Apr. 22 2024
Source Page: Call for Evidence on Phasing Out the Use of Cages in the Gamebird and Quail Sectors AprilFound: you source gamebirds or quail (including hatching eggs), do you source them from the UK or do you import
Apr. 22 2024
Source Page: The six-monthly report on Hong Kong: 1 July to 31 December 2023. 37p.Found: remains a separate customs territory, retains its free port status, and does not levy tariffs on the import
Mentions:
1: Lord Douglas-Miller (Con - Life peer) Fur farming is banned in the UK, and there are already import restrictions, which means that some skin - Speech Link
2: Lord Douglas-Miller (Con - Life peer) the action plan for animal welfare, Defra committed to explore potential action in relation to the import - Speech Link
3: Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville (LD - Life peer) My Lords, the import of fur is unnecessary. - Speech Link
Laid - 22 Apr 2024 In Force 30 Apr 2024
Regulation 2 amends Commission Decision 2000/572/EC (EUDN 2000/572) to remove the import condition that meat preparations from third countries have been deep-frozen at the production plant or plants of origin.
Found: the Regulations) Regulation 2 amends Commission Decision 2000/572/EC (EUDN 2000/572) to remove the import
Laid - 22 Apr 2024 In Force 28 Apr 2024
These Regulations make changes to the operation of official controls during the transitional staging period (“the TSP”), established under Annex 6 to Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, …
Found: 2006/88/EC as regards conditions and certification requirements for the placing on the market and the import
Asked by: Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party - Strangford)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government is taking to support the use of renewable liquid fuels following the removal of renewable liquid fuel import tariffs from the US in February 2023.
Answered by Anthony Browne - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The Government supports the use of renewable fuels in several ways. Regulations generate demand for them in the UK and provide a signal for future investments. The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO) scheme continues to support renewable fuels, which are primarily deployed in road transport, and delivers a third of transport’s carbon savings under carbon budget 4. The Government will introduce a similar mandate scheme to drive the deployment of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in 2025. We also have a track record of supporting UK production of advanced renewable fuels through grant funding programmes. Most recently the Advanced Fuels Fund (AFF) has allocated over £135 million of capital funding to 13 projects to support the development of a UK SAF industry.
Asked by: Stella Creasy (Labour (Co-op) - Walthamstow)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 28 March 2024 to Question 19615 on Import Controls: Fees and Charges, if he will publish a list of all (a) Government-run and (b) privately-run border control posts.
Answered by Mark Spencer - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
Please see a full list of Border Control Posts (BCPs) at Animal and animal product imports: authorised border control posts in the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). Sevington is currently undergoing the designation process to become a BCP, and, if so designated, will be the only Government run BCP.
Asked by: Chris Bryant (Labour - Rhondda)
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 potential impact of declaring (a) Orchidaceae, (b) Dendranthema, (c) Dianthus, (d) Gypsophila and (e) Solidago from the EU as medium risk on the floristry industry.
Answered by Mark Spencer - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
The new import health control regime aims to achieve the lowest regulatory obligation for businesses, consistent with the need to protect biosecurity and public health and to safeguard the UK’s reputation for high regulatory standards.
We will work closely with trade partners to ensure that the process and rationale for categorisation of commodities is understood and seen to be robust and fair. However, it should be noted that categorisation is based on the UK’s risk assessment, not stakeholder feedback.
Mentions:
1: Lord Redesdale (LD - Life peer) come into effect a week on Tuesday, when the current “place of destination” system of plant health import - Speech Link
2: Lord Douglas-Miller (Con - Life peer) Minister.The Government are also keen to continue engaging with the sector in the run-up to 30 April, when import - Speech Link