\u200bWe are aware of the concerns expressed by hunger-strikers around the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan. Similar concerns were also considered by the Council of Europe's Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) in their report, published in March 2018, of their April 2016 visit to the prison in which Mr Öcalan is held. We encourage Turkey to adopt the CPT's recommendations. With regard to the decades of conflict in Turkey, we have consistently urged an end to PKK violence and for both sides to return to a peace process. PKK violence has cost the lives of some thousand members of the Turkish security forces and scores of civilians since July 2015.<\/p>
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According to the 2017 Commercial Victimisation Survey (CVS), 2 per cent of premises in the Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing sector premises located in England and Wales had experienced livestock theft in the previous 12 months, a similar level found to that in the 2013 CVS (4 per cent).<\/p>
Details can be found at: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/704366/crime-against-businesses-2017-hosb0718.pdf<\/a><\/p>"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1121588/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " At this present time, lambs presented for slaughter will continue to be subject to existing domestic legislative arrangements. This means there is no change to current systems. Sheep aged over 12 months or with 1 permanent incisor erupted in the gum will be split and Specified Risk Material (SRM) removed.<\/p> <\/p> We have been discussing an alternative process put forward by the industry. Under this process, all lambs evidenced as born the previous year and presented for slaughter would not routinely be tooth-checked. This would enable the industry to take advantage of last year\u2019s amendment to the EU TSE Regulation that enables Member States to approve a different method for estimating whether a lamb is aged over twelve months for the purpose of removing the skull and spinal cord.<\/p> <\/p> Key steps for us to introduce such a change would be:<\/p> <\/p> We have carefully and thoroughly looked at all possibilities to fast-track this work. Given legislative processes and the need to agree the protocol and carry out a public consultation, and to ensure that all relevant stakeholders are sufficiently informed and prepared for implementation, it will not be feasible to deliver the change in time for this year\u2019s proposed cut-off date of 30 June 2019.<\/p> <\/p> Officials will work with stakeholders on introduction, bearing in mind the terms of the UK\u2019s exit from the EU.<\/p>"}
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\u2022 In March 2019, the Home Office worked closely with the Cabinet Office to launch a targeted pilot communications campaign focusing on labour exploitation in the West Midlands, West Yorkshire and Cambridgeshire. We are working with frontline professionals in the banking, healthcare and job centre sectors to im-prove how they spot the signs of modern slavery and encourage greater reporting.<\/p>
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