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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 15 Jun 2022
Sustainable Food Supply and Cultured Meat

"That is slightly wider than the scope of this debate, but my hon. Friend is absolutely right to suggest that we need a co-ordinated initiative to ensure we deliver sustainable foods across the board. I know that the Minister will tell us we are largely sustainable and self-reliant with regard …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 15 Jun 2022
Sustainable Food Supply and Cultured Meat

"I believe nature-friendly farming is completely compatible with the other objectives—a point that was made to me by the network. They are not mutually exclusive. The Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation, to which I also referred, is not vegan or vegetarian but it is about animal welfare. The more we can …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 13 Jun 2022
Government Food Strategy

"I may have to try to press this with the Prime Minister on Wednesday, but let me try it on the Secretary of State now. The Isle of Thanet has produced, historically, some of the finest fruit and vegetables in the country bar none. I think I am right in …..."
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Written Question
Fish Farming: Animal Welfare
Monday 16th May 2022

Asked by: Roger Gale (Conservative - Herne Bay and Sandwich)

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 adequacy of the current animal welfare arrangements for the 77 million fish farmed annually in the United Kingdom.

Answered by Jo Churchill

The Animal Welfare Act 2006 makes it an offence to cause unnecessary suffering to any protected animal, or to fail to provide for the welfare needs of an animal, including fish, for which that person is responsible.

Regulations also require that farmed fish are spared avoidable pain, distress or suffering during their killing and related operations.

As part of the Government’s Action Plan for Animal Welfare, we are currently considering a number of improvements that could be made to the welfare of farmed fish at the time of killing and have asked the Animal Welfare Committee to update its 2014 Opinion on the welfare of farmed fish at the time of killing.

Any allegations of welfare or health issues will be investigated by the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) and Cefas, and where there are non-compliances with the regulations, appropriate action is taken against anyone who breaks the law when non-compliances are disclosed.

Written Question
Animal Products: Imports
Tuesday 19th April 2022

Asked by: Roger Gale (Conservative - Herne Bay and Sandwich)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many permits his Department has issued for the import of hunting trophies from Russia in each of the last three years.

Answered by Rebecca Pow

The UK recorded 2 imports of brown bear hunting trophies from Russia under CITES in 2020, 12 in 2019 and 0 in 2018. 2020 is the latest full year for which data is available. Data for 2021 is currently being finalised and will be made available through the CITES trade database at https://trade.cites.org/.

Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 28 Mar 2022
Greyhound Racing

"Before we start, if anybody is in any doubt, the person with four legs in the Gallery is a registered PAT dog—Pets As Therapy—and she is there with the Chairman’s consent...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 28 Mar 2022
Greyhound Racing

"I call the Chair of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 28 Mar 2022
Greyhound Racing

"I remind the Front Benchers that it would be a courtesy to allow Christina Rees a couple of minutes at the end to wind up the debate...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 14 Mar 2022
Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [Lords]

"At the opening of my hon. Friend’s remarks, he indicated that he thought the Bill was pretty good as it was and that he feels, as I do, that if the Opposition are criticising it and some Conservative Back Benchers are criticising it, it is probably about right. Does he …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 14 Mar 2022
Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [Lords]

"According to the hon. Lady’s analysis, would that also mean that any member of the Countryside Alliance would have to be excluded?..."
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