Dr Neil Hudson MP for Penrith and The Border urges the House of Lords to amend the Agriculture Bill so that animal welfare and farming standards have to be upheld in any future trade deals.
Dr Neil Hudson MP for Penrith and The Border has joined Huw Merriman MP, Chair of the Transport Select Committee, and 130 MPs in an application for a Commons Debate on job losses across the aviation sector. This cross party application has been successful in securing a debating slot.
Dr Neil Hudson MP joins former DEFRA Secretary in writing to The Daily Mail to encourage public sector caterers to buy local British food. For the full contents of the letter, published in the Daily Mail on 29 April, please below.
Small businesses across Penrith and The Border will benefit from a new fast-track finance scheme providing loans with a 100% government-backed guarantee for lenders.
"It is great to see the Prime Minister back at Number 10 after his serious illness with Covid-19. The fact that such a fit and active man was put into intensive care by this disease puts into sharp relief the importance of the national effort to try and keep this Coronavirus at bay.
In Westminster this week Neil has been working linking up the veterinary community and Government in a collective bid to try and transfer life -saving equipment from vet practices to the NHS during the Covid-19 crisis.
Dr Neil Hudson, MP for Penrith and The Border and Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Commons Select Committee member, has joined forces with other members of this cross-party Committee to table an amendment to the Agriculture Bill.
