Select Committee

Formal minutes session 2022-23 (Jan 2023-July 2023)

Formal Minutes Apr. 26 2024

Committee: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Found: second time, and agreed to.

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Chester Zoo

TFA0034 - UK trade policy: food and agriculture

Written Evidence Mar. 12 2024

Inquiry: UK trade policy: food and agriculture
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Found: TFA0034 - UK trade policy: food and agriculture Chester Zoo Written Evidence

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

Mar. 12 2024

Source Page: Opinion on chick culling alternatives
Document: Opinion on chick culling alternatives (PDF)

Found: bird species kept in zoos and as pets. 5.

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Chester Zoo

CAP0050 - The role of natural capital in the green economy

Written Evidence Nov. 17 2023

Inquiry: The role of natural capital in the green economy
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Environmental Audit Committee

Found: Llangollen whitebeam. 1.2 Conservation zoos and aquariums have an enormous role to play in reversing

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Correspondence from the Wildlife and Countryside Link relating to the Government response to the Committee's report on Species reintroduction, dated 2 November 2023

Correspondence Nov. 14 2023

Committee: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Found: Correspondence from the Wildlife and Countryside Link relating to the Government response to the Committee's

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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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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 Support 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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Deposited Papers
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sep. 08 2023

Source Page: Letter dated 01/09/2023 from Lord Benyon to Lord Borwick regarding proposed amendments to the Animals (Low-Welfare Activities Abroad) Bill 2022-23: inclusion of the words ‘purpose or effect’ in clause 2 (1), arrangements for identifying low-welfare activities, exemptions to prohibitions. 2p.
Document: Letter_to_Lord_Borwick_Animals-Low_Welfare_Activities_Abroad-Bill.pdf (PDF)

Found: The Rt Hon Lord Benyon Minister for Biosecurity, Marine and Rural Affairs Seacole Building

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Departmental Publication (Statistics)
HM Treasury

Jul. 20 2023

Source Page: HM Treasury: 2023 COVID-19 Cost Tracker update
Document: (Excel)

Found: £10 million and asset and invoice finance between £1,000 and £10 million to help businesses of all sizes

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