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Lord Katz (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 8 September 2026

Debate

El Niño

Contribution

I fear I will repeat the Answer that my noble friend Lady Hayman gave from the Front Bench yesterday. We recognise the importance of our farming sector. We are finding policies that work for rural areas, which include support through rural rate relief, small business rate relief, a high VAT registration threshold and small profits corporation tax rate, as well as things such as reduced red diesel rates. We are working to support the farming sector.

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