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Agriculture Bill

Lords committee stage (seventh day). Amendment 264, debate resumed and amendment withdrawn. Amendments 265-267 not moved. Clauses 40-41 agreed to. Clause 42, amendment 268 agreed to. Amendment 269 not moved. Clause 42, as amended, agreed to. Amendment 270, debated and withdrawn. Amendments 271-274 not moved. Amendment 275, debated and withdrawn. Amendments 276-294 not moved. Clauses 43-46 and Schedules 5-6 agreed to. Clause 47, amendment 295, debated and withdrawn. Amendments 296-298 not moved. Clauses 47-52 and Schedule 7 agreed to. Clause 53, amendment 299, debated and agreed to. Clause 53, amendments 300-311 agreed to. Clause 53, as amended, agreed to. Clause 54 agreed to. House resumed. Bill reported with amendments. (HL Bill 130).

About these Parliamentary proceedings

Reference

805 cc127-242 

Session

2019-21

Legislative stage

Committee stage

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber
Agriculture Bill 2019-21. Brought from the Commons.
Monday, 18 May 2020
Bills
House of Lords
Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee thirteenth report.
Wednesday, 3 June 2020
Parliamentary committees
House of Lords
Deposited Paper DEP2020-0501
Wednesday, 12 August 2020
Deposited papers
House of Lords
Agriculture Bill 2019-21. As amended in Committee.
Tuesday, 28 July 2020
Bills
House of Lords

Proceeding contributions

Baroness Neville-Rolfe | 805 c1114 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am pleased to follow the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hope of Craighead, albeit after...

Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville | 805 c128 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, Amendments 264 and 265 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Foulkes of Cumnock, relate t...


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Lord Grantchester | 805 cc128-130 (Link to this contribution)

I thank my noble friend Lord Foulkes for leading the debate on this group of amendments—relating ...

Lord Gardiner of Kimble | 805 cc130-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords for contributing to this interesting debate, and particularly t...

Lord Russell of Liverpool | 805 c298 (Link to this contribution)

I have received one request to speak after the Minister from the noble Lord, Lord Purvis of Tweed...

Lord Purvis of Tweed | 805 cc299-133 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am grateful for the Minister’s fulsome response, which is characteristic of him, as w...

Lord Gardiner of Kimble | 805 cc133-302 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I hope I have been very clear that we are dealing with a situation where ensuring WTO c...

Lord Foulkes of Cumnock | 805 cc302-134 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, a great deal has happened since I moved this amendment at twenty minutes to midnight, l...

Lord Gardiner of Kimble | 805 cc313-4 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Gardiner of Kimble

268: Clause 42, page 38, line 28, leave out subsecti...

Lord Russell of Liverpool | 805 cc319-320 (Link to this contribution)

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 270. I remind noble Lords that anyone wishing t...

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering | 805 cc320-135 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

270: After Clause 42, insert the following ne...

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering | 805 cc135-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am delighted to open the group of amendments leading off with that in my name and to ...

Lord Grantchester | 805 cc324-139 (Link to this contribution)

If there is one strong theme running through many of the amendments, it is that of standards. I a...

Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb | 805 cc139-140 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, here we are on day seven of four—Douglas Adams would be proud of us. But seven days in ...

Lord Hain | 805 cc140-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I agree with what the noble Baroness, Lady Jones, said about public interest in this pa...

Lord Empey | 805 cc142-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the Minister, the noble Baroness, Lady Bloomfield, and other noble Lords for th...

Lord Curry of Kirkharle | 805 cc143-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I declare my interests as listed in the register. It is a huge privilege to follow the ...

Lord Bruce of Bennachie | 805 cc146-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, my Amendment 280 is in this group, and I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Wigley, fo...

Baroness Henig | 805 cc148-9 (Link to this contribution)

It is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Bruce of Bennachie. At the outset, I join o...

Lord Cameron of Dillington | 805 cc149-151 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I put my name to Amendment 271 with a degree of sadness, just as, I am sure, the curren...

Lord Greaves | 805 cc151-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, if the Government are not too keen to listen to the voices from Opposition Benches or e...

Lord Randall of Uxbridge | 805 cc36-18 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I start with an apology to your Lordships, and particularly to the Minister. On Thursda...

Lord Wigley | 805 cc18-154 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am delighted to follow the noble Lord, Lord Randall. I note his constructive comments...

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick | 805 cc154-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am delighted to follow the noble Lord, Lord Wigley, and to support Amendment 270 in t...

Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 805 cc156-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Ritchie of Downpatrick, who has elo...

Baroness Hodgson of Abinger | 805 cc158-9 (Link to this contribution)

I am pleased to follow the noble and learned Lord, Lord Wallace, and will speak to Amendment 271 ...

Lord Krebs | 805 cc159-160 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to speak in support of Amendment 270 in the name of the noble Ba...

Lord Addington | 805 c160 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, as I have listened to this debate my speech has got shorter and shorter. If ever there ...

Earl of Lindsay | 805 cc160-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I share the concerns about how standards will be maintained when negotiating new trade ...

Baroness Young of Old Scone | 805 cc161-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I support the spirit of these amendments, all of which seek to enshrine the Government’...

Earl of Shrewsbury | 805 cc162-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I too thank the Minister and all his colleagues for their stamina and good temper all t...

Lord Morris of Aberavon | 805 cc163-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I join others in thanking the Minister for the superb way he has replied to so many of ...

Earl of Caithness | 805 cc164-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I agree with those noble Lords who have called this probably the most important group o...

Baroness Harris of Richmond | 805 cc165-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I have heard my county of North Yorkshire mentioned a number of times in Committee and ...

Viscount Trenchard | 805 cc166-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I repeat my declaration of interests as stated in the register. Since the Government an...

Lord Trees | 805 cc168-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will speak particularly to Amendment 271 but I broadly support most of the amendments...

Lord Lilley | 805 cc169-170 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I declare an interest in a small agricultural holding in France and, more seriously, in...

Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown | 805 cc171-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I declare my interest in a small farm holding, which is in the register of interests. I...

Lord Dobbs | 805 cc172-3 (Link to this contribution)

These amendments collectively require us to impose our own standards on others. That is a perfect...

Lord Morrow | 805 cc173-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I, too, to acknowledge the tolerance, patience and courtesy that the Minister has shown...

Duke of Montrose | 805 cc174-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, we have heard many arguments put forward in this debate. I can say only that the fears ...

Lord Naseby | 805 cc175-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I pay tribute to my noble friend on the Front Bench and his team. My goodness he has sh...

Earl of Devon | 805 cc176-8 (Link to this contribution)

I remind noble Lords of my Devon farming interests and note my American links. I join other noble...

Lord Judd | 805 cc177-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I originally put my name down to speak to Amendment 271, in the name of my noble friend...

Baroness Scott of Bybrook | 805 c179 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, we have been on this set of amendments for over three hours now. We need to finish Comm...

Lord Inglewood | 805 cc179-180 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am delighted to follow the noble Lord, Lord Judd, who—it may not have been apparent t...

Baroness Scott of Bybrook | 805 c180 (Link to this contribution)

I am afraid that we cannot hear the noble Lord. Can he get closer to his microphone?

Baroness Scott of Bybrook | 805 c180 (Link to this contribution)

Yes, I think we can hear well enough. Go ahead.

Lord Flight | 805 c180 (Link to this contribution)

I think that it would be a tragedy if British agriculture suffered rather than benefited from Bre...

Baroness Scott of Bybrook | 805 c180 (Link to this contribution)

I am really sorry, but the sound has gone again. Perhaps we can move on to the next speaker and t...

Baroness Quin | 805 cc180-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, as this is the last time that I expect to speak in this Committee stage, I add my thank...

Lord Holmes of Richmond | 805 cc181-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I congratulate my noble friends the Minister and Lady Bloomfield on their fortitude, st...

Lord Purvis of Tweed | 805 cc182-4 (Link to this contribution)

I know that the Minister will be relieved that I am in the last chunk of speakers on this group. ...

Lord Duncan of Springbank | 805 c184 (Link to this contribution)

The House will be pleased to know that we are returning to the noble Lord, Lord Flight.

Lord Flight | 805 cc184-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I apologise for my computer not working properly.

It will be a tragedy if British...

Baroness Kennedy of Cradley | 805 cc185-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this has been a long and important debate, with a great deal of agreement across the Ho...

Lord Cormack | 805 cc186-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I have had quite a long wait as I am the 40th speaker, but I have heard all the other 3...

Lord Burnett | 805 cc187-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I rise to speak to Amendment 271 and declare my interests as set out in the register.

Baroness Boycott | 805 cc189-190 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I echo the thanks for the Ministers’ patience and the brilliance of the technicians who...

Baroness Neville-Rolfe | 805 c190 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Boycott. Like her, I thank t...

Baroness Humphreys | 805 cc190-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, and it has been a pleasure to take part,...

Lord Clark of Windermere | 805 cc191-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am very pleased to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Humphreys. When she was describing...

Baroness Scott of Needham Market | 805 cc193-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I confess that I have some sympathy with the Minister. He is universally admired and re...

Lord Grantchester | 805 cc194-6 (Link to this contribution)

This has been another very good debate on a key issue in the Bill. I thank all noble Lords who sp...

Lord Gardiner of Kimble | 805 cc196-200 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this debate has taken four and a quarter hours. I have taken careful note of the range ...

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle | 805 cc200-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, speaking in this particular spot I feel I have to echo the thanks and compliments to th...

Lord Gardiner of Kimble | 805 c201 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness for that question. As I say, that is precisely why we have e...

Lord Curry of Kirkharle | 805 c201 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I do not feel in the least embarrassed by my amendment, as suggested by the noble Lord,...

Lord Gardiner of Kimble | 805 cc201-2 (Link to this contribution)

I am glad that the noble Lord, Lord Curry, has answered the question put by the noble Lord, Lord ...

Lord Bruce of Bennachie | 805 c202 (Link to this contribution)

The Minister recognised the importance of having a deal; without one, it will be a disaster, espe...

Lord Gardiner of Kimble | 805 c202 (Link to this contribution)

I am most grateful to the noble Lord; that is an important point. The department is working on al...

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering | 805 cc202-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank my noble friend the Minister for taking us to this point. I do not think he has...

Baroness Scott of Bybrook | 805 c203 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, we still have quite a lot of business to do tonight and it is getting late already. I s...

Lord Russell of Liverpool | 805 cc203-4 (Link to this contribution)

We now come to the group consisting of Amendment 275. I remind noble Lords that anyone wishing to...

Lord Cameron of Dillington | 805 c204 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Cameron of Dillington

275: After Clause 42, insert the following new Cl...

Lord Cameron of Dillington | 805 cc204-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, in introducing this amendment I declare an interest as chair of the advisory board of t...

Lord Krebs | 805 cc206-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a privilege to follow my noble friend Lord Cameron of Dillington, who has so beau...

Baroness Hayman | 805 cc208-210 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I should apologise to the Committee for making my first contribution on the Agriculture...

Lord Rooker | 805 cc210-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is an absolute pleasure to follow the noble Lords, Lord Cameron and Lord Krebs, and ...

Earl of Lindsay | 805 c212 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, as vice-chair of the APPG on Science and Technology in Agriculture, I believe that the ...

Baroness Young of Old Scone | 805 cc212-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I have rather drawn the short straw in being the first speaker to disagree with the rat...

Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 805 cc214-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I declare my interest as a member of a family farming and growing business, as listed i...

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle | 805 cc215-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Young of Old Scone, for leading the way for those of u...

Viscount Ridley | 805 cc217-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, like the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman, this is my first contribution on this Bill since ...

Lord Curry of Kirkharle | 805 c219 (Link to this contribution)

I support this amendment as tabled and ably presented by my noble friend Lord Cameron of Dillingt...

Baroness Parminter | 805 cc219-220 (Link to this contribution)

It is always a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Curry. On this occasion, however, I believ...

Lord Trees | 805 cc220-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am pleased to speak in support of Amendment 275, proposed by my noble friend Lord Cam...

Baroness Henig | 805 c221 (Link to this contribution)

I call the noble Lord, Lord Taverne. We are having problems, so I call the noble Lord, Lord Blenc...

Lord Blencathra | 805 cc221-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I declare my interests as set out in the register. I thank my noble friend the Minister...

Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville | 805 cc222-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I too rise with some trepidation after the contributions from luminaries with such vast...

Lord Lexden | 805 c224 (Link to this contribution)

I now call Lord Taverne, with whom I think a connection has now been made.

Lord Taverne | 805 c224 (Link to this contribution)

Hello, can you hear me? Nobody can. Just a moment—

Lord Taverne | 805 cc224-5 (Link to this contribution)

Then that is all right.

I have two apologies to make. First, I was listening to the noble B...

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch | 805 cc225-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I start by declaring an interest as the chair of Rothamsted Enterprises, which is part ...

Lord Gardiner of Kimble | 805 cc226-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this has been another thought-provoking debate. I thank the noble Lord, Lord Cameron of...

Lord Lexden | 805 c228 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I have received no requests to speak after the Minister.

Lord Cameron of Dillington | 805 cc228-230 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in this debate, particularly my fellow spon...

Lord Lexden | 805 c229 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, we now come to the group beginning with Amendment 295. I remind noble Lords that anyone...

Lord Carrington | 805 c229 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Carrington

295: Clause 47, page 40, line 28, leave out “primary legisla...

Lord Carrington | 805 c229 (Link to this contribution)

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

Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb | 805 c231 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I have stayed up until what is for me a very late hour in order to do two things at the...

Lord Thomas of Gresford | 805 cc231-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the indignation expressed by the noble Baroness, Lady Jones ...

Lord Marlesford | 805 c233 (Link to this contribution)

First, I declare my interest in Suffolk farming, as in the register. I also echo so many others i...

Lord Campbell of Pittenweem | 805 cc233-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, like others, I begin by expressing my admiration for the stamina, professionalism and t...

Baroness Northover | 805 c234 (Link to this contribution)

Clearly, there are major risks with Henry VIII clauses, and we have more of them in this Bill. My...

Lord Grantchester | 805 cc234-5 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful to the noble Lords, Lord Carrington and Lord Greaves, and others for tabling Amendm...

Lord Gardiner of Kimble | 805 cc235-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this has been a very helpful debate. I thank the noble Lord, Lord Carrington, for his a...

Lord Carrington | 805 c237 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am most grateful and thank the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb, the noble L...

Lord Duncan of Springbank | 805 c237 (Link to this contribution)

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 299. I remind noble Lords that anyone wishing t...

Lord Gardiner of Kimble | 805 cc237-8 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Gardiner of Kimble

299: Clause 53, page 43, line 35, leave out subsecti...

Lord Gardiner of Kimble | 805 cc238-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, in moving Amendment 299 I shall also speak to Amendments 300 to 311 in my name. Amendme...

Lord Bhatia | 805 c239 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I support the amendment in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh.

The Agr...

Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville | 805 cc239-240 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this is the last group of amendments this evening—indeed, in Committee on the Bill. It ...

Baroness Wilcox of Newport | 805 c240 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this group of amendments relating to changes in the commencement provisions are, as nob...

Lord Gardiner of Kimble | 805 c240 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am most grateful to noble Lords for speaking on this, the last of the group of amendm...

Lord Duncan of Springbank | 805 c241 (Link to this contribution)

The Minister and all noble Lords will be pleased to know that no one has expressed a wish to spea...

Lord Gardiner of Kimble | 805 cc241-2 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Gardiner of Kimble

300: Clause 53, page 43, line 37, after “provisions”...

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