Information between 3rd December 2024 - 12th January 2025
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Division Votes |
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10 Dec 2024 - Housing (Right to Buy) (Limits on Discount) (England) Order 2024 - View Vote Context Earl of Effingham voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 157 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 170 Noes - 163 |
8 Jan 2025 - National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context Earl of Effingham voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 195 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 226 Noes - 228 |
Speeches |
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Earl of Effingham speeches from: Benefits: Eligibility
Earl of Effingham contributed 1 speech (69 words) Thursday 9th January 2025 - Lords Chamber |
Earl of Effingham speeches from: Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]
Earl of Effingham contributed 2 speeches (1,351 words) 2nd reading Wednesday 8th January 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Transport |
Earl of Effingham speeches from: Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL]
Earl of Effingham contributed 5 speeches (2,082 words) Committee stage Wednesday 18th December 2024 - Grand Committee Department for Business and Trade |
Earl of Effingham speeches from: Energy Costs for Businesses
Earl of Effingham contributed 1 speech (57 words) Tuesday 17th December 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Energy Security & Net Zero |
Earl of Effingham speeches from: Great British Energy Bill
Earl of Effingham contributed 1 speech (349 words) Committee stage Tuesday 17th December 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Energy Security & Net Zero |
Earl of Effingham speeches from: Women’s State Pension Age Communication: PHSO Report
Earl of Effingham contributed 1 speech (47 words) Tuesday 17th December 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Work and Pensions |
Earl of Effingham speeches from: Women, Peace and Security Bill [HL]
Earl of Effingham contributed 1 speech (154 words) 3rd reading Friday 13th December 2024 - Lords Chamber Leader of the House |
Earl of Effingham speeches from: Listed Investment Companies (Classification etc) Bill [HL]
Earl of Effingham contributed 1 speech (204 words) 3rd reading Friday 13th December 2024 - Lords Chamber HM Treasury |
Earl of Effingham speeches from: Local Digital Television Programme Services (Amendment) Order 2024
Earl of Effingham contributed 1 speech (345 words) Tuesday 10th December 2024 - Lords Chamber |
Earl of Effingham speeches from: Housing (Right to Buy) (Limits on Discount) (England) Order 2024
Earl of Effingham contributed 3 speeches (901 words) Tuesday 10th December 2024 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government |
Earl of Effingham speeches from: Social Cohesion and Community during Periods of Change
Earl of Effingham contributed 1 speech (1,380 words) Friday 6th December 2024 - Lords Chamber Cabinet Office |
Earl of Effingham speeches from: Housing Supply and Homelessness
Earl of Effingham contributed 1 speech (1,073 words) Thursday 5th December 2024 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government |
Earl of Effingham speeches from: Great British Energy Bill
Earl of Effingham contributed 1 speech (1,302 words) Committee stage part one Tuesday 3rd December 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Energy Security & Net Zero |
Earl of Effingham speeches from: North-west Syria
Earl of Effingham contributed 1 speech (361 words) Tuesday 3rd December 2024 - Lords Chamber Leader of the House |
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Agriculture: Inheritance Tax
Asked by: Earl of Effingham (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary) Wednesday 4th December 2024 Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support farmers whose mental health has been affected by the planned changes to inheritance tax rules for agricultural land and businesses. Answered by Baroness Hayman of Ullock - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) We hear the concerns that have been raised around the changes to inheritance tax rules.
This Government will give mental health the same focus as physical health, which is why we are recruiting 8,500 new mental health support workers.
Changes to APR are designed to be fair and sustainable in the long term, and they will not affect most farmers.
Defra has a range of initiatives aimed at supporting farmer’s mental health and wellbeing more generally and we will continue to work with a range of farming charities to ensure that changes in policy are delivered effectively. We have provided £500,000 of funding to deliver projects through specialist organisations to support farmer’s mental health and wellbeing. We will continue to look for opportunities to support farmers and will host a roundtable in December with expert organisations to understand the issues causing mental ill-health in farming communities. Defra’s Farming & Countryside Programme blog also has information relating to external wellbeing services available specifically to farmers and rural communities.
We understand that farmers face numerous challenges which can affect their wellbeing. Recently, we have continued funding support for TB affected farmers and their families through the Farming Community Network, which will provide a national, free-to-access business and pastoral advice service. We will also pay out £60 million through the Farming Recovery Fund to support farmers affected by the unprecedented extreme wet weather last winter. |
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Farmers: Inheritance Tax
Asked by: Earl of Effingham (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary) Friday 6th December 2024 Question to the HM Treasury: To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have conducted an impact assessment of the impact of inheritance tax changes on the predicted number of tenant farmers in the UK for the period 2024–2030; and if so, when they intend to publish it. Answered by Lord Livermore - Financial Secretary (HM Treasury) The Government published information about the reforms to agricultural property relief and business property relief at www.gov.uk/government/publications/agricultural-property-relief-and-business-property-relief-reforms. The reforms are expected to result in up to 520 estates claiming agricultural property relief in 2026-27 paying more inheritance tax. Almost three-quarters of estates claiming agricultural property relief, including those that also claim for business property relief, will not pay any more tax as a result of the changes in 2026-27, based on the latest available data.
In accordance with standard practice, a tax information and impact note will be published alongside the draft legislation before the relevant Finance Bill.
The Government is committed to supporting farmers and agricultural workers in accessing the support that they need to protect their mental health as they undertake the vital work of producing food and looking after the environment. For example, through its Farming and Countryside Programme, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) already works with a range of farming charities, including the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution and the Yellow Wellies charity, which have highlighted mental health challenges for farming communities. Defra provides £500,000 of funding to help farming welfare charities support farmers. |
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Farmers: Inheritance Tax
Asked by: Earl of Effingham (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary) Friday 6th December 2024 Question to the HM Treasury: To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have made an assessment of the expected impact of their changes to inheritance tax rules on farmers’ mental health. Answered by Lord Livermore - Financial Secretary (HM Treasury) The Government published information about the reforms to agricultural property relief and business property relief at www.gov.uk/government/publications/agricultural-property-relief-and-business-property-relief-reforms. The reforms are expected to result in up to 520 estates claiming agricultural property relief in 2026-27 paying more inheritance tax. Almost three-quarters of estates claiming agricultural property relief, including those that also claim for business property relief, will not pay any more tax as a result of the changes in 2026-27, based on the latest available data.
In accordance with standard practice, a tax information and impact note will be published alongside the draft legislation before the relevant Finance Bill.
The Government is committed to supporting farmers and agricultural workers in accessing the support that they need to protect their mental health as they undertake the vital work of producing food and looking after the environment. For example, through its Farming and Countryside Programme, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) already works with a range of farming charities, including the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution and the Yellow Wellies charity, which have highlighted mental health challenges for farming communities. Defra provides £500,000 of funding to help farming welfare charities support farmers. |
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Fertilisers: Carbon Emissions
Asked by: Earl of Effingham (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary) Thursday 5th December 2024 Question to the HM Treasury: To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the expected impact of carbon pricing for fertilisers on the cost of business for farmers. Answered by Lord Livermore - Financial Secretary (HM Treasury) The UK Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) is the UK’s principal carbon pricing mechanism and covers the manufacturing of fertiliser. However, in recent years, UK-based fertiliser manufacturers have received more free allowances than they needed to surrender to cover their emissions.
The government will introduce the UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) on 1 January 2027, as first announced in December 2023, meaning imported fertiliser will also be covered by a carbon price. The UK CBAM rate charged on imports will reflect the carbon price paid by domestic industries after support mechanisms (such as free allowances) have been taken into account. As a result, we expect initial liabilities arising from the UK CBAM to be relatively low whilst encouraging the supply and use of fertiliser with lower levels of embodied carbon than would otherwise have been the case. |
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Suicide: Farmers
Asked by: Earl of Effingham (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary) Monday 9th December 2024 Question to the Cabinet Office: To ask His Majesty's Government how many farmers committed suicide in (1) 2022, (2) 2023, and (3) 2024 to date. Answered by Baroness Twycross - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip) The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. Please see the letter attached from the National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority.
The Earl of Effingham House of Lords London SW1A 0PW
29 November 2024
Dear Lord Effingham,
As National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am responding to your Parliamentary Question asking how many farmers committed suicide in (1) 2022, (2) 2023, and (3) 2024 to date (HL2788).
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) publishes annual suicide death registration statistics for England and Wales[1]; the latest available figures were published in August 2024 and covered calendar years up to 2023. Also published regularly are provisional statistics on suicide death registrations by quarter in England[2], the most recent of which were published in August 2024 and provided provisional death registrations up to Quarter 2 (April to June) 2024. The ONS holds death registrations for England and Wales only; separate figures for Scotland and Northern Ireland and are available from the National Records of Scotland (NRS)[3] and the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA)[4], respectively.
The ONS’ mortality statistics for England and Wales are compiled from information supplied when deaths are certified and registered as part of civil registration. Deaths caused by suicide are investigated by coroners, and due to the length of time it takes to hold an inquest, there is delay of around six to seven months between the date of death and the date of death registration. As such, deaths are presented by date of registration rather than date of occurrence. With the deaths statistics linked above and provided in Table 1, many of these will have occurred months or, in some cases, years previously.
Occupation is reported at the time of death registration by the informant. Data on occupation is coded using the Standard Occupation Classification (SOC). For deaths registered from 2023 onwards SOC 2020[5] is used for coding, for deaths registered prior to 2023 it was SOC 2010[6]. The recorded occupation likely reflects the deceased’s main lifetime occupation or their occupation at the time of death.
The number of suicides by sex, country and occupation, deaths registered 2011 to 2021 can be found on the ONS website[7]. The numbers of suicides among farmers between 2022 and 2023 can be found in Table 1. Data for 2024 deaths registrations is not yet available.
Table 1: Number of suicides in farmers aged 20 to 64 years, in England and Wales combined, deaths registered between 2022 and 2023[8],[9],[10].
Farmers are identified by combining the following occupation groups: managers and proprietors in agriculture and horticulture (SOC code: 1211), farmers (SOC code: 5111), agricultural and fishing trades not elsewhere classified (SOC code: 5119), agricultural machinery drivers (SOC 2010 code: 8223), farm workers (SOC code: 9111) and fishing and other elementary agriculture occupations not elsewhere classified (SOC code: 9119).
Please note the numbers detailed here cannot be used to ascertain the risk of suicide among occupations, as relative suicide rates accounting for population size of occupation groups are not provided. Differences in numbers of deaths may merely reflect the underlying population structure as opposed to differences in risk.
Yours sincerely,
Professor Sir Ian Diamond
[3]https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/publications/probable-suicides-2023/ [4]https://www.nisra.gov.uk/statistics/cause-death/suicide-deaths [8]Figures are based on the National Statistics definition of suicide for those aged 20 to 64 years; this includes deaths from intentional self-harm and deaths caused by injury or poisoning where the intent was undetermined. [9]The area is based on the persons usual residence as provided by the informant upon registration. Figures for England and Wales combined (area code K04000001) include death of non-residents. [10]Figures are for deaths registered, rather than deaths occurring in each calendar year. Due to the length of time it takes to hold an inquest, the deaths presented here may have occurred months, or even years, before they were registered.
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Bill Documents |
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Jan. 09 2025
HL Bill 43-III Third marshalled list for Committee Great British Energy Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: THE EARL OF EFFINGHAM 83_ Clause 6, page 3, line 38, at end insert— “(1A) The Secretary of State must |
Dec. 13 2024
HL Bill 43-II Second marshalled list for Committee Great British Energy Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: THE EARL OF EFFINGHAM VISCOUNT TRENCHARD 57_ Clause 5, page 3, line 29, at end insert— “(7A) The questions |