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994621

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date	25/10/2018
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	Nature 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, with reference to the Government's 25 Year Environment Plan, what provision there is for short-term protection of (a) bats and (b) other species with life spans of five to eight years; and what steps he plans to take to increase protection for mature hedgerows from developers.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	183899
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2018 answer text <p>A wide variety of species are afforded protection under the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations (2017) and under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, including all species of bat found in this country. All listed species are covered irrespective of their expected lifespan, which is not a criterion in identifying the need for protection of a species.</p><p> </p><p>Legal protection for hedgerows is provided by the Hedgerows Regulations 1997. These regulations prohibit the removal of most countryside hedgerows (or parts of them) without first seeking approval from the local planning authority, which is required to decide whether a hedgerow is ‘important’ because of its wildlife, landscape, historical (i.e. more than 30 years old) or archaeological value and as such should not be removed.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 02/11/2018 14:33:23 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

994622

registered interest
date	25/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Recreation Spaces
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if the Government will set up a dedicated fund to support community groups that seek to challenge appeals by developers in relation to open and green spaces.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	183900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government recognises that access to a network of open and green spaces is important for the health and well-being of communities, and the planning system highlights this in a number of ways. Our revised National Planning Policy Framework sets out that sufficient provision for the conservation and enhancement of green infrastructure should be included in strategic planning policies, the importance of green infrastructure in encouraging healthy lifestyles, and makes provision for communities to identify and protect green areas of particular importance to them through the designation of land as Local Green Space through local and neighbourhood plans.</p><p>The planning system acts as a control on an individual’s use of land and therefore it is right that they should have an impartial appeal against the refusal of planning permission. An independent Planning Inspector will give careful consideration to the planning merits of the case and take into account the views of the local planning authority and local residents before reaching a decision to allow or dismiss an appeal. Therefore any submissions made by community groups at the planning application stage will also be a matter for consideration at appeal.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 01/11/2018 14:14:51 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

994623

registered interest
date	25/10/2018
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	Biodiversity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Government's 25 Year Environment Plan, what steps he plans to take to ensure that development sites are monitored and levels of biodiversity maintained.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	183901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>The 25 Year Environment Plan set out our ambitious plans for improving biodiversity by embedding a net gain approach to development. We have already strengthened planning policy and the revised National Planning Policy Framework, published in July, makes it clear that development should provide net gains for biodiversity. We will shortly be consulting on biodiversity net gain through the planning system.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 01/11/2018 11:01:02 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

994050

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Knife Crime Community Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the funding provided by his Department's Anti-Knife Crime Community Fund in tackling recent increases in knife crime in (a) West Lancashire constituency and (b) England.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	183311
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>Funding for the anti-knife crime community fund has been increased from £1 million to £1.5 million in 2018/19 and we are funding 68 local projects across England and Wales this year. These include projects in Lancashire, but not West Lancashire specifically. We are ensuring that the funding is used effectively, and Home Office officials are conducting a series of evaluation visits to projects in order to be satisfied about effective delivery.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 20/11/2018 17:18:18 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper