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“Yes. That dynamic alignment point will become a big issue to think about.”

“Dame Helen, thank you for your answers so far. As the Chair alluded to, the future of our relationship with the EU is coming into a sharp focus, especially for the EFRA Committee with the SPS negotiations coming forward, which is likely to involve dynamic alignment. Given that concept and the Government seemingly movin…”

“In talking about the independence, the Government will obviously have one priority going one way and there will be that balancing side. One of the concerns that we have with the SPS agreement is it says, “sanitary and phytosanitary”, so it is the movement of animal and plant products. Also around other elements, for ex…”

“Jo, do you have anything to add?”

“Just a final question, which you have touched on because as you said this is the third shock that we have had so we have to look at the immediate support but then also long-term support. What specific long-term interventions would you want to see from the Government to try to help with resilience for any of the future …”

“It is quite shocking really, is it not?”

“You are right. A few of my farmers have mentioned the red diesel particularly; prices have risen by about 60%. Do you think this is a tipping point for farm viability and what happens to the UK food production if the costs remain elevated?”

“Yes. One of my colleagues will come to that shortly, so you will have a perfect opportunity. I guess the question now then is: what do you think the Government should be doing to be able to support smaller food producers that are obviously going to be disproportionately affected? What sort of measures would you want to…”

“You are right. A few of my farmers have mentioned the red diesel particularly; prices have risen by about 60%. Do you think this is a tipping point for farm viability and what happens to the UK food production if the costs remain elevated?”

“Yes. One of my colleagues will come to that shortly, so you will have a perfect opportunity. I guess the question now then is: what do you think the Government should be doing to be able to support smaller food producers that are obviously going to be disproportionately affected? What sort of measures would you want to…”

“Just a final question, which you have touched on because as you said this is the third shock that we have had so we have to look at the immediate support but then also long-term support. What specific long-term interventions would you want to see from the Government to try to help with resilience for any of the future …”

“Jo, do you have anything to add?”

“Welcome everyone. We are going to look at the impact of the war in Iran. Jo and Rohit, could you give us a brief overview of the issues currently facing UK agriculture as a result of the impact of the conflict?”

“Welcome everyone. We are going to look at the impact of the war in Iran. Jo and Rohit, could you give us a brief overview of the issues currently facing UK agriculture as a result of the impact of the conflict?”

“It is quite shocking really, is it not?”

“The Minister is talking about the past, but we always talk about the importance of the present and moving forward. All the plans that the current Government want to put in place and give security for require the DIP. One can blame whatever happened in the past, but that does not get us any further forward. Elements of …”

“I will reinforce the points made by my hon. Friend. As he said, the ECHR was created in a completely different environment and age from that in which we are living now. It is its interpretation, in particular, that has given rise to some of the problems we are facing across the board, whether on migration or dealing wi…”

“It has just been announced that the last NHS dentist provision in Towcester in my constituency will be withdrawn on 1 August 2026. That represents a significant loss, especially in a rapidly expanding town, with no other NHS dentistry provision around for miles. I have written to the integrated care board, but I am als…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Efford. To reinforce the importance of having a review on retention, the Navy’s loss is perhaps my gain in that a new member of my staff who went through officer training in the naval scheme unfortunately left, because there were no opportunities for him to move on …”

“I thank my hon. Friend for that point. I think it also speaks to a wider issue about efficiency in the use of land. The EN-1 national policy statement says that we must be efficient in the use of natural resources, including land use itself. I think it is apt that we talk about floating solar, because we are not taking…”