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Written Question
Cereals
Thursday 4th June 2026

Asked by: Lord Redwood (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask His Majesty's Government what change there has been to the acreage of cereal plantings on English farms in 2026 compared to 2025.

Answered by Baroness Hayman of Ullock - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Defra publishes official estimates of crop areas in England relating to 1 June each year. 2026 crop areas will be collected throughout June/July and cereal area estimates are due to be published here [https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/cereal-and-oilseed-rape-areas-in-england] on 27 August 2026. Areas for previous years are available via the same link.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 02 Jun 2026
Steel Import Restrictions

"How many job losses will there be in the steel-using industries in the United Kingdom as a result of the new higher tariffs?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 02 Jun 2026
Civil Aviation (Consumer Protection and Regulatory Reform) Bill [HL]

"My Lords, I welcome the three main aims of this legislation, which were well set out by the Minister. The Government are right that the aviation industry has been growing reasonably well and could make a bigger contribution to growth and prosperity in our country. The Government are right that …..."
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Written Question
British Steel: Scunthorpe
Tuesday 2nd June 2026

Asked by: Lord Redwood (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask His Majesty's Government what is the budget for payments to Scunthorpe steelmaking in 2026–27.

Answered by Baroness Lloyd of Effra - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

Budgets for British Steel are subject to the usual government approvals processes and ministerial decisions. The need for HMG support is kept under constant review and all efforts are being made to secure a viable future for the company. All support for British Steel has been drawn from existing HMG budgets, with no additional borrowing required.

To date, we have provided approximately £504 million for working capital, covering items such as raw materials and salaries. This will be reflected in the Department for Business and Trade’s accounts for both 2025-26 and 2026-27.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 01 Jun 2026
Middle East: Economic Response

"The Minister is right that they are taking it seriously. Given the huge pressures from fertiliser prices, energy prices and higher taxes, will the Government as a matter of urgency to tackle food prices cut the taxes on farms and redistribute some of the subsidy to promote food growing, which …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 20 May 2026
Supermarkets: Voluntary Price Caps

"Will the Minister congratulate the supermarkets on being competitive, with good prices, despite all the costs the Government are imposing on them? Does he agree that their net profit margins are very low, showing that the problem of rising food prices rests elsewhere?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 19 May 2026
Lord Mandelson: Government Response to Humble Address

"Why has there has such a long delay in the publication of basic materials, such as Lord Mandelson’s application and his declaration of interests, which are of great interest to everyone but surely cannot pose any difficulties?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 18 May 2026
EU-UK SPS Agreement: Food-related Standards

"Under dynamic alignment, will we be able to block a measure which we think is anti-innovation but which the EU asserts is not?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 14 May 2026
King’s Speech

"My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Alderdice, is right to warn us all that our relative prosperity and power is waning.

I have always been happy to fully support this Government’s main aim, as set out in the general election and repeated in all the economic speeches that I have …..."
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Written Question
Electricity: Prices
Wednesday 29th April 2026

Asked by: Lord Redwood (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask His Majesty's Government what is the average price per kilowatt-hour of retail electricity generated by (1) wind power and (2) gas.

Answered by Lord Whitehead - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. I will correspond directly with the noble Lord.