Agriculture Bill

I am grateful to the hon. Member for his point of order. As he is an experienced Member of the Ho...

Further to that point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. It is not really Mr Speaker I wish to challeng...

I am sure that I speak on behalf of Mr Speaker when I say how grateful he is for the hon. Gentlem...

I beg to move, That this House disagrees with Lords amendment 1.

With this it will be convenient to discuss the following:

Lords amendments 2 to 8.

Lo...

I should begin by declaring my interests; my family have farmed near Banbury for many years.

I thank the Minister for giving way; I spoke to her before we came into the Chamber.

Last w...

It is always a pleasure to hear from the hon. Gentleman. I know that the Secretary of State has m...

Will the Minister give way?

Will the Minister give way?

If I may, I will make a tiny bit of progress, otherwise we really will be here for another 100 ho...

Does the Minister realise why some of us would be a little bit sceptical about her reassurances o...

I am currently on amendment 9. I wonder if the hon. Lady was talking about the previous amendment...

On the subject of loaves, can I bring a message from the county of Lincolnshire, which produces 2...

My right hon. Friend will be very pleased, when I come on to that section of my speech, to hear t...

The Select Committee on Environment, Food and Rural Affairs recently did a covid report, and the ...

I met the Trussell Trust and the Children’s Society last week to discuss how effective that local...

All the indicators are that food poverty is on the rise, so I ask the Minister, as I asked the Pr...

I know that the hon. Gentleman has campaigned on this matter for some time. He has heard what the...

The Minister will know that Lords amendment 11 is based on one that I tabled, which the Lords sup...

I am afraid I do disagree with the hon. Lady’s reading of the amendment. My case would be that we...

Will the Minister give way?

I will not just at the moment, but I will later.

I am afraid to say that, despite the consi...

I want to be very clear: the concerns that people have about the Bill and the Government’s decisi...

The hon. Gentleman is partly right. Many of the concerns expressed, perhaps more wildly, in the t...

In the letter that my hon. Friend sent to all MPs on 6 October last week, she wrote that acceptin...

Yes, those in the Department for International Trade stood on the manifesto that my hon. Friend a...

rose—

I promised to give way to my hon. Friend, and I forgot.

My hon. Friend has helpfully set out the very high standards that any imports will be required to...

If my hon. Friend can contain himself, I will get on very shortly to a long section of my speech ...

Just to refer back to the letter that the Minister sent last week, the Government’s response to t...

Yes, I will be getting on to that in a minute, too. Members will see that Lords amendment 16 has ...

I hope I am not jumping the gun, but will the Minister look to extend the purview of the Trade an...

I am afraid that the Trade and Agriculture Commission is not within my gift; it is a matter for t...

My hon. Friend is speaking laudably about the Trade and Agriculture Commission but then somewhat ...

I must politely disagree. I do not think that there needs to be any amendment to the Bill in orde...

I accept that the Trade and Agriculture Commission is not my hon. Friend’s responsibility. Howeve...

Oh dear. I remain very fond of my hon. Friend, who continues to tempt me, Madam Deputy Speaker, d...

I think the hon. Lady said a moment ago that the problem with the amendments was that they would ...

As the right hon. Gentleman knows very well, the EU has been able to put welfare standards of var...

Will the Minister give way?

I have turned, I fear.

Amendment 17 is another well-intentioned amendment, but it would add...

Given that emissions from agriculture have not decreased—they have remained static for years—ther...

I am sorry if I did not explain myself clearly enough. Of course we are committed to reducing emi...

Perhaps the counter-argument to that of the hon. Member for Brighton, Pavilion (Caroline Lucas) i...

That is exactly what I am trying to do. I am seeking a balance between a laudable aim that we are...

Order. I am sure that colleagues will be aware that this debate must finish at 9 o’clock and ther...

I rise to speak in support of Lords amendments 1, 11, 16 and 17, and on amendment 18 I send my be...

Why does the hon. Gentleman think that so few British farmers vote Labour? Is it because they rec...

I am grateful for that intervention, because it gives me a chance to say that we back our British...

The hon. Gentleman is making a great series of points. I am sure he would humbly accept that in t...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for that intervention. The important thing I have taken away from my d...

The agrifood sector is very important to Northern Ireland. We have built up a regulation and a st...

I share concerns about the quality of food that could be imported after a post-Brexit trade deal ...

I absolutely support my hon. Friend’s points about the importance of farming and of a long-term v...

I thank my hon. Friend for making that point, and I agree with those concerns. British consumers ...

I am extremely grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way, because this is an important point....

I agree. At least British Ministers will not have to utter the phrase, “It won’t get through Parl...

I believe that the president of the NFU will be visiting Downing Street later this week.

Where the Leader of the Opposition leads, the Government follow. I am grateful for that. That vis...

I call the Chair of the Select Committee, Neil Parish.

It is great pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport (Luke Pollard) ...

Does my hon. Friend agree with me on the frustration that hon. Members feel that, when it comes t...

It would indeed. My hon. Friend is right. If we try to amend the Trade Bill, we get told, “That i...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Tiverton and Honiton (Neil Parish), who made a pas...

I draw Members’ attention to my declaration of interest in the register.

I want to speak in...

On amendment 16, my hon. Friend—and neighbour on this Bench—is absolutely right. Is not the wider...

I totally agree with my hon. Friend.

On that issue, it would be helpful for the Minister to...

I, too, listened very carefully to what the Minister had to say, and I have to say that I agree w...

Farming and the future of the agriculture industry are subjects that I am incredibly passionate a...

My hon. Friend’s argument is that we must not put in a standard because we will stop imports from...

I believe that a totally protectionist approach is the wrong one for the success of our agricultu...

Let us start with some common ground. I am pretty sure everybody in the House thinks that the pay...

I rise as a Member of Parliament for a very agricultural constituency, and as the product of a fa...

What else has my right hon. Friend done about how he feels about this matter? Has he written to a...

I am grateful to my distinguished hon. Friend. The truth is that we can talk about standards, but...

This is a vital piece of legislation, and it is symbolic. This is the drawing of a new era for th...

Does my hon. Friend agree that it is very important that steps are taken to ensure that food impo...

I agree wholeheartedly. As I said at the last stage, flooding our market with cheap imports and c...

As I think you will know, Madam Deputy Speaker, because you have often been in the Chair, I have ...

I am the son of a Berwickshire farmer, and I am proud to represent one of the most fertile parts ...

Until the last speech, I was going to say how lovely it was to feel a common view coming from the...

After that rant, I am very pleased to take part in this debate. I have to commend my hon. Friend ...

In following the hon. Member for The Cotswolds (Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown), I will try not to re...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Angus (Dave Doogan), just as I did after his maide...

Does my hon. Friend agree that the whole House wants to achieve better standards across the board...

I agree not only with my hon. Friend but with my hon. Friend the Member for The Cotswolds (Sir Ge...

In 2018, 25% of the sheep slaughtering in this country was done without stunning. Does my hon. Fr...

Rightly or wrongly, it would become illegal, if we follow these rules, to bring anything from the...

Does my hon. Friend also accept that when we banned those sow stalls and tethers, Europe did not,...

I do not get any extra minutes for that intervention. I ask Members also to think about our stock...

Order. As colleagues will appreciate, there is still a lot of pressure on this debate, and if tho...

Diolch yn fawr, Madam Deputy Speaker. On your warning, I will keep my comments brief and focused ...

It is always a pleasure to speak in debates such as this. I thank the Minister for the time she h...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Totnes (Anthony Mangnall), although I fear I am ab...

I feel like a bit of an interloper in this debate, because many Members have talked about their h...

As a regional MP from the west midlands, my hon. Friend is always welcome to join us in Shropshir...

I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. In fact, my family name comes from Shropshire, so I...

You might be surprised to know, Madam Deputy Speaker, that one third of the land in Sheffield Hal...

I welcome the Minister’s opening speech, which I listened to carefully. It did a lot to assuage t...

I wish to declare an interest: I have several relatives who are farmers.

I rise to speak in...

It is a pleasure to be called to speak in this vital debate, much of which has understandably foc...

This Bill could well be among the most significant pieces of legislation that we debate in this P...

I come from a farming background. It was all I was ever interested in at school. I grew up on a f...

In their 2019 manifesto, the Conservatives promised not to compromise on food standards in future...

I want to discuss Lords amendment 17. Although I believe it has good intentions, it is ill-though...

I have received hundreds of emails from residents in Leicester East who are gravely concerned abo...

I call the last speaker from the Back Benches, Ruth Cadbury.

Unlike many Members here, I have just one small farm in my constituency, but a large number of co...

We have had a treat this evening—we have had Cotswold lamb, mince and tatties, Aberdeenshire beef...

As Mr Deputy Speaker informed the House earlier, Mr Speaker has given careful consideration to Lo...

I ought to have mentioned before the withdrawal of the Committee that in order to observe social ...