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star this property date less than 2022-03-22more like thismore than 2022-03-22
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
star this property answering dept id 13 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
star this property hansard heading Animal Welfare more like this
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the effectiveness of the star system for animal activity licensing process. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Romford more like this
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Andrew Rosindell remove filter
star this property uin 144850 more like this
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unstar this property date of answer less than 2022-03-29more like thismore than 2022-03-29
star this property answer text <p>The Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018 were developed to help improve welfare standards across a range of activities involving animals that are licensed by local authorities.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to learning from implementation and to make improvements where necessary and evidenced. There is a statutory requirement to complete a Post Implementation Review of the legislation by October 2023. We will consider the effectiveness of the associated guidance including the star rating system alongside this work.</p><p> </p><p>As part of planning for this review, we are proactively working with partners, including local authorities, to collate data that can provide a picture of licensed and unlicensed activities involving animals in England. Key trade associations such as the Pet Industry Federation and the Canine and Feline Sector Group will be integral to coordinating input from this diverse sector to inform Defra’s review. This is an ongoing project and one which will benefit from close involvement of the sector in the development of a strong evidence base.</p>
star this property answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds remove filter
star this property answering member printed Jo Churchill more like this
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less than 2022-03-29T16:04:37.9Zmore like thismore than 2022-03-29T16:04:37.9Z
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star this property label Biography information for Jo Churchill more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell more like this
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star this property date less than 2022-03-02more like thismore than 2022-03-02
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
star this property answering dept id 13 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
star this property hansard heading Dogs: Animal Breeding more like this
star this property house id 1 more like this
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to educate the public on the dangers of breeding dogs with exaggerated physical features which compromise dog welfare. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Romford more like this
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Andrew Rosindell remove filter
star this property uin 133135 more like this
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unstar this property is ministerial correction false more like this
unstar this property date of answer less than 2022-03-11more like thismore than 2022-03-11
star this property answer text <p>This Government has gone further than educating the public on the issue of dog conformation and has restricted licensed breeding activities which might lead to such outcomes through the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities) (England) Regulations 2018. Under the 2018 Regulations licensed breeders are prohibited from keeping dogs for breeding if it can be reasonably expected that on the basis of their genotype, phenotype or health, this would lead to welfare problems for the mother or the puppies.</p><p> </p><p>Under the 2018 Regulations local authorities have powers to grant, refuse or revoke a licence. Licencees must achieve and maintain statutory minimum animal welfare standards, linked to the welfare needs of the Animal Welfare Act 2006. Anyone who carries on a licensable activity without a licence is liable to imprisonment, a fine or both.</p><p> </p><p>More broadly, provisions included in the Animal Welfare Act 2006 require owners or handlers of animals to protect them from harm and to provide for their welfare needs in line with good practice, and a breach of these provisions may lead to imprisonment a fine, or both. The 2006 Act is backed up by the statutory Code of Practice for the Welfare of Dogs which provides owners and keepers with general welfare information, including a specific section on how to protect them from pain, suffering, injury and disease: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/code-of-practice-for-the-welfare-of-dogs" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/code-of-practice-for-the-welfare-of-dogs</a>.</p><p> </p><p>That section of the Code of Practice recommends owners thinking of breeding from their dogs consult their vets, who can provide information on the risks of inherited conditions and exaggerated features that could affect the welfare of the puppies. The Code of Practice also reminds owners of their responsibility to care for the dog throughout its pregnancy.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, my department maintains Petfished, a public communications campaign, to raise awareness of issues associated with the low-welfare and illegal supply of pets. This includes guidance on ensuring that a dog's physical appearance has minimal adverse impact on their physical well-being and welfare.</p>
star this property answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds remove filter
star this property answering member printed Jo Churchill more like this
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less than 2022-03-11T14:19:24.863Zmore like thismore than 2022-03-11T14:19:24.863Z
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star this property label Biography information for Jo Churchill more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell more like this
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star this property date less than 2022-02-21more like thismore than 2022-02-21
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
star this property answering dept id 13 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
star this property hansard heading Animal Breeding: Disability more like this
star this property house id 1 more like this
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what policies his Department has in place to prevent the breeding of animals with Brachycephalic Obstructive Airway Syndrome. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Romford more like this
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Andrew Rosindell remove filter
star this property uin 126593 more like this
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unstar this property date of answer less than 2022-03-01more like thismore than 2022-03-01
star this property answer text <p>This Government takes the issue of low-welfare and illegal supply of animals very seriously. Significant steps have already been taken to improve and update the laws on dog breeding in England to crack down on unscrupulous breeders who breed dogs purely for financial greed at the expense of animal welfare.</p><p>Where the commercial breeding of dogs is concerned, animals are protected by the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018 (the 2018 Regulations). Under the 2018 Regulations no dog may be kept for breeding if it can reasonably be expected, on the basis of its genotype, phenotype or state of health that breeding from it could have a detrimental effect on its health or welfare or the health or welfare of its offspring, and would include suffering from Brachycephalic Obstructive Airway Syndrome.</p><p>In addition, my department maintains Petfished, a public communications campaign, to raise awareness of issues associated with the low-welfare and illegal supply of pets. This includes guidance on ensuring that a dog's physical appearance has minimal adverse impact their physical well-being and welfare.</p><p>More broadly, where an animal is subject to inappropriate breeding practices, whether for commercial activity or not, their welfare may suffer. To combat this all animals are protected under the Animal Welfare Act 2006. The 2006 Act requires those in charge of animals to protect them from harm and to ensure they have five key welfare needs provided for. Those in charge of animals who fail to protect them from harm, or fail to provide for their welfare needs may be prosecuted and face penalties including a custodial sentence or an unlimited fine, or both.</p><p><strong> </strong></p>
star this property answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds remove filter
star this property answering member printed Jo Churchill more like this
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less than 2022-03-01T14:14:08.153Zmore like thismore than 2022-03-01T14:14:08.153Z
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star this property label Biography information for Jo Churchill more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell more like this
1423135
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star this property date less than 2022-02-18more like thismore than 2022-02-18
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
star this property answering dept id 13 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
star this property hansard heading Noise more like this
star this property house id 1 more like this
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to update the Department’s 2019 Noise mapping action plan. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Romford more like this
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Andrew Rosindell remove filter
star this property uin 125024 more like this
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unstar this property is ministerial correction false more like this
unstar this property date of answer less than 2022-02-28more like thismore than 2022-02-28
star this property answer text <p>Yes. Defra is required to produce strategic noise maps and subsequent action planning under the terms of the Environmental Noise (England) Regulations 2006, every five years. Work has commenced on the strategic noise maps, which will be followed by the noise action plans.</p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds remove filter
star this property answering member printed Jo Churchill more like this
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less than 2022-02-28T12:06:36.05Zmore like thismore than 2022-02-28T12:06:36.05Z
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star this property label Biography information for Jo Churchill more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell more like this
1423136
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star this property date less than 2022-02-18more like thismore than 2022-02-18
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
star this property answering dept id 13 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
star this property hansard heading Noise: Railways and Roads more like this
star this property house id 1 more like this
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25259
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress his Department has made with the BSI to develop a standard for the calculation of road and railway noise. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Romford more like this
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Andrew Rosindell remove filter
star this property uin 125025 more like this
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unstar this property is ministerial correction false more like this
unstar this property date of answer less than 2022-02-28more like thismore than 2022-02-28
star this property answer text <p>The BSi Committee for Transportation Noise, which meets approximately every six months, has been working on developing a standard for the calculation of road and rail noise since 2017.</p><p> </p><p>To achieve this aim, the committee set up a scoping panel which reported to the committee throughout the period 2017-2020. This was followed by a joint workshop with the Institute of Acoustics (IOA). Members of the scoping panel ran a dedicated session at the annual IOA conference in October 2020 and outputs were reported in an IOA Acoustics publication.</p><p> </p><p>Defra is a member of both the BSi Committee for Transportation Noise and the scoping panel and continues to work collaboratively with other members as the Standard moves towards drafting stage.</p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds remove filter
star this property answering member printed Jo Churchill more like this
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less than 2022-02-28T17:52:02.977Zmore like thismore than 2022-02-28T17:52:02.977Z
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star this property label Biography information for Jo Churchill more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell more like this
1423137
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star this property date less than 2022-02-18more like thismore than 2022-02-18
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
star this property answering dept id 13 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
star this property hansard heading Noise: Roads more like this
star this property house id 1 more like this
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25259
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will provide details of its work with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on issuing guidance in support of the National Planning Policy Framework in respect of noise, as set out in the Noise Action Plan: Roads. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Romford more like this
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Andrew Rosindell remove filter
star this property uin 125026 more like this
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unstar this property date of answer less than 2022-02-28more like thismore than 2022-02-28
star this property answer text <p>The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) is responsible for the development of the National Planning Policy Framework.</p><p>Defra will continue to engage with DLUHC to provide advice and guidance on environmental noise issues, to ensure it is considered within the Government's planning policies and future projects.</p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds remove filter
star this property answering member printed Jo Churchill more like this
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less than 2022-02-28T12:12:21.53Zmore like thismore than 2022-02-28T12:12:21.53Z
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star this property label Biography information for Jo Churchill more like this
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star this property date less than 2021-11-16more like thismore than 2021-11-16
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
star this property answering dept id 13 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
star this property hansard heading Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control more like this
star this property house id 1 more like this
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of the public purse of the badger cull programme; and whether his Department has conducted a cost-benefit analysis of the badger cull. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Romford more like this
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Andrew Rosindell remove filter
star this property uin 75830 more like this
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unstar this property date of answer less than 2021-11-24more like thismore than 2021-11-24
star this property answer text <p>Badger culling costs are published annually on Gov.uk and can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bovine-tb-government-badger-control-costs" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bovine-tb-government-badger-control-costs</a>. Costs for the 2021 operations will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p>A value for money analysis is published annually on Gov.uk and can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bovine-tb-badger-control-policy-value-for-money-analysis" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bovine-tb-badger-control-policy-value-for-money-analysis</a>.</p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds remove filter
star this property answering member printed Jo Churchill more like this
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less than 2021-11-24T17:31:22.737Zmore like thismore than 2021-11-24T17:31:22.737Z
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star this property label Biography information for Jo Churchill more like this
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star this property date less than 2021-09-08more like thismore than 2021-09-08
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Department of Health and Social Care more like this
star this property answering dept id 17 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Health and Social Care more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Health and Social Care more like this
star this property hansard heading Coronavirus: Vaccination more like this
star this property house id 1 more like this
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of approving covid-19 vaccines administered in Australia to allow people vaccinated in Australia to be recognised as fully vaccinated and not be required to isolate for 10 days upon arrival from an Amber list country. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Romford more like this
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Andrew Rosindell remove filter
star this property uin 45055 more like this
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unstar this property date of answer less than 2021-09-16more like thismore than 2021-09-16
star this property answer text <p>We are taking a phased approach to restarting international travel from ‘amber’ countries and extending quarantine free entry to Australia and other countries as outlined in the Global Travel Taskforce report published in April.</p><p>We continue to work closely with medical and public health experts and with international partners ahead of following the next Global Travel Taskforce Review in October.</p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds remove filter
star this property answering member printed Jo Churchill more like this
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less than 2021-09-16T13:50:59.717Zmore like thismore than 2021-09-16T13:50:59.717Z
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star this property label Biography information for Jo Churchill more like this
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1352320
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star this property date less than 2021-09-03more like thismore than 2021-09-03
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Department of Health and Social Care more like this
star this property answering dept id 17 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Health and Social Care more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Health and Social Care more like this
star this property hansard heading General Practitioners more like this
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of GP appointments have been in-person since 19 July 2021. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Romford more like this
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Andrew Rosindell remove filter
star this property uin 41737 more like this
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unstar this property is ministerial correction false more like this
unstar this property date of answer less than 2021-09-10more like thismore than 2021-09-10
star this property answer text <p>From 19 July to 31 July inclusive there were 11,341,119 appointments in general practice. Of these, 6,527,418 were face to face appointments, representing 58% of all appointments that took place during that period. NHS Digital will publish appointment data for August at the end of September.</p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds remove filter
star this property answering member printed Jo Churchill more like this
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less than 2021-09-10T12:57:44.777Zmore like thismore than 2021-09-10T12:57:44.777Z
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star this property label Biography information for Jo Churchill more like this
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star this property date less than 2021-09-03more like thismore than 2021-09-03
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Department of Health and Social Care more like this
star this property answering dept id 17 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Health and Social Care more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Health and Social Care more like this
star this property hansard heading General Practitioners more like this
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that everyone has access to an in-person GP appointment. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Romford more like this
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Andrew Rosindell remove filter
star this property uin 41738 more like this
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unstar this property date of answer less than 2021-09-14more like thismore than 2021-09-14
star this property answer text <p>NHS England and NHS Improvement wrote to general practitioners (GPs) on 19 July 2021, stating that GP contractors should continue to offer a blended approach of face-to-face and remote appointments, with digital triage where possible.</p><p>While we know that telephone or online consultations can provide extra flexibility and convenience for patients, their input into the choice of consultation mode should be sought and practices should respect preferences for face-to-face care unless there are good clinical reasons to the contrary, for example the presence of COVID-19 symptoms.</p><p>To expand general practice capacity, we have made available an additional £270 million from November 2020 until September 2021 to ensure GPs and their teams are able to continue to support all patients during the pandemic.</p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds remove filter
star this property answering member printed Jo Churchill more like this
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less than 2021-09-14T11:16:21.747Zmore like thismore than 2021-09-14T11:16:21.747Z
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star this property label Biography information for Jo Churchill more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell more like this