Information since 18 Mar 2025, 9:29 a.m.
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Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords] (Third sitting)
91 speeches (15,196 words) Committee stage: 3rd sitting Thursday 15th May 2025 - Public Bill Committees Department for Business and Trade Mentions: 1: None Trailer Registration Bill; the Automated and Electric Vehicles Bill; the Civil Liability Bill; the Agriculture Bill - Link to Speech |
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Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2025
28 speeches (11,346 words) Wednesday 30th April 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Mentions: 1: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green - Life peer) We had the Agriculture Bill, your Lordships’ debate on which I took a substantial part in. - Link to Speech |
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Tuesday 6th May 2025
Agendas and papers - Legislative standards of the Constitution Committee: 2017–2024 Constitution Committee Found: Agreements) Bill [HL] (5th Report, Session 2019–21, HL Paper 55), para 21; Constitution Committee, Agriculture Bill |
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Science and Technology in Agriculture APPG Document: APPGSTA Biennial Report 2020-22 Found: George Eustice on behalf of the APPG urging the Government to support a targeted amendment to the Agriculture Bill |
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Net Zero APPG Document: NZ APPG Roadmap Report 2021 Found: Rural Affairs urgently needs a plan for a net zero transition for agriculture: the current agriculture bill |
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Animal Welfare APPG Document: 2020 Overview Found: During the pass of the Agriculture Bill through the House of Lords, the Minister agreed to the funding |
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Animal Welfare APPG Document: The Future for Small Abattoirs in the UK Found: latter is to enable farmers to add value to their primary products (as highlighted in the Agriculture Bill |
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United Nations Global Goals APPG Document: UK Voluntary National Review 2019 Found: A key component of the Plan, and the subsequent Agriculture Bill, is a new environmental land management |
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Apr. 29 2025
Regulatory Policy Committee Source Page: The Nitrate Pollution Prevention Regulations 2015: post-implementation review - RPC opinion (green-rated) Document: PIR (PDF) Statistics Found: Written evidence on the draft Agriculture Bill. |
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Apr. 04 2025
Environment Agency Source Page: Working together to adapt to a changing climate Document: National Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Strategy for England (PDF) News and Communications Found: Environment Bill (Parliament Environment Agency Introduction 11 Environment Agency11UK, 2020a) and Agriculture Bill |
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Wednesday 19th March 2025
Report - A report by the Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee on the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill. Stage 1 report on the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee Found: 31 Proposals for agricultural holdings were therefore generally consulted on as part of the Agriculture Bill |
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Thursday 3rd July 2025
Environment and Forestry Directorate Source Page: SEA for the Environment Strategy - Environmental Report Document: Title (PDF) Found: A new Agriculture Bill aims to provide Scotland with a framework that supports the values and principles |
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Tuesday 3rd June 2025
Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate Source Page: Crofting and Scottish Land Court Bill - Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment Document: Crofting and Scottish Land Court Bill – Final Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment (PDF) Found: Other options were available at that time, such as using the Agriculture Bill or Land Reform Bill to |
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PDF - Explanatory Memorandum Inquiry: Report on the Agriculture (Wales) Bill Found: This confirmed the Welsh Government would introduce an Agriculture Bill to the Senedd to establish a |
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PDF - report Inquiry: Report on the Agriculture (Wales) Bill Found: ▪ The central purpose of the Agriculture Bill was to provide a framework conferring on Ministers |
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PDF - Bill summary Inquiry: Report on the Agriculture (Wales) Bill Found: farming sector in Wales; Designing agricultural policies: contextual considerations; and UK Agriculture Bill |
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PDF - response Inquiry: Report on the Agriculture (Wales) Bill Found: Any subsequent Agriculture Bill introduced by the Welsh Government should not be a framework Bill and |
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PDF - Letter to the Minister for Economy Inquiry: UK-Australia Free Trade Agreement Found: , for example taking account of the impact of the deal in relation to the forthcoming Welsh Agriculture Bill |
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PDF - Letter to the Minister for Economy Inquiry: UK-Australia Free Trade Agreement Found: , for example taking account of the impact of the deal in relation to the forthcoming Welsh Agriculture Bill |
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PDF - report Inquiry: Report on the Food (Wales) Bill Found: already got many policies and strategies in place”, in addition to objective included within the Agriculture Bill |
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PDF - Letter from the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd - 28 February 2023 Inquiry: Report on the Food (Wales) Bill Found: lessening environmental impacts of food production, processing and consumption The Agriculture Bill |
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PDF - Welsh Government response Inquiry: Manufacturing in Wales Found: Officials did consider a separate free-standing ‘wildlife-related’ Bill in the development of the Agriculture Bill |
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PDF - Explanatory Memorandum Inquiry: Report on the Food (Wales) Bill Found: to end up, and this is causing us difficulties, even when we're discussing things like the Agriculture Bill |
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PDF - responded Inquiry: Report on the Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill Found: is a much stronger argument for using super affirmative procedure for those sections of the Agriculture Bill |
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PDF - report Inquiry: Report on the Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill Found: We note that in the Agriculture Bill overview sections were used to improve the Bill’s accessibility |
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PDF - Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee Legislative Consent Memorandum Report: The Welsh Government's Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Environment Bill - July 2020 Inquiry: The Welsh Government’s Legislative Consent Memoranda on the Environment Bill Found: However, as we indicated in our report on the Agriculture Bill 2017-19,45 a Welsh Government statement |
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PDF - EB11 Wyeside Consulting Ltd Inquiry: The Welsh Government’s Legislative Consent Memoranda on the Environment Bill Found: conclusions have been reached about the need at this time to embed standards in legislation, for the Agriculture Bill |
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PDF - responded Inquiry: Scrutiny of the operation of the Interim Environmental Governance Measures in Wales Found: sale of some of the most commonly littered single-use plastics in Wales; a clean air Bill; an agriculture Bill |
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PDF - Letter from the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd to the British Pest Control Association - 15 May 2023 Inquiry: Report on the Agriculture (Wales) Bill Found: and Rural Affairs (ETRA) Committee of the Senedd re the Committee’s Stage 1 Report on the Agriculture Bill |
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PDF - report for 2022/23 Inquiry: Annual Report 2021/22 Found: While most of our recommendations to amend the Agriculture Bill were not accepted, we did suggest that |
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PDF - summary of the evidence received Inquiry: Priorities for the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee Found: Most stakeholders focused comments on the new Sustainable Farming Scheme and the Agriculture Bill, which |
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PDF - Letter from the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd, 7 March 2022 Inquiry: Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23 Found: costs of delivering the proposed Sustainable Farming Scheme, will be published alongside the Agriculture Bill |
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PDF - Tenant Farmers Association Inquiry: Welsh Government’s proposals for a Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS Found: 5.1 Following the commitment given by the Minister for Rural Affairs at Report Stage of the Agriculture Bill |
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PDF - Paper - Professor Janet Dwyer Inquiry: Welsh Government’s proposals for a Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS Found: SFS scheme aims to respond to the Welsh Government’s goals for agriculture as set out in the Agriculture Bill |
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PDF - Paper - Tenants Farmers Association Inquiry: Welsh Government’s proposals for a Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS Found: 5.1 Following the commitment given by the Minister for Rural Affairs at Report Stage of the Agriculture Bill |
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PDF - National Farmers Union (NFU) Cymru Inquiry: Welsh Government’s proposals for a Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS Found: Welsh Government identifies the Agriculture Bill will be fundamental to delivering the long terms aims |
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PDF - Explanatory Memorandum - August 2023 Inquiry: Report on the Agriculture (Wales) Bill Found: This confirmed the Welsh Government would introduce an Agriculture Bill to the Senedd to establish |
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PDF - Explanatory Memorandum, revised after Stage 2 Inquiry: Report on the Agriculture (Wales) Bill Found: This confirmed the Welsh Government would introduce an Agriculture Bill to the Senedd to establish |
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PDF - Explanatory Memorandum Inquiry: Report on the Agriculture (Wales) Bill Found: This confirmed the Welsh Government would introduce an Agriculture Bill to the Senedd to establish |
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PDF - Revised Explanatory Memorandum – following stage 3 – 13 June 2023 Inquiry: Report on the Agriculture (Wales) Bill Found: This confirmed the Welsh Government would introduce an Agriculture Bill to the Senedd to establish |
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Monday 28th April 2025
Source Page: Agricultural Soil Policy Statement Document: Farmer Engagement Research Report (PDF) Found: Management of agricultural soils are directly relevant to the forthcoming Agriculture Bill and Sustainable |