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151 records in UK in 2019
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 July 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that its Environmental Land Management scheme is developed as part of the Government's overall strategy to reach net-zero carbon emissions
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 July 2019
Agriculture and Fisheries Council takes place in Brussels on 15 July.As the provisional agenda stands, the Finnish Presidency will start with a presentation of their work programme for the coming six months.The main item for agriculture will be on the Pos...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 July 2019
My Rt Hon Friend Robert Goodwill (Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food) has today made the following statement:Agriculture and Fisheries Council takes place in Brussels on 15 July.As the provisional agenda stands, the Finnish Presidency w...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 July 2019
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 July 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans the Government has to support UK farmers in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 July 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason agricultural ammonia emissions are not monitored from the majority of UK farms.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 July 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to encourage EU nationals working in the agricultural and food production sectors to remain in the UK after the UK leaves the EU.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 July 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to support farmers in Northumberland in preparation for the UK leaving the EU.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 July 2019
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the assistance that seasonal farm workers from the Ukraine could provide in meeting the UK’s agricultural requirements; and what barriers, if any, there are to their entry.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 27 June 2019
I represented the UK at the Agriculture and Fisheries Council in Luxembourg on 18 June.The Council discussed the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) budget for 2021-27, and agreed a partial General Approach. The EMFF is part of the wider EU multia...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 27 June 2019
My Rt Hon Friend Robert Goodwill has today made the following statement:I represented the UK at the Agriculture and Fisheries Council in Luxembourg on 18 June.The Council discussed the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) budget for 2021-27, and ag...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 27 June 2019
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has for replacing the funding the Welsh Government receives from the EU for farm payments if the UK leaves the EU.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 27 June 2019
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Welsh Government on replacing the funding it currently receives from the EU for farm payments if the UK leaves the EU.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 27 June 2019
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to replace the funding the Welsh Government receives from the EU for direct payments to farmers after 2022 if the UK leaves the EU.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 June 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing more support for farmers to control weeds without using synthetic herbicides.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 June 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the effect of plasticulture on the environment; and what support his Department is giving to farmers to tackle plastic waste within their
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 June 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many Environmental Land Management scheme pilots have been identified and agreed; what the names are of those pilots; how many of those pilots are (a) underway and (b) pending; an
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 June 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the role of Natural England in helping farmers to improve their environment.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 June 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what steps he will take to support the farming sector in Wales after the UK leaves the EU.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 June 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on the potential benefits for the farming sector of the (a) introduction of E10 and (b) future use of bioethanol.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 June 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to provide additional support for farmers in England to plant trees.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 June 2019
Agriculture and Fisheries Council takes place in Luxembourg on 18 June.As the provisional agenda stands, the primary focus for fisheries policy will be on the Regulation on the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) for which a preliminary agreement ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 June 2019
My Rt Hon Friend Robert Goodwill (Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food) has today made the following statement: Agriculture and Fisheries Council takes place in Luxembourg on 18 June.As the provisional agenda stands, the primary focus for...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 June 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Home Secretary on ensuring that the seasonal agriculture workers pilot is (a) made permanent and (b) expanded to include 10,000 places this year to
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 June 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to help skilled workers in farming industry get short-term work visas after the UK leaves the EU.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 June 2019
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 June 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many individual projects he plans to establish to test and trial the environmental land management scheme in (a) 2018-19, (b) 2019-20 and (c) 2020-21.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 June 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many individual environmental land management scheme projects he plans to establish to test and trial (a) climate change mitigation and adaptation, (b) supporting public access to
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 June 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding has been allocated to individual environmental land management scheme projects to test and trial (a) climate change mitigation and adaptation, (b) supporting public access
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 June 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the timetable is for the roll out of (a) detailed objectives, (b) tests and trials, (c) payment methodology, (d) sufficient advisor numbers, (e) the pilot scheme and (f) the final
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 June 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish the risk register for the environmental land management scheme programme.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 June 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff at each grade are working full-time on the environmental land management scheme programme.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 June 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential effect of cellular agriculture on reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 June 2019
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the adequacy of the timescale of their plan for UK farming subsidies after Brexit.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 June 2019
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many tenant farmers in England are awaiting their (1) Environmental Stewardship (ES) payments, (2) Countryside Stewardship (CS) payments, for 2018; and whether all ES and CS payments for 2017 have been made.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 June 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reasons the number of pilot projects initially envisaged as part of the environmental land management scheme has been reduced.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 June 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to publish a regular progress report on the operation of the Environmental Land Management Scheme’s tests and trials; and the funding from the public purse is availab
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 June 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has for funding for rural development after the end of the LEADER programme and when the UK ceases to have access to EU Structural Funds; and what priority will rural bus
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 May 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support the agricultural sector after the UK leaves the EU; and whether he plans to introduce a distinct and internationally recognised UK standa
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 May 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish the (a) names and (b) locations by region of each of the Environmental Land Management Scheme pilots.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 May 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on support for farmers after the UK leaves the EU.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 May 2019
Agriculture and Fisheries Council takes place in Brussels on 14 May.As the provisional agenda stands, the primary focus for agriculture will be on the Post-2020 Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform package. Ministers will exchange views on the new deli...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 May 2019
My Rt Hon Friend Robert Goodwill (Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food) has today made the following statement:Agriculture and Fisheries Council takes place in Brussels on 14 May.As the provisional agenda stands, the primary focus for agr...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 May 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how long farmers will continue to receive subsidy from the public purse in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 May 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support apprenticeship schemes in the agri-food sector.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 May 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to support farmers to create a sustainable diversified farming system.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 May 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether non-UK workers entering the UK under the Seasonal Workers Pilot will be guaranteed a set number of working hours.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 May 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether employers will be able to offer zero hours contracts to workers entering the UK under the Seasonal Workers Pilot.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 May 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether workers who enter the UK under the new Seasonal Workers Pilot will be charged for NHS emergency healthcare.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 May 2019
I represented the UK at Agriculture and Fisheries Council in Luxembourg on 15 April.The main item on the agenda was the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) post-2020, with a focus on the proposed new green architecture. Ministers highlighted th...