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51 records in UK in 2020
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 December 2020
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Seasonal Agricultural Workers pilot scheme; and when he plans to make an announcement on its future.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 December 2020
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish (a) what plans he has to assess the effectiveness of Seasonal Agricultural Workers Pilot scheme due to end in February 2021, (b) the criteria for the final assessmen
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 December 2020
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to consult with stakeholder organisations representing migrant workers on the future of the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Pilot scheme before any further rollout of
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 December 2020
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with (a) migrant representative organisations and (b) trade unions to assist (i) the evaluation assessing the impact of the Seasonal Workers Pil
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 December 2020
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made representations to his Indian counterpart on reports of water cannons and tear gas being used against peacefully protesting farmers in India.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 December 2020
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he has made representations to his Indian counterpart on the farmers' protests in that country.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 December 2020
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he had with his Indian counterpart on the treatment of Punjabi Farmers during his recent visit to India.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 December 2020
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many locations under the Seasonal Workers' Pilot scheme were inspected by UK Visas and Immigration in each month from April 2019 to December 2020; and in which of those instances UKVI was accompan
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 December 2020
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many operations have been led by the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority into agricultural locations under the Seasonal Workers’ Pilot scheme in each month from April 2019 to December 2020.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2020
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he discussed the farmers protest in India during his recent visit to that country.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2020
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in India on the ongoing farmers protests in that country.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2020
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the economic effect on the British farming sector of the implementation of tariffs on (a) fertilisers, (b) pharmaceutical goods and (c) other agricultura
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 December 2020
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the government of India's response to the protests against the proposed reforms on the sale, pricing and storage of farm produce; and what representations they have made to that government
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 December 2020
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Welsh farm payments prior to the 2020 Spending Review.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 December 2020
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he had with the Welsh Government on Welsh farm payments prior to the 2020 Spending Review.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 November 2020
What steps he is taking to ensure that farmers continue to receive financial support after the transition period.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 November 2020
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to work with the farming community to tackle difficulties arising from the bad harvest in 2020.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 November 2020
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Indian counterpart on the effect of the Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020, the Farmers (Empowerm
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 November 2020
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions she has had with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) the devolved Administrations on the future composition of the Trade and Agriculture Commission.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 November 2020
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to use AgriTech innovation to open up new export markets for British agricultural businesses.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 November 2020
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has put in place plans to scrutinise the husbandry practices of EU nations after the end of the transition period.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 November 2020
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he has taken to reassure farmers concerned about the potential effect on their sector of the end of the transition period.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 November 2020
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions she has had with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) the devolved Administrations on the future composition of the Trade and Agriculture Commission.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 November 2020
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he has taken to ensure that additional support for UK farmers to undertake integrated pest management will be included in National Action Plan.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 November 2020
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of (a) the EU biodiversity strategy and farm to fork strategy which commit to a 50 per cent reduction in both the amoun
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 November 2020
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the feasibility of farmers switching from lamb to beef production.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 November 2020
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 November 2020
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 November 2020
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps her Department has taken to ensure that (a) farmers and (b) food producers in Sussex can benefit from the UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 November 2020
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether she plans to publish (a) minutes or (b) transcripts of (i) previous and (ii) future meetings of the Trade and Agriculture Commission.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 November 2020
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many regional webinars the Trade and Agriculture Commission has held to date; which areas those events covered; and how many and what proportion of guests attending those events were members of st
United Kingdom · House of Lords · 9 November 2020
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 November 2020
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support (a) agriculture and (b) horticulture in Lincolnshire.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 November 2020
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether agricultural workers will be able to continue to go to work during of the November 2020 covid-19 lockdown in England.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 November 2020
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have (1) to improve knowledge of, (2) to implement, and (3) to enforce, their farming rules for water.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 October 2020
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they insist on animals being raised in a way that conforms to animal welfare standards in the UK when they fund international projects involving farming.
United Kingdom · House of Lords · 20 October 2020
United Kingdom · House of Lords · 20 October 2020
United Kingdom · House of Lords · 20 October 2020
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 October 2020
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the summary of the Trade and Agriculture Commission meeting held on 2 October 2020, if she will publish a list of the (a) stakeholder forum events her Department has held since 5 Oct
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 October 2020
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the summary of the Trade and Agriculture Commission meeting held on 2 October 2020, if she will publish the series of questions around which her Department's stakeholder forum events
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 October 2020
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the fiscal framework on farmers who have diversified from farming activity.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 October 2020
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority licensing requirement in the food and farming sector to protect workers from exploitation.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 October 2020
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will (a) hold discussions with industry (i) bodies and (ii) leaders on the proportion of seasonal agricultural workers that were from the UK workforce and (b) use the results of
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 October 2020
What steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to promote UK agricultural produce abroad.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 October 2020
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have made any assessment of the estimated costs arising from an amendment agreed to by the House of Lords to the Agriculture Bill; and if so, (1) how, and (2) whether they publish that estimate.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 October 2020
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support he plans to make available for farmers and land managers prior to the roll out of the Environmental Land Management scheme in 2024 to enable the delivery of environmental
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 October 2020
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 October 2020
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Seasonal Agricultural Workers pilot scheme; and when she plans to make an announcement on its future.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 October 2020
To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the devolved administrations about future policies on agriculture and land-use that are designed to meet biodiversity and climate targets.