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HANSARDWater Pollution: AccountabilityAs I have already said, we are looking to strengthen, not weaken the regulation. The regulation was inappropriate. It is not just the regulation itself, but the lack of resources…12 Sept 2024HANSARDFunding for FarmingThe Government will restore stability and confidence in the sector by introducing a new deal for farmers to boost rural economic growth and strengthen food security alongside…12 Sept 2024HANSARDFunding for FarmingAs the hon. Member will know, there is a spending review process going on, which will culminate with announcements in the Budget. That is the point at which all of that will be…12 Sept 2024HANSARDFunding for FarmingI congratulate the hon. Gentleman on his appointment as shadow Secretary of State for Scotland. As I said previously, a spending review process is going on. No Government announce…12 Sept 2024HANSARDFunding for FarmingI have been clear, throughout the election campaign and since, that we do not intend to overturn the applecart in respect of the old schemes in general, including the SFI. We…12 Sept 2024HANSARDFunding for FarmingMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. There are all sorts of ways in which farmers have felt very let down over the past 14 years, and that has contributed to the tragic situation…12 Sept 2024HANSARDFunding for FarmingMy hon. Friend raises an important point. Opposition Members are asking me today about budget decisions that they know cannot be announced before the Budget, when presumably they…12 Sept 2024HANSARDFunding for FarmingI am delighted to congratulate those farmers, producers and growers in Somerset. It is a fine county and they do an incredibly good job, of which the hon. Lady is rightly proud. I…12 Sept 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI will happily ensure that my hon. Friend gets a meeting, perhaps with our hon. Friend the Member for South Norfolk (Ben Goldsborough), to discuss the issue in her region.12 Sept 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe very Bill that the right hon. Gentleman referred to strengthens regulation. We will be looking further at regulation through the review. The intention will be to make it…12 Sept 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsScotland’s financial allocation will be confirmed through the spending review that concludes in October. As agriculture is devolved, it will be for the Scottish Government to…12 Sept 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsMany of those issues are devolved to the Scottish Government. I have already held meetings with the Scottish Agriculture Minister and we are due to meet again next week, and I…12 Sept 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsWhat has been going on in my hon. Friend’s constituency is completely unacceptable. I know that she has been a huge champion for cleaning up the water in that part of the country.…12 Sept 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am pleased to say that I made a joint announcement with the Home Secretary that this will be the first Government to have a cross-departmental rural crime strategy intended to…12 Sept 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Government remain fully committed to the ELM schemes, and my right hon. Friend the Chancellor will make announcements about the budget at the appropriate time.12 Sept 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe will publish all information relating to the Bill at the appropriate time during its passage through Parliament.12 Sept 2024HANSARDSaving NatureNature in Britain is dying. Britain is one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world. Our wildlife is in crisis, faced by the perfect storm of habitat loss and…30 Jul 2024HANSARDPlanning, the Green Belt and Rural AffairsThank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. And that is not the end of the Tories’ failure. We will take back our streets from the criminals, with the first ever cross-Government rural crime…19 Jul 2024HANSARDPlanning, the Green Belt and Rural AffairsIt is a huge honour, on my first opportunity to speak from the Dispatch Box as the Secretary of State, to close today’s debate on His Majesty’s Gracious Speech. I welcome my…19 Jul 2024HANSARDPlanning, the Green Belt and Rural AffairsI am sorry, there is not enough time for me to give way. [ Interruption. ] Members should have spoken for less time. Rural communities have been severely undermined by the…19 Jul 2024