Agriculture Bill

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

My Lords, I am delighted to follow the noble Lord, Lord Teverson, who is the illustrious chairman...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh of Pickering, whose analys...

My Lords, there are two strands of amendments in this group: those that probe the Government on t...

My Lords, as before, I declare my agricultural interests as detailed in the register. During the ...

My Lords, I declare my interest as a director of a tenant farming enterprise as set out in the re...

My Lords, the Committee has already heard some powerful speeches. The more the Bill is discussed,...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 143, to which I have put my name. I too have very real concer...

My Lords, my interests are as recorded in the register. I fully support Amendment 144, in the nam...

My Lords, I will not detain you long. I have every sympathy with the impatience of the noble Lord...

My Lords, the last time that I can remember being called to speak by the noble Baroness the Deput...

My Lords, I declare my interests as on the register. It is a pleasure to the follow the noble Lor...

My Lords, I declare my interests as stated in the register. The noble Lord, Lord Teverson, sugges...

My Lords, I have christened this group of amendments, “Mind the gap”. We need some sort of rethin...

My Lords, I declare my interest as an arable farmer and landowner in receipt of BPS. Before I com...

My Lords, I declare my interests as detailed in the register. Along with others, I agree with Ame...

My Lords, this has been a particularly thoughtful debate, as it should be, because underlying the...

My Lords, this has been a very interesting, thoughtful debate and I associate myself with many of...

My Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Holmes of Richmond, in particula...

My Lords, I support Amendment 130. In my years in business I have run a few businesses in the rur...

My Lords, I will say a few words about the transition period and, in particular, in support of Am...

My Lords, I declare my interests as in the register. I will speak briefly to Amendment 146 but wi...

My Lords, my noble friend Lord Teverson has tabled Amendments 130 and 142, which would reduce the...

This is an interesting group of amendments, the various areas of focus being multiannual plans an...

My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken in this debate. It is always challengi...

My Lords, in that full reply from the Minister I heard him justify the seven-year period and expl...

There are a number of points there. I think I said that under Clause 8 the Government allow for a...

My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend the Minister for his response. I have two questions. H...

I cannot give my noble friend the precise date. I know noble Lords would like that announcement t...

My Lords, the noble Earl, Lord Caithness, beat me to it. I was going to ask for the date of the A...

I can say to the noble Earl and other noble Lords that I have the matter strongly in my mind.

I was not going to pursue this, but my noble friend’s answer has perplexed me. He said the Govern...

My Lords, the Government have sought that flexibility in how we reduce the payments, as I say. Al...

My Lords, I first thank the noble Lord, Lord Naseby, for his support. We are not often on the sam...

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 140. I remind noble Lords that anyone wishing t...

Moved by

Lord Greaves

140: After Clause 6, insert the following new Clause—

“Fi...

My Lords, in moving Amendment 140 I will also speak to Amendment 141, which is grouped with it al...

My Lords, I support the noble Lord, Lord Greaves, in the sentiments behind these two amendments. ...

My Lords, we are all anxious to make progress, so I shall be brief.

These two amendments fr...

My Lords, my noble friend’s two amendments are very interesting. Starting with Amendment 140, I t...

My Lords, I well understand why Members who are in the Government are anxious to move this Bill f...

My Lords, my noble friend Lord Greaves has set out his case for the inclusion of Amendments 140 a...

I thank all noble Lords who have spoken. We have had a varied debate but I wish to raise some fur...

I thank the noble Lord, Lord Greaves, for his Amendment 140. Our new “public money for public goo...

I thank the Minister but I have to say that those are the two most disappointing responses I have...

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 155. I remind noble Lords that anyone wishing t...

Moved by

The Earl of Devon

155: Clause 16, page 12, line 44, at end insert—

“( ...

My Lords, I congratulate the Committee—we have made a lot of progress in the last few minutes. It...

My Lords, I want to speak to my Amendment 156. It tries to ensure that as many as possible farmin...

My Lords, I oppose Clause 16 standing part of the Bill. This follows on neatly from the comments ...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow my noble friend Lady McIntosh of Pickering. I also support a...

My Lords, I support of Amendment 157, of which I am a signatory and which was so well proposed by...

My Lords, this is one of those occasions when you know that somebody in front of you has said it ...

My Lords, I am happy to support the amendments in this group and will refer particularly to Amend...

My Lords, I am delighted to support all three of these amendments. I am probably the least qualif...

My Lords, I had the very pleasant experience on Sunday morning of paying a visit back to Glenscor...

My Lords, I will speak briefly in support of my noble friend Lord Devon on Amendment 155, and of ...

My Lords, Amendment 156, from the noble Lord, Lord Cameron of Dillington, provides flexibility as...

My Lords, Clause 16 allows the Secretary of State, by a negative resolution, to modify existing r...

My Lords, rural development programmes are extremely important and any delay in their implementat...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lords who have tabled these amendments today and to all thos...

My Lords, I am most grateful to all noble Lords who have taken part in this debate, which goes to...

My Lords, I have received requests to speak after the Minister from the noble Baroness, Lady Benn...

My Lords, I offer the Green group’s support for Amendments 155 to 157 and thank the noble Lords w...

My Lords, the vision is for a prosperous rural economy, which obviously includes food production ...

My Lords, I thank the Minister very much for his extensive response to this debate. When will he ...

I am afraid that I cannot give a precise date other than what I said in my remarks, that the quan...

I have received one further request to speak after the Minister. I call the noble Lord, Lord Holm...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend for his response to my Amendment 157. He referred to the £5 bil...

As I say, the purpose of trying to start with an outside-in approach is precisely to ensure that ...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his, as ever, courteous concluding remarks, and in particular ...

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 158. I remind noble Lords that anyone wishing t...

Moved by

Lord Whitty

158: After Clause 16, insert the following new Clause—

“Sm...

My Lords, apropos of the discussion on the previous group of amendments, this is the first time I...

My Lords, within this grouping I support Amendment 158, in the names of the noble Lord, Lord Whit...

My Lords, I am generally supportive of the amendments in the names of the noble Lord, Lord Whitty...

My Lords, I will speak on Amendment 222 in my name; I thank the noble Lord, Lord Randall, for put...

The noble Baroness’s connection is very bad. If she does not mind, we will leave her for a moment...

I have some sympathy with the noble Earl, Lord Devon, but I have tried to use my best judgment to...

My Lords, I am very pleased to attach my name to Amendment 158, in the name of the noble Lord, Lo...

I was about to call the noble Lord, Lord Lucas, but do we have the noble Baroness, Lady Young, ba...

We do indeed. I shall speak to Amendment 222 in my name. I feel, at this precise moment, like hav...

My Lords, I support what the noble Earl, Lord Devon, said about less than five years being far to...

My Lords, I echo the words of the noble Lord, Lord Whitty, and the noble Baroness, Lady Young of ...

My Lords, I have great joy in very warmly supporting this amendment moved by my noble friend Lord...

My Lords, this is a near-perfect group of amendments, and the Government would do well to pick al...

My Lords, last week the noble Lord, Lord Judd, was pleased to support what I said about the seque...

My Lords, again I declare my interests as a director of a tenant farming enterprise. I support Am...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Rock, and to echo many of the senti...

My Lords, I draw the attention of the Committee to my farming interests in Suffolk, as in the reg...

My Lords, as I have not spoken since a week last Thursday, perhaps I should my declare interest a...

My Lords, when I first saw the amendment from the noble Lord, Lord Whitty, I was very supportive ...

My Lords, I take great pleasure in following the noble Lord, Lord Cameron, and his words of wisdo...

My Lords, I am listening in to a fascinating discussion and points in relation to tenant farms an...

The noble Lord, Lord Inglewood, has withdrawn, so I call the noble Lord, Lord Carrington.

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

My Lords, this large group of amendments—and, indeed, large group of speakers—concentrates on new...

My Lords, I have added my name to Amendment 158 and am very pleased to support it. My noble frien...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have participated in this debate. At its heart is our consi...

My Lords, this has been a fantastically interesting debate and I very much support the amendments...

I believe that the noble Baroness made a speech rather than asking a question but I have noted it...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lords, Lord Curry and Lord Judd, and my noble friend Lady Jones, and ...

We now come to the group consisting of Amendment 159A. I remind noble Lords that anyone wishing t...

Moved by

Lord Greaves

159A: After Clause 16, insert the following new Clause—

“...

Amendment 159A, which I rise to move, covers a very specific and important question: the treatmen...

My Lords, I must apologise for missing the first couple of moments of my noble friend’s speech. T...

I am most grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Greaves, for bringing this amendment forward. I am sor...

I am a Yorkshireman.

I will let you off, then. What is interesting about our debate so far is how little understanding...

My Lords, my noble friend Lord Greaves spoke to his amendment on providing support for common lan...

My Lords, I will also speak briefly. I thank the noble Lord, Lord Greaves, for raising this issue...

I thank the noble Lord, Lord Greaves for his amendment. He is absolutely right: our commons frequ...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for her helpful reply. I look forward to getting as much extra det...

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 160. I remind noble Lords that anyone wishing t...

Moved by

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

160: Clause 17, page 14, line 20, leave out “at...

My Lords, there are two amendments in this group in my name, Amendments 160 and 173. Amendment 16...

My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 161 in my name. It is supported, I understand, by the noble ...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 162 and 171. I am delighted to thank the noble Baronesses, L...

My Lords, I have two amendments in this group, 163 and 172, and I am grateful to the noble Lord, ...

My Lords, I echo the comments of the noble Lord, Lord Hodgson, who spoke with such authority. I w...

My Lords, I rise to support the general principle in this group of amendments of more regular rep...

My Lords, I shall speak to my Amendment 166. In doing so, I thank its supporters, the noble Baron...

My Lords, I am delighted to be speaking between the noble Baroness, Lady Boycott, and the noble L...

My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 173, so excellently introduced by the noble Baroness, Lady J...

My Lords, I am very glad to follow the noble Lord, Lord Krebs, and the wise words that he has giv...

My Lords, this amendment has been very important in enabling a wider debate. As we have been hear...

My Lords, I support the amendments in this group, particularly those to which I have added my nam...

My Lords, I am the fifth member of the Select Committee which, under the chairmanship of the nobl...

My Lords, it is a real privilege to take part in the debate on this group of amendments, which ha...

My Lords, I begin by referring to Amendment 168, which appears under my name on the Marshalled Li...

My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 160 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Whitchu...

My Lords, I will keep my remarks short. I have signed only two of the amendments in this group, 1...

I am not sure I can be quite that brief, my Lords, but I will give it a go. I have added my name ...

My Lords, this has been a fascinating debate, with some memorable contributions, including that f...

My Lords, I agree with the noble Lord, Lord Greaves—and that does not happen too frequently. I ha...

It is always a great pleasure to follow my noble friend Lord Dobbs, a Wiltshire neighbour; my mai...

I call the noble and learned Lord, Lord Morris of Aberavon. No? We will move on. I call the noble...

My Lords, I will speak briefly on the amendments dealing with the timings of the first report and...

My Lords, I was most grateful to my noble friend Lord Northbrook for his kind words of thanks for...

My Lords, I would like to speak briefly to Amendment 162 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady ...

My Lords, I agree with Amendment 170, in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Hain, which calls for U...

My Lords, I welcome the amendments in this group that propose that the required reporting cycle s...

My Lords, I welcome the opportunity to say a few brief words in support of what I think is the ke...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Rooker, who of course has more kn...

My Lords, this has been a fascinating and wide-ranging debate. I absolutely agree with the noble ...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords for what in many respects has been a heartfelt debate. Referenc...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken this evening. We have had a very well-informed,...

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 174. I remind noble Lords that anyone wishing t...

Moved by

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

174: Clause 18, page 15, line 2, leave out pa...

My Lords, I first thank the Government for including this chapter on intervention in agricultural...

My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh of Pickering, has explained this issue extremely clea...

My Lords, it is always a pleasure to speak after the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh, who speaks wi...

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

My Lords, I support Amendment 174, in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh of Pickering....

On a previous group of amendments, the noble Lord, Lord Greaves, referred to the quality of the c...

My Lords, I rise briefly to support Amendments 174 and 285 in the name of my noble friend Lady Mc...

My Lords, this group of amendments deals with financial assistance under exceptional market circu...

I thank noble Lords for tabling their amendments to Chapter 2 of Part 2, headed “Intervention in ...

My Lords, I begin with Amendments 174 and 285, in the name of my noble friend Lady McIntosh. I re...

My Lords, considering the lateness of the hour, I am most grateful to those who have remained, in...

My Lords, we now come to the group beginning with Amendment 208. I remind noble Lords that anyone...

Moved by

Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

208: Clause 32, page 29, leave out lines 36 to...

My Lords, Amendment 208 would turn the wishy-washy wording of Clause 32 into a clear requirement ...

My Lords, I raise this amendment to probe the Government on the intention behind Clause 32.