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Consultation concerning a ban on live animal exports

December 3, 2020 0 Comments

You will be interested to know that the Government has now launched a consultation concerning a ban on live animal exports:

https://consult.defra.gov.uk/transforming-farm-animal-health-and-welfare-team/improvements-to-animal-welfare-in-transport/

The consultation gives you an opportunity to register your views and will be open until 28 January 2021.

December 3, 2020 0 Comments

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John Redwood@johnredwood3h
@renewablesmiffy The collapse in production is the forecast impact of net zero policy. It is government policy to ban all the successful cars we were making when we left the EU!
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John Redwood
John Redwood@johnredwood4h
When will the government tell us the 2026-29 annual targets for battery car sales in line with plans to cut to 50% by 2030? Given the huge damage to the UK car industry of this policy they need to decide now. Better still drop all these self harming targets.
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John Redwood@johnredwood4h
Will the UK sell the oil from the seized tanker? Will it sell the tanker and use the proceeds to help a stretched defence budget? What is the government‘s view of how to punish the owners and managers of tankers breaking maritime law?
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John Redwood
John Redwood@johnredwood4h
Why let 200 shadow fleet ships pass then seize one? Will there be more seizures? What forces and budget have been assigned to stopping a lot of tankers breaking sanctions and maritime law? Or was this just a one off photo op to divert from the defence budget melt down?
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John Redwood
John Redwood@johnredwoodJun 14
The new Defence Secretary says he will get the armed forces what they need and praises John Healey. Now Downing Street say they want the low budget, but cannot yet publish it! Clearly it is not agreed. Who backs down?
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John Redwood
John Redwood@johnredwoodJun 14
59% are against EU re set and giving powers away to the EU, with only 27% in favour in a recent poll. The public realises re set means paying the EU for a bad deal.
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John Redwood
John Redwood@johnredwoodJun 14
So the new Defence Secretary will be given a bigger budget than the one who resigned over too little money. What a stupid way to treat Ministers and to settle a budget.
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John Redwood
John Redwood@johnredwoodJun 14
UK production sector output fell over the last three months and did not grow over the last year. Why doesn’t the government act to reverse the big damage its tax and net zero policies are doing?
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Keith Bays
↻Keith Bays@keith_baysJun 13
Happy Birthday @GBNews! 🎉 The People’s Channel is 5 today. I’ve been here for 4 years and 2 months, and it’s been a privilege to be part of this incredible journey. We’ve come a long way thanks to the hard work, commitment and passion of everyone at GB News. Most importantly,
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Claire Coutinho
↻Claire Coutinho@ClaireCoutinhoJun 13
Two years ago I said: Either we continue to let Net Zero dictate products and prices or we embrace choice. Now Ed Miliband is putting costs up on: Underfloor heating Boilers Electricity Cars Food Tumble Dryers Fertilizer Towel Rails Shipping The consumer is being shafted. ...
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John Redwood
John Redwood@johnredwoodJun 13
The government is going to ban some cheaper and popular home heating systems and wants to cut use of heaters. Welcome to cold over regulated Britain where EU alignment will put up the cost of living. Net zero policy closes factories, costs us jobs and now wants colder homes.
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John Redwood
John Redwood@johnredwoodJun 13
The Channel tunnel has been hit by a 200% increase in UK rates, so it is cancelling plans to invest in better freight services. I thought the government wanted us to be closer to the EU and do more trade with them. Once again its self harming tax policies get in the way.
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John Redwood@johnredwoodJun 13
The government that cannot find more money for defence announces more cash for bike lanes, for the rip off Erasmus student scheme, subsidies to employ workers from abroad and for France to fail to stop the boats. Why?
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John Redwood@johnredwoodJun 12
@_antstevens The infrastructure has been nationalised for many years!
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John Redwood
John Redwood@johnredwoodJun 12
The costs of social security are out of control so the government short changes national security.
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John Redwood
John Redwood@johnredwoodJun 12
The PM’s cost of living champion thinks the answer to the pressures on budgets is to cut future pension increases. It just shows how far from the realities of living on a low pension they are. People pay in for all their working lives only to find everything is dear.
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John Redwood
John Redwood@johnredwoodJun 12
Why has the government not published the Defence Investment Plan, as the outgoing Defence Secretary has revealed its key numbers? The new Defence Secretary must have signed up to the Plan as otherwise the PM would have offered more money to prevent the resignation.
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John Redwood@johnredwoodJun 12
Why do Northern trains with fully nationalised services have such poor punctuality performances, well below many privatised train operators?
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Brexit Facts4EU.Org
↻Brexit Facts4EU.Org@Facts4euOrgJun 11
Essential reading from @GBNEWS based on our report overnight. Please read and please re-post! ...
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John Redwood
John Redwood@johnredwoodJun 11
The Defence Secretary was right to ask for more money. The Chancellor was right to challenge that. The PM should have got them to agree a sufficient increase to defend us which both could accept.
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John Redwood
John Redwood@johnredwoodJun 11
What a shambles. We were right to press to see the budget for defence so our industries could get on with making and supplying the equipment they need. Instead we saw a Defence Secretary decommissioning ships and running down our forces against his wishes.
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Brexit Facts4EU.Org
↻Brexit Facts4EU.Org@Facts4euOrgJun 11
‘Diversity, Equality, EX-clusion’ The shocking facts of how Whitehall’s plans will kill off a living national treasure, with us for 3,500 years, IRREVERSIBLY. Plus, what readers can do to prevent this tragedy. Summary: ... Pls re-post! ...
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John Redwood
John Redwood@johnredwoodJun 11
As it dithers over how to pay for the new defence programmes needed the government also needs to answer why it gets so little for the £62 bn it is spending this year. Why have Ministers decommissioned so many ships? Why did they withdraw the navy from the Middle East?
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John Redwood
John Redwood@johnredwoodJun 11
Net zero zealotry wants to be rid of many of our grazing animals. See my comments on @facts4eu and @GBNews on this attack on our farms and wild ponies.
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John Redwood
John Redwood@johnredwoodJun 11
Yesterday in the Lords I forecast the government will not hit its target of 1.5 million new homes. No government supporter or Minister disagreed. When will there be actions to help people buy a home and get a job to afford the mortgage?
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John Redwood
John Redwood@johnredwoodJun 10
The high taxes imposed by this government have slashed new jobs and closed farms and factories.Then they offer some subsidies to try to ease the problems. This is destructive, imposing double costs on taxpayers to collect the money in then to give some back.
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John Redwood
John Redwood@johnredwoodJun 10
The government’s delay with its defence budget is alarming. Talk of more cuts in the new ships and planes needed. No talk of cutting welfare spending by getting people back to work to pay for national security.
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John Redwood
John Redwood@johnredwoodJun 9
... is running their interview with me on populism and conservatism.
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John Redwood
John Redwood@johnredwoodJun 9
Given the continuing inability of Iran and the US to re open sea lanes for commerce, what plans does the UK government have to help secure reliable supplies of fertiliser and oil products? Why no plans to produce more at home?
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John Redwood
John Redwood@johnredwoodJun 9
When will the PM contact President Putin to get Ukraine talks started? Or was the meeting at Downing Street just for show with no follow up?
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John Redwood
John Redwood@johnredwoodJun 9
Why did the PM U turn from wanting Ukraine to fight on to expel Russia, to wanting Ukraine to make concessions to negotiate a peace? What is the PM going to do to help get a peace deal?
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John Redwood
John Redwood@johnredwoodJun 8
@Joe_Valachi777 I do not express support for candidates in foreign elections. I offer advice on how the UK can respond to the leaders other countries choose.
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John Redwood
John Redwood@johnredwoodJun 8
The Archbishop wants to regulate AI more without saying how. All our laws against harms like fraud, theft, libel, hate speech, incitement to violence, and sexual abuse already apply to doing these things by computer.
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John Redwood
John Redwood@johnredwoodJun 8
What is the UK getting from EU re set for the damaging sacrifice of money and lawmaking to Brussels? Making it easier to import more will close more of our factories and farms, adding to the huge costly goods trade deficit we already run with them.
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John Redwood
John Redwood@johnredwoodJun 8
The PM should ring President Trump and tell him the Chagos islands are not for sale. The UK is keeping them.
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John Redwood
John Redwood@johnredwoodJun 7
@peacey2010 Not so. Foreign companies were prepared to invest in our oil and gas where the state and UK companies did not.They paid us huge taxes to do so.
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Brexit Facts4EU.Org
↻Brexit Facts4EU.Org@Facts4euOrgJun 7
Do you ever get frustrated with the BBC and Sky News? Well here’s a livestream and some news that might cheer you up! Brexit Facts4EU and our partners get the messages out, despite them… Here’s how. ... Pls re-post! ...
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John Redwood
John Redwood@johnredwoodJun 7
The latest poll showing more than twice as many people oppose giving more powers and money to the EU than support it should lead the government to drop their ill conceived and potentially damaging re set. They offer too many concessions for no wins.
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John Redwood
John Redwood@johnredwoodJun 7
The government says our energy prices are dictated by a world market oil and gas price. So why is our energy around 4 times the price of US and 3 times China?
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John Redwood@johnredwoodJun 7
Rumours that the government will concede a deep discounted fee for EU students attending UK universities. How would universities make up for the big loss of revenue?
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John Redwood
John Redwood@johnredwoodJun 6
Good to see the public decisively rejects surrendering powers to make laws and taxes to EU, with 59% against and just 27% in favour. See @BritainUnbound and @Telegraph .The EU re set is a very bad deal which will not promote growth.
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John Redwood
John Redwood@johnredwoodJun 6
If the government is now keen for farmers to grow and sell more food they should start with the home market, where there is plenty of scope to sell more. That cuts the food miles with all those transport emissions. Change policy and subsidies to support home food growing.
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John Redwood
John Redwood@johnredwoodJun 6
The farming industry says signing up to EU food rules could cost £800 m just for the transition, along with restrictions on innovation and research. More government damage to our farms.
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John Redwood
John Redwood@johnredwoodJun 5
The government is watering down its promise of more state teachers. It is discovering its VAT move has landed it with a big bill as pupils transfer to state schools.Some private schools have to close, sacking their staff.
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John Redwood
John Redwood@johnredwoodJun 5
In the Lords debate we told the government high UK energy prices are helping destroy industry with many closures and job losses.High taxes, emissions trading and the need to pay for back up to unreliable renewables are all damaging policies the government can change.
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John Redwood
John Redwood@johnredwoodJun 5
The government complains that dear gas gives us dear electricity. They can stop that by removing their huge carbon taxes on gas. They also make gas power dearer and less fuel efficient by switching it on and off as and when the wind changes.
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Brexit Facts4EU.Org
↻Brexit Facts4EU.Org@Facts4euOrgJun 4
Excellent comments from @johnredwood in this report. You can read these here: ... or in the @GBNEWS version here: ... We recommend both versions! And pls re-post! ...
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John Redwood
John Redwood@johnredwoodJun 4
Every time something goes wrong with public services the government tries to avoid blame, announcing a review. It says it cannot say anything before seeing the review. They are running these services so they should know what went wrong and should respond faster to disaster.
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John Redwood
John Redwood@johnredwoodJun 4
So the government’s answer to water shortages is a new Water Regulator. Getting on with building new reservoirs would be a better idea. Why not get the present Regulator to do their job? Why do we keep adding to the population without adding more water resource?
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John Redwood
John Redwood@johnredwoodJun 4
Why does the government stop the flow of tax that would come from more UK oil and gas production, so we have to pay huge taxes instead to foreign countries for imports? @Facts4euOrg today sets out this huge self harm. There’s more than £200 bn awaiting a sensible government.
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