Brexit: Trade in Food

Order. I know the PPS will take a keen interest in how the Chair of the Environment, Food and Rur...

I beg to move,

That this House has considered the Third Report of the Environment, Food and...

I must give my apologies for missing the start of the debate. The reason is that I thought a deba...

That is a very good apology. The Minister elevated our debate to the Chamber when we are actually...

Order. It is not me that the hon. Gentleman is addressing, but the Minister. You are speaking to ...

I beg your pardon, Mr Gray. I say to the Minister, what is happening with the sector-by-sector an...

Order. I do not mean to be stiff and pompous, but the reason for the convention is that referring...

So I can say “Minister”?

It is perfectly reasonable to say, “As the Minister will know,” or, “As I hope the Minister will ...

Thank you, Mr Gray, for that clarification.

Farmers offer vital support to the rural econom...

As a member of the EFRA Committee, I apologise for not being able to stay for the whole debate; I...

I thank the hon. Lady for her intervention and for the excellent work that she does on the Select...

On that point, it is worth mentioning Northern Ireland, which the Select Committee considered. Th...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for that intervention. He is also a very good member of the Committee....

I thank the Chairman of the Select Committee and its members for the work that they have put into...

I am delighted to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Gray. I am very pleased that, yet again, we a...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for giving way, and certainly for his comments about the Select Commit...

Again, I am not an expert on the farming industry per se, as the hon. Gentleman is, but having ta...

Does my hon. Friend agree that the problem is not only where our exports will go or where our imp...

That is, of course, a real threat. I refer to the Government’s response to the Committee’s report...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Gray. I apologise again for being late to t...

I agree with the Minister entirely; it would be great if we could get the frictionless trade deal...

I agree with my hon. Friend. I was going to come on to why it is in everyone’s interest to do the...

Will the Minister tackle the issue of how the customs relationship will work? Can he set that out...

I noted the hon. Gentleman’s points from his speech and will come back to them.

First, I wa...

I thank the Minister for giving way again. This is important and we have plenty of time, hence I ...

Order. I am not talking about anything—the Minister is.

When the Minister says “sector by sector”, is he referring to the food and drink sector? Our repo...

Yes, I understand, and I was going to come on to that. Although, of course, we have done other, m...

Just to be facetious, Minister, does that mean you are going to re-establish deficiency payments?...

Order. Two points. First, interventions must be quite short. Secondly, I am sorry to pull the hon...

I am interested in history, but I am not necessarily interested in implementing all historical po...

I always love a bit of history, but to bring us up to date, in all those previous reorganisations...

Yes. I was going to return to that point. The Select Committee report states that we have to take...

I am astonished by the Minister’s use of the phrase “an independent country” given that Ireland, ...

Look, on your first point—sorry, Mr Gray, it is a contagious problem. On the hon. Gentleman’s fir...

The problem is that those who might have come here in the future will not do so and we are now in...

There are anecdotal reports that more have come back this year because of recent changes in the e...

We have very high standards in this country. We also use less and less antibiotics in producing m...

My hon. Friend makes an important point. In a trade negotiation we are talking about food standar...

The question is, That this House has considered the Third Report of the Environment, Food and Rur...

rose—

I beg your pardon. Mr Parish can indeed conclude if he wishes. That is quite right.

2.48 pm...

Thank you, Mr Gray; I wanted to ensure that we kept to correct parliamentary procedure, having be...