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Information between 1st April 2025 - 1st May 2025

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Division Votes
2 Apr 2025 - Mental Health Bill [HL] - View Vote Context
Lord Grantchester voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 105 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 19 Noes - 112
2 Apr 2025 - Mental Health Bill [HL] - View Vote Context
Lord Grantchester voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 104 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 51 Noes - 106
2 Apr 2025 - Mental Health Bill [HL] - View Vote Context
Lord Grantchester voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 121 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 49 Noes - 129
2 Apr 2025 - Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context
Lord Grantchester voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 136 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 59 Noes - 148
2 Apr 2025 - Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context
Lord Grantchester voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 134 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 226 Noes - 142
2 Apr 2025 - Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context
Lord Grantchester voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 138 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 240 Noes - 148
2 Apr 2025 - Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context
Lord Grantchester voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 142 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 242 Noes - 157
2 Apr 2025 - Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context
Lord Grantchester voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 135 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 214 Noes - 216
30 Apr 2025 - Armed Forces Commissioner Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Grantchester voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 147 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 245 Noes - 157
30 Apr 2025 - Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2025 - View Vote Context
Lord Grantchester voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 120 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 28 Noes - 123
30 Apr 2025 - Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2025 - View Vote Context
Lord Grantchester voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 121 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 54 Noes - 124


Speeches
Lord Grantchester speeches from: Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2025
Lord Grantchester contributed 1 speech (760 words)
Wednesday 30th April 2025 - Lords Chamber
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Lord Grantchester speeches from: Public Inquiries: Enchancing Public Trust (Statutory Inquiries Committee Report)
Lord Grantchester contributed 1 speech (594 words)
Friday 25th April 2025 - Lords Chamber


Written Answers
Sustainable Farming Incentive
Asked by: Lord Grantchester (Labour - Excepted Hereditary)
Thursday 3rd April 2025

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to mitigate the impact on those subject to Basic Payment Scheme cuts who had planned to apply for the Sustainable Farming Incentive.

Answered by Baroness Hayman of Ullock - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

We remain committed to investing £5 billion of funding in the farming budget this year and next (£2.6 billion for 24/25 and the £2.4 billion for 25/26, as previously announced), and are on track to do so, with every penny of the reductions to delinked payments staying within the sector.

We will target investments away from Direct Payments towards improving the Environmental Land Management schemes, including to those farms least able to adapt.

The Sustainable Farming Incentive is an important offer, but it is part of a wider package. We remain committed to investing in Environmental Land Management schemes. We plan to launch the new Higher Tier scheme later this year; Capital Grants will re-open in summer 2025; we continue to move forward with Landscape Recovery; and we are increasing payment rates for Higher Level Stewardship agreement holders to recognise their ongoing commitment to delivering environmental outcome.

Sustainable Farming Incentive
Asked by: Lord Grantchester (Labour - Excepted Hereditary)
Thursday 3rd April 2025

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask His Majesty's Government what provision they intend to make for those who were partway through the Sustainable Farming Incentive application process before its cancellation.

Answered by Baroness Hayman of Ullock - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

The high level of participation in the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) means we have now reached the upper limit and the SFI budget has been successfully allocated. This meant as of Tuesday, 11 March we had to stop accepting new applications for the SFI.

Sustainable Farming Incentive
Asked by: Lord Grantchester (Labour - Excepted Hereditary)
Thursday 3rd April 2025

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend that any future reinterpretation of the Sustainable Farming Incentive would comprise distinct non-universal schemes for more targeted purposes such as small farms, hill farms and other designations.

Answered by Baroness Hayman of Ullock - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

No decision has been made on exactly how the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) will be adapted.

We are evolving the SFI offer and are exploring ways to better target the money, for instance, potentially towards smaller farmers, the least productive land or delivering specific outcomes. We will provide further details about the reformed SFI offer once the Spending Review has been completed.

However, although SFI is an important offer, it is part of a wider package. We plan to launch the new Higher Tier scheme later this year; Capital Grants will re-open in summer 2025; we continue to move forward with Landscape Recovery; and we are increasing payment rates for Higher Level Stewardship (HLS) agreement holders to recognise their ongoing commitment to delivering environmental outcome.

Agriculture: Environment Protection and Food Security
Asked by: Lord Grantchester (Labour - Excepted Hereditary)
Thursday 10th April 2025

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask His Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the role of all farms in hitting the Government's targets for (1) the environment, (2) the climate, and (3) food security.

Answered by Baroness Hayman of Ullock - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Farms have a key role to play in achieving our environment and climate targets and food security, and Defra is working closely with farmers and the wider food industry. The transition to more climate-friendly agricultural practices goes hand in hand with food security and farm productivity as well as supporting many of our environment targets. We need to support farmers to adopt low carbon farming practices, increasing the carbon stored on their land while boosting profitability. This is vital in achieving a resilient, secure and healthy food system that works with nature and supports British farmers.

Food security is national security. We need a resilient and healthy food system, that works with nature and supports British farmers, fishers and food producers. That is why this Government will introduce a new deal for farmers to boost rural economic growth and strengthen Britain's food security.

The UK has a resilient food supply chain and is equipped to deal with situations with the potential to cause disruption. We produce 62% of all the food we need, and 75% of food which we can grow or rear in the UK for all or part of the year.




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30 Apr 2025, 9:49 p.m. - House of Lords
"noble Lords, my noble friend Lord Grantchester for example have asked about what the reformed SFI offer "
Baroness Hayman of Ullock, The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript


Parliamentary Debates
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 Hayman of Ullock (Lab - Life peer) place.A number of noble Lords, including the noble Baroness, Lady Grender, and my noble friend Lord Grantchester - Link to Speech

Public Inquiries: Enchancing Public Trust (Statutory Inquiries Committee Report)
35 speeches (15,350 words)
Friday 25th April 2025 - Lords Chamber

Mentions:
1: Lord Hendy (Lab - Life peer) of that area of discretion.The second footnote is to take up a point made by my noble friend Lord Grantchester - Link to Speech
2: Baroness Finn (Con - Life peer) legislative reform in this area through the Hillsborough law—a point made by the noble Lord, Lord Grantchester - Link to Speech
3: Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent (Lab - Life peer) of your Lordships on a regular basis to ensure that this work is progressing.My noble friends Lord Grantchester - Link to Speech