Agriculture Bill

My Lords, in moving the amendment standing in my name, I declare a non-financial interest as set ...

My Lords, I speak to this amendment in my name, so ably led by my noble friend Lady Fookes. It en...

My Lords, I added my name to that of my noble friends Lady Fookes and Lady Hodgson of Abinger. I ...

My Lords, I support both amendments in the group. On the first, it was a pleasure to hear the nob...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Fookes, for this important amendment, Amendment 220, a...

My Lords, I too support Amendment 220. I remind the House of my farming interests as set out in t...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 220. There is absolutely no question that we must maintain th...

My Lords, I have every sympathy for the sentiments behind Amendment 220, but I query the basis on...

My Lords, 20-odd years ago, when we formed the Government in 1997, this was new to me and not som...

My Lords, it is a real delight to follow the noble Lord, Lord Rooker—I want to call him my noble ...

My Lords, Amendment 220 relates to animals being exported from the UK for the purposes of slaught...

My Lords, I will speak to my Amendment 277 but also in support of Amendment 220, which would ban ...

My Lords, I am most grateful to all noble Lords for participating in this debate. I particularly ...

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

My Lords, I am grateful for what has been a very interesting debate with a lot of very good point...

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 221. I remind noble Lords that anyone wishing t...

Moved by

Lord Whitty

221: After Clause 34, insert the following new Clause—

“Ap...

My Lords, earlier in this Committee stage, a number of noble Lords—I remember, in particular, spe...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Whitty. I have signed his amendment, wh...

My Lords, I thoroughly support these two amendments in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Whitty. H...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 221, to which I have also put my name. This is my first contr...

My Lords, I rise to support Amendments 221 and 226. As a rural resident in Northern Ireland, I am...

My Lords, I have a different point of view. I was brought up in Bedfordshire for much of my life....

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow my noble friend Lord Naseby, especially since I agree with s...

My Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Blencathra, in this Committee, n...

My Lords, I am delighted to follow the noble Lord, Lord Greaves. I pay tribute to the restraint a...

My Lords, both these amendments are very difficult to argue against. They are telling us to be ca...

My Lords, I have some sympathy with these amendments. I like the way that the noble Lord, Lord Wh...

My Lords, I too wish to speak in support of these amendments. The noble Lord, Lord Whitty, gave a...

My Lords, I will be brief, because much of what needs to be said has already been said. I sympath...

My Lords, I fully support Amendment 226, in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Whitchu...

My Lords, I agree with the noble Lord, Lord Whitty, and the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Whitchu...

My Lords, this should have been the last group of amendments debated on Tuesday evening, dealing ...

My Lords, I have tabled Amendment 226 in my name and those of the noble Lords, Lord Randall and L...

I thank the noble Lord, Lord Whitty, for Amendment 221, which I will take together with Amendment...

I have received a single request to speak after the Minister and call on the noble Baroness, Lady...

The agrichemical monitoring system has lagged behind emerging evidence, partly because the epidem...

I acknowledge the noble Baroness’s comments and know that they come from a deep knowledge and und...

My Lords, I am somewhat disappointed by the Minister’s reply. My amendment relates to several hun...

Moved by

Baroness Young of Old Scone

227: After Clause 34, insert the following new C...

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 227. I remind noble Lords that anyone wishing t...

My Lords, I declare my interest as chairman of the Woodland Trust.

This amendment would req...

Moved by

The Earl of Dundee

228: After Clause 34, after subsection (2)(c) insert—

My Lords, like the noble Baroness, Lady Young of Old Scone, and others, I support Amendment 227, ...

My Lords, I have put down Amendment 228A largely because I had an amendment down in one of the me...

Young.

The noble Baroness, Lady Young of Old Scone—at least I can pronounce “Scone” correctly. Her amend...

My Lords, the evidence we received when I sat on the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Ac...

My Lords, I was delighted to attach my name to Amendment 227, in the name of the noble Baroness, ...

My Lords, I will try to focus on the amendments in front of us. If we are talking about land use ...

My Lords, I rise to support Amendment 228, in the names of the noble Earl, Lord Dundee, and the n...

My Lords, never let it be said that we do not range widely in our discussions. “Three acres and a...

My Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow my friend, the noble Lord, Lord Campbell of Pittenwee...

My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 227, in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Young. England—...

My Lords, my noble friend Lord Campbell remarked that this is a wide-ranging debate and that the ...

My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend Lady Young of Old Scone for raising the case for an in...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this debate, especially the noble Baroness, ...

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

My Lords, on the need for better and clearer incentives to encourage many more new entrants into ...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in this debate, particularly the noble Lord...

We come now to the group beginning with Amendment 229. I remind noble Lords that anyone wishing t...

Moved by

Baroness Young of Old Scone

229: After Clause 34, insert the following new C...

My Lords, I hope that at this time of the night noble Lords are not getting fed up with my voice....

My Lords, it is always a great honour to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Young of Old Scone, and ...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Randall of Uxbridge. He set out very cl...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to speak after the previous three speakers. I added my name to the ame...

My Lords, what a pleasure to follow a succession of speakers with whom one agrees almost entirely...

The noble Lord, Lord Cormack, has withdrawn from the debate so I call the noble Lord, Lord Adding...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Young of Old Scone, and the noble Lord, Lord Randall, ...

My Lords, I want to speak briefly in support of this group of amendments. I would have added my n...

My Lords, I speak in support of the amendments in the name of my noble friend Lord Randall of Uxb...

My Lords, I speak briefly in support of Amendment 230, in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Randal...

My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Young of Old Scone, makes a powerful case for a new environmen...

My Lords, I am delighted to follow my noble friend because I was also hoping to ask for confirmat...

My Lords, the case for environmental and agricultural regulation has been set out very clearly by...

She is excited. I call the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Whitchurch.

Yes, we are all excited.

My Lords, I will speak to my Amendments 296 and 297 in this group....

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords, particularly the noble Baroness, Lady Young of Old Scone, for ...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this debate. The noble Lord, Lord Greaves, r...

I understand that neither the noble Lord, Lord Holmes of Richmond, nor anyone else listed to spea...

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 236A. I remind noble Lords that anyone wishing ...

Moved by

Baroness Worthington

236A: After Clause 34, insert the following new Clause—...

My Lords, I am conscious that we are into our sixth session of debate on this Bill. I do not wish...

I think the noble Baroness has frozen. I call the noble Lord, Lord Carrington.

I tabled Amendment 247, which relates to marketing standards, after discussion with the National ...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 248, 250, 251, 252, 254 and 266 in my name, some of which ar...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 250, 251 and 252 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Jon...

My Lords, I am very pleased to support Amendment 236A in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Wor...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Earl, Lord Caithness. I wish to speak to Amendment...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hope of Craighead. I ...

My Lords, I share some of the concerns that the noble Baroness has just raised, but I take a diff...

My Lords, I confine my remarks to Amendment 263 in my name and those of my noble and learned frie...

My Lords, I commend the Minister for his role as honest broker, as he described himself earlier t...

My Lords, I am delighted to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay of Llandaff, and I agree very ...

I am very pleased indeed to speak after the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay of Llandaff, and the nobl...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Henig, whose speech was imbued with...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to have added my name to and support Amendment 258, tabled by and intr...

My Lords, like the noble Lord, Lord Trees, I would like to speak to Amendment 258. On 25 June, th...

My Lords, this is a very wide-ranging set of amendments. I feel slightly sorry for the noble Baro...

My Lords, Clause 35 on marketing standards is an extremely important part of the Bill. It is odd ...

My Lords, I support the new clause in Amendment 263, which has already been spoken to by my noble...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble and learned Lord, Lord Wallace. I support what he ...

I remind the noble Lord of the pressure on time. This is the Government Whip speaking.

Sorry—I shall finish in one second. And allowing consumers to buy on the basis of cost.

I call the noble Lord, Lord Bruce of Bennachie. No? I call the noble and learned Lord, Lord Thoma...

My Lords, I wish I had the privilege of following the noble Lord, Lord Bruce, but I will be brief...

I am not sure what happened there, but I am glad noble Lords can now hear me. I shall speak to Am...

My Lords, I am speaking against Amendments 254 and 258.

What concerns me is not the labelli...

My Lords, I support the aims of Amendment 256 in the name of my noble friend Lady McIntosh of Pic...

My Lords, I, too, address myself to Amendments 254 and 258 and the issue of slaughter. Across the...

My Lords, Amendment 247, in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Carrington, seems sensible and I app...

My Lords, this group of amendments covers a wide range of areas that relate to standards, labelli...

I thank all noble Lords for their amendments in this group on marketing standards. The large numb...

My Lords, what an interesting discussion we have had. I will start with Amendment 236A. We have a...

I have received one request to speak after the Minister. I call Lord Holmes of Richmond.

My Lords, I have two quick points for clarification, if I may. First, could the Minister confirm ...

My Lords, I have been very clear that the Government are determined to work in support of all the...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his characteristically thorough and detailed response, and for...

My Lords, we now come to Amendment 257. I remind noble Lords that anybody wishing to speak after ...

Moved by

Baroness Neville-Rolfe

257: Clause 35, page 33, line 9, at end insert—