Agriculture Bill

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Earl, Lord Caithness, and an even greater pleasure...

My Lords, we spent the first three days of this debate discussing the baubles that were to adorn ...

My Lords, I have added my name to Amendment 274, although I am thoroughly behind the other amendm...

My Lords, it is my pleasure to speak to Amendment 73 in the name of the noble Earl, Lord Caithnes...

My Lords, this is a very important amendment. It is a rather historic occasion, because I cannot ...

My Lords, all Members have emphasised just how significant and timely this group of amendments is...

My Lords, I declare my interests in Suffolk as in the register. I am rather doubtful of the wisdo...

My Lords, I support Amendment 73 in the name of the noble Earl, Lord Caithness, and Amendments 27...

My Lords, I support Amendments 272 and 274 in the names of the two noble Baronesses, Lady Jones a...

My Lords, I very much associate myself with the thrust of these four amendments. They highlight s...

My Lords, I venture to say that the amendments in this group can be summed up as: what purpose pr...

For the benefit of Members tuning in remotely, it might be helpful to know that the Minister resp...

My Lords, that is indeed helpful. I am pleased to speak in support of all these amendments but pa...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Foulkes, as he bangs the drum for Scotl...

My Lords, I support the general thrust of these amendments and I hope that the Government will li...

My Lords, I know that the Government are frustrated at the very slow progress of the Bill and, al...

My Lords, this suite of amendment deals with the critical issue of climate change. Agriculture ha...

My Lords, as noble Lords have commented, we have Amendment 272 in this group. It sets out a requi...

I thank my noble friend Lord Caithness for Amendment 73, with which I will take Amendment 144A fr...

My Lords, I have received requests to speak after the Minister from four noble Lords: the noble B...

My Lords, I congratulate the Minister on her speech. which covered most of the points I wished to...

I note my noble friend’s comments. I think she probably meant to refer to Amendment 73, which is ...

I now call the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett of Manor Castle. The noble Lord, Lord Lilley, will sp...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Gardner of Parkes, and to note that...

Can I ask the noble Baroness to wait a moment? I think it would be a courtesy to the Committee if...

I thank the noble Lord for his comment. I was coming to my last sentence, which is this: does the...

I acknowledge the support from all sides of the House for all that we can do to encourage climate...

My Lords, I add my support for Amendment 272. I shall make a few points, while being mindful of w...

I agree with everything the noble Baroness has said about healthy land meaning healthy food. The ...

My Lords, I am sorry to return to this point—I am being forced to become something of an environm...

I can confirm that we are absolutely confident that we are doing everything in legislation and en...

After the noble Lord, Lord Lilley, I will call the noble Baroness, Lady Worthington, who has requ...

I congratulate my noble friend on being the only person in this debate who has raised the questio...

We are not accepting these amendments. I take my noble friend’s point. We should always have abso...

I am grateful to be able to speak a second time. I echo the comments of the noble Earl, Lord Devo...

As I have said already, from next year we will bring forward grants and new countryside stewardsh...

My Lords, I am extremely grateful to all noble Lords who have participated in the debate and for ...

Moved by

Lord Trees

87: Clause 1, page 2, line 37, at end insert “slaughtering,”

My Lords, I am very pleased to speak to this amendment in my name and those of the noble Baroness...

My Lords, my farming interests are set out in the register. The noble Lord, Lord Trees, has just ...

My Lords, I lend my support to Amendment 87. I declare my interest as an honorary associate of th...

My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Trees, on this amendment, so ably proposed by him a...

My Lords, my interests are as on the register. In addition, I chair The Prince’s Countryside Fund...

My Lords, as has already been urged, there is a compelling case for paying attention to the pligh...

My Lords, in line with this amendment, I support the principle of slaughtering animals as close a...

My Lords, I refer to my interests as declared previously. I too will speak to the amendment in th...

My Lords, I declare an interest as a member of the National Farmers Union. My interest in this am...

My Lords, for me, the impetus to take an interest in the Bill was going back to my constituency—a...

My Lords, I have put my name to Amendment 87. The noble Lord, Lord Trees, the noble Baroness, Lad...

My Lords, I was pleased to add my name to this amendment, and I will speak briefly in support of ...

I thank the noble Lord, Lord Trees, for his amendment, which highlights the many activities assoc...

I thank everybody who has spoken so eloquently in support of this amendment. I am very grateful. ...

We come to the group beginning with Amendment 90. I remind noble Lords that anyone wishing to spe...

Moved by

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

90: Clause 1, page 3, line 5, leave out “or...

My Lords, in moving Amendment 90, I will also speak to Amendments 196 and 206 in the name of my n...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 177, 179, 180, 182, 186, 188, 190, 191, 192, 193 and 194, wh...

My Lords, I shall speak to the amendments in my name in this group.

Amendments 178 and 181 ...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 195 in my name and that of the noble Earl, Lord Dundee. I not...

In speaking to this very extensive group of amendments, I will speak to Amendments 195A to 195F i...

My Lords, this is quite a mixed bag of amendments, but I accept that if we separated them out, we...

My Lords, I declare my interest as a farmer and landowner, as set out in the register. I shall sp...

My Lords, I would first like to add my voice to the praise of the noble Lord, Lord Grantchester, ...

My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 197 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Grantchester, and th...

My Lords, I support Amendment 90, moved by the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett of Manor Castle, whic...

My Lords, I support Amendment 195 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Empey, and the noble Earl, ...

My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 197, in the names of the noble Lord, Lord Grantchester, and ...

My Lords, I support Amendment 197, in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Grantchester, and I thank ...

My Lords, I also wish to support Amendments 197, 198, 199 and 207. The Minister will now be aware...

The noble Lord, Lord McNicol of West Kilbride, has withdrawn, so I call the noble Viscount, Lord ...

My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, is very keen that we should allow fungi to be recogni...

My Lords, this group of 44 amendments covers a wide range of topics. The noble Baroness, Lady Jon...

I thank all noble Lords who have come forward with amendments and support; this is a daunting gro...

My Lords, this has been an interesting debate taking us through a range of issues. I thank the no...

My Lords, in 2016, I chaired an EU sub-committee inquiry into building a more resilient agricultu...

I am grateful to the noble Baroness. We are bringing forward these provisions in the Bill because...

My Lords, I want to take the Minister back to Amendment 90 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lad...

My Lords, I wish that the noble and learned Lord had given me those definitions before I replied,...

I thank the Minister for his usual comprehensive and precise response to what is, as noble Lords ...

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 105. I remind noble Lords that anyone wishing t...

Moved by

Lord Grantchester

105: After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—

Amendment 105 is in my name and I thank the noble Lord, Lord Greaves, for adding his name to it. ...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord for introducing so clearly his amendment and for speaking to oth...

After the noble Lord, Lord Northbrook, I will be calling the noble Baronesses, Lady Scott of Need...

My Lords, I shall speak to my Amendment 126 in this group. I declare my interest as a landowner a...

My Lords, I shall speak to Amendments 124 and 138, which I have signed. While my thinking is very...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 127, 134 and 137, relating to Clause 4, which deals with mul...

My Lords, I speak to Amendment 128 in my name, and declare my interests as set out in the registe...

My Lords, I echo the words of the noble Baroness, Lady Rock. I will speak to Amendments 131 and 1...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 132 in my name. These plans are the fundamental basis for pla...

My Lords, I associate the Green group with the very useful amendments of the noble Lord, Lord Add...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 124 and 138, which have my name attached, and which have alr...

My Lords, I am delighted to support Amendments 105 and 112, in the name of the noble Lord, Lord G...

My Lords, whenever I talk to farmers, read the farming press or otherwise see them in the media, ...

My Lords, I have added my name to Amendment 131 because of the worry that political short-termism...

My Lords, I very much agree with the noble Lord, Lord Cameron, when he spoke a moment ago about t...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Wigley. He feels passionately about the...

My Lords, I am very glad to support this amendment. It seems to me absolutely crucial that at thi...

My Lords, I have heard it said many times by Ministers that the total amount of agricultural subs...

My Lords, I support Amendment 129 in the name of my noble friend Lady Jones of Whitchurch. It wou...

The noble Earl, Lord Caithness, has withdrawn. I call the noble Baroness, Lady Neville-Rolfe.

My Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Young of Old Scone. She is r...

My Lords, those are some wise words from my noble friend Lady Neville-Rolfe, which I hope the Min...

My Lords, I am afraid that I could not hear much of my noble friend Lord Naseby’s speech, but I g...

My Lords, as has been intimated, many of us are particularly grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Kre...

I will speak briefly in support of Amendment 105. As we all made clear at Second Reading, British...

My Lords, I also will speak in support of Amendment 105 as well as Amendment 112, both in the nam...

My Lords, it is an honour to have participated in the debates today. They have been informed by t...

My Lords, this group also deals with funding and the snappily titled “multi-annual financial assi...

I thank the noble Lord, Lord Grantchester, for tabling Amendment 105, with which I will also addr...

My Lords, I have received requests to speak after the Minister from the noble Earl, Lord Devon, a...

My Lords, I am sorry for keeping us late. I note that I can hear the combine rolling outside my w...

I am afraid that I cannot give the noble Earl that assurance at this juncture.

My Lords, I apologise to the Minister if I did not hear her answer correctly, but I did not detec...

As I think I said in my speech, we have built flexibility in to the planning stage, although it d...

I thank all contributors to this debate for speaking to the various amendments. Even the negative...