Agriculture Bill

My Lords, I declare my interests as set out in the register. I shall speak to Amendment 38, in th...

My Lords, I am so pleased that the question of good soils found its way into this edition of the ...

My Lords, having had the opportunity to read last Thursday’s part debate, I cast my short remarks...

My Lords, I draw attention to my registered interests in agricultural matters and my membership o...

My Lords, a number of amendments before the Committee refer to nature-friendly farming in general...

My Lords, I speak in favour of Amendment 29 and the other pro-nature, pro-ecology amendments in t...

My Lords, the Committee is resuming last Thursday’s debate after a lapse of four days, so it is d...

My Lords, I declare an interest through my involvement with the Rothamsted agricultural research ...

I thank my noble friend Lord Lucas for his Amendments 29 and 217, with which I will also discuss ...

I have received a request to speak after the Minister from the noble Lord, Lord Teverson.

I thank the Minister very much for her positive reaction to agroecology and agroforestry. However...

I thank the noble Lord for his question about whole-farm management. The ELM schemes are very muc...

I now call the noble Lord, Lord Lucas, who I understand also has a question.

My Lords, I am extremely grateful to my noble friend for her answer, which was very encouraging. ...

I would be delighted to write to the noble Lord on the latter matter. On his former point, I beli...

I am immensely grateful for the response given by my noble friends and I beg leave to withdraw my...

Moved by

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

35: Clause 1, page 2, line 25, at end insert—...

My Lords, I will also speak to Amendment 70. I thank the noble Baronesses, Lady Jones of Moulseco...

My Lords, it is a pleasure finally to get to this group after so many hours of waiting. I commend...

My Lords, I thank the previous speaker for her support of my Amendment 53. I do not want to say m...

My Lords, I was very pleased to hear about the success of the excellent allotment scheme mentione...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Northbrook. I second his comments about...

My Lords, I declare my own business interest in farming as already detailed in the register. In t...

My Lords, I will endeavour to be brief: we have an awful lot to get through. I am grateful to see...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to be in this debate and to follow the noble Earl, Lord Devon. I...

As the noble Lord, Lord Grantchester, has indicated that he will not speak on this group, I call ...

My Lords, first, I thank those responsible for the speakers’ lists for heeding my words and those...

My Lords, I added my name to Amendment 35, which was so comprehensively moved by the noble Barone...

The noble Baroness, Lady Meacher, has withdrawn from the list, so I call the noble Lord, Lord Jud...

My Lords, I want to speak to the whole group of amendments as I find the interrelationship betwee...

My Lords, I refer to my interests, which I set out on day one of Committee last Tuesday. I refer ...

My Lords, ever since the age of the hunter-gatherers, earth has been supplying humankind’s food n...

My Lords, I am delighted to followed the noble Lord, Lord Inglewood, and to support the amendment...

My Lords, I begin by paying tribute to the wise words we heard last week and today from my noble ...

My Lords, I declare my interests as a farmer and landowner as set out in the register. I support ...

My Lords, I support Amendments 35, 36 and 60 on food security and access to food that promotes go...

My Lords, I am delighted to follow the wise words of the noble Lord, Lord Bruce. He has asked som...

My Lords, I wish to comment briefly on proposed new subsection (b) in Amendment 75, which refers ...

My Lords, I repeat the declaration of my interests that I made last Tuesday.

Amendments 35 ...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow my long-standing and noble friend Lord Trenchard. I ag...

My Lords, I support a number of amendments in this group, in particular those that touch on food ...

My Lords, here we are on day three and we are still on Clause 1. Just to encourage the Minister, ...

My Lords, I regret that we have to deal with these proceedings virtually; we would not normally d...

My Lords, I first declare again the interests I declared last week, as in the register.

I a...

My Lords, I am delighted to follow the noble Lord, Lord Marlesford, and very much go along with t...

My Lords, I support this set of amendments. Given the hour, I will speak in support of Amendment ...

My Lords, I have nothing to declare but, I hope, a touch of practicality. It is worth recalling t...

My Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Rooker, who, as I think he promi...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to speak to this group of amendments and this is another excellent opp...

My Lords, perhaps I may repeat the words of the noble Lord, Lord Holmes of Richmond: technology p...

My Lords, my speech has been made by the noble Lord, Lord Inglewood, who made the critical point ...

My Lords, I have put my name to Amendments 35 and 70, tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh, and all noble Lords who have spoken in this ...

My Lords, this has been an absorbing debate once again. I thank my noble friend for her Amendment...

My Lords, I warmly congratulate the Minister and thank him for the sympathetic way in which he is...

My Lords, it is very nice to hear the noble Lord; I enjoy having this dialogue. I am advised that...

I thank the Minister for his usual detailed responses, but I would like to probe him a little mor...

Obviously I take the point made by the noble Lord, Lord Curry. The construction of the Bill, as I...

Like the noble Lord, Lord Curry, I wanted to probe very quickly on what basis the production of h...

I apologise to the noble Baroness, but the only way that I can reply to that is to repeat that th...

I thank the Minister for his detailed response to the group. I think he has answered my question....

My Lords, I will have to look again at Amendment 60. The construct is about where, following the ...

My Lords, I am grateful to all who have contributed to this group of amendments. There were almos...

Moved by

Lord Lucas

58: Clause 1, page 2, line 31, at end insert—

“( ) providin...

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 58. Anyone wishing to speak after the Minister ...

My Lords, in moving Amendment 58 I shall speak also to my other amendments in this group. There a...

My Lords, I am delighted to support my noble friend Lord Lucas. I have put my name to Amendments ...

My Lords, I put my name to these amendments on a very simple principle: if you are asking people ...

Lord Marlesford, you suggested that you were going to speak on only one group today. Do you want ...

I have one thing to add. There is the inescapable fact that after 2021 farmers will not get money...

My Lords, on this group of amendments on training for farmers we have come to the nub, that pivot...

My Lords, I support Amendments 58 and 119, as tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Lucas, and the noble...

My Lords, I support Amendment 122 in the name of my noble friend Lord Grantchester and I thank th...

My Lords, being a farmer, over the past two or three years I have had to think very carefully abo...

My Lords, there appear to be two different types of amendment in this group: those that seek to p...

My Lords, I partially support the amendment moved by my noble friend Lord Lucas. Assistance shoul...

My Lords, I reiterate the declaration of my interests as a landowner and land manager.

In t...

My Lords, the provision of advice to farmers at various stages of the Bill is essential. I listen...

My Lords, I declare my interests as recorded in the register. I thank the noble Lord, Lord Lucas,...

My Lords, this has been very helpful debate. I am grateful to my noble friend for Amendments 58, ...

My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend for his comprehensive and optimistic reply. I urge on ...