Laurence Turner MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Pigs: Animal HousingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41699More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to make Animal Health and Welfare Pathway grants available to pig farmers to install free farrowing systems.
Answer: We will simplify and rationalise our grant funding, ensuring that grants are targeted towards those who need them most and where they can deliver the most benefit for food security and nature.
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPigs: Animal HousingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41698More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish a public consultation this year that would enable the Government to provide the best support to farmers to end the use of pig farrowing crates.
Answer: We are firmly committed to maintaining and improving animal welfare and want to work closely with the farming sector to deliver high standards. The use of farrowing crates for pigs is an issue we are currently considering very carefully.
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDangerous Dogs: InjuriesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30370More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department holds information on the number of injuries caused by dangerous dogs to (a) postal workers and (b) courier workers broken down at (i) national, (ii) local author
Answer: Defra does not hold data on the total number of dog attacks or on the number of injuries caused by dangerous dogs on postal or courier workers as enforcement authorities and healthcare services are not required to report this information to Defra. This in...
Answered 14 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: BidfoodDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26739More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) his Department and (ii) agencies of his Department.
Answer: In response to this question neither Defra of any of its agencies have any contracts with BFS Group or any of its subsidiaries.
Answered 5 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordFishing CatchesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 12018More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to address the issue of overfishing.
Answer: Sustainability is at the heart of the UK’s approach to fisheries management. Through negotiations with other coastal States, we ensure that catch limits are set sustainably, consistent with the best scientific advice. This Government is also pleased to re...
Answered 5 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordFishing CatchesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 12017More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science's report entitled Assessing the susta
Answer: As an independent coastal State, the UK sets total allowable catches (TACs) each year for many fish stocks through negotiations with other coastal States. UK positions in those negotiations are informed by the best available scientific advice, including a...
Answered 5 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordSlaughterhouses: CCTVDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 12007More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of The Mandatory Use of Close Circuit Television in Slaughterhouses (England) Regulations 2018.
Answer: Published in June 2023, the Post Implementation Review of The Mandatory Use of Closed Circuit Television in Slaughterhouses (England) Regulations 2018 confirmed that the legislation has met its objectives of improving animal welfare and providing assuranc...
Answered 15 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordGreyhounds: Animal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7145More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help protect the welfare of greyhound dogs within the greyhound racing industry.
Answer: The welfare of greyhounds in England is protected by the Animal Welfare Act 2006. The 2006 Act allows action to be taken where there is evidence of cruelty to an animal or a failure to provide for that animal’s welfare needs. This includes where greyhound...
Answered 9 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordGreyhounds: Animal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7144More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help improve the welfare of greyhound dogs.
Answer: The welfare of greyhounds in England is protected by the Animal Welfare Act 2006. The 2006 Act allows action to be taken where there is evidence of cruelty to an animal or a failure to provide for that animal’s welfare needs. This includes where greyhound...
Answered 9 Oct 2024
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