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HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have participated in the discussion of this amendment. I am delighted that I degrouped it from the group that we discussed on Tuesday because…09 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture Bill09 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillI am grateful to my noble friend for what he has said, which has clarified the position. I think that I am perfectly entitled to ask such questions in Committee for elucidation of…09 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, before I go on to talk to the amendments, I want to reiterate the point that the noble Lord, Lord Greaves, made earlier today and make a plea to the Minister and the…09 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I would like to support Amendment 26 in the name of my noble friend Lord Shrewsbury. When I read the Bill, I was surprised to see that “health or welfare of livestock”…09 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I first thank my noble friends Lord Colgrain and Lord Shrewsbury for signing my amendment; that was very kind of them. I also thank all noble Lords who have spoken in…09 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 13, which is a very simple amendment. The noble Lord, Lord Curry of Kirkharle, has made a simple and correct speech about his amendment, but…09 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture Bill09 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I fear that I might not be quite as brief as I was when I spoke to my last amendment. My concern is that at present the Government give access to farmland without…09 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, first, how nice it is to see the noble Lord, Lord Rooker, back with us and participating. We have missed him; I wish him very well and good health for the future. I also…07 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I will pick up a theme started by the noble Earl, Lord Devon, when he mentioned the importance of this Bill. This is an absolutely vital Bill—a watershed Bill in British…07 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillIn introducing the amendment, the noble Lord, Lord Addington, said that farmers would have to get paid to do all these good works in the future. We should pause and thank all the…07 Jul 2020HANSARDFood: Fruit and VegetablesMy Lords, this subject is one of many covered in the House of Lords report published today by the Food, Poverty, Health and Environment Committee, called Hungry for Change . I…06 Jul 2020HANSARDUltra-processed FoodsMy Lords, I hope that my noble friend the Minister is as saddened as I am that, in this country, we eat more ultra-processed foods than any other country in Europe. That is a…02 Jul 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, I am very grateful for the clear way in which the noble Lord, Lord Grantchester, introduced this amendment. That was helpful. I have a concern about the word “entrants”…24 Jun 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]It is a great pleasure and a bit of luck for me to follow two such powerful speeches from my noble friend Lord Blencathra and my noble and learned friend Lord Mackay of Clashfern.…24 Jun 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, you are going too quickly; the unmute button did not come on, but I have got it now. These are two interesting amendments, but a lot of this is already covered under…22 Jun 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, I am sorry that my noble and learned friend Lord Mackay of Clashfern is not able to join us just now. I hoped that he would elucidate the picture with regard to case law…22 Jun 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]Can my noble friend the Minister comment on what the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Whitchurch, said? She seemed to be in favour of arbitrarily taking away fisherman’s quotas that…22 Jun 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, this has been a very interesting debate. My instinct is to support this amendment wholeheartedly, because I am a great believer in environmental sustainability, but we…22 Jun 2020