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HANSARDBudget: Implications for Farming CommunitiesMy Lords, can the Minister help us a little? The Treasury figures state that fewer than 25% of farm businesses will be affected by the changes to APR on inheritance tax. However,…05 Nov 2024HANSARDClimate AgendaMy Lords, I too thank the noble Lord, Lord Lilley, for securing this important debate. I am looking forward very much to the maiden speech of the noble Baroness, Lady May, who I…24 Oct 2024HANSARDWorking From Home: Public Sector ProductivityMy Lords, a recently published economic report by Pragmatix has identified the extraordinary gap between urban and rural productivity, including on homeworking, exacerbated by the…23 Oct 2024HANSARDReligious Hate CrimeI thank the Minister for his reply. Many of us are deeply worried; post the 7 October attacks, the dramatic rise in religious-motivated hate crime and the strain on social…15 Oct 2024HANSARDRural CommunitiesMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh, for getting this debate and I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Elliott, on his excellent speech. I declare my interest as…15 Oct 2024HANSARDReligious Hate CrimeTo ask His Majesty’s Government, further to reports that religious hate crime has increased, what steps they are taking to tackle religious hate crime and strengthen community…15 Oct 2024HANSARDFlood Prevention: FarmersMy Lords, I am grateful to all Members of your Lordships’ House who have signed up for this topical debate, giving us a few minutes to explore the extraordinary challenges that…10 Oct 2024HANSARDFlood Prevention: FarmersTo ask His Majesty’s Government what plans they have to ensure farmers are supported and recompensed for their role in flood prevention.10 Oct 2024HANSARDFilm IndustryMy Lords, this is surely to be welcomed, and I think we are all delighted to hear these announcements, building on what has been said before. However, there is a deep concern in…10 Oct 2024HANSARDSchool Fees: VATI wonder if I might press the Minister on SEND pupils. The majority of SEND pupils, who were mentioned by the noble Lord, Lord Black, do not have an education, health and care…10 Oct 2024HANSARDRural Crime: NFU Mutual ReportI thank the Minister for his reply. I was pleased, back in April, to see that Sir Keir Starmer, before he became Prime Minister, announced a rural crime strategy. What we now need…12 Sept 2024HANSARDPublic LibrariesMy Lords, if we are to stop the decline in the number of rural libraries, we urgently need something that many of us have been calling for for a long time, which is an integrated…12 Sept 2024HANSARDRural Crime: NFU Mutual ReportTo ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of NFU Mutual’s Rural Crime Report 2024, published on 1 August.12 Sept 2024HANSARDPharmacies: Rural AreasI thank the noble Baroness for her response. However, analysis by the Independent Pharmacies Association has identified a £1.2 billion funding gap in this sector, which is…10 Sept 2024HANSARDPharmacies: Rural AreasTo ask His Majesty’s Government what plans they have to ensure that pharmacies are accessible to those living in rural areas.10 Sept 2024HANSARDLords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015 (Extension) Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for her opening remarks. I put on record my personal thanks and those of the Church to His Majesty’s Government for securing time to bring…10 Sept 2024HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, I rise with a certain reticence to speak, partly because of my own lack of experience of family members or others being involved in the Holocaust. I am aware that many…04 Sept 2024HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, I declare my interest as president of the Rural Coalition and add my congratulations to the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman of Ullock, on her new role. As a long-term…18 Jul 2024HANSARDWater Companies: FailureMy Lords, could the Minister reassure the House that should any of the water companies fail, the ongoing monitoring of, for example, run-off from agricultural land—which is…21 May 2024HANSARDRural CrimeMy Lords, it is recognised that one niche area of rural crime by organised crime groups is laundering money through events such as illegal hare coursing, which is causing a huge…09 May 2024