Commons Chamber
Covid-19 Inquiry - Fri 19 Jul 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Pat McFadden (Lab - Wolverhampton South East) Hallett is unequivocal:“The UK was ill prepared for dealing with a catastrophic emergency, let alone the coronavirus - Speech Link
2: Layla Moran (LD - Oxford West and Abingdon) That is why Back Benchers across this House set up the all-party parliamentary group on coronavirus, - Speech Link
3: Munira Wilson (LD - Twickenham) emergency to protect children and staff in schools, but I think the public were aghast that pubs and zoos - Speech Link

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Departmental Publication (Research)
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Jul. 08 2024

Source Page: Agriculture in the United Kingdom 2023
Document: (PDF)

Found: (963), with 38 cases in farmed birds, 17 in smallholder establishments, and 3 in captive birds in zoos

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Non-Departmental Publication (Transparency)
Animals in Science Committee

Mar. 28 2024

Source Page: The future of futures: participatory futures research in the ASC
Document: Annex 2: ASC futures workshop horizon scan slide pack (PDF)

Found: Research in 2019 (before the coronavirus pandemic) showed that the public cited climate change as the

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Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Department of Health and Social Care

Mar. 28 2024

Source Page: General Medical Services Statement of Financial Entitlements Directions: previous directions
Document: The General Medical Services Statement of Financial Entitlements Directions 2023 (PDF)

Found: CO RONAVIRUS VACCINATION AND TESTING EXEMPTION CONFIRMATION RE QUE STS PAYMENTS FOR THE REVIEW OF CORONAVIRUS

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Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Department of Health and Social Care

Mar. 28 2024

Source Page: General Medical Services Statement of Financial Entitlements Directions: previous directions
Document: The General Medical Services Statement of Financial Entitlements (No.2) Directions 2021 (PDF)

Found: payment Claims for payment Information needed by the Board to consider a claim PART 6 Review of Coronavirus

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Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dec. 04 2023

Source Page: New legislation set to ban live animal exports
Document: Action Plan for Animal Welfare (PDF)

Found: The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has put a spotlight on animal welfare.

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Select Committee

Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, and Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Oral Evidence Nov. 28 2023

Inquiry: Post-pandemic health and welfare concerns of companion animals, including abuse and mutilation
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Found: indeed some others—include, we hope, legislation to tackle livestock worrying, raise standards in zoos

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Written Question

Zoo Animals Fund

Monday 11th September 2023

Asked by: Julian Knight (Independent - Solihull)

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 Government grants statistics 2020 to 2021, published on 31 March 2022, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the Covid-19 Zoo Animal Fund.

Answered by Trudy Harrison

The Zoo Support Fund and subsequent Zoos Animal Fund were set up to help those zoos and aquariums most effected by the coronavirus pandemic. No formal assessments of the schemes have been carried out but both funds aimed to avoid unnecessary euthanasia of zoo animals due to income reductions and to preserve animal welfare.

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