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Westminster Hall
Farmers, Supermarkets and Food Supply Chains - Tue 16 May 2023
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Gordon Henderson (CON - Sittingbourne and Sheppey) problems abroad, has resulted in empty supermarket shelves, and the more that we become reliant on imports - Speech Link
2: Gordon Henderson (CON - Sittingbourne and Sheppey) section 20 of the Agriculture Act to conduct an urgent value chain inquiry into market failure in the poultry - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Food Security and Farming - Wed 19 Apr 2023
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Helen Grant (CON - Maidstone and The Weald) must genuinely address the legitimate concerns of farmers in relation to food standards and cheaper imports - Speech Link
2: Mark Spencer (CON - Sherwood) We have moved the 25% tariff on maize imports from the US to help with animal feed costs and we have - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
CPTPP: Conclusion of Negotiations - Wed 19 Apr 2023
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: None market access on these products, including through tariff-free exports to Mexico for beef, pork and poultry - Speech Link
2: Lord Johnson of Lainston (CON - Life peer) than the customs union that was the old European Union—we do not abrogate any of our standards for imports - Speech Link
3: Lord Johnson of Lainston (CON - Life peer) believe—I am happy to write to the noble Baroness to confirm—from memory that sustainable palm oil imports - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
CPTPP: Conclusion of Negotiations - Mon 17 Apr 2023
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Kemi Badenoch (CON - Saffron Walden) market access on these products, including through tariff free exports to Mexico for beef, pork and poultry - Speech Link
2: Richard Thomson (SNP - Gordon) Brexit Secretary, no less—failed to understand the important role that the port of Dover plays in UK imports - Speech Link
3: Kemi Badenoch (CON - Saffron Walden) deforestation—deforestation related to palm oil fell by 60% in Malaysia in 2012—and 72% of UK palm oil imports - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Trade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill
Report stage - Tue 14 Mar 2023
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (CON - Life peer) As we will recall, imports from the EU, which may include Brazilian, Australian and New Zealand imports - Speech Link
2: None The Government have agreed to eliminate tariffs on New Zealand imports, although some products will be - Speech Link
3: None It will be not the large conglomerate farmers who suffer from imports of cheaper, poorer-quality produce - Speech Link
4: None When it comes to assessing areas of risk, such as poultry and pork imports, the agreement is very different - Speech Link


Written Statements
Trade Measures to support the Ukrainian Economy - Thu 23 Feb 2023
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Nigel Huddleston (CON - Mid Worcestershire) Although overall imports to the UK from Ukraine have decreased (with goods imports down almost 50%, or - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 09 Feb 2023
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Nigel Huddleston (CON - Mid Worcestershire) example, since leaving the EU, we have secured major trade deals with the US, reinstating beef and lamb imports - Speech Link
2: Kevin Hollinrake (CON - Thirsk and Malton) March 2022, we did away with 192 barriers across 79 countries, including by opening up markets for UK poultry - Speech Link
3: Nigel Huddleston (CON - Mid Worcestershire) We are trying to seek opportunities for fair trade across the world, whether it is imports or exports - Speech Link
4: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) The fairness of imports and exports in Northern Ireland is hindered by the impacts of the Northern Ireland - Speech Link


General Committees
Plant Health and Trade in Animals and Related Products (Amendment) Regulations 2022 - Wed 25 Jan 2023
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Daniel Zeichner (LAB - Cambridge) correct an omission that will ensure that the appropriate authority has the power“to change the rules on imports - Speech Link
2: Mark Spencer (CON - Sherwood) just allowed the disease to run its course, that would have led to the total devastation of the UK poultry - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 12 Jan 2023
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Mark Spencer (CON - Sherwood) Those include working with industry and looking to ease restrictions on feed imports, and providing regulatory - Speech Link
2: Thérèse Coffey (CON - Suffolk Coastal) already produces a significant amount of foods that are not produced in this country, so we welcome any imports - Speech Link
3: Neil Hudson (CON - Penrith and The Border) Sadly, the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of avian influenza has been confirmed this week on a poultry - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill
Committee stage - Mon 12 Dec 2022
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: None now spread into our wild populations and continues to decimate our heavily crowded, factory farmed poultry - Speech Link
2: Lord Cameron of Dillington (CB - Life peer) The answer is the EU, which imports 30 million tonnes of GM material every year. - Speech Link