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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 01 May 2019
England Coastal Path

"Will the Minister accept that the landowners have the right to be protected from the mental stress that has been caused to them in seeing their hard-earned income being stolen from them by what they see as state intervention?..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 01 May 2019
England Coastal Path

"But the principle?..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 01 May 2019
England Coastal Path

"As a constituency MP, I have raised the issue with the Minister. I have to say, her response was very disappointing. At that time I was raising the issue of cliff erosion. This path will go on the edge of the cliff. As I pointed out in my speech, the …..."
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Written Question
Pet Travel Scheme
Monday 15th April 2019

Asked by: Gordon Henderson (Conservative - Sittingbourne and Sheppey)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to maintain the provision of the EU Pet Travel Scheme in the event that the UK leaves the EU (a) with and (b) without a deal.

Answered by David Rutley

While the UK remains a member state, the EU current pet travel scheme arrangements will continue to apply.

After we leave the EU, we want pet travel to continue in any scenario with the minimum of disruption whilst maintaining high biosecurity and welfare standards. As such, the Government has no immediate plans to change our pet travel arrangements following the UK’s departure from the EU (as it relates to health requirements) in any scenario.

However, we will become a third country with regards to the EU’s Pet Travel Scheme and will need to comply with the appropriate requirements for pet movements to the EU.

Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 13 Dec 2017
Cliff Erosion: Isle of Sheppey

"I beg to move,

That this House has considered cliff erosion on the north coastline of the Isle of Sheppey.

I am raising this issue because I am concerned about the impact that cliff erosion is having on the lives of some of my constituents living at the east end …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 28 Oct 2015
Living Wage (Farmers)

"I beg to move,

That this House has considered the effect of the living wage on farmers.

Last week, on 21 October, it was apple day, a day on which we could celebrate the wealth and variety of apples available in the United Kingdom. I am a proud man of …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 28 Oct 2015
Living Wage (Farmers)

"Yes, and I will come on to discuss how we might resolve that later in my speech.

The second thing I want to emphasise is that, like me, farmers in my constituency and beyond support the principle of a living wage. Nevertheless, they are concerned that, because of a number …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 28 Oct 2015
Living Wage (Farmers)

"I am pleased that my hon. Friend and fellow Kent MP has raised that important issue, because I will be dealing with it later in my speech.

Another problem faced by farmers is foreign competition, which has made things worse. Their main customers are supermarket chains that are notoriously hard-nosed …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 28 Oct 2015
Living Wage (Farmers)

"As I was saying before we were so rudely interrupted, while horticultural businesses employ large numbers of workers, they are in the main low-turnover, small to medium-sized outfits, which leaves them exposed to the impact of the living wage. As my hon. Friend the Member for Faversham and Mid Kent …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 28 Oct 2015
Living Wage (Farmers)

"I welcome that intervention because I was not going to mention the concept, so it is just as well that my hon. Friend did.

In conclusion, I want to see a thriving farming industry in Kent that provides food security for future generations. To achieve that, however, we need the …..."
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