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77279

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date	10/07/2014
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	Floods: Somerset
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the progress of flood alleviation works on the Somerset Levels so far in 2014.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL1013
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Flood alleviation works are progressing very well on the Somerset Levels, with many repairs and improvements expected to be completed before the coming winter.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Within the schedule of works it is planned to dredge 8km of the Rivers Parrett and Tone. So far 2.35km has been dredged, and this work is on schedule to be completed by the autumn.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency has nearly 50 asset repair projects underway in Somerset, repairing banks, pumping stations, sluices, gates and other mechanisms. The intention is to bring these assets to their pre-flood condition by October 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord De Mauley question first answered 21/07/2014 15:43:29 answering member 2202 label Biography information for Lord De Mauley
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

77280

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
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	Floods: Somerset
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the risk of further major flooding on the Somerset Levels in the winter of 2014–15.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL1014
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>There will always be a risk of major flooding on the Somerset Levels and elsewhere in the country, depending on how extreme the weather conditions are.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Significant funding has been provided to repair the flood assets damaged by the weather this winter, and a programme of repairs is underway.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency also has a number of measures in place to reduce the risks to the Somerset Levels, including improvements to the flood forecasting and warnings service in the area.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As part of the response to the recent record levels of rainfall and extensive flooding of the Levels, a 20 year action plan was developed to reduce the risk of major flooding. Significant additional funding has been secured this year to implement this plan. This includes dredging to reduce the risk of flooding.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord De Mauley question first answered 21/07/2014 15:30:17 answering member 2202 label Biography information for Lord De Mauley
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

77281

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
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	Floods: Somerset
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the total loss to the economy from all sources of the flooding on the Somerset Levels in the winter of 2013–14.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL1015
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Definitive research into the total economic costs of the winter 2013/14 floods is underway and expected to report by the autumn. The Environment Agency is leading on this research.</p><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency previously estimated that the 2012 flooding on the Somerset Levels and Moors cost around £7m, including impacts on property, agriculture and transport. Its initial view is that the 2013/14 event was significantly more costly.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord De Mauley question first answered 21/07/2014 15:30:47 answering member 2202 label Biography information for Lord De Mauley
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

77317

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
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	Birds of Prey
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how they will respond to the recent licensing of the drug diclofenac in two Member States of the European Union; and what assessment they have made of its toxicity to vultures.
tabling member printed	Lord Trees
uin	HL1051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Authorisation of a veterinary medicine involves an assessment of the benefits of a product against its risks. Potential risks include risks to the animal, to the user, the consumer and to the environment. The environmental risk is assessed to establish the extent of exposure. If the environmental exposure is not extensive, then no further assessment is required. Without exposure, there is no risk irrespective of the toxicity. If there is information in the public domain to indicate that despite low exposure there may be a potential risk, then the competent authority – the body that authorises veterinary medicines - can request a further assessment of the issues identified.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Products containing Diclofenac are a risk to vultures if there is any exposure of the birds to carcasses of animals containing residues of the veterinary medicine. The toxicity of Diclofenac to vultures is well documented. In Europe there are laws which provide for the disposal of fallen stock. The risk of exposure is therefore minimal as dead farmed animals are not left in the fields. Risk mitigation measures (instructions to the users) could be used to eliminate exposure by instructing users not to feed carcasses of animals treated with Diclofenac to vultures. This is something for the competent authorities of those Member States that have authorised the veterinary use of Diclofenac. The Government has no evidence that there is a serious risk to vultures posed by the authorisation of Diclofenac and therefore does not plan to trigger a referral procedure.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord De Mauley grouped question UIN HL1052 question first answered 17/07/2014 12:02:30 answering member 2202 label Biography information for Lord De Mauley
tabling member	4260 label Biography information for Lord Trees

77318

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
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	Birds of Prey
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to trigger a European Union referral procedure for the drug diclofenac in view of its recent registration in two Member States of the European Union and its toxicity to vultures.
tabling member printed	Lord Trees
uin	HL1052
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Authorisation of a veterinary medicine involves an assessment of the benefits of a product against its risks. Potential risks include risks to the animal, to the user, the consumer and to the environment. The environmental risk is assessed to establish the extent of exposure. If the environmental exposure is not extensive, then no further assessment is required. Without exposure, there is no risk irrespective of the toxicity. If there is information in the public domain to indicate that despite low exposure there may be a potential risk, then the competent authority – the body that authorises veterinary medicines - can request a further assessment of the issues identified.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Products containing Diclofenac are a risk to vultures if there is any exposure of the birds to carcasses of animals containing residues of the veterinary medicine. The toxicity of Diclofenac to vultures is well documented. In Europe there are laws which provide for the disposal of fallen stock. The risk of exposure is therefore minimal as dead farmed animals are not left in the fields. Risk mitigation measures (instructions to the users) could be used to eliminate exposure by instructing users not to feed carcasses of animals treated with Diclofenac to vultures. This is something for the competent authorities of those Member States that have authorised the veterinary use of Diclofenac. The Government has no evidence that there is a serious risk to vultures posed by the authorisation of Diclofenac and therefore does not plan to trigger a referral procedure.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord De Mauley grouped question UIN HL1051 question first answered 17/07/2014 12:02:31 answering member 2202 label Biography information for Lord De Mauley
tabling member	4260 label Biography information for Lord Trees