Meet the woman driving the Government’s animal welfare policies – and it’s not Carrie Symonds
The unofficial whip on untraditional policies, such as banning foie gras and fur, is an artist and grassroots campaigner from Surrey
Lorraine Platt has been a stalwart Conservative all her life
Credit: Eddie Mulholland
Think of the person behind the recent raft of Conservative animal welfare policies, and one name springs to mind – the Prime Minister’s fiancee, Carrie Symonds.
But the woman known to Conservative MPs as the “unofficial whip” on these untraditional policies, such as banning foie gras and fur, is an artist and grassroots campaigner from Surrey.
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Exclusive: Fortnum & Mason to stop selling foie gras after campaign by celebrities
This news comes as the government considers a ban on the product now we have left the EU
For over a decade, Fortnum & Mason has stood against the pressure to stop selling “torture in a tin” as it remained one of the last great department stores to sell foie gras.
It has long been a contentious issue between those who see the product as a traditional luxury, and those who balk at the idea of force-feeding a duck or goose for human consumption. But now, the landmark London shop has given into campaigners and is phasing it out.
Success in REACH chemical animal testing
In a groundbreaking ruling, the European Court of Justice ruled
Esso Raffinage not to have to carry out a series of tests on rabbits.
The oil company went to the highest European court because the authority
ECHA wanted to force him to do the animal tests, even though the company had submitted other safety data.
As part of the
REACH= (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation, and Restriction of Chemicals) chemicals regulation, the chemical industry has to submit extensive data on its chemicals.
Oftentimes these involve animal testing. In one case, the
European Chemicals Agency
toxicity study on hundreds of rabbits.