Speeches by Hoare.

“All very helpful answers. Thank you.”

“In the business roundtable that we held in May—this is a question specifically to Mr Greenslade, if I may—businesses told us that they have experienced inconsistent engagement from the civil service and wider officials. That is particularly the case when officials change roles. We all know that the one thing that busin…”

“Just on that point, and just so we do not lose this thought when we, as a Committee, start to think about our reports—I think part of the answer to this is “yes”, but it strikes me that there would be merit, if access to sites or finding sites and space is a premium and a difficulty, in triaging on a market-led demand …”

“Thank you very much.”

“And sometimes a bit of pruning as well.”

“It does, thank you. Mr Rupprecht?”

“Mr Greenslade?”

“Minister, I do not disagree with much of what you said with regard to the desirability of future-proofing agriculture, both in Wales and, indeed, across the United Kingdom, with a cemented-in next generation. Most will know that it is tough work. It is long hours. It is antisocial. It is 365 days a year, particularly i…”

“They always do. Thank you, Minister.”

“Minister, you are right to point out that there have been conversations, debates and all the rest of it. When the Home Office, the Department for Education, the Department of Health, the Ministry of Justice or the MOD has a punch-up with Treasury leading up to a Budget, a fiscal event, a spending review or whatever, it…”

“I thought we were going to have a punch-up!”

“I just want to turn briefly, if I may, to intergovernmental relations; I chair PACAC for the House and have responsibility for scrutinising this area. I just want a word or two, Minister, if you might, on the effectiveness, in your assessment, of the inter-ministerial group for environment, food and rural affairs and h…”

“Good afternoon, Minister. It is nice to see you. In our first session in this inquiry, back on 4 June, we heard from three of the largest farming groups in Wales. I know that you will not be at all surprised to hear this, but they were best described as being aghast at the proposed tax changes announced in the Budget, …”

“Surely the fact that a remedy is not available to all does not mean that it is not a remedy. If we wish to argue for the two-tier approach, we can think of instances in which mental capacity has come into play, particularly in respect of capital offences, when those existed here. In abstract theory, that was a two-tier…”

“It is often harder to see because it is more sparsely spread across larger rural areas, but I remind the Minister of what I know he knows: deprivation exists in our rural areas. Can I urge him to ensure that this does not become an issue of north versus south or urban versus rural, but that the Government use taxes to …”

“I am very grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for that intervention, and I endorse it entirely. My hon. Friend the Member for South Leicestershire (Alberto Costa) and his Committee will look at the motion, if the House decides to pass it this evening, and I know he will have heard that. I echo what the right hon. Memb…”

“I agree wholeheartedly with the hon. Gentleman. If this place is not a champion of justice and its pursuit as a high court of Parliament, what is it?”

“I beg to move, That (1) the transcript of unreported oral evidence taken from Mr Baxter by the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee in private session on 11 November 2009 be referred to the Committee of Privileges; (2) the Committee consider the petition from the Secretary to the Omagh Bombing inquiry in relation to that…”

“As my right hon. Friend knows, I have a huge amount of respect and affection for him, and he is right to refer to the inalienable rights that a British citizen has in terms of access to justice and so forth, but surely he must accept that individuals facing deprivation of citizenship will have crossed a threshold of be…”

“As a sponsor of the Climate and Nature Bill, I welcome the Secretary of State’s statement this afternoon. He is right to highlight that this is a national crisis, and many of us across the House are right to point out that it cannot be ignored and that inaction has too great a cost, but he will be aware that the costs …”