🗣️ Speeches and Debates
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My Lords, when does the Minister expect the single payments scheme to be running properly so that the farmers are paid correctly and on time?
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My Lords, this will be an extremely brief speech, just to thank my noble friend the Minister on behalf of the noble Lord, Lord Rix, and myself. We had a useful meeting with the Minister and his colleague, Beverley Hughes, and he has done all the things we asked him to do. We thought it would be easier simply to insert "18" in the Bill, but we understand the drafting point and the way in which...
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My Lords, does the Minister agree that the recent government decision that will allow the retention of a proportion of affordable housing in rural areas is very welcome? Does he also agree that this is not enough on its own if the required number of affordable homes is to be built in the rural social housing sector?
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My Lords, I am pleased to support the noble Lord, Lord Rix, by adding my name to this group of amendments. With his speech at Second Reading, and in moving the lead Amendment No. 118, the noble Lord has, as always, clearly explained the meaning and the intention of these amendments. There is no need for me to go into any further detail. We can all agree that words such as "lunatic" and...
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My Lords, I will deal with only two issues: the perception of the Bill outside this House and the argument that, by voting on the Bill at Second Reading, we would somehow be defying the conventions of the House—an argument that seems to me to owe rather more to desperation than to concern for the priorities of the House, as I will show. We know that every organisation of and for disabled...
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My Lords, that does not answer my question. If the noble Lord had really wanted a Committee stage, why did he wait six months? It has also been said that the Bill can be killed at Third Reading. It cannot. It can be killed only on a Motion that "This Bill do now pass", after all the amendments are considered on Third Reading. The House authorities have made absolutely clear that it is...
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My Lords, what is the position of farmers who are due the hill farm allowance?
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My Lords, is my noble friend aware that the proposition advanced by the noble Lord, Lord Taverne, was put much more succinctly in the old farming saying that organic food is produced by the combination of muck, mystery and magic? What proportion of UK food consumption is provided by UK organic food production?
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✍️ Written Questions and Answers
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asked Her Majesty's Government: How many of the 976,000 people claiming non-contributing incapacity benefit in May 2005 had never worked.
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asked Her Majesty's Government: When an accessible version of the Green Paper A new deal for welfare will be published; whether there will be an extension to the consultation deadline for those requiring the accessible version; and whether the non-availability of an accessible version constitutes discrimination.
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asked Her Majesty's Government: When they propose to amend Section 118 of the Taxes Management Act 1970 to remove the words "person of unsound mind, lunatic, idiot or insane person"; and what amendment they propose in place of these words.
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asked Her Majesty's Government: What level of inspection by the Gangmasters Licensing Authority will be required for gangmasters to qualify for a licence; and Whether inspection of gangmasters by the Gangmasters Licensing Authority will be risk-based or based on random inspection; and Whether gangmasters will be inspected by the Gangmasters Licensing Authority when licences are renewed.
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asked Her Majesty's Government: What compensation will be paid to farmers and growers who cannot harvest their crop owing to the suspension of visa services in Bulgaria, Moldova, Romania and China who cannot obtain alternative labour to pick crops in May and June.
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asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will ensure that when government documents are to be issued in formats accessible to disabled people such formats are available at the same time as the publication of the original documents.
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asked her Majesty's Government: Why the White Paper Fairness for All was not available in formats accessible for disabled people at the same time as the publication of the original documents.
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asked Her Majesty's Government: What arrangements are being made to help farmers and growers find replacements for 1,200 students from Bulgaria, Moldova and Romania who have been issued work permits to harvest fruit and vegetables in May and June but who cannot now obtain visas owing to the suspension of visa services until further notice.
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