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598235

registered interest
date	10/10/2016
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: Exclusive Economic Zone
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 her Department has to reform management of the waters in the UK's Exclusive Economic Zone.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	47674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2016 answer text <p>Exit from the European Union presents us with an opportunity to improve the way waters in the UK’s Exclusive Economic Zone are managed. No decisions have yet been taken, although the Government remains committed to sustainable fisheries and eliminating discards, as set out in its manifesto.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 13/10/2016 16:06:54 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

598372

registered interest
date	10/10/2016
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	Goats: Milk
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 her Department plans to negotiate with the Chinese government to seek concessions for UK companies affected by the recent decision of the Chinese General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine to delay an update to the UK Health Certificate to allow UK exports of goat milk products.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	47653
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs and the British Embassy in Beijing are working closely with the Chinese Authorities to take forward these negotiations and review options for accelerating progress on an ongoing basis.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 13/10/2016 16:01:39 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

598407

registered interest
date	10/10/2016
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: Employment
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 assessment she has made of the implications of the outcome of the EU referendum for future employment levels in the agricultural sector.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	47895
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2016 answer text <p>The Government has manifesto commitments to develop a 25 year plan to grow more and sell more British food and to treble the number of apprentices in food and farming. These commitments are unaffected by the EU referendum result.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 13/10/2016 16:35:12 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

600885

registered interest
date	10/10/2016
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	Food: Trade Promotion
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 assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Great British Food Unit in opening up new markets for British food and drink exports.
tabling member constituency	Colchester
tabling member printed	Will Quince
uin	906553
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2016 answer text <p>In the last year, the Great British Food Unit has opened 24 new export markets and secured improved conditions for an additional 14 markets. It has supported UK companies around the world to secure new exports worth hundreds of millions of pounds. In addition, we have made good progress opening the US and Japanese markets to British beef and lamb.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 13/10/2016 16:49:03 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4423 label Biography information for Will Quince

600886

registered interest
date	10/10/2016
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	Food: Trade Promotion
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 her Department is taking to promote British-made produce in the UK and abroad.
tabling member constituency	North Cornwall
tabling member printed	Scott Mann
uin	906555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2016 answer text <p>The Great British Food Unit brings together expertise from within Defra, the Department for International Trade and Embassies to promote top quality British food and drink around the world. The five year Great British Food Campaign celebrates the best of the UK’s Food and Drink industry and aims to build a world-leading brand for British food and drink.</p><p> </p><p>2016 is the Year of Great British Food. Within the UK, a series of events, partnerships and promotional activity is celebrating the richness of Great British Food and highlighting the best of our food and drink provenance, heritage and culture, working with leading food entrepreneurs and in partnership with the food and drink industry.</p><p> </p><p>Encouraging companies to start exporting or to increase exports is a priority for this government. The Great British Food Unit has developed nine campaigns in 18 priority countries with the aim of boosting exports by hundreds of millions over the next five years. The campaigns target large existing markets or markets with significant growth potential – Australia and New Zealand; France; Germany; India; Japan; Mexico and Latin America; USA and Canada; China; UAE and Gulf.</p><p> </p><p>In England, the ‘Exporting is Great’ Export Hub Truck tour (10 to 14 October 2016) is supporting new exporters in getting the information and support they need to begin exporting. The truck is visiting the South West, the Midlands, the Northern Powerhouse regions and the South East.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 13/10/2016 16:50:34 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4496 label Biography information for Scott Mann

600889

registered interest
date	10/10/2016
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: Apprentices
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 has taken with the food, farming and agri-tech industries to treble the number of apprenticeships in those sectors.
tabling member constituency	South Suffolk
tabling member printed	James Cartlidge
uin	906549
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2016 answer text <p>Food, farming and agri-tech apprenticeships provide exciting career opportunities and the Food and Drink Federation predict they will need 130,000 new skilled recruits by 2024.</p><p>Food and farming businesses have led the way in developing new standards, so that apprenticeships such as “Dairy Technologist” are ready for delivery.</p><p>We are also encouraging food and farming apprentices to feature in the “Get In Go Far” apprenticeships campaign.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 13/10/2016 16:47:10 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge

595593

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, approximately how many (a) British and (b) non-British nationals are employed cleaning the Westminster estate of her Department.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	John Pugh
uin	47560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>This information is not held. The cleaners for Defra’s Westminster estate are provided by Interserve (Facilities Management) Ltd. The contract with the supplier requires them to follow all the appropriate checks when employing non British nationals, but the supplier has advised that they do not keep internal statistics about employees being British or non-British.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 17/10/2016 15:42:00 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1454 label Biography information for John Pugh

595594

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
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: Subsidies
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 she will make it her policy to maintain the level of UK and EU funding for the fishing industry and communities as part of the UK's negotiations on leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Stephen Gethins
uin	47549
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>The Chancellor has set out that the guarantee for European Structural and Investment Fund projects announced in August will be extended to the point at which the UK departs the EU. This guarantee includes the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) and provides further certainty to those fishers, seafood businesses and other organisations seeking support. Where projects secure EMFF funding before we exit, payments will be guaranteed even after the UK has left the EU.</p><p> </p><p>Defra officials will be working with the Department for Exiting the EU to look at future policies for fisheries. We will continue to work closely with relevant industry and other key stakeholders to develop these new arrangements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 47428 question first answered 17/10/2016 15:49:14 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4434 label Biography information for Stephen Gethins

595595

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
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
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 her Department has to ensure the UK fishing industry retains access to the EU market after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Stephen Gethins
uin	47552
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>We are about to begin negotiations to realise the opportunities we have from exiting the EU, and securing access for trade will be part of our future policy work. While trade is important, having access to fishing grounds and setting appropriate catch levels are also crucial to ensuring a prosperous catching sector and sustainable management of the fish stocks; the issues are inter-related.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 17/10/2016 15:46:30 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4434 label Biography information for Stephen Gethins

595596

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
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: EU Grants and Loans
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 she will make it her policy that UK recipients of EU fisheries and other scientific funding receive the same level of funding as part of the UK's negotiations on leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Stephen Gethins
uin	47548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>Defra officials will be working with the Department for Exiting the EU to look at future policies for fisheries. We will continue to work closely with relevant industry and other key stakeholders to develop these new arrangements which will consider existing support provided to the fisheries community.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 17/10/2016 15:48:42 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4434 label Biography information for Stephen Gethins