Agriculture Bill

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Moved by

Lord Cameron of Dillington

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

My Lord, we can hear you.

Then that is all right.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Moved by

Lord Carrington

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Moved by

Lord Gardiner of Kimble

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

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

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

The Agr...

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

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

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

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

Moved by

Lord Gardiner of Kimble

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