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registered interest
date	04/09/2019
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	Environment Protection
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to remain closely aligned with the EU regulatory framework on (1) environmental protection, and (2) food safety standards.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL17729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The EU Withdrawal Act 2018 will ensure all existing EU environmental law continues to operate in UK law. We will then have the opportunity, over time and with parliamentary scrutiny, to ensure the legislative framework delivers our aim to be the first generation to leave the natural environment in a better state than we inherited it. We have no intention of weakening our current environmental protections as we leave the EU. We will deliver a Green Brexit, where environmental standards are not only maintained but enhanced. </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The UK has world leading standards of food safety and quality, backed by a rigorous legislative framework. We will maintain these high standards once the UK leaves the EU. When we leave the EU, we will keep our existing UK legislation, and the EU Withdrawal Act will convert EU law into UK law as it applies at the moment of exit. Leaving the EU does not change the Government’s commitment to ensuring that our food remains safe and what it says it is.</ins></p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 09/09/2019 16:30:09 question first ministerially corrected 02/10/2019 10:12:04 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble previous answer version 135358 answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

833627

registered interest
date	30/01/2018
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	Non-native Species
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much they spent in the 2016–17 financial year on biosecurity measures relating to invasive non-native species, broken down by (1) policy functions, (2) inspectorate functions, (3) technical support functions, for example, risk assessments and diagnostics, (4) response functions, including control activities, and (5) research.
tabling member printed	Baroness Redfern
uin	HL5245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) spent £3.8m on invasive non-native species in 2016/17 including both direct costs and apportioned support staff and overheads.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">APHA do not keep the split as requested but can further subdivide the cost between direct costs (£2.2m) and apportioned support staff and overheads (£1.6m).</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">Biosecurity and control of invasive non-native species are devolved matters.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In England in 2016/17 the government spent an estimated total of £922,000 on biosecurity measures relating to invasive non-native species.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The overall cost can be apportioned as £145,000 for policy functions, £90,000 on risk analysis, £335,000 for early warning and rapid response measures, £210,000 on coordination, £80,000 on communication and awareness raising activities, and £62,000 on research.</ins></p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 06/02/2018 13:51:04 question first ministerially corrected 21/02/2018 18:49:37 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble previous answer version 39616 answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	4551 label Biography information for Baroness Redfern

723733

registered interest
date	24/04/2017
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	Pesticides
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the recommendations of the March 2017 report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food on pesticide use in agriculture, what steps they are taking to protect rural residents and communities from the detrimental health impact of pesticides.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL6775
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p><del class="ministerial"><em>It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</em></del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Pesticides can only be sold and used if they are authorised. Authorisation is only granted if scientific data demonstrate that the proposed use of the pesticide will not have any harmful effects on human health or any unacceptable effect on the environment. The assessment of risks to human health takes account of the potential for exposure of rural residents.</ins></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 27/04/2017 10:57:38 question first ministerially corrected 27/04/2017 15:07:17 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble previous answer version 46574 answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

723742

registered interest
date	24/04/2017
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	Supermarkets: Marketing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what evidence they have that UK supermarkets sell products using the names of non-existent farms and other businesses.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL6784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p><del class="ministerial"><em>It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</em></del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Brand names can be used but this must be done in line with the Food Information for Consumers Regulation (EU) 1169/2011 which prohibits food labelling from misleading the consumer. The way that product brands influence consumers’ choices will vary between cases, depending on the circumstances. Enforcement authorities will take action if there is evidence that a food business operator is labelling food in a way that is misleading.</ins></p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 27/04/2017 10:58:14 question first ministerially corrected 27/04/2017 15:06:56 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble previous answer version 46575 answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

723775

registered interest
date	24/04/2017
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	Fly-tipping
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proposals they have to reduce the amount of fly tipping in the UK; and when any such proposals will be introduced.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL6817
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p><del class="ministerial"><em>It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</em></del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Fly-tipping is unacceptable whether it occurs on public or private land. Not only does it blight the areas in which it occurs but may also pose a risk to the environment and human health.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In May 2016 we gave local councils the power to issue fixed penalty notices of up to £400 for small-scale fly-tipping as an alternative to more costly prosecutions. This built on other action to tackle fly-tipping, including: working with the sentencing Council on its sentencing guideline for environmental offences; making it easier for vehicles suspected of being involved in waste crime to be stopped, searched and seized; continuing to chair the National Fly-Tipping Prevention Group to promote and disseminate good practice for tackling fly-tipping; strengthening the waste Duty of Care by publishing a revised Code of Practice and supporting the industry-led Right Waste Right Place campaign to promote Duty of Care to small businesses.</ins></p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 27/04/2017 10:57:54 question first ministerially corrected 27/04/2017 15:06:17 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble previous answer version 46577 answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

578582

registered interest
date	08/09/2016
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	Tree Planting
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 4 April (HL7141), whether they are on target to meet their commitment to plant 11 million trees by 2020, and what are the latest figures for trees planted to date.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
uin	HL1726
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2016 answer text <p>Figures published by the Forestry Commission show that 546 hectares of woodland was created in England during the financial year 2015-16. This was supported by the Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE).</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Forestry Commission estimates that a further 165 hectares of woodland was created without RDPE support, bringing the total created during 2015-16 to 711 hectares.</p><p> </p><p>In the period April 2016 - June <ins class="ministerial">2016</ins> <del class="ministerial">2017</del>, a further 422 hectares of woodland was created with RDPE support. This amounted to 1,292,000 trees planted in England.</p><p> </p><p>This Government remains committed to planting 11 million trees during this Parliament.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 19/09/2016 09:02:42 question first ministerially corrected 27/01/2017 12:02:23 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble previous answer version 11436 answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch