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HANSARDPlant Health (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020My Lords, it is a great privilege to be able to participate remotely and to follow my noble friend Lord Taylor of Holbeach. He is much more concerned with plant health. I declare…07 Dec 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow my noble friend Lord Trenchard, who has contributed so much to the different stages of this Bill. Once again, it has also been a great…25 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, I am pleased to be able to contribute to this stage of the debate, and to offer my support to my noble friend Lady McIntosh of Pickering, and particularly to her…02 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, I support my noble and learned friend Lord Mackay of Clashfern on this group of amendments, particularly Amendment 114. Having the correct dispute resolution mechanism…02 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, it is a great pleasure and honour to be able to participate in this very important legislation. The search for common frameworks is something that has concerned me from…26 Oct 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Wigley. I declare my interest as a livestock producer from Scotland. Amendment 68A in my name emphasises much the…17 Sept 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I am very glad to be able to talk on this subject, and I declare my interest as a livestock rearer in Scotland. This group is much focused on animals involved in…17 Sept 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to be able to contribute to this Bill, and I declare my interests as a farmer in Scotland and a member of NFU Scotland. Even so, Part 1, to which…15 Sept 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, we have heard many arguments put forward in this debate. I can say only that the fears that the noble Lord, Lord Morrow, has expressed are slightly greater than those in…28 Jul 2020HANSARDForeign and Commonwealth Office and Department for International Development: MergerMy Lords, my noble friend the Minister gave us a wonderful collection of high-level aims. A neighbour of mine runs a programme through an independent charity in Madagascar,…27 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Rooker, who of course has more knowledge about the UK’s food situation than most of us can ever hope to have. I…21 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Foulkes, as he bangs the drum for Scotland’s place in the union. I declare my interest as a lifetime livestock producer.…16 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Greaves, for introducing this topic. It is obviously one that can do with some discussion. I thank the noble Lord for picking his words…09 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, forgive me if I turn off the video, because my signal is very poor. I declare my interests as in the register; my background is in livestock production in a hill area.…07 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I start by asking my noble friend the Minister whether, in his mind, the definition in the Bill of the countryside, farmland and woodland excludes water. One would think…07 Jul 2020HANSARDDirect Payments Ceilings Regulations 2020First, I declare an interest, having been a hill farmer for part of my life; my son is continuing that. I am glad to see these items of legislation progressing because, having…01 Jul 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, I am most grateful to all those whose expertise has made this hybrid form of participation possible, but I have been warned that my connection is very tenuous. If I am…24 Jun 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I must thank my noble friend the Minister and his officials for the time they have spent briefing us on the interpretation of the Bill. I also declare my interest as a…10 Jun 2020HANSARDBeyond Brexit (European Union Committee Report)My Lords, I also congratulate my noble friend Lord Boswell on securing this debate. We urgently need to complete the structures of our new relationship with the EU and a vital…12 May 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Jones, particularly when she is encouraging the Government to carry out their manifesto. I welcome the chance…11 Feb 2020