Written Question
Tuesday 8th October 2019
Asked by:
Lord Rooker (Labour - Life peer)
Question
to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress has been made with discussions about the UK remaining an active member of the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed operated by the EU.
Answered by Lord Gardiner of Kimble
Talks are intensifying and we are working to secure a new deal with the EU. The Government remains committed to maintaining a relationship with the Commission on the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed which will be a matter for the next phase of negotiations, as required by the Commission.
It is a Government priority to maintain high standards of protection for human, animal and plant health.
Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 30 Sep 2019
Brexit: Access to EU Systems
"To ask Her Majesty’s Government how discussions are progressing regarding the United Kingdom having access to the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed and the Trade Control and Expert System after the United Kingdom leaves the European Union...."Lord Rooker - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 30 Sep 2019
Brexit: Access to EU Systems
"Has any Minister at all read the latest report on RASFF? The clue is in the title: “Rapid Alert”. There are 10 notifications around Europe every single day, some requiring action that day. This is a 28% increase on the year before, which was 2016. Do the Government accept that, …..."Lord Rooker - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 04 Sep 2019
Brexit: Food Standards
"Did the Minister not admit in this House some months ago, notwithstanding what he said, that animal products, particularly eggs, that do not meet our standards will be on sale in this country? He said, “Oh, they’ll be labelled to say they don’t meet our standards. They’ll be cheaper than …..."Lord Rooker - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 05 Jun 2019
Kew Gardens (Leases) (No. 3) Bill [HL]
"My Lords, I add to the widespread support for the Bill. I served as Minister for Kew twice; once in the other place and once here. I have been a friend of Kew for over 30 years—indeed, I was there this morning. Over the years, in my different roles of …..."Lord Rooker - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 25 Apr 2019
Brexit: Food Prices and Availability (EUC Report)
"My Lords, this has been an incredibly interesting debate. I had better declare an interest first in being a member of the EU sub-committee. The only relevant interest that I have to declare is that I recently chaired an egg summit for the country’s largest retailer. This is only a …..."Lord Rooker - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 25 Apr 2019
Brexit: Food Prices and Availability (EUC Report)
"I would like to give the Minister an opportunity. It would be quite acceptable to me and, I am sure, the rest of the House if he withdrew that Answer and gave a more considered one. One way or another, that Answer makes it quite clear that unregulated food products …..."Lord Rooker - View Speech
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Written Question
Wednesday 3rd April 2019
Asked by:
Lord Rooker (Labour - Life peer)
Question
to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the response by Lord Gardiner of Kimble to Lord Cunningham of Felling on 19 March (HL Deb, col 1365), how that response is consistent with (1) their recent announcement on farming tariffs, and (2) the operation of Council Regulation (EC) No 5/2001 of 19 December 2000 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1907/90 on certain marketing standards for eggs.
Answered by Lord Gardiner of Kimble
The Government remains committed to high standards of animal welfare and food safety.
In the event of no deal, existing UK import standards will still apply and the level of tariff applied does not change what can and cannot be imported.
Furthermore, existing EU egg marketing standards will be retained in UK law once we leave the EU. Where the UK cannot sufficiently guarantee that imported eggs are equivalent to these Regulations, the eggs must be clearly labelled as not meeting the UK standard. This will provide the necessary clarity to enable consumers to make informed purchasing choices.
Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 11 Mar 2019
Brexit: Food Labelling and Food Safety
"Does the Minister accept that of the 32 RASFF members, the United Kingdom is in the top four of countries that issue the notifications that help others? The only countries that can be a member of RASFF, according to the statutory instrument that the Government put through the House last …..."Lord Rooker - View Speech
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Speech in Grand Committee - Wed 27 Feb 2019
Trade in Animals and Related Products (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
"My Lords, I had not intended to visit the Grand Committee on these SIs today because, as the Minister said, there are no major policy changes. I declare an interest—it is not an interest, really—because I am a member of sifting committee B, helping the world go by with statutory …..."Lord Rooker - View Speech
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