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HANSARD NICE Appraisals: Rare Diseases TreatmentsIt is a real pleasure to take part in this very important debate. I start by thanking my hon. Friends the Members for Blaydon (Liz Twist) and for North Tyneside (Mary Glindon). We…21 Mar 2019HANSARD NICE Appraisals: Rare Diseases TreatmentsExactly. Behind profit forecasts are thousands of people and families who need access to life-saving drugs, and they simply cannot wait any longer. We must not put businesses…21 Mar 2019HANSARDHealth InequalitiesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship today, Mr Hollobone. This has been an excellent debate, and I start by thanking the hon. Member for Telford (Lucy Allan) for…20 Mar 2019HANSARD Exiting the European Union (Food and Agriculture)I start by thanking the Minister for introducing these statutory instruments on the Floor of the House this afternoon and for summarising them so clearly for us. I would also like…19 Mar 2019HANSARD Exiting the European Union (Food and Agriculture)Yes. The issue of chlorine-washed chicken did come up in some of the SI Committees that were held upstairs, and the Minister assured Committee members that chicken would continue…19 Mar 2019HANSARD Exiting the European Union (Food and Agriculture)I absolutely agree. My hon. Friend makes a good point, and I discussed with the Government and Opposition Whips where responsibility for these SIs fell. There is so much crossover…19 Mar 2019HANSARDDraft Food and Feed (Chernobyl and Fukushima Restrictions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Draft Food and Feed (Maximum Permitted Levels of Radioactive Contamination) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship this morning, Mr Wilson. I am genuinely pleased to see the Minister in his place this morning—he knows that I mean that…14 Mar 2019HANSARDDraft Food and Feed (Chernobyl and Fukushima Restrictions) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Draft Food and Feed (Maximum Permitted Levels of Radioactive Contamination) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship this morning, Mr Wilson. I am genuinely pleased to see the Minister in his place this morning—he knows that I mean that…14 Mar 2019HANSARDDraft Food and Feed Imports (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Draft Official Controls for Feed, Food and Animal Health and Welfare (Amendment Etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship again, Ms McDonagh, on this bright windy morning. I thank the Minister for bringing the two statutory instruments to the House…12 Mar 2019HANSARDDraft Food and Feed Imports (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Draft Official Controls for Feed, Food and Animal Health and Welfare (Amendment Etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 I agree with my hon. Friend. We debated that very point in some of last week’s Delegated Legislation Committees. I thought that perhaps I was a slow reader, as it took me…12 Mar 2019HANSARD No-deal EU Exit: Public Sector CateringThat is another very good point. Often, those who supply local authority caterers are some of the best for supplying food banks and FareShare. When they have to trim and trim…05 Mar 2019HANSARD No-deal EU Exit: Public Sector CateringI thank everyone who has attended the debate. I am sure that if there was not so much other business, not least the no-deal statutory instruments in almost every room in the…05 Mar 2019HANSARD No-deal EU Exit: Public Sector CateringI beg to move, That this House has considered the effect of leaving the EU without a deal on public sector catering. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr…05 Mar 2019HANSARD No-deal EU Exit: Public Sector CateringI totally agree with my hon. Friend, and I will touch on the issue he raises later in my contribution. This morning, I sat on a no-deal Delegated Legislation Committee with my…05 Mar 2019HANSARD No-deal EU Exit: Public Sector CateringI hope that the Minister acknowledges the picture being painted of the potential knock-on effects. I appreciate that this is the worst-case scenario—a no-deal, catastrophe…05 Mar 2019HANSARD No-deal EU Exit: Public Sector CateringI am really grateful that my hon. Friend has made that point. The average person spends 17% to 18% of their income on food, but people living on benefits and in poverty spend…05 Mar 2019HANSARDDRAFT GENERAL FOOD HYGIENE (AMENDMENT) (EU EXIT) REGULATIONS 2019
DRAFT CONTAMINANTS IN FOOD (AMENDMENT) (EU EXIT) REGULATIONS 2019
DRAFT SPECIFIC FOOD HYGIENE (AMENDMENT ETC.) (EU EXIT) REGULATIONS 2019
DRAFT GENERAL FOOD LAW (AMENDMENT ETC.) (EU EXIT) REGULATIONS 2019My hon. Friend is entirely correct.05 Mar 2019HANSARDDRAFT GENERAL FOOD HYGIENE (AMENDMENT) (EU EXIT) REGULATIONS 2019
DRAFT CONTAMINANTS IN FOOD (AMENDMENT) (EU EXIT) REGULATIONS 2019
DRAFT SPECIFIC FOOD HYGIENE (AMENDMENT ETC.) (EU EXIT) REGULATIONS 2019
DRAFT GENERAL FOOD LAW (AMENDMENT ETC.) (EU EXIT) REGULATIONS 2019It is indeed a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship this morning, Ms McDonagh; I hope I give you no trouble. I thank the Minister for providing a summary of these statutory…05 Mar 2019HANSARDDRAFT GENERAL FOOD HYGIENE (AMENDMENT) (EU EXIT) REGULATIONS 2019
DRAFT CONTAMINANTS IN FOOD (AMENDMENT) (EU EXIT) REGULATIONS 2019
DRAFT SPECIFIC FOOD HYGIENE (AMENDMENT ETC.) (EU EXIT) REGULATIONS 2019
DRAFT GENERAL FOOD LAW (AMENDMENT ETC.) (EU EXIT) REGULATIONS 2019Oh, he has; because I was going to say, the hon. Gentleman has missed a treat. I hope the Minister will respond to my concerns, either now or in a letter. I know he always sends a…05 Mar 2019HANSARD No-deal EU Exit: Public Sector CateringThat is the worry. As Bidfood worked out, the cost will have to go up by 69p a child just to stand still. In areas that are trying to keep the price as low as possible, that…05 Mar 2019