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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 20 Apr 2016
UK Dairy Sector

"I give way to a neighbour of Wales.
..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 20 Apr 2016
UK Dairy Sector

"I agree with the hon. Gentleman. I refer him and the Minister to the report by the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee. The hon. Gentleman has a fine pedigree in championing such issues. He set up the all-party dairy group in the last Parliament, and he initiated many of …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 20 Apr 2016
UK Dairy Sector

"The hon. Lady is quite right, and she represents a rural area, as I do. For people who do not live in a rural area, it can sometimes be very hard to understand the extent to which the agricultural community and the agricultural economy are engrained in rural areas and …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 20 Apr 2016
UK Dairy Sector

"I know that the hon. Gentleman has done a lot of work on this issue, so I give way to him...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 20 Apr 2016
UK Dairy Sector

"Again, I completely concur with that comment. I think the hon. Gentleman secured a debate on the Groceries Code Adjudicator in this Chamber a few weeks or months ago, and he made that point very strongly then. He is quite right; we need the opportunity that this review presents.

I …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 20 Apr 2016
UK Dairy Sector

"I give way to my neighbour from Carmarthen East and Dinefwr...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 20 Apr 2016
UK Dairy Sector

"I totally concur with that. I think there is an emerging consensus. It took some time to give the adjudicator the capacity to levy fines. I think this is the next step, but it cannot come quickly enough for many of the farmers in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and elsewhere.

We are …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 20 Apr 2016
UK Dairy Sector

"I am grateful for the opportunity to thank all hon. Members, including those on the Front Benches, for their contributions. I am not sorry we asked the Minister 31 questions. I know that if he was unable to answer any as fully as he wanted, he will write to us. …..."
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Written Question
Dairy Products: Imports
Tuesday 15th March 2016

Asked by: Mark Williams (Liberal Democrat - Ceredigion)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what value of dairy produce was imported from each country of origin in each of the last five years.

Answered by George Eustice

The HMRC data has been provided on a ‘country of despatch’ basis, rather than the requested ‘country of origin’ basis, as ‘country of despatch’ trade data is considered a more accurate representation of actual levels of trade.

The table below shows the value of dairy produce imported into the UK, for the last five years, according to HMRC trade statistics:

£/million

Country

2011

2012

2013

2014

*2015

Irish Republic

689.1

662.6

767.3

702.6

594.1

France

484.2

510.0

559.5

568.4

392.0

Germany

286.3

283.5

336.5

345.1

241.4

Netherlands

169.2

237.2

277.2

252.1

187.3

Belgium

216.3

209.5

239.4

196.0

142.0

Italy

174.1

162.4

168.5

174.5

111.9

Denmark

214.1

195.1

153.1

160.0

70.7

Greece

44.8

44.9

53.7

60.7

70.2

Poland

28.4

31.9

42.0

43.4

41.2

Spain

31.8

36.8

44.3

39.6

31.9

Cyprus

16.3

17.2

20.4

26.6

22.2

Others

96.8

95.9

102.6

134.7

91.9

Grand Total

2,451.4

2,487.0

2,764.4

2,703.6

1,996.9

Source: HM Revenue and Customs. Data prepared by the Food & Trade Statistics team, Great British Food Unit, Defra.

*2015 data are subject to amendments. Totals may not add up to the sum of their components due to rounding.

Written Question
Neonicotinoids
Tuesday 1st March 2016

Asked by: Mark Williams (Liberal Democrat - Ceredigion)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many applications for emergency authorisation for the use of neonicotinoids have been received in 2016; and how many of those applications have been granted.

Answered by George Eustice

No applications have been received in 2016 for the emergency authorisation of neonicotinoids.