Robbie Moore

I had a baroness come up to me, ask me about the film.

The, the MP that hosted it is a guy called Robbie Moore, and interestingly he did his whole spiel, you know, his political speech.

And he goes, "You know, Robbie, there's not many Robbies around.

There's only two in this room.

And she said the government planned to build nine new reservoirs across England by 2050 to prevent the current situation becoming the norm.

But the Conservative Shadow Environment Minister, Robbie Moore, complained that the government had been too slow to react.

11 areas are now in drought, with Yorkshire the latest to be declared.

10 water companies have hose pipe bans in force.

We're really keen to learn from, uh, all, uh, in the sector on what we can do to improve the scheme going forward.

But he failed to reassure the Conservative Shadow Farming Minister, Robbie Moore.

What support will he give those with expiring agreements to minimize gaps in cash flow? And what budget has the minister allocated for SFI '27 so that he can be certain that we will not see the same debacle all over again? The minister has now had a month to reflect on these issues.

Our farmers want answers now.

Yes.

I've also heard it described by Robbie Moore, who's a shadow Defra minister this morning, said it would make Defra into a, an economic growth department.

Okay.

I guess it depends which, which member of the shadow ministerial team you're hearing from any particular point.

Wildlife and environmental campaign groups have reacted strongly against the idea of abolishing these agencies, arguing there needs to be more regulation properly funded.

So I asked Robbie Moore, shadow minister for food and environment, how would abolishing Natural England and the Environment Agency work?

We've been doing a lot of work engaging with many stakeholders, farmers, and what has been absolutely clearly reiterated to us is there is a loss of focus on outcome and delivery and efficiency, and also efficiency with decision-making.

So w- we have come to the conclusion, uh, that both Natural England and the Environment Agency should be abolished in their current structure.

The environment and food have to go hand in hand.

You can't have a policy, as I believe we have at the moment, that is solely focused on one of them.

Robbie Moore, shadow minister for food and environment at the Conservative Party conference.

Now, as we continue our look at boundaries this week, today we turn our attention to one of the most familiar and admired features of our countryside, the dry stone wall.