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Written Question
EU Law
Friday 31st March 2023

Asked by: Christina Rees (Labour (Co-op) - Neath)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish the Departmental delivery plan that outlines its intention for each piece of retained EU law as committed to in a letter from the Minister for Industry and Investment Security to Baroness Andrews on 3 February 2023.

Answered by Mark Spencer

Defra is conducting analysis of its Retained EU Law stock to determine what should be preserved as part of domestic law, as well as REUL that should be removed, or amended. A list of regulations to be revoked or allowed to sunset, through the REUL Bill will be published in due course.

Speech in Public Bill Committees - Wed 16 Nov 2022
Shark Fins Bill

"It is a great pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mrs Cummins. I thank hon. Members for joining me on the Committee to discuss this important Bill today.

I am pleased to bring forward a Bill that will advance this country’s standards for the long-term conservation of sharks. …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Wed 16 Nov 2022
Shark Fins Bill

"I thank the hon. Gentleman for that exceptional intervention. He puts what the Bill is about succinctly and clearly. It is a terrible practice. When it was first brought to my attention, I could not believe that it was happening. As a lifelong vegan, I find it absolutely abhorrent...."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Wed 16 Nov 2022
Shark Fins Bill

"I thank my friend and fellow sports-mad person for an excellent intervention and for her support throughout. Again, it is the whole balance of the ecosystem throughout the ocean that is affected. Sharks have been much maligned. If I sing, “Dur-duh, dur-duh, dur-duh,” you will get it. Ever since the …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Wed 16 Nov 2022
Shark Fins Bill

"I thank the hon. Member for her intervention. The thing about this Bill is that I have learned all sorts of things about Members of Parliament that I could never have thought of. I know the great work that the hon. Member does on Ynys Môn. I always take every …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Wed 16 Nov 2022
Shark Fins Bill

"I thank my hon. Friend for another superb intervention. I thank him for his support in coming to the Committee today, which is much appreciated. I really hope the Bill sends a massive message that the practice should not go on and that, if it does continue, serious action should …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Wed 16 Nov 2022
Shark Fins Bill

"I am blown away, as they say. Committee members cannot know how much their support means to me—I am getting quite emotional.

I will go through the greatest hits of thanks. I want to thank everyone present for their contributions and interventions. I also want to thank the Members who …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 15 Jul 2022
Shark Fins Bill

"I beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time.

I welcome the new Minister, the hon. Member for St Austell and Newquay (Steve Double), to his place. Having recently spent about six weeks with him in Committee, where he was absolutely superb, I am sure he …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 15 Jul 2022
Shark Fins Bill

"My hon. Friend has always been a doughty champion for animal welfare. I will come to her point later in my speech, but I agree wholeheartedly. If we can get the Bill into law, we in the UK will be the leaders in Europe in banning shark finning.

Sharks desperately …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 15 Jul 2022
Shark Fins Bill

"I am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising that valid point. I am sure that the issue can be thrashed out in Committee, should we reach that stage. I have looked into the research and there are gaps in the data regarding how much personal usage is being allowed, …..."
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