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51 records in UK in 2017
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 December 2017
On 11 and 12 December in Brussels, I represented the United Kingdom at the Agriculture and Fisheries Council alongside representatives from the devolved administrations.On fisheries, the focus of the Council was EU quota negotiations, involving decisions ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 December 2017
My Hon Friend the Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (George Eustice) has today made the following statement:On 11 and 12 December in Brussels, I represented the United Kingdom at the Agriculture and Fisheries Council alongside represen...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 December 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what further support he plans to provide for agricultural cooperation; and if he will make a statement.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 December 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress the Migration Advisory Committee has made on its assessment of the labour market in relation to seasonal agricultural workers.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 December 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government plans to take to increase the capacity of smaller farms to compete with large intensive farms.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 December 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the representatives of the Northern Ireland Assembly on soil and water pollution from intensive pig and poultry farms.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the current funding system for farm payments will remain in place during the transition period after the UK leaves the EU.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to maintain subsidies to UK farmers after the UK leaves the EU.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he plans to take further to support agricultural cooperatives; and if he will make a statement.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 December 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he will be taking to align the devolved administrations' agri-food production targets and enforcement of nitrates water quality standards with each other and those of the We
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 December 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether it is his policy farmers in Yorkshire will receive the same amount of subsidies from the Government as they do from the EU Common Agricultural Policy after the UK has left the
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 December 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of Yorkshire farmers receive direct payments and rural development support from the EU.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 December 2017
To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have held with representatives of the horticulture and agriculture industries concerning possible staff shortages leading up to, and following, Brexit; and what support they are giving to those industr
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 December 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to match existing levels of Common Agricultural Policy funding after the UK leaves the EU.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 December 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of Welsh farmers receive direct payments and rural development support.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 December 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on agricultural trade with the EU of the UK not having a trade agreement with the EU when the UK leaves the EU.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 December 2017
Agriculture and Fisheries Council will take place on December 11-12 in Brussels.As the provisional agenda stands, the primary focus for fisheries will be reaching a political agreement on Atlantic and North Sea total allowable catches and quotas for 2018....
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 December 2017
My Hon. Friend the Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (George Eustice) has today made the following statement:Agriculture and Fisheries Council will take place on December 11-12 in Brussels.As the provisional agenda stands, the primary ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 December 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU on the value of agricultural land in Scotland.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 December 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the US Department of Agriculture on the potential for a free trade deal between the UK and the US.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 December 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much has been paid to the EU in fines for not paying farmers in time under the basic farm payments scheme in the last 12 months.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 December 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of farmers who do not take up the basic payment scheme.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 December 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to improve the delivery of Rural Payments Agency payments to farmers.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 December 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent progress he has made in simplifying the basic payment scheme of the Rural Payments Agency.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 December 2017
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to change the operation of (1) the environmental stewardship schemes, and (2) other aspects of the farm payment regime, in England in (a) 2018, and (b) subsequent years.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 December 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has received any representations from farmers on the use of their land without permission to store flood water.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 December 2017
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the number of seasonal workers who were employed in (1) the horticultural sector, and (2) other forms of agriculture, in (a) 2017 to date, and (b) each of the preceding five years; and how many of
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 December 2017
To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of any shortfall in seasonal workers in (1) the horticultural sector, and (2) other forms of agriculture, in each month of this year between April and October; and what steps they are taking to
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 December 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to provide compensation to farmers for the use of their land to store flood water.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 December 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to encourage more young people to train in agriculture-based industries.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 December 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has for the development of specialist careers advice for people who are considering study and careers in agricultural technologies.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 December 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to protect the economic viability of smaller farms.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 December 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of a trade agreement with the United States on UK farming.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 29 November 2017
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking, if any, to (1) devise, and (2) introduce, a qualification in agriculture at (a) GCSE, and (b) A-Level.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 November 2017
I represented the United Kingdom at the Agriculture and Fisheries Council on 6 November in Brussels. The Council opened with Member States responding to the Presidency’s questions on the sustainable use of pesticides. There was widespread agreement that N...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 November 2017
My Hon Friend the Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (George Eustice) has today made the following statement: I represented the United Kingdom at the Agriculture and Fisheries Council on 6 November in Brussels. The Council opened with M...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 November 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to supporting more sustainable, low emission agriculture.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 November 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research his Department is conducting on new diversification schemes for farms.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 27 November 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he plans to include proposals for subsidies or schemes to encourage the growing of protein crops and pulses in the forthcoming Agriculture White Paper and Bill.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 27 November 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will retain the three-crop rule in any future agricultural payment scheme after the UK has left the EU.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 November 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what meetings he has had with farmers’ unions and representatives of rural communities on replacing common agricultural policy subsidies to UK farmers.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 November 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the UK will retain access to the Trade Control and Expert System (TRACES) after the UK has withdrawn from the EU, whether his Department has carried out any analysis of the
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 November 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will hold discussions with farming representatives and environmental groups on how to ensure workable environmental practices on UK farms.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 November 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will introduce a seasonal agricultural workers scheme once the UK has left the EU.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 November 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will introduce a trial seasonal agricultural workers scheme in 2018.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 November 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions officials of his Department have had with officials from the Scottish Government on UK common agricultural frameworks after the UK leaves the EU.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 November 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in the Scottish Government on designing a new agricultural subsidy system for Scotland after the UK leaves the EU.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 November 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 9 November 2017 to Question 110740, on agriculture: overseas trade, what representations he has received from representatives of the food and farming sectors on the developme
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 November 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on the future of farm subsidies after the UK leaves the EU.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 November 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of the UK leaving the EU on the supply of labour to the agriculture sector.