Modern Farming and the Environment

My right hon. Friend makes a very good point. We have to ensure that we have joined-up thinking i...

I meant to let my hon. Friend finish his point before I intervened, but I thank him very much for...

I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention, but I have to say, coming from north of the border,...

This point is not allied to the last one, but the police have raised with me their concerns that ...

I recently met the chief of police in my area, and I have to say that rural crime is fought very ...

The hon. Gentleman is one of the best qualified of our colleagues in this place to talk about thi...

I absolutely agree. I am particularly conscious of the situation in the hon. Gentleman’s part of ...

My hon. Friend has just made a point about new entrants. Does he agree with me, a fellow son of a...

My hon. Friend makes a very good point. Young as I look, it was not many years ago that I was one...

I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing the debate. He is making a good point about the contrib...

It is also an issue of displacement. If we are too restrictive and prohibit too much in the UK, w...

My hon. Friend makes an important point. I expect he will come on to the fact that the common agr...

I would say there is an opportunity there. Smaller farms can come together to share machinery. Th...

Peat.

I thank the right hon. Gentleman for that. There is an opportunity there. We should reverse the i...

We have about half an hour for Back-Bench contributions. I will not impose a time limit, but plea...

It is a pleasure, as always, to see you in the Chair, Mr Evans. It is also a pleasure to be reuni...

I know the hon. Lady is very passionate about this issue, and I believe that we are both on the s...

Before I call Kerry McCarthy again, I remind Members that I have said that speakers should take a...

Sorry—I did not quite get that. And, yes, soil is absolutely brilliant for carbon sequestration.<...

I pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Gordon (Colin Clark) for securing this debate, and...

I make it that you have spoken for three and a half minutes, so could you conclude soon, please?<...

Thank you so much, Mr Evans, because the clock in here is very confusing.

Biodiversity is a...

My hon. Friend makes a powerful point and I totally agree with her on soils. Does she not agree t...

My hon. Friend makes the case clearly: it is so important.

I really believe that soil shoul...

I call Rebecca Pow—sorry, that was Rebecca Pow. [Laughter.] I call Jim Shannon.

I can be many things, but I can never be Rebecca Pow—or Rebecca “Kerpow!”, as we call her.

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May I take the hon. Gentleman back to the point made by the hon. Member for Gordon (Colin Clark) ...

The right hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. Bringing all those things together is key for rural...

I thank my hon. Friend for giving way and I also express an interest as a landowner. He knows tha...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. I have seen a great interest in farming in my community. The ...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Evans. I thank my hon. Friend the Member fo...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Evans. I thank my hon. Friend the Member fo...

It is a pleasure, as always, to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Evans. I congratulate my hon. F...

I am just checking whether the hon. Gentleman is aware that the Scottish Government recently anno...

I was aware of that, although I thank the hon. Lady for the intervention. However, what is not cl...

It is a great delight to serve under your chairship, Mr Evans. There may have been times in the p...

I am sure that if I had not intervened, the hon. Member for Gordon (Colin Clark) would have done,...

I am aware of some of those figures, but there are still questions to be answered about many thin...

I thank the hon. Member for Gordon (Colin Clark) for securing this debate, and for the thorough w...

I welcome the Minister to his new position and remind him to leave at least a minute for Mr Clark...

Thank you very much, Mr Evans. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Gordon (Colin Clark) for cal...

Is the Minister therefore confirming that he supports the introduction of GM crops in England? Ca...

At the current time, as a member state of the European Union, we must comply with its legislation...

I am delighted to hear the new Minister’s comments. Does he support the amendments to the Agricul...

I hear what my hon. Friend says, and I will be looking at those amendments line by line—who knows...

This has been an excellent debate. I think we now have 18 or 20 proponents of agriculture and mod...