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HANSARDAnimal Welfare StandardsWe will be using a range of tools to deliver on our manifesto commitment to protect food standards and animal welfare in all our trade agreements, we have three principal tools…15 Oct 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThere has been a problem for some years in the fact that the levy is collected at the point of slaughter, and Scottish farmers have raised with us a concern that animals crossing…15 Oct 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI think the hon. Gentleman perhaps misunderstands the current situation in that it is already possible for these countries to sell us goods at a particular tariff provided they…15 Oct 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsAt the end of the transition period, the existing animal welfare regulations and the prohibition on sale, for instance, of hormones in beef will be retained in UK law, but our new…15 Oct 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsNext year is a really important year for the environment internationally, with the UK hosting COP26 on climate change in October, but also with the convention on biological…15 Oct 2020HANSARDFood Production Standards: Trade DealsOur manifesto made clear that, in all our trade negotiations, we will not compromise on our high environmental protection, animal welfare and food standards. We have retained in…15 Oct 2020HANSARDUK-grown ProduceThe Government are determined to help our farmers and food producers to increase sales domestically and internationally. We welcome efforts from all parts of the food chain to…10 Sept 2020HANSARDFood Production StandardsWe will not rejoin the EU’s scheme, but the withdrawal agreement makes provision in the area of protected food names and PGIs, and there will be recognition of the existing ones…10 Sept 2020HANSARDFood Production StandardsThere will be no need for compensation, as this Government will protect and uphold our food standards.10 Sept 2020HANSARDFood Production StandardsThere are a number of ways in which we secure standards on food imports. One is through the prohibitions on sale, as I have already mentioned, which include things such as poultry…10 Sept 2020HANSARDFood Production StandardsTony Abbott is one of a number of people on the Board of Trade. Their role is to champion British exports overseas. They do not decide Government policy or the Government’s…10 Sept 2020HANSARDFood Production StandardsIn retained EU law, we have indeed put in place the existing prohibitions on the sale of, for instance, poultry washed with chlorine and beef treated with hormones. We have legal…10 Sept 2020HANSARDFood Production StandardsWe have a manifesto commitment that, in all our trade negotiations, we will not compromise on our high environmental, animal welfare and food standards. We have retained in law…10 Sept 2020HANSARDHealthy and Sustainable FoodWe have commissioned the national food strategy independent review. Other Government policies are addressing healthy food provision through, for instance, the tackling obesity…10 Sept 2020HANSARDUK-grown ProduceI do agree with my hon. Friend. The use of tariff policy to protect producers and to safeguard against certain types of production is indeed a legitimate use of tariff policy,…10 Sept 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe WWF report is a wake-up call for everybody around the world. At the heart of every piece of policy in DEFRA is the intention to build back nature, including through our…10 Sept 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for that question. I had a meeting with my officials yesterday to discuss the case. We understand the difficulties that Banham Poultry is facing, and I know…10 Sept 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI fundamentally disagree with the point made by the hon. Gentleman. It was indeed against the interests of the fishing industry, right across the UK, to join the European Union…10 Sept 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs the Minister said earlier, we have a consultation out at the moment, and people will no doubt respond to it. But the evidence we have is that actually many of these countries…10 Sept 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend raises an important point. In our response to the Godfrey review, we set out our approach to dealing with bovine tuberculosis in the next five years. As for his…10 Sept 2020