Lord Deben

Does my noble friend not still agree that it would be much better to have primary legislation that listed who and where it is than always having to wa...

I congratulate the Government on this report and remind the Front-Bench spokesman that every previous Conservative Prime Minister, including Mrs Thatc...

My Lords, perhaps it is possible to bring both sides together on this issue. I have a long history of being attacked for my views on this. I was the M...

I was talking about Suffolk because that is the better of the two counties, but there we are. The truth of the matter of simply this. Can we take t...

My Lords, I remind the Committee of my interests. First, I let land for sheep; as I have an organic farm, we want the sheep to be there so that we hav...

My Lords, the Minister just said that the situation has changed. I have listened very carefully to the debate. The Government thought it was necessary...

My Lords, I remind the Committee that I am a small organic farmer and therefore have an interest in this. I also was the Secretary of State and Minist...

Can the noble Lord, Lord Monks, mention any occasion on which the Official Opposition of the time demanded it?

I am very pleased with all the research that was done before the Bill and all the research that has been done with it. The only question is: when the ...

My Lords, I hope the Minister listened with great care to what my noble friend said. I declare an interest as a partner in a small farm. I was walking...

Will the noble Baroness accept that this has been widely supported throughout the country, and right across parties, because it shows that this Govern...

My Lords—

There is a point here which I hope the Minister will listen to carefully: the speed with which legislation is put into operation. I make this point on...