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date	11/09/2018
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	Curlews: Conservation
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 he is taking to introduce predator control as part of the work to secure the future of the Curlew.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	173491
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2018 answer text <p>As a signatory of the African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement, we are taking a leading role in the implementation of an international plan to address the conservation status of the curlew. The plan includes a requirement for land management techniques that reduce levels of nest and chick predation to those associated with stable populations. Predator control already takes place to support conservation of curlew, including for example, as part of normal farming and gamekeeping practice.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 18/09/2018 12:46:56 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

971694

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
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: Environment Protection
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 he is taking to include predator control in agri-environment schemes.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	173492
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2018 answer text <p>Predator control plays a useful role in the conservation of ground-nesting birds. To date, English agri-environment schemes have not funded predator control although in some situations this may be encouraged through guidance. The current Countryside Stewardship scheme, for the first time, includes capital items which support the deployment of permanent and temporary anti-predator fencing. This helps conserve ground-nesting birds, which have been shown to benefit from reduced egg and chick losses due to mammalian predators.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Evidence for the efficacy of predator control for species conservation will feed into discussions on future agriculture policy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 18/09/2018 12:43:31 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

971765

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
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	Waste Management
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of the UK's (a) overall and (b) regional residual waste treatment infrastructure; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	173552
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2018 answer text <p>The assessment in the Forecasting 2020 Waste Arisings and Treatment Report, published in February 2013, noted that residual waste treatment infrastructure is key to England’s efforts to meet its target of reducing the amount of biodegradable municipal waste (BMW) going to landfill. England is on course to meet that target which is 35% of the 1995 baseline by 2020.</p><p> </p><p>Waste in the UK is a devolved matter so Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland will have their own assessments.</p><p> </p><p>In terms of the regional adequacy, the Government’s view is that local authorities are best placed to assess their residual waste management requirements to meet their own local needs and priorities.</p><p> </p><p>The forthcoming Resources and Waste Strategy will aim to ensure we have the right mix of waste infrastructure that maximises its value as a resource and minimises its environmental impact.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 18/09/2018 12:42:00 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies