Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 19 Jan 2017
Oral Answers to Questions
"11. Can my hon. Friend assure me that, when he makes his assessment of the impact on farming of leaving the EU, he will actually listen to the farmers and not the so-called experts from bodies such as the National Trust, who seem to be intent on following their own …..."Andrew Bingham - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 31 Oct 2016
Driven Grouse Shooting
"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Nuttall. In a constituency such as mine, this debate is of great relevance and importance. Let me state from the outset that I am in favour of driven grouse shooting and all the benefits it brings to communities such as …..."Andrew Bingham - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 31 Oct 2016
Driven Grouse Shooting
"I refer the hon. Lady to an article that appeared in The Derbyshire Magazine written by Jim Dixon, who is the former chief executive of the Peak District national park. The article is about hen harriers, and the last sentence says:
“These harriers raise their precious family on a grouse …..."Andrew Bingham - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 31 Oct 2016
Driven Grouse Shooting
"The hon. Lady just said that there were none in the Peak district. I shall confirm it with the chap who found them, but he assured me. He actually said that he would be happy to speak to the hon. Lady if she wanted to. I have seen and heard …..."Andrew Bingham - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 31 Oct 2016
Driven Grouse Shooting
"I completely agree. I think the figures cited earlier were that that alternative would account for only 10% of the economic benefit of driven grouse shooting...."Andrew Bingham - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 31 Oct 2016
Driven Grouse Shooting
"Yes, that would be completely unenforceable and probably slightly ridiculous.
Grouse shooting makes such a huge contribution to country life. Not only does it provide employment and people’s livelihoods, but it helps with social cohesion in rural areas. I fully respect those who hold the view that we should not …..."Andrew Bingham - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 31 Oct 2016
Driven Grouse Shooting
"Will the hon. Lady give way?..."Andrew Bingham - View Speech
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Written Question
Wednesday 16th March 2016
Asked by:
Andrew Bingham (Conservative - High Peak)
Question
to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reasons public bodies are permitted to import meat and meat products which due to poor welfare standards would be illegal to produce in the UK.
Answered by George Eustice
Government Buying Standards for food and catering services are mandatory for central government and encouraged in the wider public sector. The standards require that all food served must have been produced in compliance with UK legal standards for animal welfare.
To protect the supply of food to central government and other public bodies, including prisons and the military, the only exception is for the procurement of pig and poultry meat. This means that in the event that UK market conditions impose a significant increase in costs that cannot be compensated for by savings elsewhere, pig and poultry meat must as a minimum meet EU standards and the reasons for not applying UK welfare standards must be recorded and signed off by a senior official in the organisation concerned.
Written Question
Wednesday 16th March 2016
Asked by:
Andrew Bingham (Conservative - High Peak)
Question
to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has been made on implementation of the recommendations of the Bonfield report on public procurement of food; and if she will make a statement.
Answered by George Eustice
The Government is committed to providing food produced to British standards or their equivalent in all its canteens, restaurants and cafeterias by the end of this Parliament. Defra is working closely with other Departments and businesses to implement Dr Peter Bonfield’s Plan for Public Procurement of Food, including a balanced scorecard. The Ministry of Justice recently launched a tender for supplying food to prisons, worth £500m, which requires bids to use the balanced scorecard. Their current supplier has agreed that the 30 million portions of UHT milk served in prisons each year will be sourced from UK producers. All new Central Government food and catering contracts will use the balanced scorecard approach.
Written Question
Tuesday 16th February 2016
Asked by:
Andrew Bingham (Conservative - High Peak)
Question
to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to publish the Lead Ammunition Group's final report; and if she will make a statement.
Answered by Rory Stewart
The Government is considering the Lead Ammunition Group’s report on the effects of lead ammunition to human health and wildlife and will respond as soon as possible.
I am shortly due to meet the chairman of the Group to discuss their report on the 22nd March.
The Lead Ammunition Group’s report is independent of Government. It will be for the Group to decide when to publish their report.