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64020

registered interest
date	25/06/2014
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	Sharks
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 assess the chance of a possible increase in shark numbers in and near UK waters as a result of climate change.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	202456
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Defra continues to collect data on the distribution and abundance of sharks through dedicated fisheries surveys. This and all other relevant information will contribute to future assessments of the state of UK seas and our progress towards achieving Good Environmental Status as required under the Marine Strategy Framework Directive. Such assessments will take into account climate change.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 30/06/2014 15:38:45 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

64025

registered interest
date	25/06/2014
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	Sharks
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 statistics his Department collects on shark populations in and near UK waters.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	202455
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>Defra continues to fund the collection of biological, distribution, and abundance data on sharks through dedicated fisheries surveys. We also work very closely with non-governmental organisations, such as the Shark Trust, which also keep valuable records.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 30/06/2014 15:44:43 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

63498

registered interest
date	24/06/2014
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	Common Agricultural Policy
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 has been made of the regulatory impact of the changes to the CAP on farmers.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Huw Irranca-Davies
uin	202110
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>I refer the hon. Member to my previous answer of 23 June 2014. Official report: column 63W.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 26/06/2014 10:22:36 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1476 label Biography information for Huw Irranca-Davies

63639

registered interest
date	24/06/2014
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	Bovine Tuberculosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many herd owners have (a) failed to complete TB surveillance tests on time and (b) received reductions in their Single Payment Scheme payments since the introduction of a revised TB testing regime in January 2014.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Huw Irranca-Davies
uin	202181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Owners of cattle herds are given a two or three month window to complete their TB surveillance tests, depending on whether they are subject to annual or four yearly surveillance testing. The enhanced cross compliance rule for overdue surveillance tests applies to cattle keepers with a testing window that started on or after 1 January 2014. In April 2014 (the most recent date for which we have data) 264 herd owners had failed to complete their TB tests on time, which compares to 689 overdue tests in April 2013. All of these herd owners who are Common Agricultural Policy scheme recipients will be liable to reductions in their payments once these become due, unless they can show that the late testing was beyond their control.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 30/06/2014 15:10:16 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1476 label Biography information for Huw Irranca-Davies

63234

registered interest
date	23/06/2014
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	Meat Products: China
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 his Department's priorities are in the negotiations with China concerning the export of meat products other than pork.
tabling member constituency	Belfast East
tabling member printed	Naomi Long
uin	201774
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Securing access to Chinese markets for a range of UK products is a key priority in the Government and industry's Export Action Plan. In addition to our interests on pork, we are working closely with industry and the Chinese authorities to advance negotiations on the export conditions for poultry meat. This trade could be worth up to £70 million a year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Over the longer term, we are working to secure market access for beef and lamb exports to China estimated to be worth up to £120 million a year. We have recently agreed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Chinese authorities and this formally initiates the detailed technical negotiations. This development has been widely welcomed by industry, and whilst the negotiations are likely to take some time we will seek to conclude them as quickly as we can.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are also pressing for early agreement on exports of UK poultry meat and have invited the Chinese authorities to conduct an inward inspection visit as soon as possible. I would encourage any plant interested in exporting to China to ensure it complies fully with Chinese requirements before any inspection visit.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State intends to visit China again this year to advance these and other UK market access interests.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 201773 question first answered 30/06/2014 15:24:03 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	3920 label Biography information for Naomi Long

63235

registered interest
date	23/06/2014
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	Horses: Animal Welfare
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 his Department plans to take to address the problem of horse abandonment.
tabling member constituency	Belfast East
tabling member printed	Naomi Long
uin	201775
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>There are many underlying issues which result in horses being abandoned and neglected. In some cases it seems owners are struggling to cope with the costs involved in keeping a horse. In other cases, irresponsible breeders and horse traders are deliberately placing horses on land to secure grazing for their animals at no cost to themselves. In the Government's view the way to address these problems is to tackle the perpetrators directly. Anti-social behaviour orders have been successfully used in Wales and in Bristol to address fly grazing, and there is likely to be an offence under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 where a horse is abandoned. The Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 brings forward new streamlined measures to tackle anti-social behaviour, of which the practice of fly-grazing of horses is a prime example. Where fly grazing is a particular problem, we encourage the local authorities and police to work together with landowners, farmers and welfare charities to identify the culprits and address their behaviour directly using these powers. In a number of cases and to encourage joined up working, protocols have been drawn up by some local authorities to summarise the action that can be taken under existing legislation. Defra is supplementing that guidance with advice on the new measures in the 2014 Act which come into force later this year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 26/06/2014 10:25:31 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	3920 label Biography information for Naomi Long

63236

registered interest
date	23/06/2014
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	Meat Products: China
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 progress the Government has made in its negotiations with China on the export of meat products other than pork.
tabling member constituency	Belfast East
tabling member printed	Naomi Long
uin	201773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Securing access to Chinese markets for a range of UK products is a key priority in the Government and industry's Export Action Plan. In addition to our interests on pork, we are working closely with industry and the Chinese authorities to advance negotiations on the export conditions for poultry meat. This trade could be worth up to £70 million a year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Over the longer term, we are working to secure market access for beef and lamb exports to China estimated to be worth up to £120 million a year. We have recently agreed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Chinese authorities and this formally initiates the detailed technical negotiations. This development has been widely welcomed by industry, and whilst the negotiations are likely to take some time we will seek to conclude them as quickly as we can.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are also pressing for early agreement on exports of UK poultry meat and have invited the Chinese authorities to conduct an inward inspection visit as soon as possible. I would encourage any plant interested in exporting to China to ensure it complies fully with Chinese requirements before any inspection visit.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State intends to visit China again this year to advance these and other UK market access interests.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 201774 question first answered 30/06/2014 15:24:03 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	3920 label Biography information for Naomi Long

63237

registered interest
date	23/06/2014
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	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he intends to reply to the letter of 3 June 2014 from the hon. Member for Bishop Auckland.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	201784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>I replied to the hon. Member on 24 June 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 26/06/2014 10:00:12 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

63238

registered interest
date	23/06/2014
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	Animal Welfare: Circuses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals on the use of wild animals in circuses.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	201835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>I refer the honourable member to the answer I gave on 10 Jun 2014 Hansard Column 113W.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 26/06/2014 10:32:38 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

63240

registered interest
date	23/06/2014
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 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, how many weeks supply of food stocks are routinely stored within the UK.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Nicholas Soames
uin	201926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Government does not hold stocks of food. The UK Food Security Assessment, published in 2010 and subsequently reviewed biennially, is an evidence based analysis of our food security looking ahead ten years. The assessment considers the global context to UK food security as well as the resilience of UK food supply chains, and concludes that the UK has good levels of resilience based on diverse sources of supply as well as strong domestic production. The holding of stockpiles of food is not considered to be a valid indicator of food security.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 30/06/2014 15:41:23 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching