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Westminster Hall
Large-scale Solar Farms - Thu 18 Apr 2024
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Mentions:
1: Caroline Johnson (Con - Sleaford and North Hykeham) Solar must take its appropriate place in the many conflicting demands on land: agriculture, housing, - Speech Link
2: Rachel Maclean (Con - Redditch) Residents argue, and I could not agree more, that farming subsidies should not be used to encourage more - Speech Link
3: James Gray (Con - North Wiltshire) solar farm will no longer be used, that it will be demolished and that the land will be returned to agriculture - Speech Link
4: Edward Leigh (Con - Gainsborough) Ridley pointed out in The Daily Telegraph this month, the UK is currently vying with the intensive agriculture - Speech Link
5: Thérèse Coffey (Con - Suffolk Coastal) The analysis indicated that the estimates were that about 1% of the land being used for agriculture would - Speech Link

Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Apr. 16 2024

Source Page: UK Government to tackle global financial corruption
Document: https://unctad.org/system/files/official-document/aldcafrica2020_en.pdf (PDF)

Found: in excess of true cost of imports, e.g. money-laundering Export overinvoicing Benefit from export subsidies

Scottish Parliament Debate - Main Chamber
Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1 - Wed 27 Mar 2024

Mentions:
1: Gougeon, Mairi (SNP - Angus North and Mearns) Today, agriculture continues to play a significant role in our rural economy. - Speech Link
2: Mountain, Edward (Con - Highlands and Islands) I am in that partnership with my wife, and we receive subsidies as a result of being in it.My family - Speech Link
3: Forbes, Kate (SNP - Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch) This agriculture bill is a key moment in Scotland’s history. - Speech Link
4: Smyth, Colin (Lab - South Scotland) We should never forget that what is often lazily described as subsidies is support to put affordable - Speech Link
5: Halcro Johnston, Jamie (Con - Highlands and Islands) Would it be shaved off the top of the agriculture budget? - Speech Link

Select Committee
Fifth Special Report - The UK’s contribution to tackling global deforestation: Government Response to the Committee’s Fourth Report

Special Report Mar. 26 2024

Committee: Environmental Audit Committee

Found: We will continue to work closely with producer countries in the Forest, Agriculture and Commodity Trade

Scottish Parliament Debate - Committee
Natural Capital Finance - Tue 26 Mar 2024

Mentions:
1: Lennon, Monica (Lab - Central Scotland) Gresham House is an investment fund for high-net-worth individuals, and that it is supported by public subsidies - Speech Link
2: None subsidies that put money into how landscapes are currently used and lead to improvement in a holistic - Speech Link
3: None was not talking about what Gresham House may be doing, although it is also using public money through subsidies - Speech Link
4: None The point about public sector subsidies is one thing, but if public money is de-risking private investment - Speech Link

Select Committee
Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, and European Council on Foreign Affairs

Oral Evidence Mar. 25 2024

Inquiry: The UK’s economic security
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)

Found: Organization ministerial talks, we saw some real tensions playing out between Brazil and India on agriculture

Select Committee
King’s College London, and University of Sussex Business School

Oral Evidence Mar. 25 2024

Inquiry: The UK’s economic security
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)

Found: Organization ministerial talks, we saw some real tensions playing out between Brazil and India on agriculture

Select Committee
University of Sao Paulo, University of North Carolina, and University of Chile

Oral Evidence Mar. 25 2024

Inquiry: Food, Diet and Obesity
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Food, Diet and Obesity Committee

Found: working out ways to create—and to give low-income people access to— cheaper, healthier food through subsidies

Departmental Publication (Statistics)
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Mar. 21 2024

Source Page: Community benefits for electricity transmission network infrastructure
Document: Community benefits for electricity transmission network infrastructure: social research (PDF)

Found: the soil from undergrounding believing this could negatively impact local wildlife, vegetation, and agriculture

Scottish Government Publication (Statistics)
Environment and Forestry Directorate
Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate

Mar. 21 2024

Source Page: Scottish farm business income: annual estimates 2022-2023
Document: Main tables (Excel)

Found: Therefore, some survey findings may not necessarily apply to the whole of the agriculture industry.