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HANSARD Tin Mining SubsidenceI beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to require the Coal Authority to undertake remedial works on properties with subsidence damage as a result of tin mining; to…09 Jul 2019HANSARDEngagementsAs long ago as 1875, this country became the first in the world to require animals to be stunned prior to slaughter, yet the latest evidence from the Food Standards Agency is that…03 Jul 2019HANSARDG20 and Leadership of EU InstitutionsAs the Prime Minister knows, the UK decided not to give notice to quit the European economic area, as required under article 127. Although I absolutely understand that she would…03 Jul 2019HANSARD Religious Slaughter of Farm AnimalsMy hon. Friend makes an important point. I will come to how other countries address this challenge. All sorts of difficulties arise through our current rules on halal and shechita…02 Jul 2019HANSARD Religious Slaughter of Farm AnimalsI will go on to advocate a package of measures to improve our law, having looked at the issue in some depth. I would stop short of banning it altogether, but we could make major…02 Jul 2019HANSARD Religious Slaughter of Farm AnimalsI beg to move, That this House has considered the religious slaughter of farm animals. Before I get to the issue in the motion, I must say that free votes in the House are…02 Jul 2019HANSARD Religious Slaughter of Farm AnimalsLabelling is indeed one option, which I was going to come to. It does not get us all the way, because we have the service trade, where labelling would be ineffective at helping…02 Jul 2019HANSARD Religious Slaughter of Farm AnimalsI was going to come on to that. There is no barrier to using stunning for halal, provided it is what is called a recoverable stun. That same FSA report also worryingly revealed…02 Jul 2019HANSARD Religious Slaughter of Farm AnimalsSo-called mis-stunning is also an issue. I am not pretending that religious slaughter is the only welfare issue. Another area of concern, about which I commissioned some work when…02 Jul 2019HANSARD Religious Slaughter of Farm AnimalsI agree that adopting a German-style model, whereby we put in place the measures and mechanisms necessary to enforce something that has been a facet of our law since at least…02 Jul 2019HANSARD Religious Slaughter of Farm AnimalsI was going to come on to that. Even within the kosher community, there is not a universal view on whether post-cut stunning should be permitted. A couple of years ago, I visited…02 Jul 2019HANSARDKew Gardens (Leases) (No. 3) Bill [Lords]My hon. Friend will be familiar with the fact that it is typical with leasehold properties, particularly flats, for a leaseholder to have an entitlement to extend the lease before…24 Jun 2019HANSARDKew Gardens (Leases) (No. 3) Bill [Lords]We all support the work that Kew does and obviously want to support its estate strategy and the funding, but the point my hon. Friend has just made is important. Will he confirm…24 Jun 2019HANSARDRare and Native BreedsI declare my interest in that my family are long-standing breeders of both the British Lop pig and pedigree South Devon cattle, but genetic diversity is critical to maintaining…20 Jun 2019HANSARDRare and Native Breeds9. What plans his Department has to support (a) rare and (b) native breeds in future agriculture policy.20 Jun 2019HANSARDMortgage PrisonersI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Dover (Charlie Elphicke) on securing this debate and commend the work of the APPG on fair business banking, and in particular the work…06 Jun 2019HANSARDHares PreservationI beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to prohibit the killing or taking of hares during the breeding season; to repeal the Hares Preservation Act 1892; and for…14 May 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Welsh SeafoodWelsh fishermen will be particularly interested in the application of the Hague preference since the ability to invoke it and, more importantly, counter-invoke it against the…09 May 2019HANSARDWild Animals in Circuses (No. 2) BillI support the Bill, not least because, as a Minister in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, I spoke in favour of such a Bill on many occasions. As a number of…07 May 2019HANSARDWild Animals in Circuses (No. 2) BillI am going to make some progress. However, the Bill does raise some anomalies. For instance, two or three of the animals in the list of 19 are camels. They will be banned from…07 May 2019