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201 records in UK in 2019
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 May 2019
My Rt Hon Friend Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Robert Goodwill) has today made the following statement:I represented the UK at Agriculture and Fisheries Council in Luxembourg on 15 April.The main item on the agenda was the reform ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 May 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to reduce emissions in agriculture and waste management.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 29 April 2019
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether payments made under the Basic Payment Scheme of the Common Agricultural Policy in respect of harvest 2019 will be set in sterling or in euros.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 April 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect on investment in (a) farm infrastructure and (b) agri-environment schemes of uncertainty about when and on what terms the UK will leave the EU
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 April 2019
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the World Bank’s new emphasis on the private sector, in particular, whether it has encouraged large-scale industrial farming for palm oil and other commodities at the expense of the environ
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 April 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to ensure the sustainability of the UK agriculture sector in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 April 2019
Agriculture and Fisheries Council takes place in Luxembourg on 15 April.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 gree...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 April 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 15 April.As the provisional agenda stands, the primary focus for...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 April 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to support farmers who rely on EU subsidy payments after the UK leaves the EU.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 April 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) countryside stewardship and (b) environmental stewardship payments from (i) 2015 and (ii) 2016 are outstanding.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 April 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made for the reasons for the delays to the Rural Payments Agency issuing Countryside Stewardship and Environmental Stewardship payments.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 April 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans his Department has to meet the Government commitment that no-one in any existing Countryside Stewardship or Environmental Stewardship scheme will be unfairly disadvantaged w
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 April 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he has taken to meet the 2017 Conservative manifesto commitment to help Natural England to expand their provision of technical expertise to farmers to deliver environmental
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 April 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Rural Payments Agency is on target to meet the payment commitments that he set out at the 2019 NFU conference.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 April 2019
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Young of Cookham on 25 March (HL Deb, col 1612), when they will respond to the concerns raised by the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee on their approach to delegated powers in
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 April 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on implementing a 2040 net zero emissions target for farming.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 April 2019
I represented the UK at the Agriculture and Fisheries Council in Brussels on 18 March.The main item on the agriculture-focused agenda was the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) post-2020, covering three legislative files:the Regulation on CAP ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 April 2019
My Rt Hon. Friend Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Robert Goodwill) has today made the following statement:I represented the UK at the Agriculture and Fisheries Council in Brussels on 18 March.The main item on the agriculture-focused...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 April 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to support farming in Yorkshire and the Humber.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 March 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, can the member further outline whether apprenticeships will be age restricted or will be designed to entice any particular demographic.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 27 March 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reasons the list of agricultural products in schedule 1 part 1 of the Agriculture Bill does not include sheepmeat and pigmeat.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 27 March 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the proposed process is for adding products under part 1 of schedule 1 to the Agriculture Bill.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 27 March 2019
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many agriculture degrees in England offer modules on agroecology.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 27 March 2019
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation The future of food and agriculture—Alternative pathways to 2050, published on 4 October 2018; and what assessment they have made of wh
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 March 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many places in the seasonal workers pilot scheme have been ring-fenced for Scotland.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 March 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria his Department used to determine the figure of 2,500 for non-EU workers for the seasonal workers pilot scheme; and if he will make a statement.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 March 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to encourage new entrants to the (a) farming and (b) crofting sectors.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 March 2019
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Gardiner of Kimble on 14 March (HL14136 and HL14137), what is the number of individual farmers who are awaiting (1) Countryside, (2) Entry Level, and (3) Higher Level, stewardship pay
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 March 2019
Agriculture and Fisheries Council takes place in Brussels on 18 March.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 Regula...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 March 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 18 March.As the provisional agenda stands, the primary focus for a...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 March 2019
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 March 2019
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 March 2019
To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to increasing the funding available for agricultural courses where they contain significant STEM elements.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 March 2019
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 March 2019
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the future EU workers visa scheme will allow farmers to employ seasonal workers on part-year contracts for consecutive years.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 March 2019
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether consideration will be given to extending the pilot replacement Seasonal Agricultural Workers (SAWs) Scheme to allow previous licensed SAWs operators to recruit sufficient skilled seasonal manual workers for the comi
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 February 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21 February 2019 to Question 220952 on Seasonal Agricultural Workers' Scheme, whether it will be possible for seasonal workers who have spent six months in any twelve month p
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 February 2019
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 February 2019
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many claims qualified for Inheritance Tax exemption on agricultural property in 2018; what the location was of claim; and what the average income was of the recipients.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 February 2019
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to help boost growth in the UK agriculture and farming sector; and whether they anticipate that there will be a slowdown in growth in those industries in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 February 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has for farming policy after the UK leaves the EU.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 February 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the timetable is for the roll-out of the replacement to the Basic Payment Scheme.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 February 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what date he plans to make the replacement to the Basic Payment Scheme available to all farmers.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 February 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure the (a) maintenance and (b) transparency of information in relation to farm payments after the UK leaves the EU; whether his Department's CAP Payments
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 February 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the need (a) for more and (b) to use more existing Grade 1 agricultural land for agricultural purposes in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a d
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 February 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to promote jobs in (a) agriculture and (b) horticulture to children.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 February 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason the the Rural Payments Agency will not deal directly with hon. Members' offices over delayed payments to farmers and land owners.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 February 2019
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 February 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which stakeholders his Department is consulting on designing the Environmental Land Management schemes.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 February 2019
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential risk to agricultural products in the UK through the import of goods or vehicles carrying the brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys.