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Written Question
Nature Conservation: Zoos
Monday 3rd October 2022

Asked by: Chris Green (Conservative - Bolton West)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the impact of zoos on support for conservation science.

Answered by Scott Mann

Zoos are required to carry out conservation work as part of their licensing conditions, and we are in the process of updating these. Defra has recently held a targeted consultation on a set of new Standards of Modern Zoo Practice for Great Britain. The draft standards propose a set of new conservation requirements that, subject to the approval by parliament of the Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill, zoos licensed under the Zoo Licensing Act 1981 will be required to meet. The new conservation requirements are designed to ensure that all licensed zoos in Great Britain provide meaningful contributions to conservation. Defra and the Zoos Expert Committee are currently considering responses to the consultation, which closed on 21st June.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 23 Jun 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"1. What steps he is taking to support agri-research. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 23 Jun 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"The advocate-general of the European Union recommended gene editing, but the European Court of Justice opposed it and put it in the same category as genetically modified organisms. Professor Nigel Halford said that

“the decision could set back agbiotech in Europe by another 20 years. We are already a generation …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 20 Jun 2019
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"T4. Reforesting is an important part of the Conservative agenda on the environment. Does the Minister agree that the Woodland Trust’s Smithills estate is a key part of that strategy?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 10 Jan 2019
European Union (Withdrawal) Act

"The suggestion at the heart of what the hon. Lady is saying is that she has no confidence in the Labour party to champion the cause of the British people on workers’ rights or environmental standards. There should surely be a post-Brexit competition between Labour and the Conservatives on championing …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 10 Jan 2019
European Union (Withdrawal) Act

"The hon. Member for Glasgow South (Stewart Malcolm McDonald) has made a superb speech. I want to pick up his statement that free movement is very important, and that the economy is very important. I would say that it is more the case that it is free markets that have …..."
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Written Question
Smithills Estate
Friday 20th July 2018

Asked by: Chris Green (Conservative - Bolton West)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support his Department is giving to the Woodland Trust to assist them in the recovery work on the Smithhills Estate.

Answered by Baroness Coffey

I visited Smithills earlier this year where I planted one of the first trees with the Woodland Trust.

Defra officials have been informed of the damage to Smithills, which is one of the many sites that together will form the Northern Forest.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 17 May 2018
Plastic Bottles and Coffee Cups

"I, too, took part in the London marathon and I can tell my hon. Friend that having a bottle was far better than having a cup because when you are jogging along you are going to bounce a lot of liquid out of the cup. Would it not be a …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 17 May 2018
Plastic Bottles and Coffee Cups

"It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for East Lothian (Martin Whitfield). His speech was fantastic all the way through, but particularly at the beginning when he highlighted the importance of plastic and how it can be used to improve our environment. I thought that that was a …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 25 Jan 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"Will the Secretary of State join me in welcoming the vision for the new 50 million tree northern forest and share my delight that the first tree planting will be at the Woodland Trust’s Smithills site in Bolton West?..."
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