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947577

registered interest
date	04/09/2018
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	Educational Institutions: Procurement
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 encourage procurement at (a) schools, (b) colleges, (c) universities and (d) other educational establishments to be compliant with high animal welfare standards.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	168178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government Buying Standards for food and catering services (GBSF) are mandatory for central Government and the NHS, and encouraged in the wider public sector, including schools and other educational establishments. The standards require that all meat and other animal derived products served must have been produced in compliance with UK legal standards for animal welfare.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s balanced scorecard methodology for assessing the value of contract bids, which compliments the GBSF, rewards suppliers who provide produce, products or services which exceed minimum requirements. It includes award criteria for businesses which supply meat raised using enhanced welfare methods. The balanced scorecard is also mandatory for use in central Government departments, and encouraged for use in the broader public sector. Defra is working closely with other Government departments, including the Department for Education, to encourage uptake of the balanced scorecard approach.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 04/09/2018 11:20:37 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

967734

registered interest
date	04/09/2018
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	Hunting
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 are taken to ensure that damage is not done to public land as a result of hunts.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	170398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>Anyone who believes an offence is taking place, or has taken place, during a hunt (including any damage on public land) should report the matter to the police as they deal with complaints of illegal hunting. Decisions on the arrest and prosecution of those taking part in illegal hunting activities are matters for the police and prosecuting authorities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 170399 question first answered 10/09/2018 11:25:39 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

967735

registered interest
date	04/09/2018
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	Hunting
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 are taken to ensure that the provisions of the Hunting Act 2004 are not violated on public land.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	170399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>Anyone who believes an offence is taking place, or has taken place, during a hunt (including any damage on public land) should report the matter to the police as they deal with complaints of illegal hunting. Decisions on the arrest and prosecution of those taking part in illegal hunting activities are matters for the police and prosecuting authorities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 170398 question first answered 10/09/2018 11:25:39 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

967736

registered interest
date	04/09/2018
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	Hunting
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 comparative assessment he has made of the equity of legislation relating to (a) dogs and (b) dogs on hunts on public land.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	170400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>No assessment has been made of the equity of legislation relating to dogs and dogs on hunts on public land.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 10/09/2018 11:27:38 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

967738

registered interest
date	04/09/2018
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	Hunting
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 bring forward legislative proposals to make illegal the production and sale of fox urine for the purpose of hunting.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	170402
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2018 answer text <p>No.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 12/09/2018 09:54:55 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

967741

registered interest
date	04/09/2018
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	Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control
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 many times a monitor from Natural England visits a proposed culling site to assess whether the weather conditions are suitable for the badger cull in an area to proceed.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	170251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>During the prolonged period of hot weather in summer 2018, two Supplementary Badger Control licenses were in operation, in West Somerset and West Gloucestershire.</p><p> </p><p>Natural England (NE) was in contact with the two Supplementary Badger Control companies on a regular basis during the period of prolonged hot weather.</p><p> </p><p>To assess the situation on the ground, NE staff have made three field visits to West Somerset and three field visits to West Gloucestershire. The visits found that best practise was being followed to avoid and mitigate against animals being exposed to extreme weather.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 10/09/2018 12:21:15 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

967754

registered interest
date	04/09/2018
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	Water: Pollution
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 the levels of (a) lead and (b) phosphorus are in the water supply for each regional water authority.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	170381
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>The Drinking Water Inspectorate receives sampling data for drinking water from water companies formed when the water industry was privatised.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Lead - The results for 2017 are provided in Table 1:-</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Company Name</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Parameter Name</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>1 percentile (representing a minimum). Units are microgrammes per litre</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>99 percentile (representing a maximum). Units are microgrammes per litre</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Affinity Water Ltd</p></td><td><p>Lead</p></td><td><p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>7.3044</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Albion Water Ltd</p></td><td><p>Lead</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>0.04</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1.55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Albion Eco Ltd</p></td><td><p>Lead</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>0.11</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1.27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Anglian Water Services Ltd</p></td><td><p>Lead</p></td><td><p></td><td><p>0.16</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>6.3605</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol Water Plc</p></td><td><p>Lead</p></td><td><p></td><td><p>0.03</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>7.883</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridge Water Company Plc</p></td><td><p>Lead</p></td><td><p></td><td><p>0.05</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>5.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cholderton &amp; District Water Company Ltd</p></td><td><p>Lead</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>3.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dee Valley Water Plc</p></td><td><p>Lead</p></td><td><p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>3.779</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dwr Cymru Welsh Water</p></td><td><p>Lead</p></td><td><p></td><td><p>0.04</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>6.152</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Essex &amp; Suffolk Water</p></td><td><p>Lead</p></td><td><p></td><td><p>0.033</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>8.53</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Icosa Water Ltd</p></td><td><p>Lead</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>0.18</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>0.22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Independent Water Networks (Eastern)</p></td><td><p>Lead</p></td><td><p></td><td><p>0.03</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>5.15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumbrian Water Ltd</p></td><td><p>Lead</p></td><td><p></td><td><p>0.033</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>12.45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portsmouth Water Plc</p></td><td><p>Lead</p></td><td><p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>14.12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leep Water Networks</p></td><td><p>Lead</p></td><td><p></td><td><p>0.05</p></td><td><p></td><td><p>0.29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sembcorp Bournemouth Water Ltd</p></td><td><p>Lead</p></td><td><p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>3.424</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SES Water</p></td><td><p>Lead</p></td><td><p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>6.573</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East Water Plc</p></td><td><p>Lead</p></td><td><p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>9.322</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southern Water Services Ltd</p></td><td><p>Lead</p></td><td><p></td><td><p>0.03</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>6.8295</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scottish and Southern Energy</p></td><td><p>Lead</p></td><td><p></td><td><p>0.03</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>0.64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Staffordshire Water Plc</p></td><td><p>Lead</p></td><td><p></td><td><p>0.05</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>5.898</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Severn Trent Water Ltd</p></td><td><p>Lead</p></td><td><p></td><td><p>0.3345</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>9.142</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West Water Ltd</p></td><td><p>Lead</p></td><td><p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>10.4524</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames Water Utilities Ltd</p></td><td><p>Lead</p></td><td><p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>10.267</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United Utilities Water Plc</p></td><td><p>Lead</p></td><td><p></td><td><p>0.05</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>5.484</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Veolia Water Projects</p></td><td><p>Lead</p></td><td><p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>8.21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wessex Water Services Ltd</p></td><td><p>Lead</p></td><td><p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>6.187</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire Water Services Ltd</p></td><td><p>Lead</p></td><td><p></td><td><p>0.03</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>8.2976</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 10/09/2018 10:36:01 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

967772

registered interest
date	04/09/2018
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	Poultry: Animal Welfare
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 many and what proportion of slaughterhouses in the UK are not compliant with the European Union regulation EC 1099/2009 Annex I on stunning poultry in electric water baths.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	170283
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>The information that we have received from the Food Standards Agency (FSA) suggests that currently 3 out of the 50 poultry plants in England and Wales are using non Annex 1 water bath stunning parameters for religious slaughter.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Defra and the Welsh Government commissioned the FSA to carry out a survey on our behalf on how animals are sourced, slaughtered and then distributed in England and Wales. We hope to publish the results of that survey shortly. Any further reforms in this area will be considered in light of the FSA survey.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Where stunning is carried out, including for religious slaughter, it must be effective in rendering the animal unconscious and insensible to pain and the animal must remain unconscious and insensible to pain until death. Where animals are not stunned correctly the FSA will take appropriate action to prevent animals from suffering. The legislation in England permits religious slaughter to be carried out by a Muslim or Jewish person for the food of Muslim or Jewish people respectively.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 170284 170285 170286 170287 question first answered 10/09/2018 14:00:18 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

967773

registered interest
date	04/09/2018
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	Poultry: Animal Welfare
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 effectiveness of electric waterbaths for stunning poultry that use frequencies outside of the parameters set out in Annex 1 of EC 1099/2009.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	170284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>The information that we have received from the Food Standards Agency (FSA) suggests that currently 3 out of the 50 poultry plants in England and Wales are using non Annex 1 water bath stunning parameters for religious slaughter.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Defra and the Welsh Government commissioned the FSA to carry out a survey on our behalf on how animals are sourced, slaughtered and then distributed in England and Wales. We hope to publish the results of that survey shortly. Any further reforms in this area will be considered in light of the FSA survey.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Where stunning is carried out, including for religious slaughter, it must be effective in rendering the animal unconscious and insensible to pain and the animal must remain unconscious and insensible to pain until death. Where animals are not stunned correctly the FSA will take appropriate action to prevent animals from suffering. The legislation in England permits religious slaughter to be carried out by a Muslim or Jewish person for the food of Muslim or Jewish people respectively.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 170283 170285 170286 170287 question first answered 10/09/2018 14:00:18 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

967774

registered interest
date	04/09/2018
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	Slaughterhouses: Animal Welfare
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 bring forward legislative proposals to require post-cut stunning for animals that are slaughtered without being pre-stunned.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	170285
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>The information that we have received from the Food Standards Agency (FSA) suggests that currently 3 out of the 50 poultry plants in England and Wales are using non Annex 1 water bath stunning parameters for religious slaughter.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Defra and the Welsh Government commissioned the FSA to carry out a survey on our behalf on how animals are sourced, slaughtered and then distributed in England and Wales. We hope to publish the results of that survey shortly. Any further reforms in this area will be considered in light of the FSA survey.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Where stunning is carried out, including for religious slaughter, it must be effective in rendering the animal unconscious and insensible to pain and the animal must remain unconscious and insensible to pain until death. Where animals are not stunned correctly the FSA will take appropriate action to prevent animals from suffering. The legislation in England permits religious slaughter to be carried out by a Muslim or Jewish person for the food of Muslim or Jewish people respectively.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 170283 170284 170286 170287 question first answered 10/09/2018 14:00:18 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy