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46750

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
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
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 discussions he has had with the European Commission on its programme of cinema advertising to promote the Common Agricultural Policy.
tabling member constituency	Mid Worcestershire
tabling member printed	Sir Peter Luff
uin	195106
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>No such discussions have taken place.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	268 label Biography information for Sir Peter Luff

46751

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
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
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 parish councils and town councils are eligible to apply for flood and coastal erosion risk management grant-in-aid.
tabling member constituency	Tonbridge and Malling
tabling member printed	Sir John Stanley
uin	195127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Defra flood and coastal erosion risk management grant-in-aid is only available to a risk management authority, as defined by section 6(13) of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010. If a parish council or town council wish to progress a flood management scheme they should contact the lead local flood authority for the area.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	91 label Biography information for Sir John Stanley

46758

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
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
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 he has made of the Met Office report, Too Hot, Too Cold, Too Wet, Too Dry: Drivers and impacts of seasonal weather in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	195072
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Both of these reports make a valuable contribution to our understanding of the impacts of climate change. We are considering them with keen interest and will take full account of them when we publish the UK's next Climate Change Risk Assessment, which in turn will inform the next National Adaptation Programme report.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson grouped question UIN 195073 question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

46759

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
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
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 he has made of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report of 31 March 2014 on Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	195073
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Both of these reports make a valuable contribution to our understanding of the impacts of climate change. We are considering them with keen interest and will take full account of them when we publish the UK's next Climate Change Risk Assessment, which in turn will inform the next National Adaptation Programme report.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson grouped question UIN 195072 question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

46900

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
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
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 recent representations he has received regarding the need for a vaccine for bovine TB; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	195154
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>We have received representations on all aspects of tackling Bovine TB, including vaccination for cattle and badgers, from a very wide range of stakeholders. The role that cattle and badger vaccination can play in eradicating Bovine TB is outlined in our comprehensive Strategy for achieving Officially Bovine Tuberculosis Free status for England.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

46901

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Government's response to the Government's Environmental Audit Committee's Report HC 1195 published on 26 March 2014, what the forecasted costs and savings are under each cost heading for planning authorities of implementing the biodiversity offsetting proposals over a five year period.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	195142
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The consultation paper “Biodiversity Offsetting in England”, published on 5 September 2013, set out a number of options for taking forward offsetting in England. The accompanying Impact Assessment (Defra 1126) set out the available financial information. However, the costs and benefits to each sector would vary according to the system of offsetting which was adopted. In keeping with the Environmental Audit Committee's recommendations, the Government will not take any policy decisions on offsetting until the assessment of the six pilots is available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

46517

registered interest
date	02/04/2014
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
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 percentage change there has been in the average cost of a water bill in each year since 2011.
tabling member constituency	Alyn and Deeside
tabling member printed	Mark Tami
uin	194917
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p /> <p>Water prices in England and Wales are reviewed by the independent economic regulator Ofwat every five years. Water prices for the 2010 to 2015 period were set in Ofwat's 2009 water price review.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>The percentage change in the average cost (in real prices) of a combined water and sewerage bill in England and Wales during the 2010-2015 period is as follows: -0.6% (2010/11), 0.2% (2011/12), -0.1% (2012/13). The forecast for 2013/14 is 0.5% and for 2014/15 around 2%. The changes year on year usually relate to the profile of water industry investment agreed in the 2009 price review. For 2014/15, water companies are taking steps to hold customer bills down and in some cases are giving up price increases that were allowed for in 2009.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>Ofwat's 2014 water price review is now underway and will determine water prices for the 2015 to 2020 period. Most water companies are proposing flat or declining bills from 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	1383 label Biography information for Mark Tami

46518

registered interest
date	02/04/2014
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
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 recent discussions he has had with representatives of the water industry to discuss the cost of water bills.
tabling member constituency	Alyn and Deeside
tabling member printed	Mark Tami
uin	194918
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Secretary of State discussed the cost of water bills when he met water industry representatives in July 2013. He emphasised the need to secure the best deal possible for customers while continuing to attract essential investment in the long-term resilience of the sector. He sent a follow up letter in November 2013.</p><p>As the independent economic regulator for the water industry, Ofwat reviews water prices every five years. Securing a fair balance between the needs of water companies and their customers is central to Ofwat's approach to the price review.</p><p>Water companies have now submitted their business plans to Ofwat to inform the 2014 price review. The plans set out how they intend to meet their obligations to customers and the environment during the 2015 to 2020 period. Most water companies are proposing flat or declining bills from 2015.</p><p>Water UK has also announced that most water companies will be holding bills below the rate of inflation in 2014/15, the final year of the price and investment package agreed in 2009.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	1383 label Biography information for Mark Tami

46520

registered interest
date	02/04/2014
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
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 much of the Environment Agency's budget he proposes will be spent on its role as the regulator for fracking in England and Wales in (a) 2014-15, (b) 2015-16 and (c) 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	194989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Environment Agency does not record separately the regulatory costs of hydraulic fracturing in England. For 2014-15 the Environment Agency has allocated £2.6 million to its work on regulating onshore oil and gas. This is 0.39% of the Environment Agency's total revenue budget.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Budgets for 2015 -16 and 2016-17 have not yet been confirmed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

46521

registered interest
date	02/04/2014
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
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 expertise the Environment Agency has on (a) onshore oil and gas exploration, (b) fracking, (c) the disposal of waste products including fugitive emissions resulting from onshore oil and gas exploration and (d) safety management of oil and gas drilling including well casing.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	194990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Environment Agency has been regulating the existing onshore oil and gas industry for many years and has extensive experience and expertise in this area.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency has been developing its approach to the regulation of the unconventional oil and gas sector for more than two years. It uses its extensive knowledge of regulating the existing onshore oil and gas industry, and environmental regulation more generally, to regulate this emerging industry. The Agency has undertaken a full assessment of the risks and learnt from experience in other countries.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency regulates the management of waste, including fugitive emissions, under the Mining Waste Directive. Operators must develop and submit a Waste Management Plan with their permit application. They must set out how they will minimise waste and dispose of it safely. Environment Agency staff have extensive experience of regulating waste management activities at other sites, including the active management of landfill gas.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Health and Safety Executive regulates the health and safety risks to people from oil and gas drilling.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle