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star this property date less than 2024-01-10more like thismore than 2024-01-10
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
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star this property answering dept short name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs remove filter
unstar this property answering dept sort name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
star this property hansard heading Food Banks: Finance more like this
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to provide additional financial support to foodbanks in winter 2023-2024. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Linlithgow and East Falkirk more like this
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Martyn Day remove filter
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star this property date of answer less than 2024-01-19more like thismore than 2024-01-19
star this property answer text <p>The Government does not have any role in the operation of foodbanks. Foodbanks are independent, charitable organisations which bring people in local communities together to support one another. This is a great example of the generosity of spirit of communities across the country.</p><p>The Government is providing over £100 million of support for charities and community organisations in England to support the impacts of the increase in cost of living. This funding is supporting charities and community organisations right now through the £76 million Community Organisations Cost of Living Fund. This fund is awarding funding to frontline organisations supporting vulnerable households, including those which deliver food.</p><p>The second strand of the package, the £25.5 million VCSE Energy Efficiency Scheme, was opened in December 2023. This scheme will support frontline charities, community organisations and social enterprises across England to improve energy efficiency and sustainability.</p><p>The scheme has two main components:</p><ol><li>Independent Energy Assessment (IEA): This involves arranging an independent energy assessor to help identify energy-saving opportunities.</li><li>Capital Grants: Grants can be used to install capital energy efficiency measures, such as improving insulation or installing heat pumps.</li></ol><p>Organisations can first apply for an Independent Energy Assessment. Having completed the IEA, they can then apply, if they are eligible, for a capital grant between £2,000 and £150,000 to install capital energy measures. Applications for IEAs opened in December 2023 and applications for capital funding will be open through three rounds, starting from the second half of January 2024. All capital projects will need to be completed by March 2025.</p><p>Taken together, total support over 2022/23-2024/25 to help households with the high cost of living amounts to £104 billion – an average of £3,700 per UK household.</p>
star this property answering member constituency Sherwood more like this
star this property answering member printed Mark Spencer more like this
star this property grouped question UIN 9186 more like this
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less than 2024-01-19T17:49:50.407Zmore like thismore than 2024-01-19T17:49:50.407Z
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star this property label Biography information for Mark Spencer more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Martyn Day more like this
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star this property date less than 2023-09-01more like thismore than 2023-09-01
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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 remove filter
unstar this property answering dept sort name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
star this property hansard heading Food: Waste Disposal more like this
star this property house id 1 more like this
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star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing mandatory food waste reporting in the context of helping the UK to meet its target to halve food waste by 2030. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Linlithgow and East Falkirk more like this
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Martyn Day remove filter
unstar this property uin 196402 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2023-09-11more like thismore than 2023-09-11
star this property answer text <p>This is a devolved matter and the information provided therefore relates to England only.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is fully committed to meeting the UN Sustainable Development Goal 12.3 target, which seeks to halve global food waste at consumer and retail levels by 2030. We support the Courtauld Commitment 2030 which works for a more sustainable supply chain tackling food waste, reducing GHG emissions and water use. The new phase of commitments, Courtauld 2030, includes an updated target of a 50% per capita reduction in food waste by 2030 against the UK’s 2007 baseline.</p><p> </p><p>The Government consulted on options to improve reporting of food waste volumes by large businesses in England. As set out in our published response to the consultation, the Government has decided to enhance the voluntary approach to food waste reporting. Around a third of large food businesses already provide evidence to WRAP on their food waste and we propose to increase this number.</p><p> </p><p>A regulatory approach has greater total costs to businesses and the public sector than the voluntary approach and is not considered suitable at this time, when any additional costs may be passed on to consumers.</p>
star this property answering member constituency Taunton Deane more like this
star this property answering member printed Rebecca Pow more like this
star this property grouped question UIN 196933 more like this
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less than 2023-09-11T12:29:03.357Zmore like thismore than 2023-09-11T12:29:03.357Z
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star this property label Biography information for Rebecca Pow more like this
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star this property date less than 2023-09-01more like thismore than 2023-09-01
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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 remove filter
unstar this property answering dept sort name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
star this property hansard heading Food: Waste Disposal 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 she has made an estimate of the potential financial savings for every £1 invested by businesses in food waste reduction. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Linlithgow and East Falkirk more like this
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unstar this property uin 196403 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2023-09-11more like thismore than 2023-09-11
star this property answer text <p>This is a devolved matter and the information provided therefore relates to England only.</p><p> </p><p>Research has shown that for every £1 invested by businesses on food waste reduction, half saw a 14-fold or greater return on investment. We support retailers and food businesses to take action on food waste. We fund the Courtauld 2030 Commitment, a voluntary agreement with industry managed by WRAP. Action through Courtauld includes working with businesses to measure and reduce food waste through the Food Waste Reduction Roadmap, helping them to take targeted action in their own operations and supply chains.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://wrap.org.uk/resources/business-case-reducing-food-loss-and-waste" target="_blank">The Business Case for Reducing Food Loss and Waste | WRAP</a></p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency Taunton Deane more like this
star this property answering member printed Rebecca Pow more like this
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less than 2023-09-11T13:07:38.06Zmore like thismore than 2023-09-11T13:07:38.06Z
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star this property label Biography information for Rebecca Pow more like this
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star this property date less than 2023-09-01more like thismore than 2023-09-01
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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 remove filter
unstar this property answering dept sort name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
star this property hansard heading Food: Waste 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 assessment she has made of the implications for her Department's net-zero policies of not introducing new legislation on food waste. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Linlithgow and East Falkirk more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2023-09-08more like thismore than 2023-09-08
star this property answer text <p>Through powers in the Environment Act 2021, we will introduce separate food waste collections from all households and businesses. This policy is key in our Net Zero ambitions through helping us achieve the near elimination of biodegradable municipal waste to landfill from 2028.</p><p> </p><p>We are working to publish the government response to our 2021 consultation on Consistency in recycling as soon as possible. Alongside regulations we will publish a final impact assessment which will outline the net-zero benefits of the policy.</p><p> </p><p>In terms of food waste prevention, the Net Zero Strategy re-iterates the government’s commitment to meet the UN Sustainable Development Goal 12.3 target, to halve global food waste per capita by 2030.</p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency Taunton Deane more like this
star this property answering member printed Rebecca Pow more like this
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less than 2023-09-08T17:46:29.187Zmore like thismore than 2023-09-08T17:46:29.187Z
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star this property label Biography information for Rebecca Pow more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Martyn Day more like this
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star this property date less than 2023-09-01more like thismore than 2023-09-01
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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 remove filter
unstar this property answering dept sort name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
star this property hansard heading Food: Retail Trade 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, if she will make it her policy to encourage unsold food in the retail space to be redirected to (a) food banks and (b) food security organisations. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Linlithgow and East Falkirk more like this
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Martyn Day remove filter
unstar this property uin 196931 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2023-09-08more like thismore than 2023-09-08
star this property answer text <p>This is a devolved matter and the information provided therefore relates to England only.</p><p> </p><p>The safe and speedy redistribution of surplus food is a Government priority. The Food and Drink Waste Hierarchy includes the expectation that all businesses prioritise surplus redistribution before disposal. Government works closely with businesses through our delivery partner the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) to overcome any barriers to this requirement. This includes the development of guidance and best practice through a sector wide working group, and support for the Target Measure Act (TMA) approach to understanding and acting on food waste in supply chains, including the redistribution of any surplus should it arise.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2018, Defra funding of nearly £13m has supported both large and small redistribution organisations across the country to make sure more surplus food gets to charities.</p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency Taunton Deane more like this
star this property answering member printed Rebecca Pow more like this
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less than 2023-09-08T17:30:23.55Zmore like thismore than 2023-09-08T17:30:23.55Z
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star this property label Biography information for Rebecca Pow more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Martyn Day more like this
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star this property date less than 2023-09-01more like thismore than 2023-09-01
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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 remove filter
unstar this property answering dept sort name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
star this property hansard heading Food: Waste 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 she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing legislation to set food waste targets within the food supply chain. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Linlithgow and East Falkirk more like this
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Martyn Day remove filter
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star this property date of answer less than 2023-09-11more like thismore than 2023-09-11
star this property answer text <p>This is a devolved matter and the information provided therefore relates to England only.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is fully committed to meeting the UN Sustainable Development Goal 12.3 target, which seeks to halve global food waste at consumer and retail levels by 2030. We support the Courtauld Commitment 2030 which works for a more sustainable supply chain tackling food waste, reducing GHG emissions and water use. The new phase of commitments, Courtauld 2030, includes an updated target of a 50% per capita reduction in food waste by 2030 against the UK’s 2007 baseline.</p><p> </p><p>The Government consulted on options to improve reporting of food waste volumes by large businesses in England. As set out in our published response to the consultation, the Government has decided to enhance the voluntary approach to food waste reporting. Around a third of large food businesses already provide evidence to WRAP on their food waste and we propose to increase this number.</p><p> </p><p>A regulatory approach has greater total costs to businesses and the public sector than the voluntary approach and is not considered suitable at this time, when any additional costs may be passed on to consumers.</p>
star this property answering member constituency Taunton Deane more like this
star this property answering member printed Rebecca Pow more like this
star this property grouped question UIN 196402 more like this
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less than 2023-09-11T12:29:03.417Zmore like thismore than 2023-09-11T12:29:03.417Z
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star this property label Biography information for Rebecca Pow more like this
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star this property date less than 2023-07-17more like thismore than 2023-07-17
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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 remove filter
unstar this property answering dept sort name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
star this property hansard heading Animal Welfare: Fish Farming more like this
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2023 to Question 158986 on Animal Welfare: Fish Farming, what discussions she has had with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) relevant stakeholders on the recommendations of the Animal Welfare Committee's Opinion on the Welfare of Farmed Fish at the Time of Killing 2023. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Linlithgow and East Falkirk more like this
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Martyn Day remove filter
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star this property date of answer less than 2023-07-25more like thismore than 2023-07-25
star this property answer text <p>A range of topics are discussed with Cabinet colleagues but such discussions are confidential.</p><p> </p><p>Defra officials will engage with relevant stakeholders to discuss the recommendations in the Animal Welfare Committee’s report once it is published.</p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency Sherwood more like this
star this property answering member printed Mark Spencer more like this
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less than 2023-07-25T11:08:25.827Zmore like thismore than 2023-07-25T11:08:25.827Z
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star this property label Biography information for Mark Spencer more like this
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star this property date less than 2023-06-12more like thismore than 2023-06-12
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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 remove filter
unstar this property answering dept sort name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
star this property hansard heading Asulam more like this
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2023 to Question 186764 on Bracken, when she plans to take a decision on the application for emergency authorisation of the use of Asulox. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Linlithgow and East Falkirk more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2023-06-15more like thismore than 2023-06-15
star this property answer text <p>As stated in PQ 186764, a decision on the emergency authorisation for the use of Asulox will be made as soon as possible.</p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency Sherwood more like this
star this property answering member printed Mark Spencer more like this
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less than 2023-06-15T12:19:26.117Zmore like thismore than 2023-06-15T12:19:26.117Z
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star this property label Biography information for Mark Spencer more like this
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star this property date less than 2023-05-24more like thismore than 2023-05-24
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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 remove filter
unstar this property answering dept sort name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
star this property hansard heading Bracken more like this
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2022 to Question 28455 on Bracken: Weedkillers, whether her Department has put control measures in place to help protect (a) grazing land and (b) sensitive habitats from bracken in 2023. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Linlithgow and East Falkirk more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2023-06-05more like thismore than 2023-06-05
star this property answer text <p>An application for emergency authorisation of the use of Asulox as bracken control for the summer period of 2023 has been received. This application is being considered and decisions on whether to grant emergency authorisation in each of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales will be made as soon as possible.</p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency Sherwood more like this
star this property answering member printed Mark Spencer more like this
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less than 2023-06-05T12:35:13.69Zmore like thismore than 2023-06-05T12:35:13.69Z
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star this property label Biography information for Mark Spencer more like this
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star this property date less than 2023-04-18more like thismore than 2023-04-18
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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 remove filter
unstar this property answering dept sort name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
star this property hansard heading Livestock: Antibiotics 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 assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a ban on the preventative use of antibiotics on healthy farm animals to help (a) stop antimicrobial resistance and (b) safeguard the effectiveness of lifesaving antibiotics used to treat human illnesses. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Linlithgow and East Falkirk more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2023-04-25more like thismore than 2023-04-25
star this property answer text <p>The Government is committed to reducing unnecessary use of antibiotics in animals while safeguarding their welfare. Changes to the law on veterinary medicines represent one tool that can be used to help effect reductions in antibiotic prescribing in animals. The Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2013 are currently under review, and the feedback from the recently closed public consultation will be analysed and considered.</p><p> </p><p>The publicly available consultation documents for the <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fnews%2Fveterinary-medicines-regulations-consultation-is-launched&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7Cdfb69f4b75164921260008db41860f8b%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638175816741334967%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=JF83p9gUFl1DeR9ZVyhw8O1kf%2FQCIcN3c%2Fmt59jrVpU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">revision of the Veterinary Medicines Legislation</a> set out the rationale for the Government’s proposed approach to the use of antibiotics to prevent disease in animals (prophylaxis). In summary, the proposed new legal restrictions on antibiotic prophylaxis prohibit this type of use in all but exceptional circumstances in order to reduce unnecessary antibiotic use, protect animal welfare and allow changes to prescribing practices to be made sustainably.</p><p> </p><p>To date in the UK, collaborative working between the Government, the veterinary profession and the agriculture sectors to focus on these issues has already resulted in our national sales of veterinary antibiotics reducing by 55% since 2014, and in 2021 we recorded the lowest antibiotic use yet.</p><p> </p><p>The Government takes a ‘One-Health’ approach to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) as set out in the UK National Action Plan on AMR. Officials from the Department of Health and Social Care, Defra and the Veterinary Medicines Directorate meet regularly to consider appropriate actions to address AMR across the human and animal health sectors. This has included discussion on the preventative use of antibiotics in healthy farm animals.</p>
star this property answering member constituency Sherwood more like this
star this property answering member printed Mark Spencer more like this
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less than 2023-04-25T11:16:45.577Zmore like thismore than 2023-04-25T11:16:45.577Z
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unstar this property label Biography information for Martyn Day more like this