In February 2015, the Farm Animal Welfare Committee (FAWC) published an independent assessment of the use of CCTV in slaughterhouses whic

FOI requests may be responded to by any member of staff across the Department, as they are allocated to the most appropriate person to re

As part of the veterinary medicines approval process, products containing pregnant mare serum gonadotropin (PMSG) have been assessed by t

That is an important point. We have experienced people from the food sector involved in the development of the new apprenticeships.

I shall return to that point—the hon.

And, let us not forget, Yorkshire.

My hon. Friend the Member for St Ives also made that important point, which I intend to cover later in my contribution.

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Walker. I congratulate my hon.

My right hon. Friend is absolutely right. I very much welcome this debate, which is timely.

The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) applied for authorisations to use two neonicotinoids to protect oilseed rape crops planted in England t