Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 04 Dec 2018
Fisheries Bill (Second sitting)
"Q Would you envisage it to be similar in future or different in the nature or quantity of inspections?
Phil Haslam: I would expect it to be similar in future. We do controlled enforcement now. There may be a requirement to do much more of it in the future, …..."Jeremy Lefroy - View Speech
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 04 Dec 2018
Fisheries Bill (Second sitting)
"Q Finally, what percentage of inspections result in you finding that rules have not been complied with?
Phil Haslam: At sea, it can be as much as one in three where you find some level of non-compliant behaviour. Not all of that ends up in a court room. Some …..."Jeremy Lefroy - View Speech
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 04 Dec 2018
Fisheries Bill (First sitting)
"Q You mentioned earlier the import of cod from the Barents sea, Russia, which is obviously outside the EU and the European economic area. What sort of friction is there in bringing that into the UK market, in comparison with what might be experienced in the future.
Andrew Kuyk: …..."Jeremy Lefroy - View Speech
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 04 Dec 2018
Fisheries Bill (First sitting)
"Q Do we import any fish from outside EU markets?
Andrew Kuyk: Yes, and we have some stuff that is landed directly in the UK. There are well tried and trusted systems, and any necessary adaptations have already taken place. We have the facilities to cope with fish that …..."Jeremy Lefroy - View Speech
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 04 Dec 2018
Fisheries Bill (First sitting)
"Mr Salter, you rightly placed great emphasis on sustainability. Given that in the UK we export most of our fish and export most of what we catch, most of what is consumed comes from places in which as an independent coastal state we rightly have no control over whether things …..."Jeremy Lefroy - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 29 Nov 2018
Oral Answers to Questions
"T3. What is my hon. Friend’s assessment of the implications of the Migration Advisory Committee’s report on immigration for the agricultural and food processing industries in the United Kingdom?..."Jeremy Lefroy - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 18 Oct 2018
Oral Answers to Questions
"9. What progress the Government have made on reintroducing a seasonal agricultural workers scheme. ..."Jeremy Lefroy - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 18 Oct 2018
Oral Answers to Questions
"I thank the Minister very much for his reply. Recently I visited PDM Produce, which is in my constituency and that of my hon. Friend the Member for The Wrekin (Mark Pritchard). It produces millions of lettuces a month for the UK market and imports from Europe in the off-season. …..."Jeremy Lefroy - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 18 Oct 2018
Oral Answers to Questions
"What work is the Church of England doing with other Christian Churches and other faiths—with Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists and so on—to stand united on behalf of religious freedom around the world and against the persecution of religious minorities in every country, whatever the majority faith? I have to say with …..."Jeremy Lefroy - View Speech
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Written Question
Thursday 6th September 2018
Asked by:
Jeremy Lefroy (Conservative - Stafford)
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 grant farmers flexibility in allowing livestock to graze land which is not normally permitted for grazing because of the short supply of bedding and grazing.
Answered by George Eustice
Three variations or derogations from EU law have been granted or are under active discussion in Brussels in relation to grazing. First, some member states have secured permission to allow the grazing of Ecological Focus Area (EFA) Fallow Land. This derogation is not relevant in England as we already allow the grazing of such land after 1 July each year.
The UK was the first Member State to raise a concern with the European Commission over the difficulties farmers faced in establishing EFA catch crops by the required date of 20 August. Other Member States agreed with us and the Commission agreed that “force majeure” should apply in these circumstances, so we could waive any penalties for farmers for non-compliance with EU law.
The third possibility relates to the small areas of land that have been declared as EFA Winter Cover Crops for the purposes of the EU Greening requirements. This green cover must be present from 1 October to at least 15 January and ordinarily must not be grazed. Because of the extreme weather conditions, the EU is considering waiving that rule for 2018 in suitably justified areas, and we have asked that England be listed amongst those countries eligible for this derogation. The change that we expect to secure this week will allow for grass and other herbaceous forage to be grown in those areas, rather than the usual restrictive list of plant species, and for those areas to be grazed.