Agriculture Bill

My Lords, the Minister has just given an excellent and really passionate account of agricultural ...

I thank the noble Lord, Lord Adonis. Those are very important points, and I will be happy to prov...

My Lords, I first thank my noble friends Lord Colgrain and Lord Shrewsbury for signing my amendme...

I am getting conflicting advice as to when there should be further questioning of a Minister, but...

I am grateful to my noble friend for what he has said, which has clarified the position. I think ...

My Lords, I welcome the support that all noble Lords who have participated in this wide grouping ...

My Lords, we come to Amendment 14. I remind noble Lords that anyone wishing to speak after the Mi...

Moved by

The Earl of Caithness

14: Clause 1, page 2, line 11, at end insert “, and fi...

My Lords, I fear that I might not be quite as brief as I was when I spoke to my last amendment. M...

My Lords, I support my noble friend’s amendment. I believe it to be an extremely important one an...

My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend on this amendment. I shall be brief, because it covers m...

My Lords, I am glad to take part in this brief debate, and it is nice to have a debate on one spe...

My Lords, I have no problem at all in supporting this amendment; I have for a long while campaign...

My Lords, I agree very much with what was said early on in the debate, but I must say to both nob...

My Lords, as I said on Tuesday, additional public access, however beneficial to people whose live...

My Lords, this is one of those occasions where you have rather more sympathy with what was said t...

The amendment in the names of the noble Earls, Lord Caithness and Lord Shrewsbury, seeks to allow...

This amendment is to examine whether, or indeed how, a better balance can be struck between the i...

My Lords, I believe that we all share the concerns of my noble friend Lord Caithness about the co...

My Lords, I have received two requests from noble Lords to speak after the Minister.

My Lords, there is a price for increased access. I totally agree with what my noble friend Lord R...

My Lords, I declare my interest as a landowner and an arable farmer. I support my noble friend’s ...

I think many noble Lords will have every sympathy with the noble Baroness, Lady Mallalieu, and he...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have participated in the discussion of this amendment. I am...

My Lords, we now come to the group beginning with Amendment 19. I remind noble Lords that anyone ...

Moved by

Lord Greaves

19: Clause 1, page 2, line 13, at end insert “, including where...

My Lords, in moving Amendment 19 I shall speak also to my Amendments 52 and 102. I remind the Com...

My Lords, I am pleased to follow the noble Lord, Lord Greaves, on these three amendments and to s...

My Lords, I look forward to the Minister’s reply on Amendment 19. Our ability to repair the lands...

My Lords, I echo the words of the noble Lord, Lord Lucas. First, I would like to address the rein...

My Lords, Members of the House will probably know of my interest in this Bill through my family b...

The noble Lord, Lord Naseby, is not on the call, so I call the noble Lord, Lord Cormack.

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My Lords, it is a particular pleasure to follow my old and noble friend Lord Taylor of Holbeach; ...

The noble Lord, Lord Rooker, is now not intending to speak, so I call the noble Baroness, Lady Sc...

My Lords, I am pleased that my noble friend Lord Greaves tabled these amendments, because it has ...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Greaves, for introducing this topic. It is obviously one t...

My Lords, I am delighted to follow my noble friend the Duke of Montrose, who speaks with great au...

The next speaker is the noble Lord, Lord Marlesford. Lord Marlesford? If the noble Lord does not ...

My Lords, this has been a very interesting little debate on this subject, which I am incredibly i...

I call the noble Lord, Lord Clark of Windermere. We do not have the noble Lord, Lord Clark, so I ...

My Lords, the amendments from my noble friend Lord Greaves in this group encourage financial assi...

I thank all noble Lords who have spoken. We have had a very interesting debate on this amendment....

Is the noble Lord, Lord Clark of Windermere, still on the call? No. In that case, I call the nobl...

I thank the noble Lord, Lord Greaves, for Amendments 19, 52 and 102 on the subject of rewilding a...

I thank the noble Lord, Lord Greaves, for giving us the chance to have this important discussion ...

I can of course reassure the noble Baroness. Indeed, it is the first point of Chapter 1 that

That answers the first thing I was going to ask. All I want to say is that I was bowled over by t...

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 26. I remind noble Lords that anyone wishing to...

Moved by

The Earl of Shrewsbury

26: Clause 1, page 2, line 18, leave out second “or” ...

My Lords, the prevention of disease among livestock is critical to ensure a vibrant future for UK...

I thank the noble Earl for his introduction to this section on animal welfare, and I commend to y...

My Lords, I would like to support Amendment 26 in the name of my noble friend Lord Shrewsbury. Wh...

My Lords, I speak to Amendment 26, in my name and in the names of my noble friends Lord Caithness...

We are having problems connecting to the noble Baroness, I am afraid. We shall move on to the nex...

My Lords, I am enthused by Amendments 68 and 77 in the names of the noble Baronesses, Lady Jones ...

My Lords, I am very grateful for the draft of the Bill, and particularly for the definition of “l...

Amendment 44, which is in my name, seeks financial assistance to encourage the rearing of livesto...

My Lords, I am speaking to my four amendments in this group and I obviously heartily support Amen...

I support the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, and all the amendments that the noble Baroness, Lady ...

My Lords, I shall speak briefly to three of the amendments. Amendment 26, which I thoroughly supp...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to welcome back the noble Lord, Lord Rooker, who is on such fine form....

My Lords, I had intended to withdraw to speed up proceedings, but now that I have been called I w...

My Lords, I support Amendment 26 in the name of the noble Earl, Lord Shrewsbury. I live in the co...

My Lords, I am sure contributors are right to distinguish between animal health and animal welfar...

My Lords, I am delighted to speak on this amendment. I very much welcome the inclusion in the Bil...

My Lords, I apologise for not being able to join the House for the discussions on Tuesday. There ...

I now call the noble Baroness, Lady Hodgson of Abinger, to complete what she was unable to finish...

I hope that the technology is working better now. I am not sure how much your Lordships heard bef...

My Lords, the first of these amendments is Amendment 26, to which the noble Earls, Lord Caithness...

My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken in this group, who have all in their d...

I am grateful to all noble Lords who have taken part in this interesting and important debate on ...

My Lords, I am most grateful to all noble Lords who participated in this interesting discussion, ...

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 29. I remind noble Lords that anyone wishing to...

Moved by

Lord Lucas

29: Clause 1, page 2, line 25, at end insert “and of the organism...

My Lords, in moving Amendment 29, I shall also speak to Amendment 217. Amendment 29 is relatively...

My Lords, I declare an interest as co-chair of the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Nature Part...

My Lords, this group of amendments deals specifically with the management and custodianship of th...

My Lords, I do not think I signed any amendments in this group, so I will say simply that I suppo...

My Lords, I declare my agricultural interests as detailed in the register. Many amendments have b...

My Lords, it is my great pleasure to follow the noble Duke, the Duke of Wellington, and to endors...

My Lords, I support Amendment 40, to which I have put my name. It talks about financial assistanc...

My Lords, I will speak very briefly in support of Amendment 40, tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Te...

My Lords, I support and will first comment on Amendment 97, tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Tevers...

My Lords, I shall not detain the Committee long. I have added my name to several of these amendme...

My Lords, today’s important debates have been greatly enhanced by the pleasure of hearing the nob...

My Lords, I want to support the amendment of the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay. Much of what I was ...

My Lords, during the last two, three or four months, like everyone else I have had quite a lot of...

My Lords, before I go on to talk to the amendments, I want to reiterate the point that the noble ...

My Lords, I particularly enjoyed the contribution of the noble Lord, Lord Greaves, who I have kno...

My Lords, I sympathise with Amendment 29 in the name of my noble friend Lord Lucas, although I wo...