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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 28 Oct 2019
Restoring Nature and Climate Change

"Thank you for calling me first on this side of the Chamber, Mr Hosie. I declare an interest, in that I am a member of the Conservative Environment Network, and before that I was a member of the Tory Green Initiative in the 1980s. My commitment to the environment is …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 28 Oct 2019
Restoring Nature and Climate Change

"I certainly would. Representing Bosworth, a hosiery and knitwear constituency in the midlands, I have spent much of the last 30 years in the House—not quite as long as the hon. Gentleman, I think, from memory—looking at the problem of phosphorescent dyes, which are very popular in the clothing industry, …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 28 Oct 2019
Restoring Nature and Climate Change

"I recommend going to the Knepp estate and talking to the Burrell family who run it. It is a wonderful wildlife centre.

I am listening attentively to the Minister. I apologise that I was not here at the beginning of his speech, because I was in the Chamber listening to …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 08 May 2018
Homeopathy: Veterinary Medicine

"This debate is very timely because of the recent changes that the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons has made to its guidelines, which have angered the public and homeopathic vets alike and triggered two marches to the headquarters of the RCVS and a rally in Parliament Square, at which I …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 08 May 2018
Homeopathy: Veterinary Medicine

"The hon. Gentleman speaks with wisdom and experience. No doubt, he too has looked at the European position, which is completely the opposite of the one taken by the RCVS. There is a European directive on organic products, which states in article 24(2) of Commission regulation (EC) No. 889/2008, that

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 08 May 2018
Homeopathy: Veterinary Medicine

"The hon. Gentleman makes his point well. The most successful methods for coping with this antibiotic problem are actually complementary and alternative medicines, of which homeopathy is proving one of the most successful modalities.

The placebo argument—that this is all in the imagination—is often used against homeopathy, but Buttercup and …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 08 May 2018
Homeopathy: Veterinary Medicine

"The right hon. Gentleman makes his point. They are different: as far as animals are concerned, we cannot run trials; we can only take a view on how the medicine or treatment is working. I put it to the right hon. Gentleman that farmers are not so foolish as to …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 08 May 2018
Homeopathy: Veterinary Medicine

"One or two things have been “going off”, as they say nowadays, for the last few weeks, including questions and marches.

To sum up, in veterinary medicine there is room for all. Of course there is room for conventional medicine; we cannot produce a calf from a struggling cow unless …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 08 May 2018
Homeopathy: Veterinary Medicine

"I am nervous that my hon. Friend is about to sit down, in which case the debate will be over, so, as we have a little time, I want to take this opportunity to thank him for coming. That a Minister of State, not an Under-Secretary, is responding indicates the …..."
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Written Question
Veterinary Medicine: Homoeopathy
Wednesday 28th March 2018

Asked by: David Tredinnick (Conservative - Bosworth)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has any evidence which shows that homeopathic vets are a risk to animal welfare by using homeopathy as an alternative treatment to pharmaceutical treatment options.

Answered by George Eustice

The Department does not have any evidence that shows that homeopathic vets are a risk to animal welfare by using homeopathy as an alternative treatment to conventional medicine options.

It should be noted that ‘conventional’ medicines are required to be licensed by the Veterinary Medicines Directorate. Such products will have undergone clinical trials before receiving a market authorisation – this covers efficacy, safety and an assessment of risks versus benefits. Some homeopathic remedies are registered under the Veterinary Medicines Regulations. However, this is a very different process and such products do not undergo the same detailed evaluation – notably efficacy is not considered.