"7. What recent assessment she has made of the effect on the farming community of delays in payments by the Rural Payments Agency...." Stephen Phillips - View Speech
"I am grateful to my right hon. Friend for that answer. I am pretty sure that colleagues with rural constituencies will have numerous examples, as I do, of problems with Rural Payments Agency delays. I wish to raise the particular case of my constituent, Mrs Musson, who has been left …..." Stephen Phillips - View Speech
"As my hon. Friend says, for every pound we spend on the NAO, the NAO saves the taxpayer £18. The Comptroller and Auditor General has been very pessimistic in his budget estimation for next year in seeking to reduce his budget. Does my hon. Friend agree that, given that we …..." Stephen Phillips - View Speech
"2. What discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on promoting pork exports...." Stephen Phillips - View Speech
"As my right hon. Friend rightly says, and as regular watchers of “Have I Got News for You” know, she has recently been to China. Lincolnshire has first-class pig farmers. Will she update the House on her discussions in China to open up that market to my pig farmers?..." Stephen Phillips - View Speech
"Given the devastating impact that bovine tuberculosis continues to have on our farmers, will my right hon. Friend update the House on the most recent assessment he has made with regard to the deployment of a vaccine in cattle?..." Stephen Phillips - View Speech
"8. What research his Department is conducting on the means by which honey bees are exposed to agricultural pesticides...." Stephen Phillips - View Speech
"My hon. Friend will know that research at Stirling university has recently found that exposure to even low levels of neonicotinoid pesticides can have a serious impact on the health of bumble bees. Given the importance of bees, both to our farmers and to all those who are interested in …..." Stephen Phillips - View Speech