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1217859

registered interest
date	26/06/2020
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	Clean Air Zones: Coronavirus
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 his Department will provide updated guidance and advice to local authorities on how Clean Air Zone programmes are affected by the covid-19 lockdown.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	64953
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2020 answer text <p>We are in active dialogue with all local authorities with nitrogen dioxide (NO<sub>2</sub>) exceedances, including those planning Clean Air Zones (CAZs), and are continuing to provide them with specific support and guidance. We are clear that even in these challenging times, we are committed to delivering compliance with NO<sub>2</sub> limits in the shortest possible time and that NO<sub>2</sub> reduction measures, including CAZs, are still needed.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 30/06/2020 13:34:17 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1217922

registered interest
date	25/06/2020
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	Welfare Assistance Schemes: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the £63m local welfare assistance to be used by local authorities announced by the Prime Minister on 10 June 2020, what steps he is taking to ensure that the funding is spent by local authorities on local welfare assistance; and what processes his Department plan to use to monitor the effect of that funding on local welfare assistance.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	64933
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2020 answer text <p>We will issue guidance to local authorities to make clear that this additional funding is to be spent on local welfare assistance. This guidance will be available imminently, and details of a proportionate approach to monitoring will be outlined within this. The strategic objective of this funding is to support individuals and families who are unable to afford food and other essential items during the Covid-19 pandemic.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 30/06/2020 16:25:26 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1217923

registered interest
date	25/06/2020
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	Nature Conservation: Maps
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 he plans to ensure that the national habitat map for England is (a) accurate and (b) comprehensive.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	64896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2020 answer text <p>My officials are currently planning for how to deliver this new duty. We wish to make the best use of recent advances in satellite imagery, increased computational power and ground survey including using citizen scientists, to deliver a good standard of National Habitat Map (NHM).</p><p> </p><p>We intend to bid for further resources to deliver the NHM as part of an extensive science assessment programme in the planning round for next year.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 30/06/2020 13:24:16 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

1217924

registered interest
date	25/06/2020
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	Nature Conservation
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 he has to publish a strategy that will set out how a national nature recovery network is to be established.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	64897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2020 answer text <p>Our 25 Year Environment Plan marked a step-change in ambitions for wildlife and the natural environment. It committed the Government to establishing a nature recovery network in England and developing a new strategy for nature, setting out how we will implement our international commitments under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).</p><p>The coronavirus outbreak has impacted on our plans. Key international meetings to develop global biodiversity targets, including the CBD Conference in China (originally planned for the end of 2020), have been postponed. At the same time, many of our stakeholders no longer have the capacity to engage on the strategy at the moment.</p><p>This means that we have slowed the process of drafting the strategy so that we have extra time to engage with stakeholders, and properly reflect on the emerging international framework. We expect the main CBD Conference of the Parties to be rescheduled for some time in 2021 and will update our domestic plans once this is finalised.</p><p>Although work on the strategy has been delayed, we are bringing forward policies and funding now that will deliver real change for nature and to establish a Nature Recovery Network (NRN).</p><p>Our Environment Bill lays the foundation for the NRN. It sets the framework for at least one legally binding biodiversity target. It establishes spatial mapping and planning tools to inform nature recovery. It also creates duties and incentives, such as biodiversity net gain, to drive change on the ground.</p><p>These measures will complement our plans for new funding for nature announced in March this year.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 30/06/2020 13:47:22 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

1217925

registered interest
date	25/06/2020
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	Nature Conservation: Finance
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 his Department has made of the resourcing needed to ensure that the proposed Local Nature Recovery Strategies are (a) of a high standard and (b) cover the whole of England.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	64898
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government undertook an Impact Assessment of the Biodiversity Net Gain and Local Nature Recovery (LNR) Strategy provisions in the Environment Bill which was published on 15 October 2019. My officials are continuing to work with counterparts in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and to engage stakeholders to refine our estimates and work towards a more comprehensive assessment of resources required to ensure delivery to a high standard. The Environment Bill requires that, collectively, LNR Strategies cover the whole of England.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 30/06/2020 13:30:43 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

1217949

registered interest
date	25/06/2020
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	Dangerous Dogs Act 1991
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the recommendation on breed specific legislation in paragraph 22 of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee's report on Controlling dangerous dogs, Ninth Report of Session 2017–19, HC 1040, whether he plans to repeal section 1 of the Dangerous Dogs Act.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	64852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government response to the report by the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (EFRA) entitled &quot;Controlling Dangerous Dogs (HC1040)&quot;, was published on 28 January 2019 and addressed each of the Committee's recommendations. In its response the Government noted it has commissioned research by Middlesex University into dog attacks. The research is ongoing and will help to inform implementation of some of EFRA's recommendations.</p><p> </p><p>In their Ninth Report of Session 2017-19, HC 1040, EFRA stopped short of recommending the repeal of section 1 of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991. In the summary, the Committee stated &quot;We agree with the Government that it would be irresponsible to amend the breed ban immediately without adequate safeguards.&quot; In response to the EFRA report, the Government referred to the suite of powers and measures available to police and local authorities to respond to incidents involving dangerous dogs and to help prevent dogs from becoming dangerously out of control.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 30/06/2020 14:31:15 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1217955

registered interest
date	25/06/2020
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: Marine Protected Areas
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 his Department has made of the implications for his policy on marine conservation of the Lloyd’s List Maritime Intelligence tracking data on the time spent fishing in UK Marine Protected Area waters by foreign owned vessels over 100 metres.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	65012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2020 answer text <p>Marine conservation is a devolved matter and the information provided therefore relates to England only.</p><p> </p><p>The Marine Management Organisation monitors fishing activity with dedicated enforcement and surveillance work to protect fisheries, including offshore patrol vessels for at-sea surveillance. It tracks the movement of all fishing vessels 24 hours a day through satellite technology, deploys aerial surveillance, and coordinates intelligence from third-party sources – detecting where and when illegal fishing is suspected. Not all fishing activities within Marine Protected Areas will require management; only those activities likely to damage the designated features, such as trawling on the seabed.</p><p> </p><p>At the end of the Transition Period, we will have the right to decide who fishes in our waters and on what terms. Any decisions about giving access to fish for vessels from the European Union, or any other coastal states, will be a matter for the UK to decide.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 30/06/2020 13:59:24 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1217014

registered interest
date	23/06/2020
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	Economic Growth: Environment Protection
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 amend regulations and environmental protections in order to stimulate economic activity; what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on those plans; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	63295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government has no current plans to amend regulations and environmental protections in order to stimulate economic activity.</p><p> </p><p>However, as we rebuild our economy in response to the coronavirus pandemic, we are working to deliver a fairer, greener and more resilient future. We will ramp up our world-leading work on our ambitious legislative agenda through our landmark Environment and Agricultural Bills. These bills will work hand in hand to protect and recover our precious natural environment and diverse ecosystems in line with our 25 Year Environment Plan to leave the environment in a better place than we have inherited it.</p><p> </p><p>The net zero challenge remains and we need to transform our economy over the next three decades to end our contribution to climate change. In the UK we’ve already shown how to grow the economy while cutting emissions and we will continue to lead the world as we respond to the economic impacts of COVID-19 and develop our net zero strategy in advance of COP26.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 30/06/2020 13:20:12 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1216034

registered interest
date	22/06/2020
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: Public Inquiries
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 publish the (a) statutory and (b) non-statutory public inquiries being undertaken by his Department.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Lee Anderson
uin	62609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2020 answer text <p>There are no statutory or non-statutory public inquiries currently being undertaken by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 30/06/2020 14:27:09 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4743 label Biography information for Lee Anderson

1216052

registered interest
date	22/06/2020
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	Marine Protected Areas
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 ensure the effectiveness of the UK’s offshore marine protected areas.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	62497
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2020 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>Marine protection is a devolved matter and the information provided relates to England only.</p><p> </p><p>One of Defra’s biggest challenges in seeking to ensure effective management of offshore Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) has been the need to secure the agreement of other countries through the Common Fisheries Policy process. This requirement will end when the Transition Period has finished.</p><p> </p><p>The Fisheries Bill proposes a new power enabling the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) to implement fisheries management measures for conservation purposes both within our MPAs and more widely across English waters. The MMO will be able to use this power after the expiry of the Transition Period.</p><p> </p><p>Activities within MPAs that require planning or licensing consent are assessed by the relevant regulator, including the MMO, to prevent damage to these designated areas.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 30/06/2020 13:43:05 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith