Agriculture Bill

My Lords, we can be rightly proud that the UK already has world-class animal welfare standards, b...

I have received no requests to speak after the Minister, so I call the noble Baroness, Lady Hodgs...

My Lords, I thank noble Lords who have supported the amendment and spoken in its favour, and I th...

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 75. I remind noble Lords that Members other tha...

Moved by

Baroness Finlay of Llandaff

75: After Clause 34, insert the following new Cl...

My Lords, in leading this group, I make it clear that the wording of my amendments is inferior to...

My Lords, I am speaking to Amendment 78 and I need to make it absolutely clear that I intend to s...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Whitty, and of course the noble Barones...

My Lords, I was pleased to be able to put my name to Amendment 78 from the noble Lord, Lord Whitt...

My Lords, I alert the House that we have been having some technical difficulties with the noble E...

My Lords, I support these amendments on controlling the application of pesticides. The amendments...

My Lords, I too wish to speak in support of these amendments. I am pleased to learn that the Gove...

My Lords, I declare my agricultural interests as in the register. I wish to speak to Amendment 80...

I call the noble Lord, Lord Inglewood. No? Then I call the noble Earl, Lord Caithness.

My Lords, I spoke on similar amendments to these in Committee. I am happy to add my support to Am...

My Lords, I am happy to participate in this debate and would like to lend my support to the amend...

My Lords, I am delighted to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Ritchie of Downpatrick.

I congr...

My Lords, because I do not want to detain the House, this is the only amendment that I am speakin...

My Lords, I declare my farming interest in Suffolk as in the register.

We are debating a nu...

My Lords, I hope I can contribute to this debate by drawing on my farming interests and my experi...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Taylor of Holbeach, who has reminded us...

My Lords, I begin by referencing my interests at Rothamsted Research, as recorded in the register...

My Lords, I am most grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken in this debate, bringing with the...

My Lords, I am most grateful to the Minister for the detail that he has afforded to this group of...

Moved by

Lord Whitty

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

“App...

My Lords, for the reasons the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, spelled out, I wish to test the opinio...

My Lords, we now come to the group consisting of Amendment 79. I remind noble Lords that Members ...

Moved by

The Earl of Dundee

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

My Lords, this proposed new clause would enable the Government to give guidance to local authorit...

My Lords, I briefly give my full-hearted support to the noble Earl and his proposal. Again, I dra...

I first declare an interest as a member of the EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee, which has...

I am delighted to follow the noble Lord, Lord Young of Norwood Green, with whom I have the privil...

The noble Lord, Lord Greaves, has withdrawn from this amendment, so the next speaker is the noble...

My Lords, when this Bill was in Committee, I had the privilege of contributing on really critical...

My Lords, the noble Earl, Lord Dundee, and others argued that we will need to take action to prom...

My Lords, Amendment 79 follows on from previous debates about how the Government and the devolved...

My Lords, I detect a greater degree of consensus on this amendment than on some others we will de...

No noble Lord has indicated to me that they wish to come in after the Minister, so I call the Ear...

My Lords, I am very grateful to noble Lords for their comments and support, as I am to my noble f...

Moved by

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

88: Schedule 3, page 56, line 8, at end inser...

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 89ZA. I remind noble Lords that Members other t...

Moved by

Lord Grantchester

89ZA: Clause 35, page 32, line 45, at end insert—

“(...

At the start of the House’s considerations on day three of Report, I declare my interests as stat...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Grantchester, and to support Amendments...

My Lords, I am pleased to follow the noble Lords, Lord Grantchester and Lord Krebs. I, too, thoro...

My Lords, I am delighted to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Boycott, who is a leading light on th...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to speak after the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh. I reassure nob...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Henig. I commend Amendments 89ZA an...

My Lords, I support the first three amendments, Amendments 89ZA, 90 and 93, and Amendments 103 an...

My Lords, I declare again my interests as stated in the register. I am grateful to my noble frien...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow my noble friend Lord Trenchard; indeed, it was a pleasure to...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 103, which stands in my name; in so doing, I again draw atten...

My Lords, the noble Viscount, Lord Trenchard, made a number of comments when speaking to his amen...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord. I am glad that he gave his speech because, w...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Purvis of Tweed, and to be reminded of ...

My Lords, I rise to support the amendments proposed by my noble friend Lord Trenchard and agree w...

My Lords, I should begin by declaring the interests I declared earlier during the passage of the ...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Inglewood, who brings ministerial and p...

My Lords, I speak in support of Amendments 89ZA, 93 and 103, and I simply ask the Government to h...

My Lords, within this grouping, I support my noble friend Lord Trenchard’s helpful amendments. Fi...

My Lords, I will make a brief contribution. In fact, I was going to opt out altogether because I ...

My Lords, at this late stage and given all the powerful speeches we have heard, I shall be very b...

My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh, said that we need this provision in the Bill. She is...

My Lords, it is always a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Judd. I speak in support o...

My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Grantchester, on moving Amendments 89ZA and 93 and ...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Altmann. I have added my name to Am...

My Lords, we have certainly had a fulsome debate on this matter. Whether it was in favour of or a...

I am very grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken in this debate. I am encouraged by all the ...

My Lords, we now come to the group beginning with Amendment 89A. I remind noble Lords that Member...

Moved by

Lord Holmes of Richmond

89A: Clause 35, page 32, line 45, at end insert—

My Lords, it is a pleasure to introduce this group of amendments. I will speak mainly to my Amend...

My Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow my noble friend Lord Holmes. He has made an eloquent ...

My Lords, I will be brief. I will speak to Amendment 91. My interests are as listed in the regist...

My Lords, I wish to speak to Amendment 92A, which is in my name and enjoys the welcome support of...

My Lords, I am pleased to be here in person to speak in this debate. I hope that today’s announce...

I call the noble Lord, Lord Inglewood. He is not responding so we will move to the noble Baroness...

I am delighted to follow the noble Lord, Lord Foulkes, who, as ever, spoke so entertainingly.

My Lords, I have listened with great interest to the noble Lord, Lord Holmes of Richmond, whose e...

I thank the noble Lords who have returned with these amendments from the debates in Committee on ...

My Lords, I will start with Amendment 89A. Marketing standards establish detailed rules on the qu...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have participated in the debate on these three amendments, ...

My Lords, we now come to the group consisting of Amendment 92B. I remind noble Lords that Members...

Moved by

Lord Foulkes of Cumnock

92B: Clause 40, page 36, line 40, after “may” insert...

My Lords, in moving Amendment 92B, for which I have the welcome support of the noble Baroness, La...

I am delighted to support the noble Lord, Lord Foulkes. I point out for the benefit of the House ...

My Lords, it seems to me that this interesting amendment bridges very nicely the gap between the ...

I am grateful to my noble friend Lord Foulkes for tabling the amendment to probe the process envi...

My Lords, as we said in Committee:

“Part 6 of the Bill allows regulations to be made to ens...

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for a very comprehensive and indeed helpful response. I j...

Moved by

Lord Grantchester

93: After Clause 42, insert the following new Clause—

Tabled by

Viscount Trenchard

94: After Clause 42, in subsection (2)(b), leave out “th...

My Lords, in light of the assurances given by the Minister, I will not move my amendments.

My Lords, we now come to the group beginning with Amendment 97. I remind noble Lords that Members...

Moved by

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

97: After Clause 42, insert the following new...

My Lords, I am delighted to introduce this group of amendments and speak to Amendment 97. I thank...

Moved by

Viscount Trenchard

98: After Clause 42, in subsection (1), leave out “as hig...

My Lords, in moving my Amendment 98, I will speak to Amendment 99, both of which are amendments t...

I am delighted to follow the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh of Pickering. I put my name to Amendme...

I am delighted to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Henig. I support Amendment 97, so ably moved by...

My Lords, I have added my name to Amendments 98 and 99, in the name of my noble friend Lord Trenc...

My Lords, Amendment 101 is in my name; it is not dissimilar to Amendment 97, tabled by the noble ...

My Lords, I very much support the amendment, the purposes of which have been so well articulated ...

My Lords, I am pleased to follow the noble and learned Lord, Lord Wallace, and particularly the n...

My Lords, I too will speak on Amendment 101, in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Curry of Kirkhar...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the four signatories—proposers and seconders—to Amendm...

I agree with my noble friend Lord Trenchard on the question of criteria to ensure that UK standar...

My Lords, I support Amendment 101 in the name of my noble friend Lord Curry of Kirkharle. The Gov...

My Lords, I support Amendment 101 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Curry of Kirkharle. It ensu...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Young of Old Scone, and I agree wit...

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

My Lords, I thank noble Lords for contributing to another thought-provoking debate. I will deal w...

I have received no requests to speak after the Minister, so I now call the noble Viscount, Lord T...

My Lords, I would like to thank everybody who has contributed to this debate, and the small numbe...

I think we have had an excellent debate and I thank everyone who has contributed for their gracio...

My Lords, for the sake of the record, I will repeat for my noble friend my replies to the noble L...

We now come to the group consisting of Amendment 100. I remind noble Lords that Members other tha...

Moved by

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

100: After Clause 42, insert the following new ...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baronesses, Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb and Lady Bakewell of H...

My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Whitchurch, has laid out the need for this amendment ...

My Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow the noble Baronesses, Lady Jones of Whitchurch and La...

My Lords, this amendment has been most ably introduced by the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Whitc...

My Lords, in my capacity as chairman of the Cumbria Local Enterprise Partnership and as a member ...

My Lords, I welcome Amendment 100 and echo many of the sentiments in it, but pay regard to the ro...

My Lords, it really is quite obvious that this amendment is vital, and I congratulate my noble fr...

My Lords, I have added my name to this amendment in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords for their contributions to this very important debate on the no...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords for their support this evening. As the noble Baronesses, Lady J...

Does the noble Lord, Lord Curry of Kirkharle, want to move Amendment 101?

I would like to test the opinion of the House on Amendment 101.

Amendments 102 and 102A are amendments to Amendment 101. Does the noble Lord, Lord Randall of Uxb...

I shall not be moving the amendment.

Moved by

Lord Curry of Kirkharle

101: After Clause 42, insert the following new Claus...

Moved by

Lord Gardiner of Kimble

107: Schedule 5, page 60, line 26, at end insert—