Agriculture, Fisheries and the Rural Environment

I add my thanks to the noble Earl for securing today’s debate, for introducing it so ably, and fo...

My Lords, it is a very sad day when we have to bid farewell to the noble Lord, Lord Plumb. Our He...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Lindsay for raising this issue and putting forward this im...

My Lords, it gives me the greatest joy to follow the very special contribution today of my good a...

My Lords, this is an important debate not only for those living in rural areas but also for the w...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Lindsay for tabling a debate on this important subject. My...

My Lords, I wish that this was a five-hour debate rather than a three-hour one, but to have a deb...

My Lords, I was thinking about the noble Lord, Lord Plumb, and I realised that in all the time I ...

My Lords, I must begin by doing two things: first, to declare my interests in the register and, i...

My Lords, I add my congratulations to those offered to my noble friend Lord Lindsay for securing ...

My Lords, I declare my interests: I farm in Northumberland and am a trustee of a Devon estate. Ot...

My Lords, no doubt I will be proved wrong but I am sure that everything has been said about the n...

My Lords, I declare an interest as a hands-on small-scale sheep farmer on the top of Exmoor and t...

My Lords, I have few jobs in this debate, one of which is to keep your Lordships to time and I am...

My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lord Lindsay on securing his debate today. I declare an ...

My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lord Lindsay on calling this debate and I refer to my re...

My Lords, I, too, pay tribute to my noble friend Lord Plumb. He and I were elected to the Europea...

My Lords, I, too, add my congratulations to the noble Lord, Lord Plumb, on his amazingly wonderfu...

My Lords, I add my thanks to my noble friend Lord Lindsay for initiating this debate and for givi...

My Lords, I am pleased to be here today to pay tribute to my noble friend Lord Plumb and to wish ...

My Lords, I too thank my noble friend Lord Lindsay for introducing this wide-ranging debate so ex...

My Lords, for me this is a very emotional day, as the noble Lord, Lord Plumb, was a childhood her...

My Lords, I may be the only person speaking here today who has not had the pleasure of either kno...

First, I thank my noble friend Lord Lindsay for initiating this debate. I must also declare an in...

My Lords, I join others in thanking my noble friend Lord Lindsay for securing this timely debate ...

My Lords, I thank the noble Earl, Lord Lindsay, for initiating this debate and all noble Lords wh...

My Lords, I am most grateful to my noble friend Lord Lindsay for securing this debate to discuss ...

My Lords, I am hugely grateful to all noble Lords who have taken part in this very stimulating an...