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1137453

registered interest
date	08/07/2019
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	Whales: Meat
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 ban the transit of whale meat through UK ports.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
uin	274586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p>The transit of whale meat through UK and EU ports is subject to international trade rules. Leaving the EU will present us with the opportunity to review our position on this issue.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 15/07/2019 15:15:23 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1137454

registered interest
date	08/07/2019
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	Whales: 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 steps he is taking to protect the population of Orcas off the coast of Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
uin	274587
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p>Protection of this particular population is a devolved issue.</p><p> </p><p>All cetaceans are fully protected in UK waters under the EU Habitats Directive, the UK Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, and through sectoral measures tackling specific threats, such as the bycatch mitigation measures implemented under EU Regulations (Regulation 812/2004).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 15/07/2019 15:09:36 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1137570

registered interest
date	08/07/2019
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	Pets: Travel
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 estimate he has made of how many and what proportion of cars travelling from the UK to (a) France and (b) the EU contain a pet animal.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	274644
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government does not record data on how many or what proportion of cars travelling from the UK to France, or from the UK to the rest of the EU, contain a pet animal. Due to the nature of the border arrangements for cars travelling out of the UK, it would be very difficult to conduct an estimation of the proportion that are carrying a pet.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 15/07/2019 14:05:45 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1137583

registered interest
date	08/07/2019
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
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 plans the Government has to support UK farmers in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	274649
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p>As any responsible Government would, we are preparing for the possibility of no deal, which is why we have contingency plans in place to minimise disruption for the food and farming sector as much as possible.</p><p> </p><p>We are in close contact with the farming unions and other farmer representatives across the UK. Alongside the publication of technical notices, we continue to work closely with farmers, businesses and trade associations across the food and drink sector, from farm to fork, to keep them informed of exit preparations.</p><p> </p><p>We have committed to the same funding for farm support until the end of this Parliament, whether the UK leaves with or without a deal. In a no deal scenario, the current EU Common Agricultural Policy legislation will be retained under the Withdrawal Act 2018 and modified through secondary legislation. This will provide a legal basis for its continuation until the passage of the Agriculture Bill. We have also already guaranteed that any projects where funding has been agreed before the end of 2020 will be funded for their full lifetime, including in a no deal scenario. The guarantee also means that the Government and the devolved administrations can continue to sign new projects after the UK leaves the EU during 2019 and 2020.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 15/07/2019 15:13:31 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1135073

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
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	Southern Water
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they were advised that Southern Water had been allowing sewage and waste water to spill into the environment.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
uin	HL16700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2019 answer text <p>The Environment Agency commenced a criminal investigation into Southern Water in 2016 due to suspected permit breaches at a number of its sites. The matter is ongoing and it would be inappropriate to give further details at this stage.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 11/07/2019 15:23:53 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

1135074

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
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	Southern Water
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the locations of the Southern Water sewage spills; and whether that information is publicly available.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
uin	HL16701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2019 answer text <p>The Environment Agency has a live investigation into Southern Water so it would be inappropriate to give further details at this stage.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 10/07/2019 15:27:30 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

1135075

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
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	Sewage: Pollution
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps, if any, they are taking to ensure that consumers are notified of having sewage and waste water spillages in their locality.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
uin	HL16702
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2019 answer text <p>The Environment Agency (EA) operates a daily pollution risk forecasting service via the internet which notifies the public of pollution risks at England’s 421 designated bathing waters, during the bathing season (May-September). This service makes pollution forecasts based on known issues affecting bathing water quality (e.g. periods of heavy rainfall) and includes information of ongoing real-time pollution incidents. <br> <br> The information the EA provides is also made available to the public by Surfers Against Sewage who include it in their Safer Seas Service application, alongside information on spills from storm overflows that is provided by water companies.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, the EA is working with water companies on a programme to secure Event Duration Monitoring (EDM) on the vast majority of inland and coastal storm overflows in England by 2020. EDM measures the performance of storm overflows in terms of how often and for how long they spill which allows high risk overflows to be identified prior to evidence of environmental impact. This information is used to inform future improvement programmes for storm overflows.</p><p> </p><p>For storm overflows that discharge to sensitive waters such as to bathing beaches or other inland high amenity areas, we require the water companies to install automated communications telemetry, so that they know in real time when a storm overflow has discharged. Some water companies are extending this real time reporting for the majority of their storm overflows.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 10/07/2019 13:28:10 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

1135076

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
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	Sewage: Water Treatment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the maximum (1) individual, and (2) corporate penalties, for falsifying data provided to Ofwat on the performance of sewage treatment sites.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
uin	HL16703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2019 answer text <p>Ofwat’s powers allow it to take action against a company rather than an individual. Under section 22A of the Water Industry Act 1991 Ofwat can impose financial penalties of up to 10 per cent of a company’s annual turnover for a breach of legal obligation. Misreporting is classified as a breach of a water company’s licence condition. Calculation of turnover is made in relation to either the water business or the sewerage services business, unless the breach relates to both parts of the business.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 10/07/2019 13:28:41 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

1135100

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Gardiner of Kimble on 14 June (HL16066), whether they have any plans to construct a national water grid.
tabling member printed	Lord Trefgarne
uin	HL16727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2019 answer text <p>Water transfers can play a strong role in securing resilience, alongside other new infrastructure and reducing demand and leakage as part of the ‘twin track approach’.</p><p> </p><p>There is already a large amount of water transferred across the country, giving water companies greater flexibility to meet demand. Water companies are finalising revisions to their statutory water resource management plans. These plans set out how they will meet demand for water over at least the next 25 years and many include further transfer schemes.</p><p> </p><p>Ofwat, working with the Environment Agency and Drinking Water Inspectorate, recently established the Regulators’ Alliance for Progressing Infrastructure Development which will make sure regulation enables strategic schemes to improve resilience of water supplies. Such schemes might include water transfers.</p><p> </p><p>We are developing a National Policy Statement for water resources infrastructure which will streamline the planning process for nationally significant water resource infrastructure including large water transfers. We plan to lay the final version of this document in Parliament in the autumn.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 10/07/2019 15:31:47 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	1813 label Biography information for Lord Trefgarne