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Agriculture Bill

Lords committee stage first day. Clause 1 under consideration.

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2019-21

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Agriculture Bill 2019-21. Brought from the Commons.
Monday, 18 May 2020
Bills
House of Lords
Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee thirteenth report.
Wednesday, 3 June 2020
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House of Lords
Deposited Paper DEP2020-0495
Wednesday, 12 August 2020
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Proceeding contributions

Baroness Henig | 804 c995 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, a limited number of Members are here in the Chamber, respecting social distancing. If t...

Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist | 804 c995 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, with the leave of the House, I draw to the attention of noble Lords that there is a ver...


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Earl of Dundee | 804 c995 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

The Earl of Dundee

1: Clause 1, page 2, line 6, leave out “may” and insert “...

Earl of Dundee | 804 c996 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, Amendment 1 is connected to Amendment 74, also in my name. Both amendments address the ...

Baroness Henig | 804 c996 (Link to this contribution)

I shall have to move the amendment on the noble Earl’s behalf. I beg to move Amendment 1.

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle | 804 cc996-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I have attached my name to Amendment 1 and shall speak also to a number of other amendm...

Lord Teverson | 804 cc998-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I shall speak to my Amendment 67 and I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, for her ...

Lord Lucas | 804 c999 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I have a number of amendments in this group. Amendments 5, 17 and 89 question the diffe...

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering | 804 cc999-1001 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, in speaking to my three amendments, I take this opportunity to thank the Minister, the ...

Lord Bruce of Bennachie | 804 cc1001-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am glad to follow the noble Baroness, whose closing remarks on pasture-fed livestock ...

Baroness Garden of Frognal | 804 c1002 (Link to this contribution)

I call the noble Earl, Lord Dundee. We lost the connection earlier, but I understand that we can ...

Earl of Dundee | 804 cc1002-4 (Link to this contribution)

Thank you. I will resume at the point where I was cut off.

In itself, Clause 1 is evidence ...

Earl of Devon | 804 cc1004-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I echo the words of the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh, in congratulating the Minister a...

Lord Greaves | 804 cc1005-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, there has already been some discussion which hinges on the question: what is the Bill a...

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick | 804 cc1007-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I support Amendments 1 and 37. I understand what the noble Earl, Lord Dundee, said abou...

Baroness Meacher | 804 cc1008-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will speak to my Amendment 79; I thank the noble Lord, Lord Greaves, for his support....

Baroness Neville-Rolfe | 804 cc1009-1010 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to be here today and to contribute to a debate on this wide-rang...

Earl of Caithness | 804 cc1010-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will pick up a theme started by the noble Earl, Lord Devon, when he mentioned the imp...

Lord Wigley | 804 cc1011-2 (Link to this contribution)

I am happy to follow the noble Earl, Lord Caithness. I certainly identify with his comments on th...

Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb | 804 c1012 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Wigley. I will speak to my own A...

Lord Thomas of Gresford | 804 cc1013-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Jones, and I certainly support her ...

Lord Foulkes of Cumnock | 804 cc1014-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I intend to be brief, as requested. I am very proud to be a member of the excellent org...

Baroness Bryan of Partick | 804 cc1015-6 (Link to this contribution)

I speak in support of Amendment 66, in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Wigley. If the UK had not...

Lord Marlesford | 804 cc1016-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I declare my interest as a Suffolk farmer. It must be a matter of real regret that the ...

Baroness Finlay of Llandaff | 804 c1017 (Link to this contribution)

The noble Lord, Lord Wigley, has described why it is essential that, although agriculture is devo...

Baroness Butler-Sloss | 804 cc1017-8 (Link to this contribution)

Rather unusually, my Lords, I speak not to support an amendment but to oppose some. I live in Dev...

Lord Whitty | 804 cc1018-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I asked to intervene on this group primarily to make a few general points, which relate...

Duke of Wellington | 804 cc1019-1020 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I rise to comment briefly on and support three amendments. I should declare my agricult...

Baroness Young of Old Scone | 804 c1020 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I would like to make a general point about this group. We have a considerable number of...

Baroness Mallalieu | 804 cc1020-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I support Amendments 37 and 78. A great many noble Lords from all sides of the House ha...

Lord Empey | 804 cc1022-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I wish to add to the remarks made by one or two participants about being balloted out o...

Lord Adonis | 804 cc1023-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I want to pick up where the noble Lord, Lord Empey, has just left off on the hugely imp...

Lord Chidgey | 804 cc1024-5 (Link to this contribution)

I will speak to Amendment 83 to Clause 1, in particular the work that my noble friend Lord Greave...

Lord Inglewood | 804 cc1025-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, as one of the silenced ones at Second Reading, I must begin by declaring my interests i...

Lord Judd | 804 cc1026-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, my interests, all unremunerated so far as they are relevant to the Bill, are listed in ...

Lord De Mauley | 804 c1027 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will speak briefly on Amendments 5, 17 and 27, in the name of my noble friend Lord Lu...

Lord Morris of Aberavon | 804 cc1027-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will say a few words in support of Amendment 78. I come from a long line of sheep far...

Lord Campbell of Pittenweem | 804 c1028 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, in the new farming environment there will be many challenges, which undoubtedly will af...

Lord Naseby | 804 cc1028-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I have enormous sympathy for my noble friend on the Front Bench. This debate is all-emb...

Lord Tyler | 804 cc1029-1030 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the noble Earl, Lord Dundee, when opening the debate, observed that Clause 1 gives Mini...

Lord Blunkett | 804 cc1030-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am very pleased to be back in the Chamber after nearly 15 weeks, and to reflect on wh...

Viscount Trenchard | 804 cc1031-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am delighted to follow the noble Lord, Lord Blunkett, and strongly endorse his remark...

Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville | 804 cc1033-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, we have engaged in a long and wide-ranging debate on part of the first clause of this B...

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch | 804 cc1035-8 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken on their amendments today. We have indeed had a ...

Lord Gardiner of Kimble | 804 cc1036-1044 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this has quite clearly been an extensive debate; it has been most rewarding for me to h...

Lord McNicol of West Kilbride | 804 c1040 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I have received requests from a number of noble Lords to speak after the Minister: the ...

Earl of Devon | 804 c1040 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I apologise for keeping us a little longer on this group of amendments, but I would not...

Lord Gardiner of Kimble | 804 c1040 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I want to make sure I get this right. I referred to the 2018 regulations for England ab...

Lord Bruce of Bennachie | 804 c1045 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the Minister for his very positive response to my amendment, which I never doubted he wou...

Lord Gardiner of Kimble | 804 c1045 (Link to this contribution)

I am most grateful to the noble Lord. I did not have an opportunity to flesh out the tests and tr...

Lord Teverson | 804 c1045 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the Minister for his extensive reply. I was particularly pleased that he mentioned the sh...

Lord Gardiner of Kimble | 804 c1045 (Link to this contribution)

I am most grateful to the noble Lord. Clearly, rural-proofing means that anything we do across Wh...

Earl of Dundee | 804 c1046 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I join other noble Lords in welcoming and supporting the Bill, and I thank the Minister...

Lord McNicol of West Kilbride | 804 c1046 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, we now come to the group beginning with Amendment 2. I remind noble Lords that anyone w...

Lord Addington | 804 c1046 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Addington

2: Clause 1, page 2, line 7, after “purposes” insert “to thos...

Lord Addington | 804 cc1046-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the origins of this amendment are fairly straightforward. As we go through this Bill, w...

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering | 804 cc1047-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will speak to three amendments in my name in this group and thank the noble Baronesse...

Baroness Parminter | 804 cc1049-1050 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will speak to two amendments I have tabled in this group, namely Amendments 118 and 1...

Lord Lucas | 804 c1050 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I shall speak to my Amendments 108 and 109. I am looking for two reassurances from the ...

Baroness Grey-Thompson | 804 c1050 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I apologise for not taking part in the Second Reading of the Bill due to logistical iss...

Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb | 804 c1051 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Grey-Thompson. I was also excluded ...

Earl of Devon | 804 cc1051-2 (Link to this contribution)

The amendments I have tabled in this group largely go to the same issue which the noble Baronesse...

Lord Greaves | 804 c1052 (Link to this contribution)

I have just been told that because I was not here at the beginning of this group, I cannot speak....

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick | 804 cc1052-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I support Amendment 106 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh of Pickering. ...

Earl of Caithness | 804 cc1053-4 (Link to this contribution)

In introducing the amendment, the noble Lord, Lord Addington, said that farmers would have to get...

Lord Wigley | 804 c1054 (Link to this contribution)

My Amendment 94, which I will speak to solely, addresses a central weakness in the Bill, identifi...

Lord Carrington | 804 cc1054-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I declare my farming and land-owning interests, as set out in the register, in particul...

Lord Randall of Uxbridge | 804 cc1056-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this is my first opportunity to speak on this Bill, as unfortunately I did not make the...

Baroness Butler-Sloss | 804 c1057 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I was delighted by what the Minister had to say about native breeds. None the less, the...

Lord Rooker | 804 cc1057-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I apologise that I was not able to speak at Second Reading; I was not sworn in to your ...

Lord Burnett | 804 cc1058-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Rooker. He was a distinguished Farming ...

Lord Liddle | 804 cc1059-1060 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am no expert on agricultural questions but, as a Cumbria county councillor, I am deep...

Lord Marlesford | 804 c1060 (Link to this contribution)

I want to follow on closely from what the noble Lord, Lord Liddle, was saying. I believe that the...

Viscount Trenchard | 804 cc1060-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am a bit puzzled as to the intentions of the noble Lord, Lord Addington, and the nobl...

Baroness Young of Old Scone | 804 c1062 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am afraid that I want to take a different position from several noble Lords who have ...

Baroness Garden of Frognal | 804 c1062 (Link to this contribution)

I understand that the noble Baroness, Lady Mallalieu, has scratched, so I now call the noble Lord...

Lord Empey | 804 cc1062-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, one theme that has come up today has been the theme of definition. In the last group, t...

Baroness Garden of Frognal | 804 c1063 (Link to this contribution)

I call the noble Lord, Lord Naseby. We cannot hear him so we will move on to the noble Lord, Lord...

Lord De Mauley | 804 c1063 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will speak briefly to Amendment 103, the impact of which would be to limit the range ...

Lord Morris of Aberavon | 804 c1064 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 106, which I support in spirit. It is good to see my noble fr...

Duke of Montrose | 804 cc1064-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, forgive me if I turn off the video, because my signal is very poor. I declare my intere...

Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale | 804 c1065 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will first say that I strongly support Amendment 118 in the name of the noble Barones...

Earl of Kinnoull | 804 c1065 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, after the noble Lord, Lord Judd, speaks, I will call the noble Lord, Lord Naseby, again...

Lord Inglewood | 804 cc1065-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, with the first group of amendments, we did the easy bit: we discussed the generalities....

Lord Judd | 804 c1067 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I return to the basic amendment for this group from the noble Lord, Lord Addington, and...

Earl of Kinnoull | 804 c1067 (Link to this contribution)

I regret that we have been unable to reconnect with the noble Lord, Lord Naseby, so I call the no...

Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville | 804 cc1067-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this group of amendments moves us to the question of what type of land will qualify for...

Lord Grantchester | 804 cc1069-1070 (Link to this contribution)

I thank all Peers who have tabled their amendments in this group. At the start of each day in Com...

Lord Gardiner of Kimble | 804 cc1070-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords for what again has been an interesting debate which has taken u...

Earl of Kinnoull | 804 c1075 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I have received one request to speak after the Minister. I call the noble Lord, Lord Gr...

Lord Grantchester | 804 c1076 (Link to this contribution)

I rise merely to press the Minister on his statements around the different levels of tiers and ho...

Lord Gardiner of Kimble | 804 c1076 (Link to this contribution)

Clearly, we know that there are 80,000-plus claimants under the BPS at the moment. Obviously, the...

Lord Addington | 804 c1076 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his usual courteous and informed reply. However, the point tha...

Earl of Kinnoull | 804 c1076 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, we now come to the group beginning with Amendment 6. I remind noble Lords that anyone w...

Lord Addington | 804 cc1076-1470 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Addington

6: Clause 1, page 2, line 9, at end insert “and people’s acce...

Lord Addington | 804 cc1470-1078 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, we come to a rather more honed group of amendments. We are talking about access, inspir...

Baroness Scott of Needham Market | 804 cc1482-1079 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, like some other noble Lords, I fell victim to the Second Reading cull. Had I been able ...

Baroness Grey-Thompson | 804 cc1079-1081 (Link to this contribution)

Many of the amendments to which I have added my name cover issues around water. I welcome the com...

Lord Randall of Uxbridge | 804 cc1081-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I have added my name to Amendments 6 and 18 and I am very happy to support the noble Lo...

Lord Greaves | 804 cc1082-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, yes, there have been fires on Pennine moors during the hot weather and lockdown, almost...

Lord Lucas | 804 cc1083-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the amendments in this group are crucial to the success of this Bill—or at least, the s...

Baroness Hodgson of Abinger | 804 cc1084-1507 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 100 in my name. I welcome the opportunity to take part in scr...

Lord Judd | 804 cc1507-1085 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Addington, is to be congratulated on this group of amendments. The...

Earl of Devon | 804 cc1085-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am amazed to hear that there were 11 days in Committee for the then CROW Bill and we ...

Baroness Kennedy of Cradley | 804 c1086 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I support the general aim of Clause 1 to move to a system of public payments for public...

Lord Moynihan | 804 cc1513-1087 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Addington, the noble Baroness, Lady Grey-Thompson, ...

Lord Blencathra | 804 cc1087-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I declare my interests, as on the register. I too regret that I was unable to participa...

Lord Clark of Windermere | 804 cc1088-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the Government deserve congratulations for bringing forward this Agriculture Bill. It o...

Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist | 804 c1089 (Link to this contribution)

We have pressures on our time, so will the noble Lord draw his comments to a close?

Lord Clark of Windermere | 804 c1522 (Link to this contribution)

I was going to do that. We have 19 million visitors. In order to accommodate them, there need to ...

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering | 804 cc1522-1090 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I shall be brief as I do not have amendments in this little group. I congratulate the n...

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick | 804 cc1090-1524 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I rise to support the amendment and to congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Addington. As ...

Earl of Caithness | 804 cc1524-1092 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, first, how nice it is to see the noble Lord, Lord Rooker, back with us and participatin...

Lord Mann | 804 cc1092-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, to begin, I take my reference point from the Book of Genesis, where Adam and Eve were t...

Lord Cormack | 804 cc1093-4 (Link to this contribution)

I want to begin by saying, “There endeth the lesson”. Having sat here now for well over seven hou...

Lord Rosser | 804 cc1094-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will speak in support of Amendments 6, 9, 98 and 111 in this group. For many people, ...

Viscount Trenchard | 804 cc1096-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, whilst I can support reasonable extension to public access, as I said earlier it is ind...

Duke of Montrose | 804 cc1097-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I start by asking my noble friend the Minister whether, in his mind, the definition in ...

Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville | 804 cc1098-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this group of amendments is primarily about financial assistance being provided for pub...

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch | 804 cc1099-1101 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Addington, and the many other noble Lords who spo...

Lord Gardiner of Kimble | 804 cc1534-1105 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords. This has been an important debate. When preparing for...

Earl of Kinnoull | 804 c1104 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I have received no requests to speak after the Minister, so I call the noble Lord, Lord...

Lord Addington | 804 c1536 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the Minister has done his usual thing of being thorough and charming at the same time—a...

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