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Written Question
Chemicals: Regulation
Tuesday 10th January 2023

Asked by: Clive Lewis (Labour - Norwich South)

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 a comparative assessment of the adequacy of the protective approach to (a) the environment and (b) human health taken by (i) UK REACH and (ii) the EU.

Answered by Rebecca Pow

UK REACH retains the fundamental approaches and key principles of EU REACH and aims to ensure a high level of protection of human health and the environment within Great Britain. There is a long-term monitoring and evaluation strategy in place for the implementation of UK REACH, which incorporates the impacts on human health and the environment. Having our own independent regulatory framework for chemicals allows us to identify the most pressing priorities which best reflect the specific circumstances in GB. The decisions we take are based on the best available evidence, including looking at approaches taken by chemical regimes across the world, including the EU.

Written Question
North Sea Oil
Wednesday 9th November 2022

Asked by: Clive Lewis (Labour - Norwich South)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the compatibility of the Rosebank oil field development with the UK's policy objective to (a) protect 30 per cent of the UK's oceans by 2030 and (b) introduce a net gain approach to infrastructure and development in the marine environment.

Answered by Trudy Harrison

The Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment & Decommissioning (OPRED) is responsible for regulating environmental and decommissioning activity for offshore oil and gas operations in the UK. OPRED is in the process of considering the environmental statement submitted by Equinor in support of the proposed Rosebank development. As part of this process, OPRED completes an Environmental Impact Assessment; consulting with Statutory Nature Consultation Bodies, including the Joint Nature Conservation Committee and the Marine Management Organisation, and will take into account the impact a project may have on the environment within marine protected areas, designated by HM Government and Devolved Administrations under relevant legislation.

Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 30 Jun 2022
Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Third sitting)

"Q I know you do not deal with IP, but if it is a natural occurrence, why is IP applicable? Surely, it is not invention; it is a genetic coding. I am just keen to know why you feel you then have the right to impose intellectual property rights …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 30 Jun 2022
Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Third sitting)

"I disagree with that. I am reading a peer review paper here—..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 30 Jun 2022
Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Third sitting)

"Q Can I make one point on that? I have to speak on behalf of many people in this country who would make the point that if you did not have animals as foodstuffs or even believe that we can keep them as pets—there are many people who think …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 30 Jun 2022
Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Third sitting)

"But here is my question—..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 30 Jun 2022
Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Third sitting)

"Q Mr Stevenson, if you could change the Bill, what are the key changes you would make? For example, do you agree ethically with the plant component of the Bill, in terms of gene editing plants, but not the animal side? You have talked about some of the changes …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 28 Jun 2022
Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (First sitting)

"Q I would like to come back to the labelling, which Dr Ferrier touched on. Why is the NFU opposed to this? I have heard the argument about costs being a key issue, but I would have thought that, with a new technology, you would want to achieve public …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 28 Jun 2022
Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (First sitting)

"Q There is an argument for greater transparency in food production, not less. I am struggling with the NFU’s position of leaving it to the market. Markets can do lots of things, but the reason we are here, as regulators and legislators, is to try to ensure that this …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 28 Jun 2022
Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (First sitting)

"Q Professor Dunwell, on gene editing, why, as a scientist, do you believe that the precautionary principle has been resolved and seen through to its conclusion and therefore we can now move forward? I am thinking particularly in reference to some of the information that was provided on the …..."
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