To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to reverse the decline in United Kingdom food production, expand vegetable crops sustainably and increase United Kingdom fruit production.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to reverse the decline in United Kingdom food production, expand vegetable crops sustainably and increase United Kingdom fruit production.

My right honourable friend the Secretary of State has today made the following Statement. My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Natural Environment and Fisheries (Richard Benyon) represented the United Kingdom at the Agriculture and Fisheries Council in Luxembourg on 28 June. Richard Lochhead MSP also attended. This was the...

My right honourable friend the Secretary of State has today made the following Statement. My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Natural Environment and Fisheries (Richard Benyon) represented the United Kingdom at the Agriculture and Fisheries Council in Luxembourg on 28 June. Richard Lochhead MSP also attended. This was the...

The Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, my hon. Friend the Member for Newbury (Richard Benyon) who is responsible for natural environment and fisheries represented the United Kingdom at the Agriculture and Fisheries Council in Luxembourg on 28 June. Richard Lochhead MSP also attended. This was the...

The Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, my hon. Friend the Member for Newbury (Richard Benyon) who is responsible for natural environment and fisheries represented the United Kingdom at the Agriculture and Fisheries Council in Luxembourg on 28 June. Richard Lochhead MSP also attended. This was the...

The Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, my hon. Friend the Member for Newbury (Richard Benyon) who is responsible for the natural environment and fisheries will be representing the United Kingdom at the Agriculture and Fisheries Council in Luxembourg on 28 June. There is one fisheries and...

The Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, my hon. Friend the Member for Newbury (Richard Benyon) who is responsible for the natural environment and fisheries will be representing the United Kingdom at the Agriculture and Fisheries Council in Luxembourg on 28 June. There is one fisheries and...

My right honourable friend the Secretary of State has today made the following Statement. My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Natural Environment and Fisheries (Richard Benyon) will be representing the United Kingdom at the Agriculture and Fisheries Council in Luxembourg on 28 June. There is one fisheries and one...

My right honourable friend the Secretary of State has today made the following Statement. My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Natural Environment and Fisheries (Richard Benyon) will be representing the United Kingdom at the Agriculture and Fisheries Council in Luxembourg on 28 June. There is one fisheries and one...

On 10 June 2011, Official Report, column 49WS, I informed the House about the disruption of the EU fruit and vegetables market and the impact on growers of the consequences of the E. coli outbreak in Germany, including a fall in consumer confidence and the import ban on EU produce...

On 10 June 2011, Official Report, column 49WS, I informed the House about the disruption of the EU fruit and vegetables market and the impact on growers of the consequences of the E. coli outbreak in Germany, including a fall in consumer confidence and the import ban on EU produce...

My right honourable friend the Minister for Agriculture and Food (Jim Paice) has today made the following Statement. On 10 June (Official Report, col. 49WS) I informed the House about the disruption of the EU fruit and vegetables market and the impact on growers of the consequences of the E....

My right honourable friend the Minister for Agriculture and Food (Jim Paice) has today made the following Statement. On 10 June (Official Report, col. 49WS) I informed the House about the disruption of the EU fruit and vegetables market and the impact on growers of the consequences of the E....

My right honourable friend the Secretary of State has today made the following Statement. The Secretary of State for Health informed the House on 7 June of how the Government are taking all possible measures to monitor the serious E.coli 0104 outbreak that is centred in Germany and to assess...

My right honourable friend the Secretary of State has today made the following Statement. The Secretary of State for Health informed the House on 7 June of how the Government are taking all possible measures to monitor the serious E.coli 0104 outbreak that is centred in Germany and to assess...

The Secretary of State for Health informed the House on 7 June of how the Government are taking all possible measures to monitor the serious E. coli 0104 outbreak that is centred in Germany and to assess and deal with any associated risks should any arise for consumers in the...

The Secretary of State for Health informed the House on 7 June of how the Government are taking all possible measures to monitor the serious E. coli 0104 outbreak that is centred in Germany and to assess and deal with any associated risks should any arise for consumers in the...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action plans they have to increase fruit and vegetable production.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action plans they have to increase fruit and vegetable production.

Lords question for short debate on what steps they are taking to reduce obesity in the United Kingdom.

Lords question for short debate on what steps they are taking to reduce obesity in the United Kingdom.

I did not know that there was a speaking list.

I did not know that there was a speaking list.

I intend to intervene only briefly. I support the noble Lord, Lord McColl, and congratulate him on introducing this debate. His speech is worthy of passing around our friends and colleagues because it would have made a very good after-dinner speech. Although it was amusing, it dealt with an extremely...

I intend to intervene only briefly. I support the noble Lord, Lord McColl, and congratulate him on introducing this debate. His speech is worthy of passing around our friends and colleagues because it would have made a very good after-dinner speech. Although it was amusing, it dealt with an extremely...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend for raising this important issue, about which he knows a very great deal. I value the insights that he was able to give us in his most informative introductory speech. Obesity is one of our biggest public health challenges. In England, three-fifths of...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend for raising this important issue, about which he knows a very great deal. I value the insights that he was able to give us in his most informative introductory speech. Obesity is one of our biggest public health challenges. In England, three-fifths of...

My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord McColl, on his persistence in calling this debate; he is well known for his concern about this issue. I also offer congratulations to my noble friend Lord Brooke on having lost a lot of weight by reducing his intake of food by...

My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord McColl, on his persistence in calling this debate; he is well known for his concern about this issue. I also offer congratulations to my noble friend Lord Brooke on having lost a lot of weight by reducing his intake of food by...

I hope that the Committee will allow me a little extra time in view of that intervention. The answer to the noble Lord, Lord Campbell-Savours, is that if voluntary measures do not work, we will indeed consider regulation. I need to make that clear. We have a ladder of intervention...

I hope that the Committee will allow me a little extra time in view of that intervention. The answer to the noble Lord, Lord Campbell-Savours, is that if voluntary measures do not work, we will indeed consider regulation. I need to make that clear. We have a ladder of intervention...

Perhaps I may stop the noble Earl for a moment. In the first few moments of his speech he spelt out the scale of the crisis, yet almost all the measures that he has referred to are voluntary. They are based on an agreement with the industry or with this...

Perhaps I may stop the noble Earl for a moment. In the first few moments of his speech he spelt out the scale of the crisis, yet almost all the measures that he has referred to are voluntary. They are based on an agreement with the industry or with this...

My Lords, the purpose of this debate is to draw attention to the most serious epidemic to affect many parts of the world. The obesity epidemic will soon involve half the population of this country. It is killing millions of people, costing billions of pounds and the cure is free:...

My Lords, the purpose of this debate is to draw attention to the most serious epidemic to affect many parts of the world. The obesity epidemic will soon involve half the population of this country. It is killing millions of people, costing billions of pounds and the cure is free:...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to reduce obesity in the United Kingdom.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to reduce obesity in the United Kingdom.

My Lords, you cannot really find fault with the logic of the noble Lord, Lord McColl—do not eat and you will not put on weight. The problem is that for most of us, if you mention food we want to eat. I am going to focus on strategy, but I...

My Lords, you cannot really find fault with the logic of the noble Lord, Lord McColl—do not eat and you will not put on weight. The problem is that for most of us, if you mention food we want to eat. I am going to focus on strategy, but I...