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HANSARDHeather and Grass etc. Burning (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2025My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend on bringing this extremely important matter to your Lordships’ attention, and I support his Motion. I declare my interest as a member of…30 Oct 2025HANSARDDogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) BillMy Lords, I declare an interest as a member of the Countryside Alliance, a retired member of the National Farmers’ Union, a former member of the National Sheep Association and a…05 Sept 2025HANSARDWildfiresMy Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lord Caithness on securing this important debate. It is a great pleasure to follow my noble friend Lord Jack and to congratulate him on an…12 Jun 2025HANSARDFarming and Rural CommunitiesMy Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lord Roborough on securing this important and timely debate. I declare interests as a member of the Game Conservancy Trust, now the GWCT,…03 Apr 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillThe noble Lord, Lord Grocott, is a good friend. He lives close to where I live in Staffordshire. Out of those 34 hereditary Peers that he mentions, how many are old Etonians?…03 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, when I came into this House nearly 44 years ago, I was given great advice by my godfather Earl St Aldwyn, a greatly respected former Conservative Chief Whip. He advised…11 Dec 2024HANSARDFarming FamiliesMy Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Northover, on securing this important debate and making such a powerful speech. I declare my interest as a member of the National…21 Nov 2024HANSARDWild Atlantic SalmonMy Lords, I declare an interest as a member of the Salmon and Trout Association and the GWCT, and I am in my 50th year of fishing on the River Deveron. In around 1580, salmon was…12 Sept 2024HANSARDHigh Streets (Designation, Review and Improvement Plan) BillMy Lords, I broadly welcome this Bill, promoted by my honourable friend the Member for Stoke-on-Trent South. I congratulate him on bringing forward this initiative, but I have…17 May 2024HANSARDRural CrimeMy Lords, I beg leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper. In doing so, I declare my interests as a retired farmer and a member of the National Farmers’…09 May 2024HANSARDRural CrimeMy Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend for that reply. Rural theft cost the UK £49.5 million in 2022 and that overall trend is increasing exponentially today. Fly-tipping…09 May 2024HANSARDRural CrimeTo ask His Majesty’s Government what progress they are making in tackling rural crime.09 May 2024HANSARDEnglish Horticultural Sector (Horticultural Sector Committee Report)My Lords, I declare an interest as a non-farming retired member of the National Farmers’ Union. I have been involved in agriculture all my working life. I congratulate the noble…19 Apr 2024HANSARDHer Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth IIMy Lords, I cannot describe adequately the sadness which I and my family feel at the passing of Her late Majesty the Queen. It is a great privilege and honour to have been given…10 Sept 2022HANSARDHeritage Railways and Tramways (Voluntary Work) Bill [HL]My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Faulkner of Worcester, on securing his Second Reading debate today, and for giving me the opportunity to put on a tie for the first…15 Jul 2022HANSARDUkraine: RefugeesMy Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lady Helic on securing this most important of debates and I welcome the opportunity to continue to bring to my noble friend the Minister’s…06 Apr 2022HANSARDAnimals (Penalty Notices) BillThat the Bill do now pass.01 Apr 2022HANSARDAnimals (Penalty Notices) BillMy Lords, on behalf of my noble friend Lord Randall of Uxbridge, I beg to move that this Bill do now pass. I declare my interest as a member of the National Farmers’ Union. I know…01 Apr 2022HANSARDAnimals (Penalty Notices) BillMy Lords, I congratulate my noble friend on bringing forward this Bill to your Lordships’ House today; I believe it to be a most worthwhile Bill. I, too, was initially approached…18 Mar 2022HANSARDOffice for Demographic Change Bill [HL]My Lords, I support my noble friend’s Bill and congratulate him on bringing it to your Lordships’ House.04 Mar 2022