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1434837

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date	23/02/2022
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	Slaughterhouses: Animal Welfare
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which (a) level of local government or (b) public body or bodies are responsible for the enforcement of the Welfare at Time of Killing (England) Regulations 2015.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	128204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2022 answer text <p>The Welfare at Time of Killing (England) Regulations 2015 are enforced by Food Standards Agency (FSA), the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) and local authorities. The FSA has official veterinarians present in slaughterhouses to monitor and enforce animal welfare at slaughter. APHA and local authority inspectors appointed under the regulations are responsible for monitoring and enforcement of requirements outside of a slaughterhouse, such as killing on farm or in a knacker’s yard. The level of local government undertaking enforcement may vary between areas, based on a locally agreed division of responsibilities between the tiers of local government.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 28/02/2022 12:31:12 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1260177

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date	10/12/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Elections: Proof of Identity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of (a) enabling expired photo ID to be valid as voter ID and (b) the length of expiry for which that ID will be valid as voter ID.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	128204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2020 answer text <p>Further to the answers to PQs <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-10-16/104752" target="_blank">104752</a> and <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-10-07/100442" target="_blank">100442</a>, we will continue to work with the Electoral Commission and other stakeholders including charities and civil society organisations to make sure that reforms are delivered in a way that is inclusive for all voters. The list of approved photographic ID will not be limited to passports and driving licences. For any voter who does not have one of the required forms of photographic ID, a local elector ID will be available, free of charge.</p><p>Everyone who is eligible to vote will have the opportunity to do so.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 18/12/2020 14:36:06 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

843766

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Local Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy that local referenda take place in advance of local authority mergers.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	128204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>Our policy is to consider against the criteria the Secretary of State announced on 7 November 2017, any proposal for merging district councils when requested. It is for the councils making such a proposal to decide how to demonstrate the level of local support for it.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 22/02/2018 14:09:02 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse