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Written Question
Hen Harriers: Conservation
Monday 12th December 2022

Asked by: Jonathan Djanogly (Conservative - Huntingdon)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to Answer of 15 January 2021 to Question 133641 on Hen Harriers, whether she has made an assessment of the implications for her Department's policies of the effectiveness of hen harrier nests on non-RSPB nature reserves in comparison to RSPB nature reserves; and whether she has made an assessment of the reasons why nests were more successful in non-RSPB nature reserves.

Answered by Trudy Harrison

No specific assessment of the effectiveness of our hen harrier recovery policies based on the ownership of land has been made.

Written Question
Meat: Genetically Modified Organisms
Tuesday 8th November 2022

Asked by: Jonathan Djanogly (Conservative - Huntingdon)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill on the cultivated meat sector.

Answered by Mark Spencer

The Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill will ensure that plants and animals developed using precision breeding technologies in ways which mimic traditional and natural processes, and food and feed products produced from such plants and animals, can be regulated proportionately to risk.

Under this Bill, HM Government intends to introduce simpler regulatory measures to enable food and feed produced from precision bred plants or animals to be brought to market more easily, and we will support our leading scientists to develop plants and animals that are more nutritious, resistant to pests and disease and resilient to extreme temperatures. HM Government acknowledges the potential benefits of innovative protein development and will continue to work together with interested parties including the cultivated meat sector on developments in this area.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 31 Oct 2022
Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill

"There is concern among the cultured meat industry, which is unsure about the impact of the Bill on its research and trade. Will my right hon. Friend take this opportunity to show our support for this important new technology, which the UK is currently at the forefront of developing?..."
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Written Question
Birds: Conservation
Tuesday 25th October 2022

Asked by: Jonathan Djanogly (Conservative - Huntingdon)

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 hold discussions with the RSPB on its decision to stop publishing its annual counts of the number of birds in its reserves.

Answered by Trudy Harrison

It is for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) to decide how and when it publishes information collected from across its reserves, and as such, the Secretary of State has no plans to hold discussions with the RSPB on their internal decisions around publishing data.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 14 Mar 2022
Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [Lords]

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 14 Mar 2022
Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [Lords]

"I thank the Minister for giving way, and I take this opportunity to thank her and the Secretary of State for having met colleagues on multiple occasions and listened. Many communities are fearful of the implications of this and, while I have not fallen in love with the Bill, the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 18 Jan 2022
Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [Lords]

"On that point, can my right hon. Friend say whether he has assessed the possibility of judicial review arising as a result of that assessment process?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 18 Jan 2022
Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [Lords]

"When I looked at the Bill, I tried first, as I do with any Bill, to work out its purpose and who or what it is trying to assist. I must say that I am still far from having the answer to either question. Actually, the more I look at …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 21 Jun 2021
Grouse Shooting

"Will the hon. Lady give way?..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 21 Jun 2021
Grouse Shooting

"I am not sure about banjos, but the premise that the hon. Lady gave before was that grouse management is there for shooting birds. I would say that that is not the case. Shooting is part of the environmental process that is going on. People who engage in grouse shooting …..."
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