Leaving the EU: Agriculture

Will the hon. Gentleman tell us the source of his information? The National Farmers’ Union of Sco...

My source is the farming press. According to The Scottish Farmer a survey revealed that 66% of Sc...

It is a pleasure to see you here, Mr Bone.

The debate is very welcome. It has obviously bee...

The issue of labour availability is important, but it is not confined to low-paid workers. The ho...

I think that I am right in saying that about 85% of the vets from overseas who work in this count...

Does the hon. Lady accept that produce has never been so affordable or abundant, and that it may ...

It is partly due to consumer choice; but it is also a question of what is presented to people in ...

The hon. Lady is making an interesting speech. It is important that our policy on food standards ...

I agree with that, but the Soil Association has come up with a list of 10 products that are curre...

indicated dissent.

We have different views on EU protections, but the EU ban on chlorinated chicken was introduced i...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Bone; I think it might be my first time. I ...

I advise Members in the Chamber that I would like to start the wind-up speeches at 4 o’clock. Fir...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Bone. I congratulate the right hon. Member ...

It is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Tiverton and Honiton (Neil Parish), and ...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Bone. I congratulate the right hon. Member ...

I appreciate the courtesy of Members. To give Mr Percy a little longer, the wind-ups will start s...

Thank you, Mr Bone. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship today. I am not a farmer—I ...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Bone, and to start the summing up speeches....

My point was that people should proceed on the basis of evidence. I am not an expert, but my simp...

It would be nice if the Government’s approach to Brexit was based on evidence, facts and proper a...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

I will give way very briefly indeed.

What view do the hon. Gentleman and his party take of the NFUS suggestion that any decision shoul...

I am not convinced that defining a specific voting system now would be particularly helpful. I wo...

Yorkshire!

Yorkshire, absolutely—we could possibly even split Yorkshire into north and south, if the hon. Ge...

Order. I am sorry to interrupt the hon. Gentleman but I have to be fair and ensure that each part...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Bone.

I thank the right hon. Member f...

I congratulate the right hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland (Mr Carmichael) on securing this deb...

The Minister’s policy is all very well, but it is meaningful only if we have the money to go

The right hon. Gentleman pre-empted me—I was about to get to that point. We were very clear in ou...

I thank all hon. Members who have taken part in the debate. I feel that we will return to this su...