Horsemeat (Supermarket Products) Debate

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Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Joan Walley

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Horsemeat (Supermarket Products)

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Business of the House
Thursday 17th January 2013

(11 years, 4 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Is not the problem fragmentation, split responsibility, enforcement, the role of trading standards officers and cuts to local government? Has the Minister had a meeting a Cabinet level, across all Departments, to get a policy that is fit for purpose?

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As I have already said, I do not accept that there is any difficulty with split responsibilities. The responsibility for food safety lies entirely with the Food Standards Agency.

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