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Scottish Cross Party Group Publication (Agendas / links)
Published: 23rd Apr 2024
Source Page: Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Wellbeing Economy
Document: Agenda for the meeting on 23 April 2024 (PDF)

Found: The formal business of the meeting will start at 6:30 pm.


Scheduled Event - 23 Apr 2024, 2 p.m.
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Commons - Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee - Oral evidence - Select & Joint Committees
UK trade policy: food and agriculture
Non-Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Environment Agency

Apr. 19 2024

Source Page: DN37 9TG, Seachill UK Limited: environmental permit issued - EPR/ZP3436LV/V006
Document: (PDF)

Found: Regulations 2016 Seachill UK Limited La Forey Road Fish Processing Plant La Forey Road Great Grimsby Business


Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Apr. 19 2024

Source Page: G7 foreign ministers' statement in Italy, April 2024
Document: G7 foreign ministers' statement in Italy, April 2024 (webpage)

Found: investment in areas of shared priority for Africa, including food security, nutrition, sustainable rural


Scottish Government Publication (Minutes)
Economic Development Directorate

Apr. 19 2024

Source Page: Convention of the Highlands and Islands minutes: March 2024
Document: Convention of the Highlands and Islands minutes: March 2024 (webpage)

Found: One of our key asks is likely to be the rural visa pilot.


Select Committee
Twenty-Seventh Report - Government resilience: extreme weather

Report Apr. 19 2024

Committee: Public Accounts Committee

Found: For example, the Australian government has issued statements of responsibility for government, business


Select Committee
Letter from Minister Rutley relating to Ministers with responsibility for the Overseas Territories, dated 04/04/24

Correspondence Apr. 19 2024

Committee: Foreign Affairs Sub-Committee on the Overseas Territories

Found: Ministry of Defence Leo Docherty MP Minister of State (Minister for Armed Forces) Department for Business


Select Committee
Government response to the Environment and Climate Change Committee report 'EV Strategy: rapid recharge needed'

Government Response Apr. 19 2024

Committee: Environment and Climate Change Committee

Found: upgrade of power lines and simplify the process where possible to speed up upgrades, particularly in rural


Written Question
Food: Japan
Friday 19th April 2024

Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to her Department's press release of 27 February 2024 entitled UK businesses welcome protection for iconic British food and drink in Japan, for what reason Yatsushiro Tokusan Banpeiyu was not included among the 37 Japanese products listed in that press release as receiving geographical indication status in the UK, but was included among the 37 Japanese products added to the protected food and drink names website maintained by the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on 8 March 2024.

Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)

Kikuchi Suiden Gobo was added onto the UK GI register as a protected product on 8 March 2024. The department has amended the press release of 27 February 2024 to include Kikuchi Suiden Gobo. The updated press release can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-businesses-welcome-protection-for-iconic-british-food-and-drink-in-japan.

The entry for Yatsushiro Tokusan Banpeiyu was delayed but has now been completed and is listed alongside the other 37 first tranche products from Japan.

The UK was unable to register Iwate Mokutan as a GI because there is no classification under current UK domestic legislation which could include charcoal. The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs wrote to the Japanese authorities in 2022 to explain this decision, which they accepted.


Written Question
Food: Japan
Friday 19th April 2024

Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to her Department's press release of 27 February 2024 entitled UK businesses welcome protection for iconic British food and drink in Japan, for what reason Kikuchi Suiden Gobo was included among the 37 Japanese products listed in that press release as receiving geographical indication status in the UK, but was not included among the 37 Japanese products added to the protected food and drink names website maintained by the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on 8 March 2024.

Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)

Kikuchi Suiden Gobo was added onto the UK GI register as a protected product on 8 March 2024. The department has amended the press release of 27 February 2024 to include Kikuchi Suiden Gobo. The updated press release can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-businesses-welcome-protection-for-iconic-british-food-and-drink-in-japan.

The entry for Yatsushiro Tokusan Banpeiyu was delayed but has now been completed and is listed alongside the other 37 first tranche products from Japan.

The UK was unable to register Iwate Mokutan as a GI because there is no classification under current UK domestic legislation which could include charcoal. The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs wrote to the Japanese authorities in 2022 to explain this decision, which they accepted.