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Written Question
Rice: Industry
Monday 17th October 2016

Asked by: Louise Ellman (Independent - Liverpool, Riverside)

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 implications of UK withdrawal from the EU for the rice milling industry.

Answered by George Eustice

We are preparing for negotiations to exit the EU. As part of these preparations, we will consider future global trading relationships and the impacts on different agricultural sectors

Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 23 Feb 2015
Animal Welfare (Non-stun Slaughter)

"I apologise for my late arrival, Mr Havard—I was chairing the Select Committee on Transport—and I thank you for calling me to speak. I congratulate the hon. Members who secured the debate and the 115,000 people who signed the e-petition, which has brought this debate to the fore.

There are …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 23 Feb 2015
Animal Welfare (Non-stun Slaughter)

"I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Ilford South (Mike Gapes) for his intervention. He makes an extremely important point. Animal welfare is important and counts in how animals live, as well as in how they die. It is not solely about methods of slaughter, but about what is …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 04 Nov 2014
Animal Slaughter (Religious Methods)

"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hollobone. I congratulate the hon. Member for Tiverton and Honiton (Neil Parish) on securing this debate. I particularly welcome his opening comments that the debate should be conducted calmly and transparently, as he did in the presentation of his case, …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 04 Nov 2014
Animal Slaughter (Religious Methods)

"Some parts of animals are prohibited from being eaten by people who observe the laws of kashrut and they are often sold in other parts of the food chain. That is part of the system. I know that there are issues about labelling slaughtering methods. I do not think that …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 04 Nov 2014
Animal Slaughter (Religious Methods)

"I accept that further steps could be taken, but my essential concern is about a preserving the rights of the Jewish community as part of British society to maintain its traditions and religious laws that are all designed to enhance animal welfare. I am greatly concerned about the often unstated …..."
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