Future of Farming
I beg to move,
That this House has considered the future of farming.
It is a privileg...
The hon. Lady is talking about the direct impact on farmers, but in her opening comments she ment...
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I could not agree more: the knock-on impact will be immense.
The Budget’s decision to cap f...
Does my hon. Friend not find it really angering that the Government justify this policy by saying...
My right hon. Friend is exactly right: big businesses will be the ones buying over the land, and ...
On the bovine TB agenda, does the hon. Member agree that what the recent Minister in Northern Ire...
I do not want to get into a devolved issue, but I will say that farmers are absolutely reeling fr...
Order. We have 13 Members wishing to participate and about 24 minutes. I will put on an immediate...
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger. I grew up in a rural community as w...
The hon. Lady says that 50% of those affected are people who invest in land not for farming; is n...
Order. I should have said—I did not, but I will now—that if any Member chooses to intervene, whic...
A farming survey shows that the farmers we are speaking about make an average profit of £96,000 p...
It is a privilege to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger. Well done to the hon. Member for U...
Thank you for allowing me to speak under your chairmanship, Sir Roger.
British farmers play...
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger. I congratulate the hon. Member for ...
I recently met a family of farmers in my constituency who mentioned the point about fertiliser. I...
I agree with my hon. Friend that it is a series of things, compounded on top of each other, makin...
I think we can all agree that food security is national security. The future of British farming d...
Does my hon. Friend agree that the best thing the Government can do is give some direction and ce...
As so often, I agree with my hon. Friend and fellow south-west MP. As she has identified, we are ...
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger. I will focus my comments on areas w...
I am delighted to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger. I thank the hon. Member for Upper Ban...
It is a privilege to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger. I thank the hon. Member for Upper ...
I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Upper Bann (Carla Lockhart) for working so hard to keep the...
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger. My constituency includes a mix of r...
It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger.
Many hundreds of family...
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger.
In Northern Ireland, land pri...
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger. I thank the hon. Member for Upper B...
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger. I congratulate the hon. Member for ...
Will the hon. Gentleman give way?
I will not give way.
I am sure that Labour Members never expected to vote for small farms t...
I call Dr Neil Hudson for the Opposition. You have five minutes.
5.34 pm
Thank you, Sir Roger. It is a privilege to serve under your chairmanship. I commend the hon. Memb...
Will the shadow Minister give way?
I will not give way, I am afraid.
Hon. Members will all be aware of the ongoing situation w...
Will the hon. Gentleman give way?
I am not going to give way, I am afraid. That tax hits at the heart of future thinking in farming...
It is a pleasure to serve under your very crisp chairmanship, Sir Roger. I pay tribute to all hon...
My hon. Friend the Member for Upper Bann (Carla Lockhart) and I have both contacted the Ulster Fa...
With any fiscal change, we look at the previous year’s figures to see what the impact will be. I ...
Does the Minister agree that it falls to this Government, following the abject failure and econom...
I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention, which sets out why the Government are better target...