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HANSARDPuppy TraffickingThe Government are actively considering a range of opportunities to crack down on this abhorrent trade, as the hon. Gentleman says. We are listening to the views of a large number…21 Jan 2021HANSARDAgricultural SupportWell, a Welsh sausage is hard to beat, and I congratulate the Farmers’ Union of Wales on its excellent farmhouse breakfast campaign and my hon. Friend on sourcing and enjoying…21 Jan 2021HANSARDOfficial Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020
Draft Plant Health (Amendment) Regulations 2020 Certainly, the intention behind the statutory instruments is to have a robust system in place for protecting our biosecurity. I remember debating last year with the hon. Gentleman…20 Jan 2021HANSARDOfficial Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020
Draft Plant Health (Amendment) Regulations 2020 I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I., 2020, No.…20 Jan 2021HANSARDOfficial Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020
Draft Plant Health (Amendment) Regulations 2020 It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir David. The regulations and the draft regulations were laid before this House on 22 December and 9 December last year,…20 Jan 2021HANSARDOfficial Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020
Draft Plant Health (Amendment) Regulations 2020 I will, as ever, try to answer all of the hon. Gentleman’s questions. If I miss one, it is inadvertent. I know that the Lords Minister will be writing a substantial letter, so I…20 Jan 2021HANSARDAnimal Charities: Covid-19It is a great pleasure to take part in this excellent debate, called by my hon. Friend the Member for Southend West (Sir David Amess). There is only one issue about which he feels…19 Jan 2021HANSARD Welsh Food: Protected StatusIt is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, for the first time, Ms Ghani, and an enormous pleasure to speak in this very important debate. I congratulate my hon.…15 Dec 2020HANSARD Welsh Food: Protected StatusThey were waiting for the chocolate biscuits, which were packed with the leg of lamb and had also travelled around Africa. Needless to say, they got eaten. I was brought up…15 Dec 2020HANSARDDraft Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020. It is a pleasure to serve for the first…09 Dec 2020HANSARDDraft Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020I absolutely refuse to confirm or deny that because I know no more than the right hon. Gentleman at this point. It is important that we listen to what the CDL has to say at, I…09 Dec 2020HANSARDDraft Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020I know that I have a very good note, which I temporarily cannot lay my hands on, about the concerns that were rightly raised about the registration of vessels. We have good,…09 Dec 2020HANSARDDraft Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020I thank everyone who has contributed to this morning’s debate. I am glad that there is broad agreement on the new fisheries regulations, and I am genuinely grateful to the DAs for…09 Dec 2020HANSARDDraft Animal Welfare and Invasive Non-native Species (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) RegulationsI will not go into the ins and outs of the consultation, but I encourage those responding to be forthright and frank and to make their views clearly felt, and the evidence behind…09 Dec 2020HANSARDDraft Animal Welfare and Invasive Non-native Species (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) RegulationsI beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Animal Welfare and Invasive Non-native Species (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations. It is a pleasure to serve under…09 Dec 2020HANSARDDraft Animal Welfare and Invasive Non-native Species (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) RegulationsIt is always a pleasure to follow the hon. Gentleman. I will do my best to answer the many questions he raised. On the impact assessment on live animal exports, we have not done a…09 Dec 2020HANSARDDraft Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020Me too.09 Dec 2020HANSARDDraft Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020As the right hon. Gentleman knows, the Factortame case was the bane of my life as a young lawyer. We are not quite clear yet of the precise implications of yesterday’s…09 Dec 2020HANSARDAvian Influenza: Housing Measures for Kept BirdsFurther to my statement of 12 November, high pathogenicity avian influenza continues to circulate in the UK and Europe. There are now eight confirmed cases in England in kept…08 Dec 2020HANSARDAgricultureIt is lovely to have you in the Chair, Madam Deputy Speaker. A large number of questions have been asked. I will endeavour to answer them as best I can, but if I miss any, hon.…02 Dec 2020