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date	04/05/2020
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Animal Grooming: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on re-opening dog grooming parlours to ensure the welfare of animals during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	42989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2020 answer text <p>The Government's message to the public is clear: stay alert, control the virus and save lives. Dog grooming businesses play a key role in ensuring the welfare of the nation's pets and have been allowed to operate since advice to businesses was first published, within the strict advice on social distancing and hygiene.</p><p> </p><p>The Canine and Feline Sector Group, which advises both the Animal Health and Welfare Board for England and Defra Ministers, has issued its own guidance to pet businesses, including dog groomers, on how they can continue to operate under current restrictions and in line with guidance around social distancing and hygiene: <a href="http://www.cfsg.org.uk/coronavirus/SiteAssets/SitePages/Home/CFSG%20Animal%20Business%20Guidance%2007.04.20.pdf" target="_blank">www.cfsg.org.uk/coronavirus/SiteAssets/SitePages/Home/CFSG%20Animal%20Business%20Guidance%2007.04.20.pdf</a>.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 12/05/2020 17:08:03 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1192623

registered interest
date	04/05/2020
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Food: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish the organisations and companies that received contracts from the Government to deliver food supplies to people considered clinically vulnerable during the covid-19 outbreak; and on what date each contract was entered into.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	43032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2020 answer text <p>Bidfood and Brakes both received Defra contracts to deliver food parcels to the clinically vulnerable. Contracts commenced on 27 March 2020 under letters of intent and formal contracts were signed on 24 April 2020.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 11/05/2020 15:36:21 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1192776

registered interest
date	04/05/2020
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Food: Labelling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to promote the purchase of food with the Red Tractor logo (a) in supermarkets and (b) elsewhere in the UK.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	42913
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2020 answer text <p>Red Tractor is an independent and voluntary UK-based whole-chain food assurance scheme overseen by Assured Food Standards. Such schemes can help to build consumer confidence in producers who can comply with specific health, welfare or environmental standards. Red Tractor regularly promotes its work and achievements through TV and radio campaigns, as well as a strong presence on social media.</p><p>While we encourage membership of food assurance schemes among farmers, the Government is not, however, responsible for Red Tractor or any other independent and private scheme.</p><p>As a nation, we should be proud of our high quality produce, high standards of food safety, traceability, animal welfare and sustainability. Our farmers and growers are doing a fantastic job of feeding the nation during this challenging time.</p><p>In addition, we are working closely with the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB), Dairy UK and Seafish as they develop consumer-facing marketing campaigns for the dairy, meat and seafood sectors. Specifically, AHDB and Dairy UK are launching a £1 million campaign, supported financially by Defra and devolved government partners, to encourage consumers to reconnect with milk. Defra and Seafish are working closely on the Sea For Yourself campaign, an initiative to promote seafood species caught in UK waters. The campaign directs consumers to tips and recipes on how to cook these species, as well as to information on online sales to help them find out where to buy local fish and shellfish.</p><p>Separately, Quality Meat Scotland, AHDB and Meat Promotion Wales have launched a £1.2 million ‘Make It beef’ campaign, aimed at showing consumers how they can recreate easy to cook restaurant-style meals with high-quality cuts, such as steak. The campaign will use the Red Tractor logo in England.</p><p>We will always champion our farmers and producers, supporting them to grow more of our great British food and to provide a reliable and sustainable food supply to the British public.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 11/05/2020 16:12:04 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight