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Future of Farming

Debate on Wednesday, 4 December 2024, in the House of Commons, led by Carla Lockhart. The answering members were Mary Creagh and Neil Hudson.
Motion that this House has considered the future of farming. Motion lapsed. Sitting adjourned without Question put.
Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
758 cc135-152WH 
Session
2024-25
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
Proceeding contributions
Carla Lockhart | 758 c135WH (Link to this contribution)

I beg to move,

That this House has considered the future of farming.

It is a privileg...

Richard Holden | 758 c135WH (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Lady is talking about the direct impact on farmers, but in her opening comments she ment...


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Carla Lockhart | 758 cc135-6WH (Link to this contribution)

I could not agree more: the knock-on impact will be immense.

The Budget’s decision to cap f...

Sammy Wilson | 758 c136WH (Link to this contribution)

Does my hon. Friend not find it really angering that the Government justify this policy by saying...

Carla Lockhart | 758 c136WH (Link to this contribution)

My right hon. Friend is exactly right: big businesses will be the ones buying over the land, and ...

Robin Swann | 758 c136WH (Link to this contribution)

On the bovine TB agenda, does the hon. Member agree that what the recent Minister in Northern Ire...

Carla Lockhart | 758 cc136-8WH (Link to this contribution)

I do not want to get into a devolved issue, but I will say that farmers are absolutely reeling fr...

Roger Gale | 758 c347WH (Link to this contribution)

Order. We have 13 Members wishing to participate and about 24 minutes. I will put on an immediate...

Sarah Smith | 758 cc347-139WH (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger. I grew up in a rural community as w...

Jim Allister | 758 c139WH (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Lady says that 50% of those affected are people who invest in land not for farming; is n...

Roger Gale | 758 c139WH (Link to this contribution)

Order. I should have said—I did not, but I will now—that if any Member chooses to intervene, whic...

Sarah Smith | 758 c139WH (Link to this contribution)

A farming survey shows that the farmers we are speaking about make an average profit of £96,000 p...

Alex Easton | 758 cc139-140WH (Link to this contribution)

It is a privilege to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger. Well done to the hon. Member for U...

Baggy Shanker | 758 c140WH (Link to this contribution)

Thank you for allowing me to speak under your chairmanship, Sir Roger.

British farmers play...

Jess Brown-Fuller | 758 cc140-1WH (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger. I congratulate the hon. Member for ...

Tom Gordon | 758 c141WH (Link to this contribution)

I recently met a family of farmers in my constituency who mentioned the point about fertiliser. I...

Jess Brown-Fuller | 758 c141WH (Link to this contribution)

I agree with my hon. Friend that it is a series of things, compounded on top of each other, makin...

Dan Aldridge | 758 c141WH (Link to this contribution)

I think we can all agree that food security is national security. The future of British farming d...

Jayne Kirkham | 758 c142WH (Link to this contribution)

Does my hon. Friend agree that the best thing the Government can do is give some direction and ce...

Dan Aldridge | 758 c142WH (Link to this contribution)

As so often, I agree with my hon. Friend and fellow south-west MP. As she has identified, we are ...

Ellie Chowns | 758 cc142-3WH (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger. I will focus my comments on areas w...

Seamus Logan | 758 c143WH (Link to this contribution)

I am delighted to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger. I thank the hon. Member for Upper Ban...

Ann Davies | 758 cc143-4WH (Link to this contribution)

It is a privilege to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger. I thank the hon. Member for Upper ...

Jim Shannon | 758 c144WH (Link to this contribution)

I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Upper Bann (Carla Lockhart) for working so hard to keep the...

John Milne | 758 cc144-348WH (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger. My constituency includes a mix of r...

Richard Tice | 758 c145WH (Link to this contribution)

It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger.

Many hundreds of family...

Jim Allister | 758 cc145-6WH (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger.

In Northern Ireland, land pri...

Robin Swann | 758 c146WH (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger. I thank the hon. Member for Upper B...

Lee Dillon | 758 cc146-7WH (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger. I congratulate the hon. Member for ...

Sarah Smith | 758 c147WH (Link to this contribution)

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

Lee Dillon | 758 cc147-8WH (Link to this contribution)

I will not give way.

I am sure that Labour Members never expected to vote for small farms t...

Roger Gale | 758 cc148-349WH (Link to this contribution)

I call Dr Neil Hudson for the Opposition. You have five minutes.

5.34 pm

Neil Hudson | 758 c349WH (Link to this contribution)

Thank you, Sir Roger. It is a privilege to serve under your chairmanship. I commend the hon. Memb...

Perran Moon | 758 c349WH (Link to this contribution)

Will the shadow Minister give way?

Neil Hudson | 758 cc349-149WH (Link to this contribution)

I will not give way, I am afraid.

Hon. Members will all be aware of the ongoing situation w...

Sarah Smith | 758 c149WH (Link to this contribution)

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

Neil Hudson | 758 cc149-150WH (Link to this contribution)

I am not going to give way, I am afraid. That tax hits at the heart of future thinking in farming...

Mary Creagh | 758 cc150-1WH (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to serve under your very crisp chairmanship, Sir Roger. I pay tribute to all hon...

Jim Shannon | 758 c151WH (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend the Member for Upper Bann (Carla Lockhart) and I have both contacted the Ulster Fa...

Mary Creagh | 758 c151WH (Link to this contribution)

With any fiscal change, we look at the previous year’s figures to see what the impact will be. I ...

Perran Moon | 758 c151WH (Link to this contribution)

Does the Minister agree that it falls to this Government, following the abject failure and econom...

Mary Creagh | 758 c152WH (Link to this contribution)

I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention, which sets out why the Government are better target...

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