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Lords Chamber
Impact of Environmental Regulations on Development (Built Environment Committee Report) - Fri 19 Apr 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Lord Best (XB - Life peer) It failed to address the vastly more significant pollution from intensive farming practices and, as we - Speech Link
2: Lord Banner (Con - Life peer) In the middle of a nature crisis, the main causes of the nutrient pollution of river habitats—farming - Speech Link
3: Baroness Thornhill (LD - Life peer) The biggest source of pollution is farming at 70%, as we know, with 30% coming from the activities of - Speech Link
4: Lord Moylan (Con - Life peer) what they are doing to address the overwhelmingly predominant cause of the pollution in our rivers: farming - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
English Horticultural Sector (Horticultural Sector Committee Report) - Fri 19 Apr 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Lord Redesdale (LD - Life peer) low-cost produce and with world-leading innovation in areas such as the development of the vertical farming - Speech Link
2: Lord Bishop of Newcastle (Bshp - Bishops) As other noble Lords have indicated, the sector is not in isolation from the totality of the farming - Speech Link
3: Earl of Shrewsbury (Con - Excepted Hereditary) My Lords, I declare an interest as a non-farming retired member of the National Farmers’ Union. - Speech Link
4: Lord Douglas-Miller (Con - Life peer) , the farming investment fund and the farming innovation programme, all of which help our growers to - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Off-Road Vehicles (Registration) Bill - Fri 19 Apr 2024
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Anne McLaughlin (SNP - Glasgow North East) State will be in a far better position to fully consult users; I note that there are some concerns in farming - Speech Link
2: Peter Gibson (Con - Darlington) There are also significant issues for our farming and rural constituencies with the theft of these vehicles - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Pet Abduction Bill - Fri 19 Apr 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Christopher Chope (Con - Christchurch) Friend the Minister for Food, Farming and Fisheries, with whom I was privileged to have a meeting last - Speech Link
2: Daniel Zeichner (Lab - Cambridge) I am proud that is was a Labour Government who banned cosmetic testing on animals, ended fur farming - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Large-scale Solar Farms - Thu 18 Apr 2024
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Mentions:
1: Caroline Johnson (Con - Sleaford and North Hykeham) We must work to maintain the beautiful character of our countryside, support our farming industries, - Speech Link
2: Rachel Maclean (Con - Redditch) Residents argue, and I could not agree more, that farming subsidies should not be used to encourage more - Speech Link
3: Richard Fuller (Con - North East Bedfordshire) Underpinning farmers’ decision that they should perhaps give up their land is that the economics of farming - Speech Link
4: Thérèse Coffey (Con - Suffolk Coastal) That tax relief, to be passed on from generation to generation, was intended principally for farming, - Speech Link
5: Andrew Bowie (Con - West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine) For example, the science of agrivoltaics is developing, in which solar is integrated with arable farming - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) (Amendment, Surrender and Compensation) Order 2024 - Thu 18 Apr 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) tools such as scythes, billhooks and large outdoor knives have traditionally been used as tools in farming - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Veterinary Medicines (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2024 - Thu 18 Apr 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Lord Douglas-Miller (Con - Life peer) benefiting our much-loved companion animals, medicines also play an important role in supporting the farming - Speech Link
2: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green - Life peer) We are talking in a context where factory farming organisations have said that they need to keep using - Speech Link
3: Lord Douglas-Miller (Con - Life peer) As part of the Government’s commitment to sustainable farming futures, sheep, pigs, poultry and cattle - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Flood Recovery Framework - Wed 17 Apr 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Philip Dunne (Con - Ludlow) Friend tempts me to conclude my speech before I get to the point about farmers and sustainable farming - Speech Link
2: Richard Foord (LD - Tiverton and Honiton) Member for Ludlow (Philip Dunne) for securing this debate, and particularly for his words on farming. - Speech Link
3: Emma Hardy (Lab - Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle) When we talk about property or farming flooding, we must bear that in mind. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Finance (No. 2) Bill
2nd reading - Wed 17 Apr 2024
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Nigel Huddleston (Con - Mid Worcestershire) We always listen to the important farming community in this country, who do so much to create employment - Speech Link
2: Sarah Olney (LD - Richmond Park) It could be used to invest in British farming and bring down food prices for the long term. - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Data Protection and Digital Information Bill
Committee stage - Wed 17 Apr 2024
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mentions:
1: Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (Lab - Life peer) It does not happen by accident; some major people are farming our details and using them for all sorts - Speech Link