Steve Barclay MP: written questions 2024
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Written questions
Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act 2023Department for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 25 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1673More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his planned timetable is for (a) bringing forward and (b) implementing secondary legislation relating to the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act 2023; and whether he has a
Answer: Innovation is important in strengthening food security, enhancing resilience and improving agricultural sustainability. We are considering how to take forward the regulatory framework outlined in the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act and will sh...
Answered 30 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: DirectorsCabinet OfficeTabled 24 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1491More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the contract of employment for non-executive directors has been fully complied with since 5 July 2024.
Answer: The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster appoints Non-Executive Board Members to the Cabinet Office Board and most Non-Executive Directors to the Boards of its Arm’s Length Bodies in compliance with the Governance Code on Public Appointments. Non-Executiv...
Answered 29 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: DirectorsCabinet OfficeTabled 24 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1490More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many non-executive directors have had their contract of employment terminated since 5 July 2024.
Answer: The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster appoints Non-Executive Board Members to the Cabinet Office Board and most Non-Executive Directors to the Boards of its Arm’s Length Bodies in compliance with the Governance Code on Public Appointments. Non-Executiv...
Answered 29 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordFood SupplyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 24 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1489More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will introduce a legally binding food security target.
Answer: Food security is national security. A resilient and healthy food system, that works with nature and supports British farmers is a key element of our national food security. That is why this Government will introduce a new deal for farmers to boost rural e...
Answered 29 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: Food SupplyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 24 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1488More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to continue the annual farm to fork summit.
Answer: Confidence among farmers is at an all time low. We need a resilient and healthy food system, that works with nature and supports British Farmers. The only way to do this effectively is to listen to farmers and others with a stake in our food system, count...
Answered 29 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordFarmers: Government AssistanceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 24 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1487More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to increase support for farmers to mitigate the impacts of crops (a) lost and (b) not planted due to wet weather.
Answer: The Farming Recovery Fund is a contribution towards uninsured costs that have likely been incurred in re-establishing productive, farmable land in areas significantly damaged by water, caused by flooding from Storms Babet and Henk or exceptional rainfall ...
Answered 29 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordBadgers: Disease ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 23 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1264More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has commissioned an impact assessment on the proposed ending of the badger cull.
Answer: I refer the Rt. Hon. Member to the reply I gave to PQ 1263.
Answered 12 Aug 2024
Original Parliament recordBovine Tuberculosis: Disease ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 23 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1263More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, by what date he expects to have ceased badger culling.
Answer: This government will respect the advice of the widest range of expert advisers when considering the end of the badger cull. There has not been a major bovine TB strategy review in nearly six years. The last was commissioned by the then Secretary of State ...
Answered 12 Aug 2024
Original Parliament recordFood: ProcurementDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 23 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1262More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the compatability of mandating a minimum quota of domestic products in public procurement contracts for food with Britain's membership of the World Trade
Answer: The Government has ambition to source half of all food served in public sector settings from local producers or that has been produced by growers certified to higher environmental standards, where possible. We want to use the purchasing power of the publi...
Answered 26 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordSenior Civil ServantsCabinet OfficeTabled 23 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1261More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, to provide a breakdown by (a) department and (b) job title of senior civil service jobs (i) offered and (ii) appointed since 30 May 2024.
Answer: The information held by the Cabinet Office relating to the Senior Civil Service shows there have been 43 offers made and 41 candidates posted/taken up duty since 30th May 2024. Recruitment data from some departments is collected on a biannual basis by the...
Answered 30 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordSenior Civil Servants: RecruitmentCabinet OfficeTabled 23 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1260More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the Government's policy was on external by default for recruitment to senior civil service roles by (a) department and (b) organisation on (i) 30 May 2024 and (ii) 23 July 2024.
Answer: The Civil Service advertises all SCS vacancies on the principle of External by Default. External by Default means that vacancies will be open to external candidates outside the Civil Service, as well as existing civil servants, unless an exception applies...
Answered 26 Jul 2024
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