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857662

registered interest
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

857663

registered interest
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	Clean Air Zones
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	Whether he plans to expand clean air zones.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	904261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2018 answer text <p>Local authorities already have powers to create clean air zones. None currently exist but proposals for them are being drawn up by some local authorities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 14/03/2018 17:53:44 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

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

856119

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	Water Supply
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 steps the Government is taking to ensure that water companies prepare for cold weather; whether his Department plans to improve the provision of information to consumers on disruption to water supplies; and whether his Department is taking steps to compensate people who experienced disruption to their water supply.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	131285
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>Companies have a statutory duty to provide clean and reliable water to customers under the Water Industry Act 1991 and water company licences, plus any special requirements to service vulnerable customers. They also have a statutory duty to plan to balance supply and demand over the long-term (25 years minimum). Companies should be planning to be resilient to all foreseeable risks, including severe weather and in response to climate change projections and population growth.</p><p>Water customers are entitled to guaranteed minimum standards of service. If a company fails to meet any of the guaranteed standards, customers are entitled to a payment under the Guaranteed Standards Scheme (GSS). Ofwat may also take enforcement action against the companies it regulates where these companies fail to comply with their statutory duties and licence obligations. Ofwat will work with the water companies to establish whether licence conditions have been breached and to what extent the GSS regulations require them to make compensation payments.</p><p>Ofwat is reviewing formally the performance of the companies during this period once the situation is restored to normal. This will be a thorough review and as well as identifying problems, Ofwat will identify excellent examples of practice and preparation shared across the sector. The review will include consideration of planning for such cold weather events and customer communications. The government will consider any recommendations from the review and act decisively to address any shortcomings exposed.</p><p> </p><p>Ofwat will also consider as part of the review whether the companies have proactively provided fair and speedy compensation to customers. The government has made clear to water companies that it expects them to use their discretion to offer compensation to customers, recognising the impacts that they have experienced.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 13/03/2018 12:24:51 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

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

846852

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
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	Fisheries: Protection
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of calls from the Maritime Foundation for urgent action to institute measures to protect the UK's maritime littoral zone post-Brexit.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL5814
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>The Marine Maritime Organisation [Defra] has made an assessment of the measures needed, from a fisheries perspective, to protect England’s Exclusive Economic Zone which includes the maritime littoral zone referenced by the Maritime Foundation.</p><p>We are working with the Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authorities and the Marine Management Organisation, which together are responsible for enforcement in England’s Exclusive Economic Zone out to 200 nautical miles, as well as the Royal Navy, Border Force, and other organisations to make sure the appropriate arrangements to enforce fisheries regulations are in place to protect our waters when we leave the EU.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 12/03/2018 13:30:34 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead