Speeches by Eagle.

“No. It is important that we get the SPS stuff under way and see what the requirements are and whether we can get an exception.”

“I deal with the situation as it is in the Department I am in. That is what I am doing.”

“My understanding is that it is considering how it may move its structures forwards to allow for precision breeding. It has not got anywhere near a regulation on this yet, but the indications are that it is moving in a similar direction to the one that we have already moved in.”

“We are not there yet. We commenced the plant precision breeding regulations in early November, but we are not near to doing the animal ones yet. I do not have anything against it in principle, but we are still not in a situation where we know whether we have an exemption. The EU is moving in a similar position, by the …”

“The Government have policy, the policy is decided and supported by the Government, and I am not going to become a commentator on it. My job, as Minister for Farming, is to see what I can do in a positive way to improve the prospects for farming and farmers across the whole system. That is what I am concentrating on: th…”

“Fair enough.”

“As a matter of course, these issues are devolved. We have to respect devolved issues and that the devolved Administrations may take a different approach and attitude to this. It can sometimes create complications, but the advantage is in devolution itself. Emily, I do not know whether you want to come in.”

“Yes, they are also in the mix.”

“Yes, let’s see how it goes.”

“I am unaware of that particular case, but, given that we are doing trade deals, we are doing our best to protect our domestic producers in the best ways that we can. I cannot really comment on the Rotterdam butter until I know more about it, but I am happy to find out.”

“Yes.”

“Not only no‑alcohol beers, Chair.”

“You will have to wait and see.”

“It was my pleasure.”

“Certainly on the last part of your question, yes, it is really important. There are some examples of that being done in Scotland as well. A quota has been kept aside for young fishers who are maybe just starting out in the smaller boats before they become captains of very much larger boats in their careers, if they enj…”

“It is coming out before Christmas.”

“It is never ideal when the price drops, and it is even less ideal if it drops under the cost of production. Our understanding is that this is due to a glut of milk in the market rather than any other reason. This system was not invented to give a guaranteed price for a commodity that was produced. We just think a glut …”

“We will try to keep them in touch going forwards, but it was for zero catches and we have exempted the people who would have been particularly hit. We are likely to see recovery in some of the species that will get through the bigger nets.”

“I know they did, but it was on zero-catch species, to try to preserve them, and on net sizes. We managed to exclude under-12-foot boats from those. It will affect EU fishers far more than ours and it will preserve some of the zero-catch species that will be able to get through the nets, which would not have got through…”

“No.”