Anne McIntosh, chair of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, was speaking in the wake of the death of Jade Anderson, 14.
If you are looking at a certificate belonging to a piece of jade, it is the first line that you want to see.
From the air they look like tiny stepping stones ringed by translucent hues of jade and sapphire, the sands on their deserted beaches soft as powdered sugar.
Calls for tough action have been fuelled by the death of Jade Anderson, 14, who was attacked by dogs at a house in Greater Manchester on Tuesday.
So it was good fortune indeed to be invited to take a brief course in jade identification, given by the gracious Roxanne Tu, Senior Gemologist at Taipei's Museum of Jade Art.
Miss McIntosh said it was too early to say what had happened in the case of Jade Anderson, but said the law in England needed to cover the control of dogs on private property.
Roxanne takes a second black velvet-lined box out, one containing several pieces of translucent jade of different shapes, colours and sizes.
The bodies of Chloe Jade Arwood, 6, and her cousin James Levi Caldwell, 7, were found at the bottom of a 24-foot-deep pit on Monday morning, more than 12 hours after a wall of the pit collapsed on them behind a family member's home, authorities said.
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Roxanne brings out a velvet-lined box of nine jade bracelets and announces that we will be starting with a test.
Earlier on Friday hundreds of people attended Jade's funeral at Bournemouth Crematorium, many wearing her favourite colours of pink and black.
It has also announced plans for another money-spinning auction of gems and jade, next month.
Love you baby girl, thinking of you, RIP Jade Anderson, love you.
Chris Edwards, head teacher of Ringwood School which Jade attended until July last year, said she had a "lively, bubbly personality and was always full of life".
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Mourners placed yellow and white silk flowers at a quake memorial, sang the national anthem and a white jade carving of a clock that stopped at 2:28, when the temblor hit, with the date underneath, according to the state-run Xinhua news agency.
It relaunched the line last fall, adding new items such as a one-of-a-kind diamond-and-jade Serpenti necklace geared to the tastes of China's wealthy.
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The jade burial suit of the king of Nanyue is the centrepiece of the third room, while that of the second king of Chu is the highlight of the last.
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Jade Raymond was one of these: she studied CompSci at McGill, and went from there into production.
Jade Ewen, one of a trio that makes up the British pop band Sugababes, tries on a gold-colored sari blouse, cut like a halter top and covered in sequins.
Always buy from a licensed dealer who will provide a certificate of authenticity. (The Jade Market, in her opinion, is best suited for trinket shopping rather than high-end purchases).
"Brazil is growing so much, " says Danie Tangchai, head of U.S. operations for LJ International (nasdaq: JADE - news - people ), a designer and distributor of fine jewelry.
Jackie Killey, head of year at Fred Longworth School which Jade attended, said she would "never be forgotten".
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Jade Elwell, the fiancee of 23-year-old Tom Kirwan, who was stabbed in Wolverhampton, said 30 days was not long enough.
Of the six children who died, Jade Philpott, 10, John, nine, Jack, eight, Jesse, six, and Jayden, five, perished in the fire.
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His friend took the wallet out of my pocket and yanked off a jade necklace that my grandmother had given me as protection after a car accident many years ago.
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And soon, those silent and darkened corridors, they were bright and they were filled with the sounds of young men and women, including Jade, who were going back to class.
Jade Mandara, the partner of a serving soldier, described the legion as "angels" after they helped her with rent and household goods when she had to suddenly move accommodation while her partner was serving in Afghanistan.
Many of the country's gems, especially jade and rubies, come from the contested areas in Kachin State.
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