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Scottish Parliament Debate - Main Chamber
Land Reform (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1 - Wed 26 Mar 2025

Mentions:
1: Gougeon, Mairi (SNP - Angus North and Mearns) in community ownership, and we have seen tenant farmers using their pre-emptive right to buy their farms - Speech Link
2: Grant, Rhoda (Lab - Highlands and Islands) A reduction in all thresholds to 500 hectares would keep all crofts and 97 per cent of all farms out - Speech Link
3: Mountain, Edward (Con - Highlands and Islands) Does he agree that, once you get to small-scale farms of 1,000 hectares or less, funding £10,000 for - Speech Link
4: Carson, Finlay (Con - Galloway and West Dumfries) Economies of scale have necessitated larger farms so that they can survive, and the bill threatens to - Speech Link


Scottish Parliament Debate - Committee
Salmon Farming in Scotland - Wed 02 Oct 2024

Mentions:
1: Mountain, Edward (Con - Highlands and Islands) , not the west coast, where most fish farms are located. - Speech Link
2: None Some farms have a routine visit every year, while other farms have a visit every year and a half or two - Speech Link
3: None Ralph Bickerdike has mentioned there being 210 fish farms. - Speech Link
4: None I do not like the term, but it is a game changer for fish health. - Speech Link
5: None area of farms through emamectin use. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 19 Dec 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: John Whittingdale (Con - Maldon) What assessment he has made of the impact of the autumn Budget 2024 on family farms. - Speech Link
2: Neil Hudson (Con - Epping Forest) The autumn Budget put family farms in jeopardy. - Speech Link
3: Steve Reed (LAB - Streatham and Croydon North) Some 12,000 farms went bust on the Conservatives’ watch. - Speech Link
4: John Glen (Con - Salisbury) Last year I visited the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust’s Allerton project in Loddington. - Speech Link


Welsh Senedd Debate - Plenary
6. Joint Debate on Committee Reports: The Sustainable Farming Scheme and Farming Connect - Wed 23 Oct 2024

Mentions:
1: Cefin Campbell (Plaid Cymru - None) This is hugely problematic for very many farms. - Speech Link
2: Joyce Watson (Welsh Labour - None) Investment in council farms should happen, and those farms can be used to trial methods and to promote - Speech Link
3: Huw Irranca-Davies (Welsh Labour and Co-operative Party - None) The Farming Connect programme now has 220 farms across Wales. - Speech Link


Welsh Senedd Debate - Plenary
2. Questions to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs - Wed 09 Oct 2024

Mentions:
1: Llyr Gruffydd (Plaid Cymru - None) , but, of course, the fact that 800 have applied suggests to me that there will be at least 800 farms - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
General Election - Mon 06 Jan 2025
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Jamie Stone (LD - Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross) The decisions to cut winter fuel payments, terminate inheritance tax exemptions for farms, and increase - Speech Link
2: Edward Leigh (Con - Gainsborough) they live in Gainsborough, they will see the 10,000 acres around their small town covered with solar farms - Speech Link
3: Nigel Farage (RUK - Clacton) of utter disenchantment with the entire political system.The debate this afternoon can be used as a game - Speech Link
4: Mark Ferguson (Lab - Gateshead Central and Whickham) Well, I will not play that game, because I believe that the vast majority of Members of Parliament are - Speech Link


Welsh Senedd Debate - Plenary
6. Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language: The UK Budget - Tue 05 Nov 2024

Mentions:
1: Mark Drakeford (Welsh Labour - None) has concluded that the changes will affect a remarkably small number of some of the most valuable farms - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
New Homes (Solar Generation) Bill
2nd reading - Fri 17 Jan 2025
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Joe Robertson (Con - Isle of Wight East) Does he have a view on how much pressure we could take off demand on green land for solar farms, because - Speech Link
2: Roger Gale (Con - Herne Bay and Sandwich) For many years, I have consistently opposed the installation of solar farms—of course, they are not farms - Speech Link
3: Katie White (Lab - Leeds North West) game; they both have a distinct role to play. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Income Tax (Charge) - Mon 04 Nov 2024
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Jim Allister (TUV - North Antrim) That will be how this Budget will be felt in many family farms. - Speech Link
2: Saqib Bhatti (Con - Meriden and Solihull East) clearly fails to recognise that those farms also provide a public service. - Speech Link
3: Manuela Perteghella (LD - Stratford-on-Avon) continue to farm and plan for succession, but Britain’s proud tradition of small, independent family farmsfarms - Speech Link
4: Nick Timothy (Con - West Suffolk) She is taxing family farms. She is taxing businesses and GPs. - Speech Link
5: Sarah Dyke (LD - Glastonbury and Somerton) APR plays a significant role in the economic viability and continuity of family farms. - Speech Link


Scottish Parliament Debate - Main Chamber
Food and Drink Sector - Tue 18 Mar 2025

Mentions:
1: Burgess, Ariane (Green - Highlands and Islands) My region hosts the single biggest risk to the reputation of Scottish food and drink—fish farms. - Speech Link
2: Hamilton, Rachael (Con - Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire) It cannot defend its position on a cruel family farm tax that could threaten up to 75,000 farms across - Speech Link
3: Halcro Johnston, Jamie (Con - Highlands and Islands) The sector faces challenges from new offshore wind farms, as well as the uncertainty from cloth-eared - Speech Link