Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee examines UK fur trade
25 April 2018
The Committee hears from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, each represented by Government Ministers.
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Witnesses
Wednesday 25 April, Grimond Room, Portcullis House
At 9.30am
- Rt Hon Lord Henley, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
- Beth Martin, Deputy Director, Consumer and Competition Directorate, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
- Lord Gardiner, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Marc Casale, Deputy Director, Animal Health and Welfare, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Likely topics of discussion
The likely topics of discussion for this evidence session are; the sale of real fur as fake fur, the need for improved labelling, and the possibility of a ban on the import of animal fur post-Brexit.
Further information
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