Adjournment debate on World Vegan Day
World Vegan Day
Adjournment debate on Tuesday, 1 November 2011,
in the House of Commons,
led by Kerry McCarthy.
The answering
member was James Paice.
Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
534 c895-904 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Proceeding contributions
James Paice | 534 c902 (Link to this contribution)
No, I do not accept that. The hon. Member for Bristol East reeled off a list of vegan organisations,...
Chris Williamson | 534 c901-2 (Link to this contribution)
The Minister says that diet and avoiding obesity are the responsibility of individuals. Does he not ...
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James Paice | 534 c902-3 (Link to this contribution)
I cannot tell the hon. Lady that precisely. Such matters are the responsibilities of the Health Educ...
Kerry McCarthy | 534 c902 (Link to this contribution)
This section of the Minister's speech sounds like filler to avoid talking about the issues I have ra...
James Paice | 534 c900 (Link to this contribution)
May I genuinely congratulate the hon. Lady on taking the opportunity to raise the issue of vegans on...
Kerry McCarthy | 534 c900 (Link to this contribution)
They are piled on top of one another.
James Paice | 534 c903-4 (Link to this contribution)
No, I am not going to give way, as I do not have much time left.
I go back to my starting point of ...
Kerry McCarthy | 534 c895-6 (Link to this contribution)
I start by expressing my sympathy for the Minister tonight. It can never be much fun doing the late ...
Kerry McCarthy | 534 c897-8 (Link to this contribution)
I will come to that in a moment. The World Cancer Research Fund carried out an authoritative study w...
Jim Shannon | 534 c897 (Link to this contribution)
How would the hon. Lady respond to the statement by my GP and many others that we need a balanced di...
Kerry McCarthy | 534 c898-900 (Link to this contribution)
That is true. As I said, I have been a vegan for nearly 20 years. My hon. Friend the Member for Kilm...
Cathy Jamieson | 534 c898 (Link to this contribution)
Just before my hon. Friend moves off her point about balanced diets, will she tell us—perhaps for th...
Simon Hart | 534 c896-7 (Link to this contribution)
Can the hon. Lady point to any peer-reviewed science to support her allegation about the UK livestoc...
Kerry McCarthy | 534 c897 (Link to this contribution)
I am about to cite some scientific research on the health case, and I also have some very authoritat...
Simon Hart | 534 c897 (Link to this contribution)
So is the hon. Lady saying that the assertions she has made about agricultural practices are a perso...
Kerry McCarthy | 534 c897 (Link to this contribution)
I am not quite sure which practices the hon. Gentleman is referring to. If he is talking about the a...
Chris Williamson | 534 c896 (Link to this contribution)
Does my hon. Friend agree that the case for eating less meat or becoming vegan is reinforced by the ...
James Paice | 534 c900-1 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Lady is saying something from a sedentary position—I will need to get this on the record, M...
Kerry McCarthy | 534 c896 (Link to this contribution)
I agree entirely with my hon. Friend, and I will come to the environmental and food security case fo...
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