All articles written by George Eustice MP on PoliticsHome.com

25 Mar Brexit

Exclusive: Government Considers Legal Action Against The EU Over The Live Shellfish Dispute

The government is considering launching a legal challenge against the European Union's prohibition of live shellfish caught in the UK's class B waters.

10 Mar Environment

Shellfish Businesses Say Government Plan To Build Purification Centres Won't Help Most Exports

Shellfish businesses across the country say the government's plan to revive their sales to the European Union by building purification facilities in the UK will not work in the majority of cases.

09 Mar Environment

Exclusive: Government Plans To Revive Shellfish Exports By The Winter By Building Purification Sites In The UK

The government is planning to build purification sites in the UK so shellfish businesses which have been shut out from the European Union since January can resume exporting mussels and cockles to the continent this winter, Environment Secretary George Eustice has said.

09 Feb Environment

Exclusive: Shellfish Industry Leaders Claim DEFRA Privately Admitted The EU Was Right On The Shellfish Ban

The UK's leading trade body for the shellfish industry told its members that the government privately accepted that the European Union's ban on UK shellfish exports was correct, PoliticsHome can reveal.

03 Feb Brexit

EU Ban On Live Shellfish From The UK Is "Legally Wrong" And "Unjustified", George Eustice Says

Environment Secretary George Eustice has accused the European Union of changing its position on post Brexit-rules for exports like mussels and cockles with its ban on live shellfish from the UK.

17 Jan Environment

Farmers of Tomorrow: George Eustice has radical plans for British Agriculture in 2021

Environment secretary George Eustice tells The House the country was staring down the barrel of a no-deal Brexit, and that 2021 will finally give him the chance to implement radical plans for British farmers. 

07 Dec 2020 Social affairs

Foreign Office Minister James Cleverly Has Condemned Millwall Fans Who Booed Footballers Taking The Knee Against Racism

The foreign office minister James Cleverly has heavily criticised the Millwall fans who booed their own players for taking the knee against racism.

30 Nov 2020 Coronavirus

A Government Minister Says He “Can’t Rule Out” A Third Lockdown In January If People Ignore The New Tiered Restrictions

George Eustice has become the latest cabinet minister to suggest a third nationwide lockdown may be necessary in January if the new tiered system isn’t followed.

15 Nov 2020 Brexit

Ireland’s Foreign Minister Says There’ll Be No EU Deal If The UK Doesn't Back Down On The Internal Market Bill

Ireland’s foreign minister has warned that a deal with the EU “won’t be ratified” if the UK brings back parts of the Internal Market Bill removed by the House of Lords.

31 Aug 2020 Environment

Plastic bag fee doubles to 10p and extended to all shops in England

The fee to use a plastic carrier bag will double to 10p and be extended to all shops in England, the Government has announced.

19 May 2020 Coronavirus

Leading Government scientist admits Covid-19 testing policy was ditched because of lack of capacity

The UK’s deputy chief scientific adviser has acknowledged that the Government’s decision to abandon its initial coronavirus test and trace policy was influenced by a lack of available tests.

19 May 2020 Coronavirus

Environment Secretary urges furloughed Brits to ‘play their part’ in fruit-picking - as website crashes

The Environment Secretary has issued a fresh plea for furloughed workers to “play their part” by filling foreign labour shortages as Britain’s harvest season approaches.

08 May 2020 Coronavirus

Charities to get £16m to provide food to the vulnerable during lockdown

The Government is setting up a £16million fund to help provide food to vulnerable people during the coronavirus lockdown.

26 Apr 2020 Coronavirus

Coronavirus: Environment Secretary says furloughed workers could be asked to pick fruit amid overseas labour shortage

Workers who have been furloughed by their companies could be asked to pick fruit to plug a shortage of migrant labour amid the coronavirus pandemic, the Environment Secretary has revealed.

21 Mar 2020 Coronavirus

Coronavirus: NHS chief says shoppers should be 'ashamed' to stockpile after frontline staff go without

British people should be "ashamed" of themselves for stockpiling food amid the coronavirus crisis, a senior NHS figure has said.

02 Jul 2019 Environment

UK is being left behind by other developed nations when it comes to legislation on religious slaughter

Former Defra minister, George Eustice MP writes on his Westminster Hall debate on the religious slaughter of farm animals: "Non-stun slaughter is only supposed to be allowed on the basis of religious need but this requirement is not enforceable in practice."