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77279

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 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

76629

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
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	Food Supply Networks Review
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they plan to publish the final report of the Elliott Review into the integrity and assurance of the food supply networks commissioned by the Secretaries of State for Health and Environment Food and Rural Affairs, following publication of the interim report in December 2013.
tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
uin	HL971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The final report of the Review into the Integrity and Assurance of Food Supply networks, led by Professor Chris Elliott, is due to be published shortly.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord De Mauley question first answered 14/07/2014 16:12:50 answering member 2202 label Biography information for Lord De Mauley
tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker

65938

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
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	Land
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the latest estimate of the proportion of land in England designated as (1) green belt, (2) areas of outstanding natural beauty, (3) National Parks, and (4) urban or developed.
tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
uin	HL865
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>1) Around 13% of England was designated as Green Belt in 2012/13.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2) There are 33 Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) designations wholly within England, along with the Wye Valley which spans the English-Welsh border. AONB designation covers approximately 15% of the land area of England.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>3) There are 10 National Parks in <strong>England</strong> covering approximately 9% of the land area.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>4) According to the Land Cover Map 2007, produced by the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology in 2011, around 9% of England is classed as built-up (including gardens).</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord De Mauley question first answered 15/07/2014 11:09:56 answering member 2202 label Biography information for Lord De Mauley
tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker

65950

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
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	Folic Acid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have plans to consult industry to make both fortified and unfortified flour with appropriate labelling available before introducing the mandatory fortification of flour by the addition of folic acid.
tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
uin	HL877
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Plans are currently being developed to consult on a change to the Bread and Flour Regulations. The change would permit the production of unfortified flour in the UK under certain limited circumstances where the flour is destined for use as an ingredient in further processing. This consultation will not focus on the fundamental issue of fortification. It will consider options to ensure that UK produced flour used by manufacturers is not put at a disadvantage compared to unfortified flour produced in other Member States.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Health Ministers have yet to make a decision on mandatory fortification of flour with folic acid. They are awaiting data on the blood folate status of the population, which is expected in early 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord De Mauley question first answered 17/07/2014 12:03:27 answering member 2202 label Biography information for Lord De Mauley
tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

65951

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
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	Waste Disposal
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the new waste and recycling targets proposed by the European Union and their impact on the United Kingdom; and whether they plan to oppose them on the grounds of vital national interest.
tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
uin	HL878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Commission's proposal for a Directive to amend EU waste legislation – including increased recycling targets – was published on 2 July. We are currently reviewing the proposals and will be consulting across Government, with the Devolved Administrations, and with interested parties that may be impacted by these proposals when developing the Government response.</p><p> </p><p>We need to understand the costs and benefits of the proposals fully to be able to judge which can be supported and which opposed.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord De Mauley question first answered 15/07/2014 11:36:36 answering member 2202 label Biography information for Lord De Mauley
tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

65822

registered interest
date	03/07/2014
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	Advisory Committee on Pesticides
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 De Mauley on 1 July (WA 231–2), with which other government advisory committees the Advisory Committee on Pesticides works where their wider work is relevant to pesticides.
tabling member printed	The Countess of Mar
uin	HL814
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Advisory Committee on Pesticides has worked with the Defra Expert Committee on Pesticide Residues in Food; theCommittee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment; the Committee on Mutagenicity; the Committee on Carcinogenicity; the Veterinary Products Committee; and the Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens, where appropriate.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The extent of this work has varied from simple information exchange, to requests for specific specialist advice, to joint working groups.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord De Mauley question first answered 08/07/2014 14:52:21 answering member 2202 label Biography information for Lord De Mauley
tabling member	1861 label Biography information for The Countess of Mar