Asked by: Wera Hobhouse (Liberal Democrat - Bath)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost to his Department was of ministerial severance payments in each year from 19 December 2019 to 30 May 2024; which Ministers received a severance payment; and how much each Minister received.
Answered by Daniel Zeichner - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
The details of any ministerial severance payments can be found in our Annual Report & Accounts.
Asked by: Baroness Gale (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask His Majesty's Government when they intend (1) to respond to the consultation by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on fairer food labelling that closed on 7 May, and (2) to bring forward the proposals to improve transparency in method-of-production welfare labelling for pork, chicken and eggs.
Answered by Baroness Hayman of Ullock - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
Ministers are carefully considering all responses provided to a public consultation on fairer food labelling before deciding on next steps.
Asked by: Wendy Morton (Conservative - Aldridge-Brownhills)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he is taking steps to manage the potential impact of implementation of the Extended Producer Responsibility scheme on glass manufacturers.
Answered by Mary Creagh - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
As part of the Government’s commitment to implement Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging (pEPR) and the benefits it will deliver, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is working alongside the Department for Business and Trade to discuss the impact of Extended Producer Responsibility on specific packaging sectors, including glass. We will continue to engage with industry on this matter.
Asked by: Sarah Champion (Labour - Rotherham)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the findings of the Decapods: Call for Evidence, published on 5 July 2023; and what recent estimate she has made of when the Animals in Science Committee will report on options for the future regulation of the use of decapod crustaceans in research.
Answered by Dan Jarvis - Minister of State (Home Office)
Following earlier research and reports on this issue, the next step is for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to decide whether to regulate Decapods under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986.
Any decision of publication of earlier research or the commissioning of further advice will follow in due course.
Sep. 16 2024
Source Page: Bluetongue: general licence for vaccination against the diseaseFound: From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Animal and Plant Health Agency Published
Sep. 16 2024
Source Page: Bluetongue: general licence for vaccination against the diseaseFound: From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Animal and Plant Health Agency Published
Sep. 16 2024
Source Page: Bluetongue: general licence for vaccination against the diseaseFound: EXD568(BT)E Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs The Bluetongue Regulations S.I. 2008
Sep. 16 2024
Source Page: Bluetongue: general licence for vaccination against the diseaseFound: EXD568(BT)E Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs The Bluetongue Regulations S.I. 2008
Sep. 16 2024
Source Page: General licence for bluetongue serotype 3 (BTV-3) vaccineFound: Gordon Hickman Authorised by the Secretary of State Date: 16 September 2024 EXD568(BT)(E) Department
Sep. 16 2024
Source Page: General licence for bluetongue serotype 3 (BTV-3) vaccineFound: From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Veterinary Medicines Directorate Published