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Public Bill Committees
Trade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill (Fourth sitting)
Committee stage: 4th sitting - Tue 18 Oct 2022
No Department present

Mentions:
1: James Duddridge (CON - Rochford and Southend East) to a number of products, but specifically, on the New Zealand side, I would point out that UK sheep imports - Speech Link
2: Anum Qaisar (SNP - Airdrie and Shotts) on the procurement chapters of these two agreements, it is important to note the huge potential for imports - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Climate Change and Biodiversity: Food Security - Thu 08 Sep 2022
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (LAB - Life peer) Our farmers are increasingly being undercut by low-quality imports from abroad.Where is the plan to support - Speech Link
2: Baroness Mobarik (CON - Life peer) If local food supplies continue to decline due to the impact of climate change, then imports of cheaper - Speech Link
3: Lord Benyon (CON - Life peer) degree of food security is built on supply from diverse sources: strong domestic production as well as imports - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Trade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill
2nd reading - Tue 06 Sep 2022
Department for International Trade

Mentions:
1: Nick Thomas-Symonds (LAB - Torfaen) from Australia are far higher than current imports. - Speech Link
2: Anthony Mangnall (CON - Totnes) We have to balance imports versus export opportunities. - Speech Link
3: Neil Hudson (CON - Penrith and The Border) Government have confirmed that a ban will be maintained on hormone-treated beef and chlorine-washed poultry - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 21 Jul 2022
Department for International Trade

Mentions:
1: Ranil Jayawardena (CON - North East Hampshire) As one example, last month we removed barriers in Mongolia that prevented the export of British poultry - Speech Link
2: Selaine Saxby (CON - North Devon) Many of my North Devon farmers and the National Farmers Union are concerned about food imports, but given - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
War in Ukraine: UK Farming and Food Production - Wed 20 Jul 2022
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Member for City of Chester referred to poultry and eggs. - Speech Link
2: Ben Lake (PC - Ceredigion) Member for Wirral West (Margaret Greenwood), who eloquently emphasised how much the cost of imports has - Speech Link
3: Alex Sobel (LAB - Leeds North West) worker visas this year, a figure that was then increased to 40,000, with 2,000 of those visas awarded to poultry - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Cost of Living: Support for Farmers - Tue 12 Jul 2022
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Alicia Kearns (CON - Rutland and Melton) It will result in food costs rising and our dependency on imports increasing, which is something that - Speech Link
2: Daniel Zeichner (LAB - Cambridge) horticultural seasonal worker visas, but then that number was upped to 40,000— although 2,000 went to poultry - Speech Link
3: Victoria Prentis (CON - Banbury) to be flexible and react where we can.We recognise that feed is a particular issue for the pig and poultry - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Health Improvement and Food Production - Thu 07 Jul 2022
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Baroness Brinton (LDEM - Life peer) This makes very significant recommendations.The UK imports 48% of the food that we consume, and that - Speech Link
2: Baroness Merron (LAB - Life peer) How do we support our farmers and prevent them being undercut by imports with lower animal welfare and - Speech Link
3: Lord Kamall (CON - Life peer) additional provision of 10,000 visas under the seasonal worker visa route, including 2,000 for the poultry - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Sixth sitting)
Committee stage: 6th sitting - Tue 05 Jul 2022
No Department present

Mentions:
1: None of food production, but there are genuine concerns about the welfare characteristics of some of the poultry - Speech Link
2: Jo Churchill (CON - Bury St Edmunds) Member for Edinburgh North and Leith asked about imports. - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Fourth sitting)
Committee stage: 4th sitting - Thu 30 Jun 2022
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Deidre Brock (SNP - Edinburgh North and Leith) suggests that all countries that require such organisms to be regulated could potentially refuse all imports - Speech Link
2: Jo Churchill (CON - Bury St Edmunds) moment, and feed is a considerable way in which we can address issues such as reducing our reliance on imports - Speech Link
3: Daniel Zeichner (LAB - Cambridge) Similarly, we have very integrated pig and poultry sectors for genetics, breeding nucleus herds that - Speech Link
4: Deidre Brock (SNP - Edinburgh North and Leith) For example, at the moment the prevention of imports of unauthorised GM varieties from south America - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Farmed Animals: Cages - Mon 20 Jun 2022
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Roger Gale (CON - North Thanet) The difference now is that post Brexit, we can prevent those imports, so does my hon. - Speech Link
2: Bill Wiggin (CON - North Herefordshire) about “animals”; the petitioners could have put “birds”.We saw one of the most infuriating attacks on poultry - Speech Link
3: Daniel Zeichner (LAB - Cambridge) We have problems in the poultry sector, but we have also seen huge problems in the pig sector over the - Speech Link
4: Victoria Prentis (CON - Banbury) However, we need to work carefully and sensitively with the pig and poultry industries, which are both - Speech Link