Agriculture Bill
Debate between Lord Alderdice and Lord Holmes of RichmondThursday 23rd July 2020
(4 years, 5 months ago)
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The Deputy Chairman of Committees (Lord Alderdice) (LD)
I have received one request to speak after the Minister. I call Lord Holmes of Richmond.
Lord Holmes of Richmond [V]
My Lords, I have two quick points for clarification, if I may. First, could the Minister confirm from the Dispatch Box that GI schemes have not already been wittingly or unwittingly traded away in the EU deal? Secondly, on the VI-1 forms, it seemed to me that he was saying that we will not be looking to impose a VI-1 paper-based regime come 31 December. Is it right that we will not be seeking to have such a scheme when we leave?
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Debate between Lord Alderdice and Lord Holmes of Richmond(4 years, 5 months ago)
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The Deputy Speaker
The noble Lord, Lord Balfe, has withdrawn, so I call the noble Lord, Lord Holmes of Richmond.
Lord Holmes of Richmond (Non-Afl) [V]
My Lords, these are extraordinarily serious issues—there are few more so—but does my noble friend the Minister agree that sanctions and increasing isolation are unlikely to produce the result they claim, not least for the people in desperate need they purport to protect? This is extraordinarily hard. Does he not agree that we have to try harder?