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Division Vote (Lords)
11 Mar 2024 - Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts (Con) voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 175 Conservative No votes vs 4 Conservative Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 202 Noes - 187
Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 11 Mar 2024
Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill

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Division Vote (Lords)
6 Mar 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts (Con) voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 160 Conservative No votes vs 3 Conservative Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 246 Noes - 171
Division Vote (Lords)
6 Mar 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts (Con) voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 164 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 228 Noes - 184
Division Vote (Lords)
6 Mar 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts (Con) voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 167 Conservative No votes vs 4 Conservative Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 278 Noes - 189
Division Vote (Lords)
6 Mar 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts (Con) voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 155 Conservative No votes vs 3 Conservative Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 244 Noes - 160
Division Vote (Lords)
6 Mar 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts (Con) voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 165 Conservative No votes vs 2 Conservative Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 265 Noes - 181
Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 06 Mar 2024
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill

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View all Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts (Con - Life peer) contributions to the debate on: Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
Written Question
Agriculture: Employment
Wednesday 6th March 2024

Asked by: Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts (Conservative - Life peer)

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

To ask His Majesty's Government what is the number of (1) farmers, and (2) their direct employees, for the latest date for which figures are available.

Answered by Lord Douglas-Miller - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Farmers are defined here as full time and part time principal farmers, business partners, directors and spouses. All other agricultural workers are defined here as regular employees, salaried managers and casual workers who were working on the holding on 1 June 2023.

Agricultural workforce in England in 2023

2023

Farmers

178,696

All other agricultural workers

113,705

Total agricultural workforce

292,401

Notes

(a) Commercial holdings are those registered with the Rural Payments Agency for payments or livestock purposes and with significant levels of farming activity (as recorded in responses to the Defra June Survey of Agriculture or the Cattle Tracing System). Holdings are only included if they have more than five hectares of agricultural land, one hectare of orchards, 0.5 hectares of vegetables or 0.1 hectares of protected crops, or more than 10 cows, 50 pigs, 20 sheep, 20 goats or 1,000 poultry.

Full data series for agricultural workforce are published here for England. A copy is attached to this answer.

Similar figures for the UK are available at gov.uk.

Division Vote (Lords)
4 Mar 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts (Con) voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 157 Conservative No votes vs 4 Conservative Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 277 Noes - 167