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857662

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date	08/03/2018
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Hill Farming
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	If he will bring forward legislative proposals to support hill farmers after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Brecon and Radnorshire
tabling member printed	Chris Davies
uin	904250
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>Hill farmers play an important role in the maintenance of traditional upland landscapes providing both environmental and cultural benefits. The Government’s consultation document ‘Health and Harmony: the future for food, farming and the environment in a green Brexit’ makes clear that upland areas have the potential to benefit from the proposed new environmental land management schemes in England, given the nature of their landscapes and the public goods that they deliver.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 12/03/2018 12:15:39 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4376 label Biography information for Chris Davies

856023

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Agriculture: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in the Scottish Government on the management of farm payments to Scottish Farmers after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
tabling member printed	Andrew Bowie
uin	131189
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State last met with the Scottish Government and other devolved administrations on 26 February to discuss the Government’s consultation document ‘Health and Harmony: the future for food, farming and the environment in a green Brexit’. The Government is committed to working closely with the devolved administrations to deliver an approach that works for the whole of the UK, and reflects the needs and individual circumstances of Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and England. Future agriculture policy including the management of farm payments is a matter for individual devolved administrations.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 14/03/2018 11:55:57 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie

856181

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Hinkley Point B Power Station: Dredging
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 13 December 2017 to Question 118084, on Dredging, what steps he has taken to ensure that works relating to the development of the Hinkley B site comply with the London Convention 1972.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	James Frith
uin	131347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State is the appropriate licensing authority for the English inshore and offshore regions, although most of the Secretary of State’s licensing functions have been delegated to the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) under the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (MCAA). Under Section 71(6) of the MCAA the MMO is required to comply with international law when exercising its licensing functions, including the London Protocol 1996. This Protocol was adopted in 1996 to modernise the London Convention 1972.</p><p> </p><p>The MMO has issued one licence for maintenance activities at Hinkley Point B for the removal of sand and cobble material along the base of the sea wall, in order to keep the power station’s surface water drains clear. The licence is valid between 2015 and 2025, and allows for removed material to be deposited or ‘spread’ across a beach located to the east of Hinkley Point B.</p><p> </p><p>Any dredging activities associated with the original construction of Hinkley Point B station would have been considered by the relevant regulator at the time of the application.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 14/03/2018 11:54:24 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4637 label Biography information for James Frith

856216

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Countryside Stewardship Scheme: South West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish the number of holdings currently in receipt of Countryside Stewardship Payments in each county in the South West for each of the latest three years for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	131382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2018 answer text <p>So far, payments for Countryside Stewardship have been made for agreements starting in 2016 and 2017. The number of agreements eligible for payment in each year is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>County</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Agreements eligible to receive payments 2016</strong> <strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Agreements eligible to receive payments 2017*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cornwall</p></td><td><p>159</p></td><td><p>339</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Devon</p></td><td><p>305</p></td><td><p>678</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dorset</p></td><td><p>73</p></td><td><p>171</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gloucestershire</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>190</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Somerset</p></td><td><p>168</p></td><td><p>366</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wiltshire</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>183</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* The sum of the number of agreements starting in 2016 and 2017.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 14/03/2018 11:56:34 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew