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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 09 Jul 2020
Agriculture Bill

"My Lords, I want to support the amendment of the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay. Much of what I was going to cover she has covered in great detail, so I will try not to repeat too much.

Pesticides may be metabolised, excreted, stored or bioaccumulated in body fat. The numerous …..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 14 May 2020
Food Supply and Security

"My Lords, I will concentrate my brief comments on the long-term impacts of the pandemic on UK food security. Harper Adams University and POST, the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology, of which I am a member, have produced well-researched papers on the subject.

If the UK food system is …..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 04 Mar 2020
Agriculture: Genome-edited Crops

"My Lords, a recent report by the Nuffield Council on Bioethics said,

“Genome editing to improve farmed animal welfare. What’s not to like?”


Does the Minister have a comment on that?..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 23 Oct 2012
Bovine Tuberculosis

"My Lords, the Minister referred to other species that are affected with a similar strain of tuberculosis and specifically mentioned wild deer. Are not mice, particularly field mice, and rats also affected by the same strain and do they not come into closer contact with cattle?..."
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