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Speech in General Committees - Mon 07 Oct 2019
Animal Health and Genetically Modified Organisms (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

"I am glad to see the Minister back in his place. With regard to the minor errors contained in those earlier regulations, is he assured that there are no minor errors in these regulations?..."
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Written Question
Whisky: Scotland
Tuesday 25th June 2019

Asked by: Martin Whitfield (Labour - East Lothian)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the contribution of the Scotch Whisky industry to (a) rural employment and (b) investment.

Answered by David Rutley

The Scotch Whisky industry provides vital employment and investment to communities across Scotland. It is estimated that 7,000 people are directly employed by the industry in rural areas of Scotland.

Written Question
Whisky: Scotland
Tuesday 25th June 2019

Asked by: Martin Whitfield (Labour - East Lothian)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people have been employed by the Scotch Whisky industry in the last five years.

Answered by David Rutley

More than 10,500 people are directly employed in the Scotch Whisky industry in Scotland, and over 42,000 jobs across the UK are supported by the industry.

Speech in General Committees - Tue 29 Jan 2019
Draft Fisheries (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

"I rise to raise two issues with regard to section 30 of the Fisheries Act 1981, because of the effect it has on England and Wales, and on Scotland. Regulation 3(4)(b) under part 2, “Amendment of primary legislation”, mentions

“enforceable Community restrictions, and enforceable EU obligations”.

My understanding is that …..."
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Speech in General Committees - Tue 29 Jan 2019
Draft Fisheries (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

"I am grateful for that explanation. It is therefore my understanding that the reference to EU restrictions would also have to be removed from the 1981 Act...."
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Speech in General Committees - Tue 29 Jan 2019
Draft Fisheries (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

"I hope the Minister can satisfy two problems in one. To return to my earlier intervention, is he satisfied that the drafting in the statutory instrument gets over the problem of its miswording as compared with the Act? Does it achieve what he wants to achieve—to transfer the EU regulations …..."
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Speech in General Committees - Tue 29 Jan 2019
Draft Fisheries (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

"For my own satisfaction as much as anything else, the 1981 Act talks about

“enforceable Community restrictions, enforceable EU restrictions, and enforceable EU obligations”,

yet the quote that has been lifted—the quote that will be replaced—discusses only

“enforceable Community restrictions, and enforceable EU obligations”.

It therefore omits four crucial words. …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 20 Nov 2018
Agriculture Bill (Thirteenth sitting)

"I should indicate that those policy areas may technically be devolved because they are devolved. That is important.

In the notice given by the policy paper “Agricultural framework progress update: September 2018”, the Government talked about a period of 18 months to reach that concordat with the Scottish Government. Can …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 20 Nov 2018
Agriculture Bill (Thirteenth sitting)

"I want to make a few points about this and to split them into the political and the legislative aspects. We have an opportunity with the Agriculture Bill to do what the National Farmers Union in Scotland has been crying out for—namely, to shape the decision-making process and establish it …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 20 Nov 2018
Agriculture Bill (Thirteenth sitting)

"Is it not the case that new clause 23 would give protection to the timber industry and, more importantly, address illegal logging? We would extend our protections even wider. One of the great environmental tragedies is the loss of rain forests and the continuous forests that are needed. This proposal …..."
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