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Lords Chamber
Agriculture Bill
Committee stage - Tue 07 Jul 2020
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Earl of Dundee (CON - Excepted Hereditary) What are the Government’s plans for sustainable food production? - Speech Link
2: Earl of Dundee (CON - Excepted Hereditary) What are the Government’s plans for sustainable food production? - Speech Link
3: Lord Foulkes of Cumnock (LAB - Life peer) I want to see a much more sustainable farming system that incorporates a good balance between food production - Speech Link
4: None How far will the payments for sustainable food production and environmental enhancements go? - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Agriculture Bill
2nd reading (Hansard) - Wed 10 Jun 2020
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Baroness Young of Old Scone (LAB - Life peer) a thriving and sustainable food and farming sector, while delivering public goods. - Speech Link
2: Lord Teverson (LDEM - Life peer) I welcome that the Bill mentions agroecology, which is a new way of looking at agriculture and whole-farming - Speech Link
3: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (GRN - Life peer) The Government say they support agroecology. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Quin (LAB - Life peer) a food and farming industry in harmony with the environment and which is environmentally sustainable - Speech Link
5: Lord Curry of Kirkharle (CB - Life peer) in agri-food science and to be innovators in sustainable food systems; to be renowned for our health - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Agriculture Bill
Report stage - Wed 13 May 2020
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Neil Hudson (CON - Penrith and The Border) UK to be able to produce sustainable, local and accessible food for its population. - Speech Link
2: Carla Lockhart (DUP - Upper Bann) of the importance of a sustainable UK agriculture industry and of our own food security. - Speech Link
3: Kerry McCarthy (LAB - Bristol East) We need to shift back to a more sustainable, mixed farming system for resilience across the board.”That - Speech Link
4: Julie Marson (CON - Hertford and Stortford) how we make farming sustainable for this generation and the next. - Speech Link
5: None We all want a transition to an environmentally friendly and sustainable food and farming system, and - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Agriculture Bill (Twelfth sitting)
Committee stage: 12th sitting - Thu 05 Mar 2020
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: None public access to the natural environment and understanding of sustainable farming;(d) contributing to - Speech Link
2: Kerry McCarthy (LAB - Bristol East) parliamentary group on agroecology for sustainable food and farming—where Cambridgeshire County Council - Speech Link
3: None public access to land and understanding of sustainable farming, and provide support for improved food - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Agriculture Bill (Fifth sitting)
Committee stage: 5th sitting - Tue 25 Feb 2020
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Daniel Zeichner (LAB - Cambridge) , Farming and Countryside Commission, recommended the design of a 10-year transition plan for sustainable - Speech Link
2: Kerry McCarthy (LAB - Bristol East) years, I chaired the all-party parliamentary group on agroecology for sustainable food and farming. - Speech Link
3: Daniel Zeichner (LAB - Cambridge) Harmony: the future for food, farming and the environment in a Green Brexit”, which prefigured the Bill - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Agriculture Bill (Sixth sitting)
Committee stage: 6th sitting - Tue 25 Feb 2020
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Victoria Prentis (CON - Banbury) The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has funded recent research into alternative farrowing - Speech Link
2: Victoria Prentis (CON - Banbury) We absolutely believe that producing food and managing a sustainable environment can and should go hand - Speech Link
3: Kerry McCarthy (LAB - Bristol East) The farms and horticultural units showcased in the latest Landworkers Alliance report, “Agroecology in - Speech Link
4: Robert Goodwill (CON - Scarborough and Whitby) plover and lapwing, but also the sustainability of sheep farming on our grouse uplands. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Tree Pests and Diseases - Thu 13 Feb 2020
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Earl of Cork and Orrery (CB - Excepted Hereditary) They support biodiversity by housing a wide range of animals and providing them with food. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (GRN - Life peer) I have a direct question for the Minister: we will soon see the Government’s food strategy, so surely - Speech Link
3: Lord Gardiner of Kimble (Non-affiliated - Life peer) My Lords, I declare my membership of the International Dendrology Society and my farming interests. - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Agriculture Bill (Third sitting)
Committee stage: 3rd sitting - Thu 13 Feb 2020
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Ruth Jones (LAB - Newport West) If we get our “sustainable farming and our land”—that is the name of our new agricultural policy —and - Speech Link
2: None engaged in sustainable food and farming. - Speech Link
3: George Eustice (CON - Camborne and Redruth) Q If we tried to return to a general principle of more sustainable farming practices and husbandry, - Speech Link
4: Daniel Zeichner (LAB - Cambridge) At the moment there is not anything knitting all that together to say, “What are food and farming for - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Agriculture Bill
2nd reading - Mon 03 Feb 2020
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Caroline Lucas (GRN - Brighton, Pavilion) establishing a national agroecology development bank to accelerate a fair and sustainable transition - Speech Link
2: Fiona Bruce (CON - Congleton) Supporting the development of a sustainable farming model both environmentally and economically is surely - Speech Link
3: Derek Thomas (CON - St Ives) shaping a more sustainable, prosperous farming sector. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
A Green Industrial Revolution - Wed 15 Jan 2020
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Mentions:
1: Andrea Leadsom (CON - South Northamptonshire) people across our shores, and a sustainable future for our planet. - Speech Link
2: Bob Stewart (CON - Beckenham) , Food and Rural Affairs. - Speech Link
3: Kerry McCarthy (LAB - Bristol East) , Food and Rural Affairs. - Speech Link
4: Claire Coutinho (CON - East Surrey) , Food and Rural Affairs. - Speech Link
5: Deidre Brock (SNP - Edinburgh North and Leith) , Food and Rural Affairs. - Speech Link