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Written Question
Rights of Way
Friday 27th May 2022

Asked by: Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Conservative - North Cotswolds)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his timeframe is for implementing secondary legislation to reform rights of way.

Answered by Rebecca Pow

The Government has decided to take forward a streamlined package of measures to implement rights of way reform including repealing the 2026 cut-off date to record historic rights of way, as well as giving landowners the right to apply to divert or remove rights of ways in specific circumstances. These measures, along with accompanying guidance, will be implemented as soon as reasonably practicable.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 14 Mar 2022
Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [Lords]

"I will speak to amendment 2, in my name and those of 30-odd colleagues.

The problem with the Bill is that it goes beyond the commitment made by Ministers to recognise animal sentience in British law in the same way that it is recognised in European Union law. My amendment …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 14 Mar 2022
Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [Lords]

"To the point that my hon. Friend has rightly made about the cross-cutting nature of the Bill across Government Departments, I quite like that. For example, the Department for Education might educate people on how to look after pets properly. There are many useful areas where the Bill could have …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 14 Mar 2022
Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [Lords]

"I am very grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way. I use this intervention to inform the House that my constituent has brought 55 different databases to produce one horse database, with all the biological markings of horses on it. He is working—and I am working with him—with senior …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 14 Mar 2022
Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [Lords]

"I thank my hon. Friend for her careful consideration of my amendment. I think it is a sensible, proportionate amendment that will allow a committee with limited resources to focus on those really egregious areas where animal sentience is being abused, and not run into some of the less important …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 01 Feb 2022
Environmental Land Management Scheme: Food Production

"I beg to move,

That this House has considered food production and the Environmental Land Management Scheme.

I begin by drawing attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests: I am an arable farmer. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies. I am …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 01 Feb 2022
Environmental Land Management Scheme: Food Production

"I am grateful to my hon. Friend. He could have rewritten my speech; if he is able to stay for the end—I know that he has other engagements—he will hear me say almost exactly that.

At our PAC hearing, top officials from DEFRA were certain that ELMS would promote increased …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 01 Feb 2022
Environmental Land Management Scheme: Food Production

"I could not agree more with my hon. Friend, the excellent Chair of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee. He is 100% right: there are a lot of opportunities all over the world for us to export our produce.

As an island nation, it is vital that we are …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 01 Feb 2022
Environmental Land Management Scheme: Food Production

"I am delighted to have the support of the hon. Lady. Given the number of times that we have debated in Bristol and been at odds, to have her support is somewhat amazing. I was on a programme the other day agreeing with the right hon. Member for Hackney North …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 01 Feb 2022
Environmental Land Management Scheme: Food Production

"Will the Minister give way?..."
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