Speeches by Eagle.
Every Hansard contribution by Angela Eagle this parliament, most recent first. Back to the MP page for the headline figures and analysed positions.
Showing 241–260 of 907 contributions · most-recent first
| Date | Debate & contribution | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 16 Dec 2025 | Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 527) “People are allowed to complain about tax increases and changes to the tax system. I was Exchequer Secretary for a while and I got well used to it then. They often, while they are complaining about that, say they want more grants and resources from the money that you get with the tax take. It is always a balancing issue…” | 112 |
| 16 Dec 2025 | Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 527) “I do not think that the Treasury ever wants to make anybody’s life easy, especially when money is scarce and we are spending £100 billion on servicing the debt that we have taken out. That makes it a lot harder for us to do some of the things we might want to do in slightly financially easier situations.” | 58 |
| 16 Dec 2025 | Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 589) “To do what, though?” | 4 |
| 16 Dec 2025 | Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 527) “I am aware of the potential of these things. I was Procurement Minister at the Treasury very many years ago, so I understand how fragmented the system used to be and what the potential opportunities are if we can get it more strategically focused.” | 44 |
| 16 Dec 2025 | Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 527) “Absolutely, yes. It is particularly important, given the wide variations in rainfall that we are now seeing, to ensure that farmers can abstract water and have reservoirs on farm so that they can distribute over the year much more effectively. I am well aware of the planning issues that Mr Dewhirst was just talking abo…” | 141 |
| 16 Dec 2025 | Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 589) “There is—and there is no getting away from it—a power imbalance between those who are buying food and those who are selling it. The smaller the farm, the larger the power imbalance. If one looks at dairy, the statutory instrument took two years to co-develop with the industry, including with dairy farmers and their rep…” | 162 |
| 16 Dec 2025 | Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 527) “We agree about that and I would ask you to keep your ear open to what is happening later.” | 19 |
| 16 Dec 2025 | Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 611) “If you are asking me to increase the compensation payments because they are not adequate, I hear what you are saying, but I would rather get to the stage where we can do some prevention. I would rather spend Government money on sorting out prevention than increase compensation. Short of the general reviews of these thi…” | 72 |
| 16 Dec 2025 | Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 527) “There is going to be a statement this afternoon from MHCLG, which I think you should look at very carefully, which I am quietly pleased about.” | 26 |
| 16 Dec 2025 | Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 611) “The system that we have chosen is in line with the EU system. We do not want to have to do something different and then have to change it again.” | 30 |
| 16 Dec 2025 | Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 527) “This comes across my desk all the time whenever there is a trade deal in the offing.” | 17 |
| 16 Dec 2025 | Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 589) “It is not a representative body, though.” | 7 |
| 16 Dec 2025 | Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 527) “Are you asking whether the Government should have a food production target?” | 12 |
| 16 Dec 2025 | Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 589) “There is farming representation.” | 4 |
| 16 Dec 2025 | Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 611) “That is devolution for you.” | 5 |
| 16 Dec 2025 | Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 527) “I deal with the situation as it is in the Department I am in. That is what I am doing.” | 20 |
| 16 Dec 2025 | Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 611) “Out of the hundreds of SIs that I am expected to do in the next few months, that is one that I am particularly looking forward to.” | 27 |
| 16 Dec 2025 | Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 611) “There are lots of phone calls, believe it or not.” | 10 |
| 16 Dec 2025 | Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 527) “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…” | 68 |
| 16 Dec 2025 | Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 589) “They were all very well behaved when I was there.” | 10 |