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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 16 Jul 2018
Dangerous Dogs Act: Staffordshire Bull Terriers

"My right hon. Friend makes a very good point. There are all sorts of things that we should do, because we say we are a nation of dog lovers, but what is happening out there actually shows that many people are not dog lovers at all—they abuse animals, whether unintentionally …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 16 Jul 2018
Dangerous Dogs Act: Staffordshire Bull Terriers

"Does the hon. Gentleman agree that one simple way to protect postal workers and others would be to ensure that those with dogs running free in their house have either an outside post box or a cage behind their letter box? Any dog can bite if it feels threatened...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 16 Jul 2018
Dangerous Dogs Act: Staffordshire Bull Terriers

"I thank all hon. Members who have spoken, particularly the hon. Member for Stafford (Jeremy Lefroy) and my right hon. Friend the Member for Warley (John Spellar) for their sterling defence of Staffordshire bull terriers. The Chair of the Select Committee, the hon. Member for Tiverton and Honiton (Neil Parish), …..."
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Written Question
Palm Oil: Labelling
Thursday 15th March 2018

Asked by: Helen Jones (Labour - Warrington North)

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 it his policy that all products containing palm oil should be labelled as such to enable consumers to decide whether they wish to buy products containing that ingredient.

Answered by George Eustice

Products containing palm oil must be labelled as such – the vegetable oil ingredient of food must now indicate the vegetable origin of the oil.

See Annex VII part A 7-8 of the 1169/2011 Regulation on the provision of food information to consumers for more information:

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/en/ALL/?uri=CELEX%3A32011R1169

Written Question
Palm Oil
Thursday 15th March 2018

Asked by: Helen Jones (Labour - Warrington North)

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 effect of palm oil production on wildlife and the environment in palm oil producing countries; and if he will make a statement.

Answered by Baroness Coffey

In 2006, Defra published a study into the environmental impacts of a number of commodities, including palm oil.

In 2012, Defra published the UK Statement on the Sustainable Production of Palm Oil which was signed by trade associations, NGOs and Government, and aimed to achieve 100% sourcing of credibly certified sustainable palm oil. The final report in February 2017 reported that by 2015 either 87% or 108% of UK palm oil imports were supported by Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) certification, depending on the trade data source used.

Defra is committed to supporting implementation of deforestation free supply chains for key commodities, including palm oil. We are signatory to the Amsterdam Declarations, have endorsed the New York Declaration on Forests and are a member of the Tropical Forest Alliance 2020.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 19 May 2011
Wild Animals (Circuses)

"The people in my constituency who protested when the Bobby Roberts circus appeared there would be stunned by the pathetic defence the Minister has put up today. Quite apart from the fact that he got the name of the elephant wrong, can he tell us why we should rely on …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 02 Feb 2011
Public Forest Estate (England)

"Will my hon. Friend confirm that the policy of the last Labour Government involved selling off some woodland and reinvesting the proceeds in areas such as mine to create woodland in urban areas such as the Mersey forest?..."
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