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Agriculture Bill

Lords report stage first day. Amendment 12 disagreed to on division (130 to 225). New clause debated and withdrawn. Amendment 31 agreed to on division (258 to 208). Amendment 35 agreed to. Amendment 43 under consideration.

About these Parliamentary proceedings

Reference

805 cc1134-1264 

Session

2019-21

Legislative stage

Report stage

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber
Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee thirteenth report.
Wednesday, 3 June 2020
Parliamentary committees
House of Lords
Agriculture Bill 2019-21. As amended in Committee.
Tuesday, 28 July 2020
Bills
House of Lords
Deposited Paper DEP2020-0576
Tuesday, 6 October 2020
Deposited papers
House of Lords

Proceeding contributions

Lord Greaves | 805 c1134 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Greaves

1: Clause 1, page 2, line 10, after “supporting” insert “and en...

Lord Greaves | 805 cc1134-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I rise to move Amendment 1 and speak to the amendments in the first group. We come to R...


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Earl of Devon | 805 cc1136-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a privilege to follow the noble Lord, Lord Greaves. I agree with much of what he ...

Earl of Caithness | 805 cc1137-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, first, I thank the Minister and all those in Defra who have worked so hard between Comm...

Earl of Dundee | 805 c1138 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I support the amendments of the noble Lord, Lord Greaves, which encourage public access...

Lord Duncan of Springbank | 805 c1138 (Link to this contribution)

I have a suspicion that the noble Earl, Lord Dundee, had not quite finished, but we will return t...

Lord Duncan of Springbank | 805 c1138 (Link to this contribution)

Would the noble Earl, Lord Dundee, please finish his remarks?

Earl of Dundee | 805 c1138 (Link to this contribution)

I confirm that I have finished my remarks already.

Lord Duncan of Springbank | 805 c1138 (Link to this contribution)

I beg your pardon: they were worth waiting for. The next speaker will therefore be the noble Lord...

Lord Addington | 805 cc1138-1140 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the access part of the Bill immediately caught my eye in terms of improving people’s he...

Lord Randall of Uxbridge | 805 cc1140-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I shall not detain the House long. I have added my name to those of my noble friends Lo...

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle | 805 c1141 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Randall of Uxbridge. I offer the Green ...

Lord Naseby | 805 cc1141-2 (Link to this contribution)

I too thank the Minister for the timeliness and succinctness of the brief we have received. As we...

Lord Carrington | 805 c1142 (Link to this contribution)

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

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering | 805 cc1142-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to be back discussing the Bill on Report. I declare my interests...

Lord Bhatia | 805 c1143 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 27. The consultation with the dairy industry highlighted a n...

Lord Cormack | 805 c1143 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I shall speak very briefly to two amendments: Amendment 2, in the names of the noble Ea...

Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb | 805 cc1143-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Cormack, who has been exceptionally kin...

Duke of Montrose | 805 cc1144-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to be able to contribute to this Bill, and I declare my interest...

Baroness Scott of Needham Market | 805 cc1145-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it has been a fascinating debate. A number of noble Lords have made the point that this...

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch | 805 cc1146-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken in the debate. As we are talking about...

Lord Gardiner of Kimble | 805 cc1147-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank noble Lords for contributing to what has been a thoughtful debate. I declare my...

Earl of Caithness | 805 c1148 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank my noble friend for what he said. He elucidated the point on which I wanted to ...

Lord Gardiner of Kimble | 805 c1148 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful to my noble friend. I can confirm that the tests and trials will be across all sort...

Lord Greaves | 805 cc1150-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, on the Minister’s last point, I am not in touch with a huge number of tests and trials....

Baroness Henig | 805 c1151 (Link to this contribution)

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 6. I remind noble Lords that Members other than...

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering | 805 c1151 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

6: Clause 1, page 2, line 25, at end insert—<...

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering | 805 cc1151-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I shall speak also to Amendment 48 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Greaves. I will ...

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick | 805 cc1152-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh of Pickering. I was please...

Bishop of St Albans | 805 cc1153-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I declare my interest as president of the Rural Coalition. I speak in support of Amendm...

Lord Judd | 805 cc1154-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I hope that even at this late stage in our proceedings, the Minister and Government wil...

Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb | 805 c1155 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, for those of us who have spent decades advocating for human society to work with instea...

Lord Teverson | 805 cc1155-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 8, 21 and 23. I say again that I am very pleased that the Go...

Earl of Dundee | 805 cc1156-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I support a number of themes and their corresponding amendments in this group. They sug...

Earl of Caithness | 805 c1157 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow my noble friend Lord Dundee. I thank him for introducing my ...

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle | 805 cc1157-1160 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, my noble friend Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb has already addressed the Green group’s suppo...

Lord Addington | 805 cc1160-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank everybody who put their names to Amendment 9. I have a little confession: the o...

Lord Northbrook | 805 cc1161-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I declare my interest as a landowner, arable farmer and NFU member. I am speaking to an...

Baroness Boycott | 805 cc1162-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am happy to be part of the debate on this group. I agree with almost all the sentimen...

Lord Carrington | 805 cc1163-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, once again, I declare my interests, as set out in the register, as a farmer and landown...

Lord Greaves | 805 cc1164-6 (Link to this contribution)

I shall speak specifically to my Amendment 48, which concerns commons. I am not sure how it ended...

Lord Randall of Uxbridge | 805 cc1166-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Greaves, and his very interesting thoug...

Lord Cormack | 805 cc1167-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this has been a fascinating and thoughtful debate, and I would like to make a few remar...

Earl of Devon | 805 cc1168-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I support many of the worthy aims of this group of amendments, but my focus is on Amend...

Lord Naseby | 805 c1169 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lady McIntosh for tabling this amendment. When I first read it,...

Baroness Young of Old Scone | 805 c1169 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I repeat what I said in Committee about this part of the Bill. It is a bit like a Chris...

Lord Marlesford | 805 c1170 (Link to this contribution)

First of all, I declare my interests as a farmer in Suffolk. The lesson I draw from the seven day...

Lord Inglewood | 805 cc1170-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I begin by saying how pleased I am to be following my noble friend Lord Marlesford who,...

Lord Rooker | 805 c1171 (Link to this contribution)

The reason that I put my name to this group was a single amendment—so I will resist pontificating...

Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville | 805 cc1172-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Rooker. This is an extremely impo...

Lord Grantchester | 805 cc1173-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, at the start of my remarks on Report on amendments to the Agriculture Bill, I declare m...

Lord Gardiner of Kimble | 805 cc1174-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords for contributing to what I think has been an extensive and very...

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering | 805 cc1178-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am grateful for all the contributions to this debate and the support for Amendments 6...

Lord Northbrook | 805 c1179 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Northbrook

12: Clause 1, page 2, line 31, at end insert—

“(c) sup...

Lord Northbrook | 805 c1179 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I have listened very carefully to the Minister’s winding-up speech. He has been doing a...

Baroness Morris of Bolton | 805 c1179 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, we now come to the group consisting of Amendment 14. I remind noble Lords that Members ...

Baroness Young of Old Scone | 805 c1179 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Young of Old Scone

14: Clause 1, page 2, line 31, at end insert—

Baroness Young of Old Scone | 805 cc1179-1183 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 14, in my name and those of the noble Baroness, Lady Bakewel...

Lord Randall of Uxbridge | 805 c1183 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, taking my cue from the noble Lord, Lord Rooker, on the previous group of amendments, I ...

Earl of Devon | 805 c1183 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am pleased to have put my name to Amendment 14, and particularly to emphasise the imp...

Lord Addington | 805 c1184 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I think the noble Lord, Lord Rooker, has set a wonderful precedent here. Anything I wou...

Baroness Morris of Bolton | 805 c1184 (Link to this contribution)

The noble Lord, Lord Marlesford, has withdrawn, so I now call the noble Lord, Lord Naseby.

Lord Naseby | 805 c1184 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, since Committee I have reflected on two aspects of the broader farming area that we did...

Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb | 805 c1184 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, one of the issues that has persisted in this Bill, and in others, is the lack of regula...

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering | 805 c1184 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I would like to congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Young of Old Scone, on bringing f...

Baroness Morris of Bolton | 805 c1184 (Link to this contribution)

The noble Earl, Lord Caithness, has withdrawn, so I now call the noble Baroness, Lady Bakewell of...

Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville | 805 c1185 (Link to this contribution)

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

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch | 805 c1186 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lady Young for moving this amendment and making the case so per...

Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist | 805 cc1186-7 (Link to this contribution)

The primary effect of this amendment would be to provide a new lever to oblige recipients of fina...

Baroness Morris of Bolton | 805 c1187 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I have received no requests from noble Lords to ask a short question, so I call the nob...

Baroness Young of Old Scone | 805 cc1187-8 (Link to this contribution)

I thank those noble Lords who contributed to this debate. The majority recognised that there was ...

Baroness Morris of Bolton | 805 c1188 (Link to this contribution)

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 15. I remind noble Lords that Members other tha...

Earl of Devon | 805 cc1188-9 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

The Earl of Devon

15: Clause 1, page 2, line 31, at end insert—

“(2A) ...

Earl of Devon | 805 c1189 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this is the Agriculture Bill. As I have said before, it is not the environmental land m...

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering | 805 cc1189-1190 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I listened carefully to what the noble Earl said in moving his amendment. For a number ...

Baroness Young of Old Scone | 805 c1191 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I start by begging the forgiveness of the noble Earl, Lord Devon. I feel a slight rat i...

Earl of Caithness | 805 c1191 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I rise to support the noble Earl, Lord Devon, and my noble friend Lady McIntosh of Pick...

Baroness Morris of Bolton | 805 c1191 (Link to this contribution)

I call the noble Lord, Lord Rooker. Lord Rooker?

Lord Rooker | 805 c1192 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am now unmuted; the order seemed to have changed.

As in Committee, I support th...

Baroness Morris of Bolton | 805 c1192 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I apologise to the noble Lord, Lord Rooker. I did not inform him that the noble Lords, ...

Lord Addington | 805 cc1192-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, on one of the first amendments we discussed in Committee, I said that for all the other...

Baroness Morris of Bolton | 805 c1193 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Carrington, is not here, so I now call the noble Baroness, Lady No...

Baroness Northover | 805 cc1193-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, we already know that our economy will be under pressure in the coming years from the ef...

Baroness Wilcox of Newport | 805 c1194 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, we welcome the tabling of these amendments, which will allow Ministers to go into more ...

Lord Gardiner of Kimble | 805 cc1194-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank noble Lords who have contributed to this debate. Wearing my farming hat, as I h...

Earl of Devon | 805 cc1197-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, thank you for a fascinating and very conscious debate on this important topic. I heard ...

Baroness Morris of Bolton | 805 c1198 (Link to this contribution)

We now come to Amendment 18. I call the noble Baroness, Lady Neville-Rolfe. She is not responding...

Baroness Morris of Bolton | 805 c1198 (Link to this contribution)

I apologise—it is always bound to go wrong if I am on the Woolsack—but I have already said that A...

Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb | 805 c1198 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

28: Clause 2, page 3, line 42, leave out subse...

Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb | 805 cc1198-9 (Link to this contribution)

I shall speak to Amendment 18, which has not been moved, and to my own Amendment 28. I thank the ...

Baroness Neville-Rolfe | 805 cc1199-1200 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank noble Lords for their forbearance—I was sitting in a bus that had been slowed d...

Lord Russell of Liverpool | 805 c1200 (Link to this contribution)

It may help the House to understand what is going on if I clarify that the debate is now on Amend...

Earl of Lindsay | 805 cc1200-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I support everything that my noble friend Lady Neville-Rolfe has said in moving Amendme...

Lord Curry of Kirkharle | 805 c1201 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, my interests are as listed in the register. I should add in relation to Amendment 18, t...

Lord Allan of Hallam | 805 cc1201-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I was happy to add my name to Amendment 28, tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Jones, a...

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering | 805 cc1202-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I congratulate all those who have tabled amendments in this group. I congratulate my no...

Bishop of St Albans | 805 c1204 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I added my name to Amendment 30 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh of Pic...

Lord Teverson | 805 cc1204-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the right reverend prelate the Bishop of St Albans. I partic...

Earl of Dundee | 805 cc1205-6 (Link to this contribution)

In this grouping, I support various amendments on monitoring and analysis. First, Amendment 18, f...

Earl of Devon | 805 c1206 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, is this weekend—Shanah Tovah.

The seven-year ...

Lord Wigley | 805 cc1207-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I strongly support the comments of the noble Lord, Lord Curry; I am sure that the Minis...

Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 805 c1208 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I reiterate my interest in our family farming and horticulture business. Although I no ...

Lord Russell of Liverpool | 805 c1209 (Link to this contribution)

The noble and learned Lord, Lord Morris of Aberavon, has withdrawn from this group of amendments....

Viscount Trenchard | 805 c1209 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I support my noble friend Lady Neville-Rolfe’s Amendment 18, also in the names of my no...

Lord Russell of Liverpool | 805 c1209 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, since the noble Lords, Lord Marlesford, Lord Rooker and Lord Addington, have withdrawn ...

Lord Carrington | 805 c1210 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I declare my interests as set out in the register.

In connection with Amendment 1...

Earl of Caithness | 805 c1210 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, we are in a mess on this group of amendments. I would like some clarification. I think ...

Lord Gardiner of Kimble | 805 c1211 (Link to this contribution)

I shall, of course. I shall start with Amendment 28, as it was moved by the noble Baroness, Lady ...

Earl of Caithness | 805 c1211 (Link to this contribution)

What a wonderful thing flexibility is. I am grateful to the Minister for replying this way. That ...

Baroness Young of Old Scone | 805 c1211 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will be very short. I was working from an old version of the Marshalled List when I s...

Lord Judd | 805 c1211 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I simply want to say that I strongly support Amendment 30, because where the end is wis...

Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville | 805 cc1212-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this has been another lengthy debate on how the financial assistance provided by the Se...

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch | 805 cc1213-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Neville-Rolfe, and all noble Lords who have r...

Lord Gardiner of Kimble | 805 cc1214-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have contributed to what has been a very interesting debate...

Baroness Finlay of Llandaff | 805 c1217 (Link to this contribution)

I have received a request from the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh of Pickering, to ask a short que...

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering | 805 c1217 (Link to this contribution)

I ask my noble friend where the business plan that he says will be published in the autumn will b...

Lord Gardiner of Kimble | 805 c1217 (Link to this contribution)

I would love to give your Lordships a precise date. The Government understand the need to bring f...

Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb | 805 cc1217-8 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the Minister for his summing up. The noble Baronesses, Lady Jones of Whitchurch and Lady ...

Baroness Finlay of Llandaff | 805 c1218 (Link to this contribution)

We now come to the group consisting of Amendment 29. I remind noble Lords that Members other than...

Lord Grantchester | 805 c1218 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Grantchester

29: After Clause 3, insert the following new Clause—

Lord Grantchester | 805 cc1219-1220 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I have retabled Amendment 29 from Committee, as it could be said to reflect very well o...

Lord Lucas | 805 cc1220-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am very grateful to my noble friend the Minister for his responses to my amendments i...

Earl of Caithness | 805 c1221 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am very pleased to be able to put my name to the amendment moved by the noble Lord, L...

Lord Inglewood | 805 cc1221-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am extremely pleased to be able to speak in support of the previous three speakers an...

Lord Whitty | 805 cc1222-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I have attached my name to my noble friend’s amendment. As other noble Lords have said,...

Lord Cameron of Dillington | 805 c1223 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, first, for the purposes of all of Report, I declare my interests as a farmer and landow...

Baroness Finlay of Llandaff | 805 c1223 (Link to this contribution)

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

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle | 805 cc1223-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, during the dinner break, I went for a brief walk and reflected then on what feels like ...

Lord Carrington | 805 cc1224-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I declare my interests as set out in the register. I supported the noble Lord, Lord Gra...

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering | 805 c1225 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Grantchester, and his co-signatories on bringing th...

Baroness Young of Old Scone | 805 cc1225-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I add my support for the amendment in the name of my noble friend Lord Grantchester on ...

Lord Judd | 805 c1226 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this is a very sensible amendment. In everything that we have debated in session after ...

Baroness Northover | 805 cc1226-7 (Link to this contribution)

I, too, would also like to thank the noble Lord, Lord Grantchester, for moving this amendment. He...

Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist | 805 cc1227-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am grateful to noble Lords for their almost universal acknowledgement tonight of the ...

Lord Grantchester | 805 cc1228-9 (Link to this contribution)

I thank all noble Lords who have spoken on this amendment, especially the noble Lord, Lord Lucas,...

Baroness Finlay of Llandaff | 805 c1229 (Link to this contribution)

We now come to the group consisting of Amendment 31. I remind noble Lords that Members other than...

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch | 805 c1229 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

31: Clause 4, page 5, line 14, at end insert—

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch | 805 cc1229-1230 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, Amendment 31 would require the Secretary of State to have regard to the Government’s en...

Lord Krebs | 805 cc1230-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Whitchurch, and to support...

Baroness Parminter | 805 c1231 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am delighted to have added my name to the amendment, which is now a cross-party amend...

Baroness Altmann | 805 cc1231-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I add my support to the thrust of this amendment, moved so excellently by the noble Bar...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 805 c1232 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I declare an interest as a member of the EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee. It is...

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering | 805 c1232 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I also declare my interest as a member of the EU Environment Sub-Committee. I congratul...

Lord Addington | 805 c1232 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this is one of those occasions when we have to try to reference across from another pie...

Earl of Caithness | 805 c1233 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I too support this amendment and I am grateful to the noble Baroness for tabling it aga...

Lord Judd | 805 c1233 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the value of the amendment is that it calls our bluff. The environment is something of ...

Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville | 805 cc1233-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, during the various debates on this Bill I have made the connection between it and the E...

Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist | 805 cc1234-5 (Link to this contribution)

On Amendment 31, I reassure the noble Baroness that the Government will fully take into account t...

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch | 805 cc1235-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have added their support today. As the evening gets later, ...

Lord Gardiner of Kimble | 805 c1236 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Gardiner of Kimble

35: Clause 4, page 5, line 22, leave out “before the...

Lord Lexden | 805 cc1236-1240 (Link to this contribution)

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 36. I remind noble Lords that Members other tha...

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering | 805 c1240 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

36: Clause 8, page 7, line 40, leave out “202...

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering | 805 cc1240-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it gives me great pleasure to move and speak to Amendment 36. This group of amendments ...

Lord Carrington | 805 cc1241-2 (Link to this contribution)

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

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick | 805 cc1242-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I support Amendment 36 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh of Pickering, t...

Bishop of St Albans | 805 c1243 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I can be brief. Amendment 36 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh of Picker...

Earl of Devon | 805 cc1243-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am concerned that the mistreatment of and disrespect for farmers under the Bill is co...

Lord Curry of Kirkharle | 805 cc1244-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, my interests are as recorded in the register. I fully support and I am very happy to at...

Duke of Wellington | 805 cc1245-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I declare my agricultural interests as detailed in the register. I am speaking to two a...

Baroness Rock | 805 cc1246-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I declare my interest as a director of Wrackleford Farms Ltd, a tenant farming enterpri...

Earl of Caithness | 805 cc1247-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, while I thoroughly support the aims of this Bill and the direction in which the Governm...

Lord Cameron of Dillington | 805 c1248 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I call this group of amendments “Mind the Gap”, as I did in Committee—although I note t...

Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen | 805 cc1248-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I shall speak briefly on why I cannot support Amendment 36 in the name of my noble frie...

Baroness Young of Old Scone | 805 c1249 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I hope that the Minister will resist Amendment 36, which would delay the start of the a...

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle | 805 cc1249-1250 (Link to this contribution)

I support Amendment 38 in the name of the noble Duke, the Duke of Wellington. There is really no ...

Lord Judd | 805 cc1250-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the proposed legislation will inevitably cause a great deal of extra work for not only ...

Lord Northbrook | 805 c1251 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I declare an interest as a landowner, an arable farmer and a recipient of payments from...

Lord Addington | 805 cc1251-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, listening to this debate, it is quite clear that the one thing not available here is an...

Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville | 805 cc1252-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, a transition period of seven years is quite a long period in which to phase out old pol...

Lord Grantchester | 805 cc1253-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the lead amendment in this group, Amendment 36, in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady...

Lord Gardiner of Kimble | 805 cc1255-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have contributed to this debate. I will be the first to say...

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering | 805 c1256 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am disappointed, unless I have misunderstood, that my noble friend did not reply to t...

Lord Gardiner of Kimble | 805 cc1256-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I think I have been very clear that we will be announcing the funding for the early yea...

Baroness Finlay of Llandaff | 805 c1258 (Link to this contribution)

I understand that the noble Lord, Lord Grantchester, wishes to ask a short question for elucidati...

Lord Grantchester | 805 c1258 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I apologise to the House for asking the Minister a follow-up question. I listened caref...

Lord Gardiner of Kimble | 805 c1258 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I have been very clear that the Government are bringing forward schemes of a countrysid...

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering | 805 c1258 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I have to express disappointment that I have not received the assurances I sought, but ...

Lord Carrington | 805 c1259 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Carrington

37: Clause 8, page 7, line 40, at end insert—

“(1A) Wh...

Lord Carrington | 805 c1259 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I listened very carefully to what was said by the noble Lord, Lord Gardiner. Frankly, n...

Baroness Finlay of Llandaff | 805 cc1259-1260 (Link to this contribution)

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 43. I remind noble Lords that Members other tha...

Lord Cameron of Dillington | 805 c1260 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Cameron of Dillington

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

Lord Cameron of Dillington | 805 cc1260-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, Amendment 43 is a very harmless amendment, which merely gives Defra powers to introduce...

Earl of Devon | 805 c1261 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 44, which is the last of the day in my name. It is complement...

Lord Carrington | 805 c1261 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I declare my interests as set out in the register. I support both amendments. In the ca...

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle | 805 c1261 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am in favour of both these amendments. I was just reflecting on a visit I made to a s...

Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen | 805 c1262 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I hesitate to disagree with this amendment, tabled by my noble friend Lord Cameron of D...

Baroness Young of Old Scone | 805 cc1262-3 (Link to this contribution)

As the noble Baroness who has just spoken said, we all have huge admiration for the noble Lord, L...

Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville | 805 cc1263-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I congratulate those taking part in this group of amendments on their stamina. Given th...

Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist | 805 c1264 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I beg to move that we adjourn the debate on Amendment 43.

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