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European Union Documents: Syria (EU Restrictive Measures) (21 May 2013)

Brooks Newmark: ...Shabiha being formed into a national defence brigade by the Iranians, who are giving direction. What does the opposition side have? Simply, it has two groups that are highly fragmented—the FSA, which has about 30,000 people, led by General Idris, who essentially have just small arms at their disposal; and on the other side, as many colleagues have said, the Salafis, who have about...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Petrol Prices (15 May 2013) See 1 other result from this debate

Edward Davey: ...that we propose to take, supporting our competition authorities. He asked how long it will take, but I am afraid it is impossible to give a straight answer to that. We have seen with the Ofgem and FSA review into allegations of gas market inflation that such things can take some time, in order to ensure that the allegations are looked into seriously and robustly, as consumers and markets...

Written Ministerial Statements — Cabinet Office: Handling Members' Correspondence (13 May 2013)

Francis Maude: ... 15 10,968 75 - Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency 15 191 90 - Rural Payments Agency 15 240 92 Food Standards Agency       DH Ministers replies 20 212 85 FSA Chair/CE replies 20 98 87 Foreign and Commonwealth Office 20 9,635 91 Department of Health 18 17,279 98 - Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency...

Written Answers — Health: Horse Meat (13 May 2013)

Anna Soubry: Prosecutions for the mislabelling of meat products fall within the remit of local authority environmental health or trading standards departments. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) and the police, working with their counterparts across Europe, are involved in a complicated and far-reaching investigation into horsemeat. At this stage, it cannot be confirmed if prosecutions will result from this...

Written Answers — Health: Slaughterhouses: Inspections (13 May 2013)

Anna Soubry: The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is responsible for the delivery of official controls in approved meat establishments (slaughterhouses, cutting plants and game handling establishments) subject to veterinary control within the United Kingdom. This work is carried out for the FSA by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development in Northern Ireland through a service level agreement....

Written Answers — Health: Horse Meat (25 April 2013)

Anna Soubry: The Food Standards Agency (FSA) does not hold this information. The FSA cannot recommend or advocate to industry any particular laboratory for the analysis of meat products for the presence of horse DNA. The FSA can confirm however, that some industry testing has been undertaken outside of the United Kingdom.

Written Answers — Treasury: EU Emissions Trading Scheme: Fraud (25 April 2013)

Sajid Javid: ...Authority (FCA), the Insolvency Service, Trading Standards and HMRC. The FCA provides consumer guidance on carbon credit investment fraud which can be found at the following link: http://www.fsa.gov.uk/consumerinformation/scamsandswindles/i nvestment_scams/carbon_credit The FCA recently carried out a survey of investors to understand the market and the viability of carbon credits as a...

Written Answers — Treasury: Interest Rate Swap Transactions (25 April 2013)

Sajid Javid: Oh 31 January the Financial Services Authority (FSA) announced the findings of their pilot scheme and the agreement by the banks involved to begin the full review process. This will include the banks and independent reviewers assessing each case to determine whether the sale complied with Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) regulatory requirements. If it did not, the bank will then have to...

Written Answers — Treasury: Interest Rate Swap Transactions (25 April 2013)

Sajid Javid: On 31 January the Financial Services Authority (FSA) announced the findings of their pilot scheme and the agreement by the banks involved to begin the full review process. This will include the banks and independent reviewers assessing each case to determine whether the sale complied with Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) regulatory requirements. If it did not, the bank will then have to...

Written Answers — Treasury: Interest Rate Swap Transactions (25 April 2013)

Sajid Javid: On 31 January the Financial Services Authority (FSA) announced the findings of their pilot scheme and the agreement by the banks involved to begin the full review process. This will include the banks and independent reviewers assessing each case to determine whether the sale complied with Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) regulatory requirements. If it did not, the bank will then have to...

Written Answers — Treasury: Banks: Regulation (24 April 2013)

Sajid Javid: Treasury officials have had contact on various occasions with FCA and PRA staff (and, before 1 April 2013, with FSA staff) on possible measures to strengthen culture and standards in the banking sector. The Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards has been established as a joint committee appointed by both Houses and chaired by Andrew Tyrie MP. The Committee has a remit to consider and...

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Horses: Slaughterhouses (23 April 2013)

David Heath: ...surveillance programme, operated in accordance with Council Directive 96/23/EC, and the four non-compliant horses found under the supplementary testing carried out by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) in the second half of 2012. All of the non-compliant samples for 2013 have been found under the FSA's programme testing all horses presented for slaughter for human consumption for the presence...

Written Answers — Education: School Meals (23 April 2013)

Elizabeth Truss: ...of this sort represents a serious breach of consumer trust. Food business operators are responsible for ensuring the food that they supply meets food law requirements. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) leads the Government response to contaminated food and the Department for Education has been in regular contact with the FSA as investigations have continued. The FSA provides advice to local...

Written Answers — Health: Pigs (23 April 2013)

Anna Soubry: Between 1 January and 31 December 2012, 37,609 (0.40%) incidences of abscesses were recorded in pig heads at post mortem inspection by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) in Great Britain and by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) in Northern Ireland. All carcases and accompanying offal are inspected without delay after slaughter. These include visual inspection of the...

Written Ministerial Statements — House of Lords: Food: Horsemeat Fraud (22 April 2013)

Lord de Mauley: ...Consumer Product Safety Authority said 370 different companies around Europe and 132 more in the Netherlands were affected by the recall because they bought meat from a Dutch trading company. The FSA has been informed by the Dutch authorities that a small number of UK businesses may have received products from the trading company that operates under the names of Willy Selten and Wiljo. As...

Written Answers — Health: Horse Meat (22 April 2013)

Anna Soubry: IKEA has reported to the Food Standards Agency (FSA) details of the quantities of meatballs on hold in the United Kingdom following the quantification tests for horse DNA at 1% and above. As this information is commercially sensitive, and the public interest in favour of disclosure does not outweigh the public interest in withholding the detail of these reports, it is not possible to release...

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Phenylbutazone (18 April 2013)

David Heath: ...CEO wrote a joint letter to the Veterinary Record reminding veterinarians of their responsibilities in this area, which can be viewed at: www.rcvs.org.uk/document-library/letter-from-defra-and-fsa-r ef-horse-passports and has been placed in the Library of the House. Summaries of the results of follow-up inspections of non-compliant results from the Food Standards Agency's 100% testing...

[1st Allocated Day]: Clause 200 — Bank Levy: rates from January 2013 (17 April 2013)

Geraint Davies: ...like from the Financial Services Authority, which is now the Financial Conduct Authority. We were talking enormous amounts of money that people are trying to avoid paying. The point that she made to me is that the people in the FSA, now the FCA, do not have the resources and the clout, and have to deal with dozens of cases, while the defence lawyers deal with only a few cases because the...

Written Answers — Health: Horse Meat (17 April 2013)

Anna Soubry: The Food Standards Agency (FSA) records the number of solipeds (a mammal having a single hoof on each foot, including horses, hinnies, mules and asses) slaughtered in the United Kingdom, the majority of which are horses. The number of solipeds slaughtered in total for the last four months for which figures are available are as follows: Month Number of solipeds slaughtered in the United...

Public Bill Committee: Financial Services (Banking Reform) Bill: New Clause 9 - Protection for whistleblowers (16 April 2013)

Greg Clark: ...depositors and taxpayers throughout the financial system. Martin Wheatley, the chief executive officer designate of the FCA, told the Parliamentary Commission that the FCA’s predecessor, the FSA, received “3,000 to 4,000 whistleblowing alerts a year. For us, they are a very valuable source of intelligence.” That amounts to between 12 and 16 whistleblowing calls every...