Extract from report stage (Lords)(day 1) of the Agriculture Bill - Sep 15
Wednesday, 16 September 2020 08:46
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The Earl of Devon (CB) [V]: My Lords, Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New
Year, is this weekend—Shanah Tovah. The seven-year period cited in
Amendment 33 is not accidental. We all know of the seven fat and
seven thin cows of the pharaoh’s dream in Exodus. Jewish law
prescribes a seven-year agricultural cycle, with a fallow year—the
Shmita—every seventh year. What was good for Moses should be good
for us, and we should set our agricultural policy in seven-year
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