Support for farmers with the cost of living
A Westminster Hall debate has been scheduled for 2.30 pm on Tuesday 12 July 2022 to consider support for farmers with the cost of living. The debate will be opened by Alicia Kearns MP.
Farm funding: implementing new approaches
Farm support in the UK is changing. Before the UK left the EU, farmers were supported by Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) funds (£4.7 billion in 2019). The Government has committed to maintaining pre-Brexit UK farm funding levels for this Parliament, but under new types of support schemes for farmers in England. From 2021-27 the Government will phase out in England the CAP-style 'direct payments' which are based on how much land is farmed. Farmers and land managers will in future be paid to produce 'public goods' such as environmental and animal health improvements under Environmental Land Management and other new schemes.
The use of cages for farmed animals
A debate has been scheduled in Westminster Hall at 4.30pm on Monday 20 June 2022 on a petition concerning the use of cages for farmed animals. The subject for the debate has been nominated by the Petitions Committee, and the debate will be opened by Matt Vickers MP.
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Research Briefing
The UK’s contribution to the EU budget
This note considers how much the UK contributes to the EU budget and how much it receives back. Potential payments to the EU on or after Brexit - such as the exit bill - are also discussed.
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Debate Pack
Inshore fishing fleet
A debate has been scheduled for 9.30 am on Tuesday 14 June 2022 in Westminster Hall on the inshore fishing fleet. The debate will be opened by Anthony Mangnall MP.
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Research Briefing
Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill 2022-23
A briefing on the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill 2022-23
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Research Briefing
Northern Ireland Protocol: Implementation, grace periods and EU-UK discussions (2021-22)
This briefing paper explores the Northern Ireland Protocol, how it has been implemented, the temporary grace periods introduced to help ease trading problems, negotiations between the EU and UK in 2021 and 2022 on possible changes to the Protocol, including the May 2022 UK Government announcement it will introduce legislation to override the Protocol.
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Debate Pack
Recruitment Support for Agricultural Workers
A debate on recruitment support for agricultural workers will take place in Westminster Hall scheduled for Wednesday 25th May 2022, from 4:30-5:30pm. Wendy Chamberlain MP will open the debate.
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Research Briefing
Fly-tipping – the illegal dumping of waste
This Commons Library briefing paper gives a general overview of the extent of the problem of fly-tipping in England and the powers and responsibilities of the Environment Agency, local authorities and landowners to deal with it. It also sets out recent Government actions to tackle it and proposals for reform.
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Debate Pack
Debate on an e-petition relating to badger culling
A debate will be held on an e-petition relating to badger culling in Westminster Hall at 4.30pm on Monday 21 March 2022. The debate will be opened by Nick Fletcher MP. The subject has been nominated by the Petitions Committee.
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Research Briefing
Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill
The Animal Welfare(Sentience) Bill will require the Government to set up an Animal Sentience Committee to examine whether “the welfare of animals as sentient beings” is considered in policy decisions. Remaining stages of the Bill in the House of Commons will take place on 14 March 2021
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Research Briefing
Farming and Food Statistics: South West England
The aim of this paper is to support a Westminster Hall debate on 23 February 2022 on Food and farming in Devon and Cornwall. The statistics are not usually produced for Devon and Cornwall separately, as such, this paper primarily focuses on the statistics for South West England in comparison with the rest of the England. The statistics provided accompany the policy paper on farming (farm funding) and the legislation (Agriculture Act 2020).
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Debate Pack
Government approval for the use of neonicotinoids and the impact on bees
A debate has been scheduled in Westminster Hall on Wednesday 2 February at 9.30am on Government approval for the use of neonicotinoids and the impact on bees. The debate will be opened by Luke Pollard MP.
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Research Briefing
Farmers’ protests in India and agricultural reforms
India experienced over a year of mass protests by farmers over agricultural reforms, the largest such protests in decades. The Indian Government passed the three farm laws in September 2020, but repealed them in November 2021 when it became clear the farmers who opposed the reforms would not back down. This briefing paper looks at the problems the reforms were trying to solve, why so many farmers were unhappy with them, why the Indian Government response to the protests was criticised, why the Indian Government criticised the international response to the protests, including in the UK, what have the UK Government and Parliament said about the protests, and if the protests have truly ended.
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Debate Pack
Allocations to UK-EU fisheries following the UK’s departure from the EU
A debate has been scheduled in Westminster Hall on Tuesday 30 November at 9.30am on allocations to UK-EU fisheries following the UK's departure from the EU. The subject for this debate has been nominated by the Backbench Business Committee. The debate will be opened by Jim Shannon MP.
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