Agriculture Bill

My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 50 in my name. Attentive colleagues will have noticed that o...

My Lords, as we have heard from my noble friend Lady Jones, there is a great deal of agreement be...

My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 50, in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Whitchu...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend for recognising that the House was very uneasy about there bein...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for listening and I thank noble Lords who spoke in Committee about...

My Lords, I thank those noble Lords who have supported my amendments and also the Minister, who h...

My Lords, I shall speak briefly to Amendment 52 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh ...

My Lords, I support Amendment 53 tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Boycott, which recommends tha...

My Lords, I speak in support of the amendment tabled by the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of ...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for bringing forward his amendments on this issue. I would still p...

My Lords, I added my name to Amendment 53, of the noble Baroness, Lady Boycott, in this group bec...

My Lords, I rise to support my noble friend Lady McIntosh’s Amendment 52 and my noble friend Lord...

My Lords, my interests in this Bill are published in the register. This has been a good debate. I...

My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 51, in which I join the Government. It was an amendment I pr...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Earl, Lord Devon. This is a vital group of amendme...

My Lords, I should in the first instance have declared my farming interests, as in the register.<...

My Lords, I have received no request from any noble Lord to ask a short question after the Minist...

Moved by

Lord Gardiner of Kimble

51: Clause 17, page 14, line 20, leave out “five yea...

Moved by

Lord Gardiner of Kimble

54: Clause 17, page 14, line 23, leave out “the repo...

Moved by

Lord Gardiner of Kimble

56: Clause 17, page 14, line 32, at end insert—

We now come to the group consisting of Amendment 58. I remind noble Lords that Members other than...

Moved by

Lord Krebs

58: After Clause 17, insert the following new Clause—

“Nati...

My Lords, I thank the Minister and his officials for spending time yesterday in discussion with a...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Krebs, and it has been an enormou...

My Lords, I declare my interests as a member of the Food, Farming and Countryside Commission and ...

My Lords, I support this amendment. I hope it will go to a vote and that we will pass it, because...

My Lords, I rise to offer the Green Party’s wholehearted support for this amendment. I reflect, a...

My Lords, my heart always cheers when I see an amendment to any legislation by the noble Lord, Lo...

My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Krebs, on moving this amendment, which on the face ...

My Lords, I support Amendment 58 on the national food strategy in the name of the noble Lord, Lor...

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Krebs, took less than three minutes to move the amendment. I hope ...

My Lords, I too had the privilege of sitting on the committee chaired by the noble Lord, Lord Kre...

My Lords, this amendment would include in the Bill a new clause introducing a national food strat...

My Lords, I wish to speak to this amendment, to which I have added my name, along with the noble ...

My Lords, I am pleased to have added my name to this amendment, so ably introduced by the noble L...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords. I am well aware of the mindset of many of your Lordships, havi...

I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in this debate and the Minister for his careful and c...

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 59. I remind noble Lords that Members other tha...

Moved by

Lord Carrington

59: Clause 18, page 15, line 1, leave out paragraph (a) and ...

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

I welcome the...

I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Carrington, on tabling these two amendments, both of which I ...

My Lords, I meant to declare my interest as a landowner and arable farmer in my earlier contribut...

My Lords, I support the noble Lord, Lord Carrington, on this amendment. It is encouraging that in...

My Lords, I declare my interests, which I declared on previous occasions. I will make one small f...

My Lords, in 2016, before the referendum, I chaired the EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee. ...

I thank the noble Lord, Lord Carrington, for returning to the subject of crisis management in his...

I thank noble Lords for their contributions to this short debate.

I recognise the concern t...

I have received a request from the noble Lord, Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown, to ask a...

To clarify, does the Minister believe that the term “exceptional adverse conditions” covers excep...

I assure the noble Lord that this Bill will cover those situations.

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have participated in this short debate and, of course, the ...

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 60. I remind noble Lords that Members other tha...

Moved by

Lord Bruce of Bennachie

60: Clause 20, page 17, line 28, at end insert—

My Lords, in moving Amendment 60, I will also speak in support of my Amendment 92, to which the n...

My Lords, I support Amendment 109, which is tabled in my name. A similar amendment was considered...

My Lords, I support Amendments 60 and 92 in the name of my noble friend Lord Bruce, and have adde...

My Lords, I speak in support of Amendment 109, in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Ritchie of...

My Lords, these powers under Chapter 2 of Part 2 of the Bill make a declaration that exceptional ...

I should like to speak to Amendment 109 in this group and I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady...

My Lords, I am delighted to support the noble Baroness, Lady Ritchie of Downpatrick, along with o...

My Lords, as a number of Members have said, this debate is in the context of exceptional market c...

I am grateful to the noble Lords who tabled or supported the amendments in this group, which rais...

My Lords, this has been a very interesting and thought-provoking debate. I would like to open by ...

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

My Lords, I thank all those who have spoken in this debate for their support for my amendments an...

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 61. I remind noble Lords that Members other tha...

Moved by

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

61: Clause 27, page 22, line 4, leave out “ma...

My Lords, I rise in the absence of, and at his request and with his permission, the noble Lord, L...

My Lords, I had an exchange of emails yesterday with the noble Lord, Lord Empey, to make sure tha...

I thank the noble Lord, Lord Empey, for his amendments, for the significance in which he holds th...

My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend Lady McIntosh for introducing this amendment on behalf...

I am most grateful to those who have contributed to this debate and am sure the noble Lord, Lord ...

I remind noble Lords that, other than the mover of an amendment or the Minister, Members may spea...

Moved by

Lord Grantchester

63: Clause 27, page 23, line 15, leave out “a specified pe...

I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville, the noble Lord, Lord Curry, a...

My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Grantchester, and the co-signatories for bringing f...

My Lords, I support this suite of amendments. As the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh of Pickering, ...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Ritchie of Downpatrick. I have adde...

My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb, had requested to come in, and I understa...

Thank you— I was scrubbed by mistake. I am sure your Lordships are very happy that I have been sl...

Hear, hear.

Thank you very much. I would like to say that these amendments are so obviously a good idea for t...

My Lords, this has been an interesting debate, and I thank all noble Lords for contributing towar...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have come forward to speak tonight. I certainly appreciate ...

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 68. I remind noble Lords that Members other tha...

Moved by

Lord Wigley

68: Clause 32, page 29, line 44, at end insert—

“provided ...

My Lords, once again I draw attention to my registered interests. The amendment maintains the the...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Wigley. I declare my interest as ...

I call the next speaker, the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett of Manor Castle. The noble Baroness is ...

My Lords, I am most grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Wigley, and my noble friend the Duke of Mont...

My Lords, I avoided devolved issues in Committee and was seeking to avoid them on Report, but I w...

My Lords, we are, again, addressing how matters might be properly devolved. The noble Lord, Lord ...

We might not strictly be noble friends but I am grateful to my noble compatriot Lord Wigley for t...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Wigley, for his amendment, and I am very grateful to him f...

My Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Baroness for her response, and to the noble Duke, the D...

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 69. I remind noble Lords that Members other tha...

Moved by

The Earl of Devon

69: Clause 34, leave out Clause 34

Member’s explanat...

My Lords, Amendments 69 and 89 seek the removal from the Bill of Schedule 3 and the reforms conta...

My Lords, I am glad of the opportunity to support the amendment and to speak to my Amendment 84, ...

I understand that the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of St Albans is not on the call, so I cal...

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

My Lords, I declare my interests as set out in the register, together with my membership of the N...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Carrington, and to participate in the d...

My Lords, although I declared my agricultural interests earlier, I should specifically declare th...

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Curry of Kirkeharle, has withdrawn, so I now call the noble Barone...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Inglewood. This is an important group o...

I thank the Tenant Farmers Association for its communications on these clauses. I also thank the ...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords. The noble Lord, Lord Grantchester, used the word “passionate”....

I have received no requests to speak after the Minister, so I call the noble Earl, Lord Devon.