Debate on Thursday, 12 May 2011, in the House of Lords, led by Baroness Byford. The answering member was Lord Henley.

Agriculture: Global Food Security

Lords debate on motion to call attention to the future contribution of British agriculture to global food security. Motion withdrawn.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 727 c987-1027
Session: 2010-12
Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Proceeding contributions: Baroness Byford | 727 c1027 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank everyone who has taken part in this debate, which reflected the enormity of the ch...; Lord Henley | 727 c1022-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I declare my interests as listed. I should add to these, since poultry has been mentioned ...; Baroness Quin | 727 c1019-22 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, like everyone else, I welcome this debate and I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Byfo...; Lord Marlesford | 727 c1018-9 (Link to this contribution) It is a huge mistake; I totally agree with the noble Lord. The carbon-generating inputs to turn food...; Lord Hunt of Chesterton | 727 c1018 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, would not the noble Lord, Lord Marlesford, agree that recent studies in the United States ...; Lord Marlesford | 727 c1017-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we owe a debt to my noble friend Lady Byford for introducing this debate. Over the years, ...; Lord Selsdon | 727 c1014-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am extremely honoured to be able to speak in the debate introduced by my noble friend La...; Baroness Byford | 727 c987 (Link to this contribution) Asked by To call attention to the future contribution of British agriculture to global food securi...; Baroness Byford | 727 c988-91 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I begin by declaring my interest as set out in the Register. It is a year since the forma...; Earl of Arran | 727 c1012-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I join all your Lordships in thanking once again my noble friend Lady Byford for securing ...; Earl of Sandwich | 727 c1009-12 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it may be appropriate for a Sandwich to follow both chicken and egg. I thank the noble Bar...; Earl of Shrewsbury | 727 c1008-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lady Byford on securing this important debate today. My nob...; Lord Lyell | 727 c1005-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lady Byford for giving us the opportunity to hear a number of incr...; Lord Carter of Coles | 727 c991-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Byford, on securing this important and timely deba...; Lord Plumb | 727 c994-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lady Byford for so ably opening this debate. If I was at a farmers...; Bishop of Hereford | 727 c1003-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, like others I pay tribute to the noble Baroness, Lady Byford, for introducing this debate ...; Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 727 c996-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I remind noble Lords of my own and my husband’s interests with our farm and of my role as ...; Lord Dixon-Smith | 727 c1001-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I declare an interest as a farmer, still practising, and landowner in Essex. Essex is a pe...; Earl of Selborne | 727 c999-1001 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I remind the House of my interests as a farmer and as chair of the partners’ board of the ...
Subjects: Animal welfare Agriculture Climate change Biodiversity Developing countries Finance Environment protection Genetically modified organisms Food Food supply Poultry Water Sustainable development Research Supermarkets Waste Subsidies Bovine tuberculosis Common agricultural policy Anaerobic digestion Food insecurity
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Agriculture: Global Food Security

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