Agriculture: Organic Farming

Questions for short debate on Thursday, 25 January 2007, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Taverne. The answering member was Lord Rooker.

Lords question for short debate on whether they will withdraw financial support which encourages farmers to convert to organic farming.

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

688 c1304-18

Session

2006-07

Department

Chamber / Committee

Proceeding contributions

Lord Rooker | 688 c1316-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it would be, but of course our publicly funded research into agriculture receives much mor...

Lord Taverne | 688 c1316 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, just on that point,£30 million to £40 million a year would be very valuable for publicly f...

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Lord Rooker | 688 c1314-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I welcome this debate, during which I have been accused of having Defra put words in my mo...

Baroness Byford | 688 c1312-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I must begin by declaring an interest yet again: we have a commercial, family farm in Suff...

Lord Taverne | 688 c1304-6 (Link to this contribution) rose to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will withdraw financial support which encourages f...

Lord Grantchester | 688 c1306-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Taverne, for securing this debate on organic farming. It is d...

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 688 c1310-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I warmly thank my noble friend Lord Taverne for putting down this important debate today, ...

Subjects

Environment protection

Health hazards

Food

Labelling

National Lottery

Pesticides

Prices

Organic farming

Organic food

Safety

Subsidies

Residues

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