Support for British Farming

Does my hon. Friend agree that one of the challenges resulting from the war in Ukraine has been t...

My hon. Friend makes a good point. It is incredibly important that the agricultural industry is r...

The hon. Gentleman is making a proud defence of British farming. One of the challenges is around ...

That is an interesting point and it needs exploring, which is why I am asking for more flexibilit...

Colleagues can see that the debate is well attended. There are nine colleagues wishing to catch m...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Gary, and to follow the hon. Member for East ...

The hon. Gentleman is right about the contribution of biosecurity to tackling avian influenza, bu...

The right hon. Gentleman makes a very important point. I understand that there will be a debate o...

Dan—10 seconds.

To conclude, it is very important that we nurture those who feed us and that we support the stewa...

It is a real pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Gary. I am particularly grateful to m...

Does my right hon. Friend agree that the Groceries Code Adjudicator—the regulator for supermarket...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. I know the Minister has heard those comments, and he is famil...

It is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Witham (Priti Patel), and to be able to say—...

Does the right hon. Gentleman agree that the supermarkets’ dominance of our national food supply ...

The hon. Gentleman risks triggering me—if my children were here, I think that is what they would ...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Gary, and to follow the right hon. Member ...

My hon. Friend is highlighting the same point as many colleagues: the importance of listening to ...

My hon. Friend has taken the words out of my mouth. In the dying moments of my speech, I will tal...

I thank the hon. Member for East Devon (Simon Jupp) for setting the scene so well. Farming and ag...

My hon. Friend makes a powerful point on the protocol. We have heard today of the challenges faci...

I totally agree. My hon. Friend is our party’s agriculture spokesperson, so I am pleased to have ...

I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for East Devon (Simon Jupp) on securing this debate. We ...

My hon. Friend makes the point that we need to build more national food resilience. It is prepost...

I do agree, and that was the subject of one of the first debates I ever secured in this place, ba...

It is a pleasure to speak in this debate. I pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for East Dev...

I have a number of egg producers in my constituency as well. If they sell their eggs locally to s...

I totally agree with the hon. Gentleman’s remarks, which concur with my thoughts. I am afraid thi...

Before my hon. Friend concludes what is, as ever, a brilliant speech, I want to say that this doe...

Yes, I will. The Minister has heard that request.

Finally, the NFU has called for a DEFRA i...

I call Gagan Mohindra. He and the final Back-Bench speaker have five minutes each.

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It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Gary. I applaud my hon. Friend the Member ...

Last but definitely not least, I call Dr Neil Hudson.

3.23 pm

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Gary. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Me...

Thank you, colleagues for your co-operation; we have come in on time and on budget. We now turn t...

Thank you, Sir Gary; I will ensure that trend is kept to. I congratulate the hon. Member for East...

Will the hon. Member give way?

I do not have time, I am sorry.

The last theme I want to mention comes up very often in the...

It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Sir Gary. I congratulate the hon. Member for Eas...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Gary. I draw Members’ attention to my entr...

It is the truth.

The truth is that if the hon. Gentleman looks around him, he will see how many members of the Lab...

Or the former Secretary of State.

The former Secretary of State, my right hon. Friend the Member for Camborne and Redruth (George E...

Thank you, Minister. We now turn to Simon Jupp, who will have the final word.

3.58 pm

Thank you, Sir Gary. I thank everyone who took part in the debate to demonstrate our support for ...