied down so that they are clear and…03 Mar 2020HANSARDAgriculture Bill (Tenth sitting)I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his intervention. Of course, he is an expert in this area and I bow to his superior knowledge, but what we are saying is that we need to clear…03 Mar 2020HANSARD British Citizens Imprisoned Overseas and CoronavirusWhat assessment has the Minister made of the sanitary conditions inside Iranian prisons, including Evin prison, where Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is being held at the moment?02 Mar 2020HANSARDAgriculture Bill (Eighth sitting)I beg to move amendment 37, in clause 4, page 5, line 14, after “period” insert “, and (d) set out the budget for each financial assistance scheme under sub-paragraph (c)(i) or…27 Feb 2020HANSARDAgriculture Bill (Seventh sitting)My hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. Does he agree that it is a shame that we got the ELM document—as he says, the cornerstone—too late to make meaningful progress on it…27 Feb 2020HANSARDAgriculture Bill (Eighth sitting)I will. This month marked 15 years since hunting with dogs was banned in England and Wales—two years after a ban was introduced in Scotland by the then Labour-led Government of my…27 Feb 2020HANSARDAgriculture Bill (Eighth sitting)I thank the right hon. Gentleman for that, but the point is, if one is not seeking public money for public good, it is not a problem. We need to work together to ensure that these…27 Feb 2020HANSARDAgriculture Bill (Eighth sitting)I beg to move amendment 49, in clause 2, page 3, line 35, at end insert— “(5A) Financial assistance shall not be given for any act or activity in pursuit of a purpose under…27 Feb 2020HANSARDAgriculture Bill (Eighth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer. I am very pleased to have the opportunity to speak to amendments 49 and 50. Mindful of the Chair’s previous…27 Feb 2020HANSARDAgriculture Bill (Eighth sitting)I will pass on the semantics, but I thank the right hon. Gentleman. The Conservative party has an appalling record on animal welfare in government. Announcements are often…27 Feb 2020HANSARDAgriculture Bill (Eighth sitting)I thank hon. Members for their interventions and the Minister for her comments. I thank the right hon. Member for Scarborough and Whitby for his advice about not taking things at…27 Feb 2020HANSARDAgriculture Bill (Eighth sitting)I thank the Minister for her honesty about the current funding uncertainties and the issues. I appreciate that she has a massive job on. I am glad to be on this side of the room.27 Feb 2020HANSARDAgriculture Bill (Eighth sitting)The Minister is quite right that there will be lots of new acronyms—OEP, MAFA—and we are frantically learning them, so she must bear with us. She is honest in the way that she has…27 Feb 2020HANSARDAgriculture Bill (Eighth sitting)No.27 Feb 2020HANSARDAgriculture Bill (Eighth sitting)I am pleased to speak to new clause 2, which would require the Secretary of State to report annually on the financial assistance given or allocated to each of the purposes of the…27 Feb 2020