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HANSARD Agriculture BillThe hon. Gentleman knows I have a lot of sympathy with what he wants to end up with on those issues, but does he not agree that denying this important Bill a Second Reading, when…03 Feb 2020HANSARD Agriculture BillMy right hon. Friend is being characteristically generous in giving way. I agree with her entirely about the need to green and be environmentally friendly in farming. Against that…03 Feb 2020HANSARD Agriculture BillThis will be less of a speech and more of some slightly connected bullet points. I welcome this Bill. In particular, I welcome the fact that the Front-Bench team listened to the…03 Feb 2020HANSARD Global BritainTrade is important, but so are our values. Will the Foreign Secretary commit to ensuring that our values of freedom of speech, a free press, an independent judiciary, and paying…03 Feb 2020HANSARD Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) BillYes, chalk land, just like the constituency of my hon. Friend the Member for Cheltenham (Alex Chalk). I thank my hon. Friend for that sedentary heckle. It is more chalk land and…28 Jan 2020HANSARD Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) BillThe hon. Gentleman gets to the nub of the argument about equivalence, animal welfare and general agricultural standards. Notwithstanding the fact that the negotiation will be…28 Jan 2020HANSARD Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) BillA moment ago, my hon. Friend was setting out the timetable for applying for the new basic payment. Could he, for the benefit of the Committee, set out in a little more detail when…28 Jan 2020HANSARD Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) BillAs a former Parliamentary Private Secretary to my hon. Friend, I am pretty forensic on these matters, as he will know—I am grateful to him for his indulgence. What plans do he and…28 Jan 2020HANSARD Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) BillThe Minister talked about having a lighter touch, in terms of moving to a warning letter rather than having fines, and many farmers will breathe a huge sigh of relief at that.…28 Jan 2020HANSARD Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) BillMy hon. Friend is being characteristically generous in giving way. I hope he will agree with me, and probably most people in this House, that as important as this Bill is—so, too,…28 Jan 2020HANSARD Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) BillMy hon. Friend the Member for Chelmsford (Vicky Ford) mentioned the need for certainty in her arable sector. We have a strong arable sector in North Dorset. Does the Minister…28 Jan 2020HANSARD Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) BillI welcome the Bill for several reasons. First, it provides us all with an opportunity, in this increasingly urbanised media and world, to remind ourselves of the important role…28 Jan 2020HANSARDNHS Funding BillI do. The stasis of the past few years, as we have wrestled with and resolved the issue of Brexit, has almost pushed everything else out of public attention and political action.…27 Jan 2020HANSARDNHS Funding BillI would not be seen dead in my hon. Friend’s patch. I have enough issues with my own. There are two community hospitals in my constituency: Westminster Memorial in Shaftesbury and…27 Jan 2020HANSARDNHS Funding BillWill my hon. Friend forgive me if I do not? I just want to make two final points because I know that other people wish to speak. We need to focus resolutely on delivering GPs in…27 Jan 2020HANSARDNHS Funding BillLet me be clear from the start that the Conservative party is clearly the party of the national health service, and the British public have trusted us with it for another five…27 Jan 2020HANSARDDirect Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) BillI am grateful to my county neighbour for giving way. He is talking with his customary sense on these issues. Does he agree that we all need to remember that at no time in our…21 Jan 2020HANSARDDirect Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) BillDoes my hon. Friend agree that one task of everyone in this place who supports British farming and agriculture is to make the clear argument, as she is, about the importance of…21 Jan 2020HANSARDEconomy and JobsIf what the right hon. Gentleman says is true—and I very much doubt it—and if his Eeyore approach to what the country thinks is correct, to what does he ascribe the best result…20 Jan 2020HANSARD Northern Ireland Executive FormationMay I add my congratulations to my right hon. Friend and all those on both sides of the Irish sea, who have worked so hard to get us to this joyful place? My right hon. Friend…16 Jan 2020