RUSHES: Pet theft / local elections: George Eustice interview

Pet theft / local elections: George Eustice interview; ENGLAND: London: Westminster: INT George Eustice MP (Environment Secretary) interview SOT re PET THEFT TASKFORCE: - Demand for pets has increased over last 123 months - People in lockdown spending more time at home - Worrying trend in increased reports of pet theft - Gangs stealing pets - Taskforce to get to bottom of the problem and reveal scale of problem re ELECTIONS: - A big responsibility on us - Won in Hartlepool and mayoral contest - Govt cares about their priorities - Help overlooked communities re IF SNP GETS MAJORITY: - No case for a referendum - Legislation would need to be done in Westminster - Was a referendum little over 5 years ago - Need to focus on pandemic - Not the time for another divisive referendum re MESSAGE TO NICOLA STURGEON: - Our message to everyone ... - Now is not the time to have another referendum and constitutional wrangling - Need to get out of pandemic and get economy moving again - We will deal with the situation as it arises - We don't think there's a case for another referendum - Had one little over 5 years ago re SUGGESTIONS UK WILL BE VIRUS-FREE BY AUGUST: - We've been taking cautious approach to exiting lockdown - Next stage is 17th may - Further easements - Pubs, restaurants - Hope to return to life as normal by June - Made very good progress on vaccine re FURTHER UPDATES ON GREEN LIST: - A very cautious start - Only 12 countries - Will review it every 3 weeks - Other countries will be added as times goes on - We judge 3 weeks is the right interval - People need to be able to plan their travel - Evidence of virus prevalence doesn't change that quickly re HOW THEY CHOOSE COUNTRIES: - They look at prevalence of virus in population - Risk of a new strain - Ability of countries to identify new strains - That is a challenge in some countries - We need them to be able to ID new strains - A range of factors...
Pet theft / local elections: George Eustice interview; ENGLAND: London: Westminster: INT George Eustice MP (Environment Secretary) interview SOT re PET THEFT TASKFORCE: - Demand for pets has increased over last 123 months - People in lockdown spending more time at home - Worrying trend in increased reports of pet theft - Gangs stealing pets - Taskforce to get to bottom of the problem and reveal scale of problem re ELECTIONS: - A big responsibility on us - Won in Hartlepool and mayoral contest - Govt cares about their priorities - Help overlooked communities re IF SNP GETS MAJORITY: - No case for a referendum - Legislation would need to be done in Westminster - Was a referendum little over 5 years ago - Need to focus on pandemic - Not the time for another divisive referendum re MESSAGE TO NICOLA STURGEON: - Our message to everyone ... - Now is not the time to have another referendum and constitutional wrangling - Need to get out of pandemic and get economy moving again - We will deal with the situation as it arises - We don't think there's a case for another referendum - Had one little over 5 years ago re SUGGESTIONS UK WILL BE VIRUS-FREE BY AUGUST: - We've been taking cautious approach to exiting lockdown - Next stage is 17th may - Further easements - Pubs, restaurants - Hope to return to life as normal by June - Made very good progress on vaccine re FURTHER UPDATES ON GREEN LIST: - A very cautious start - Only 12 countries - Will review it every 3 weeks - Other countries will be added as times goes on - We judge 3 weeks is the right interval - People need to be able to plan their travel - Evidence of virus prevalence doesn't change that quickly re HOW THEY CHOOSE COUNTRIES: - They look at prevalence of virus in population - Risk of a new strain - Ability of countries to identify new strains - That is a challenge in some countries - We need them to be able to ID new strains - A range of factors...
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