Ministerial statement on Wednesday, 1 February 2023, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Benyon.

Agricultural Transition Plan

Lords statements on the agricultural transition plan and the independent expert assessment of crustacean mortality in the north-east of England in 2021 and 2022.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 827 cc666-682
Session: 2022-23
Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Related items: Arrangement of Business
Wednesday, 1 February 2023
Parliamentary proceedings
House of Lords
Proceeding contributions: Baroness Hayman of Ullock | 827 cc668-670 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I shall first speak to the Statement on the agricultural transition plan. We know from ...; Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville | 827 cc670-1 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the farming Statement in the other place on 26 January has been generally welcomed. Far...; Lord Teverson | 827 c671 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I will be very brief. Exactly as the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman, said, the images of t...; Lord Benyon | 827 cc671-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I will try to give noble Lords as much time to ask questions as possible. I thank noble...; Lord Cromwell | 827 c674 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I declare my farming interests. I very much enjoyed the Minister’s upbeat presentation ...; Lord Benyon | 827 cc674-5 (Link to this contribution)
There are two reasons for that. First, we have a programme of tailing out the basic payment schem...; Lord Deben | 827 c675 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I declare my interests as laid out in the declaration of interests. How will the Govern...; Lord Benyon | 827 c675 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful to my noble friend for reminding me that I should have drawn noble Lords’ attention...; Baroness Jones of Whitchurch | 827 c675 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the Minister said that the Government were ring-fencing the £2.4 billion for ELMS, but ...; Lord Benyon | 827 cc675-6 (Link to this contribution)
We have tried to help farmers in as many ways as possible. For example, we have brought forward t...; Baroness McIntosh of Pickering | 827 c676 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I welcome the further update on the transition plan. When the Agriculture Bill was goin...; Lord Benyon | 827 cc676-7 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful to my noble friend, first, for reminding me that I did not answer the points made b...; Lord Beith | 827 c677 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the north-east fishing industry, despite the great popularity of its crab and lobster p...; Lord Benyon | 827 c677 (Link to this contribution)
Absolutely. Regarding Holy Island, as he knows, we are holding a consultation, which is causing g...; Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb | 827 c677 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords—; Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top | 827 c677 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords—; Earl of Caithness | 827 c677 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords—; Lord Carrington | 827 c678 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords—; Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist | 827 c678 (Link to this contribution)
We have plenty of time. I think it is the turn of the Cross- Benchers, and then Labour.; Lord Carrington | 827 c678 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I declare my interests as a farmer, as set out in the register. I also express my thank...; Lord Benyon | 827 c678 (Link to this contribution)
The noble Lord is right that the biodiversity net gain target becomes effective from November thi...; Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top | 827 c678 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, tempted as I am to put the case of the challenge for upland farmers in County Durham, I...; Lord Benyon | 827 c679 (Link to this contribution)
I entirely accept the point that the noble Baroness makes, and her passion for that area is well ...; Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb | 827 c679 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I have two questions about the agricultural transition. First, the Minister is very ent...; Lord Benyon | 827 cc679-680 (Link to this contribution)
On the farmer situation, about 2,200 have entered the sustainable farming incentive to date. That...; Lord Jopling | 827 c680 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I draw attention to my farming interests in the register. Does the Minister agree that ...; Lord Benyon | 827 c680 (Link to this contribution)
I thank my noble friend. His knowledge and interest in this subject are of course really helpful....; Lord Watson of Wyre Forest | 827 c680 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the Minister said that there were no other deaths, but independent marine experts claim...; Lord Benyon | 827 c681 (Link to this contribution)
I absolutely accept the noble Lord’s point. I want to make sure that my language is correct, beca...; Viscount Thurso | 827 c681 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, on the hypothesis that the cause is indeed a novel pathogen, the Minister will know tha...; Lord Benyon | 827 c681 (Link to this contribution)
The noble Viscount makes a very good point. One of the things that the review looked at was what ...; Earl of Caithness | 827 c681 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, during the passage of the then Environment Bill, my noble friend’s predecessor as Minis...; Lord Benyon | 827 c681 (Link to this contribution)
I am not sure, because I was not involved in any commitments made at the time of that Bill, but I...; Baroness Masham of Ilton | 827 c682 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, can I ask the Minister—[Inaudible]—the crabs are safe to eat —[Inaudible]—or are they p...; Lord Benyon | 827 c682 (Link to this contribution)
I can absolutely assure the noble Baroness that they are safe to eat. The FSA advice is that they...; Lord Inglewood | 827 c682 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords—; Viscount Stansgate | 827 c682 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords—; Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist | 827 c682 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it is the turn of the Labour Benches. There will be time for the noble Lord, Lord Ingle...; Viscount Stansgate | 827 c682 (Link to this contribution)
In the light of the answer that the Minister gave to my noble friend, can he tell the House wheth...; Lord Benyon | 827 c682 (Link to this contribution)
Absolutely, in addition to the organisations I listed earlier. The initial views are that finding...; Lord Inglewood | 827 c682 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I declare my agricultural interests as in the register. I would like the Minister to re...; Lord Benyon | 827 c682 (Link to this contribution)
Our policy is that agricultural products taken in as part of a trade deal cannot be imported into...
Subjects: Death Agriculture Coastal areas Environment protection Sustainable development Subsidies Shellfish North East Algae Dredging Countryside stewardship scheme Pollutants Environmental land management schemes Sustainable farming incentive Teesside Freeport Pyridine
Contains statistics: Yes
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Agricultural Transition Plan

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