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1339380

registered interest
date	23/06/2021
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	Reservoirs: Brent
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 Answer of 1 March 2021 to Question 155002 on Reservoirs: Brent, on what dates the Priestley Way trash screen that sits on the River Brent and enters the Welsh Harp was cleared by the Environment Agency in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	21192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2021 answer text <p>The Environment Agency (EA) visits and checks the Priestley Way trash screen on a weekly basis to ensure blockages are not increasing flood risk to properties and infrastructure upstream. The EA clears the screen when it deems the accumulation of debris to present an increase in flood risk. The EA does not hold data on specific clearance dates.</p><p> </p><p>The EA acknowledges that the accumulation of debris on site is unsightly however the screen has an important role in preventing debris from entering the larger protected Site of Scientific Interest (SSSI) area.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 02/07/2021 10:52:33 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1339421

registered interest
date	23/06/2021
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	Sewage: Pollution 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, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to end sewage discharges into bathing waters by 2030.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	21187
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2021 answer text <p>Over £2.5 billion has been invested by English water companies to improve bathing water quality since privatisation. In the early 1990s, just 28 per cent of bathing waters met the highest standards in force at that time. By 2019 this had gone up to 98.3% of bathing waters in England passing the minimum standard. Of these, 72% of bathing waters were classified as 'Excellent' - the highest water quality standard.</p><p>Tackling sewage discharges into all our waters, including bathing waters is one of my priorities. I set up the Storm Overflows Taskforce, which brings together Government, the water industry, regulators and environmental NGOs. This Taskforce has now agreed to a long-term goal to eliminate harm from storm overflows.</p><p>Between 2020 and 2025, water companies will invest £3.1 billion in storm overflow improvements. This includes £1.9 billion investment on the Thames Tideway Tunnel super sewer, as well as £1.2 billion of other investment throughout England. £143 million of this is new, additional investment as a result of a call to action from the Storm Overflows Taskforce.</p><p>I recognise there is more to be done. On 8 June 2021 the Government tabled amendments to the Environment Bill to introduce measures on storm overflows. These measures complement the ongoing work of the Storm Overflows Taskforce by implementing a statutory requirement for the Government to produce a plan to reduce sewage discharges from storm overflows by September 2022 and to report progress to Parliament on implementing that plan.</p><p>We are also introducing duties requiring water companies and the Environment Agency to publish data on storm overflow operations on an annual basis. These legally-binding obligations on water companies and government will help to reduce pollution in rivers - protecting wildlife and public health.</p><p>Water companies are for the first time currently producing comprehensive Drainage and Sewerage Management Plans to assess the capacity of their wastewater networks. We are also taking steps through the Environment Bill to require water companies to produce such Plans on a statutory basis. These plans will be another tool to help address the risks that storm overflows pose to the environment.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 28/06/2021 16:48:41 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1339448

registered interest
date	23/06/2021
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	Cats: Animal Welfare and Smuggling
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 his Department plans to increase the minimum age a kitten can enter the UK non-commercially to six months in order to prevent kitten smuggling and protect kitten welfare.
tabling member constituency	Tiverton and Honiton
tabling member printed	Neil Parish
uin	21202
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2021 answer text <p>The Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill was introduced in Parliament on the 8 June. The Bill allows us to protect the welfare of pets by introducing restrictions to crack down on the low welfare movements of pets into Great Britain and includes powers to introduce new restrictions on pet travel and on the commercial import of pets on welfare grounds, via secondary legislation. These restrictions could relate to the movement of pets below a prescribed age and to the movement of heavily pregnant pets under the commercial and non-commercial rules. We will continue to work closely with stakeholders prior to the introduction of the legislation to ensure that our final measures are well considered and are guided by the latest evidence.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is planning to launch a consultation later this year on the proposed restrictions to the commercial and non-commercial movement of pets into Great Britain. The consultation will allow us to refine the scope of the measures, including whether they apply to cats.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 02/07/2021 11:11:42 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4072 label Biography information for Neil Parish

1339449

registered interest
date	23/06/2021
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	Cats and Dogs: Imports
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 his Department plans to ban the non-commercial importation of pregnant cats as well as pregnant dogs.
tabling member constituency	Tiverton and Honiton
tabling member printed	Neil Parish
uin	21203
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2021 answer text <p>The Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill was introduced in Parliament on 8 June. The Bill allows us to protect the welfare of pets by introducing restrictions to crack down on the low welfare movements of pets into Great Britain and includes powers to introduce new restrictions on pet travel and on the commercial import of pets on welfare grounds, via secondary legislation. These restrictions could relate to the movement of pets below a prescribed age and to the movement of heavily pregnant pets under the commercial and non-commercial rules. We will continue to work closely with stakeholders prior to the introduction of the legislation to ensure that our final measures are well considered and are guided by the latest evidence.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is planning to launch a consultation later this year on the proposed restrictions to the commercial and non-commercial movement of pets into Great Britain. The consultation will allow us to refine the scope of the measures, including whether they apply to cats.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 02/07/2021 11:13:23 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4072 label Biography information for Neil Parish

1339450

registered interest
date	23/06/2021
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	Cats: 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, if his Department will introduce compulsory tick and tapeworm treatments for cats entering the UK non-commercially.
tabling member constituency	Tiverton and Honiton
tabling member printed	Neil Parish
uin	21204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2021 answer text <p>The Pet Travel and Illegal import clauses of the Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill focus on measures to improve welfare of pets entering Great Britain. We remain aware of the concerns around ticks and tick-borne disease and tapeworm in cats and our future policy will be guided by risk assessment. Defra also continues to monitor the disease situation through the Tick Surveillance Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 02/07/2021 13:42:07 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4072 label Biography information for Neil Parish

1339451

registered interest
date	23/06/2021
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	Cats: Rabies
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 introduce a requirement for a (a) rabies blood test for cats before entry into the UK and (b) wait period post vaccination which is in line with the incubation period of rabies.
tabling member constituency	Tiverton and Honiton
tabling member printed	Neil Parish
uin	21205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2021 answer text <p>The Pet Travel and Illegal import clauses of the Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill focus on measures to improve welfare of pets entering GB. Recent quantitative risk assessments have concluded that the risk of a pet animal with rabies entering the UK under the pet travel rules is very low. Defra continues to monitor the disease situation.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 02/07/2021 13:37:40 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4072 label Biography information for Neil Parish

1339476

registered interest
date	23/06/2021
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: Quotas
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 estimate he has made of the proportion of the UK fishing quota that is held by EU registered vessels.
tabling member constituency	Ynys Môn
tabling member printed	Virginia Crosbie
uin	21362
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2021 answer text <p>UK fishing quota is not held by EU registered vessels. It is only allocated to UK registered vessels.</p><p> </p><p>We do not keep records of the nationality of UK registered vessel owners.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis grouped question UIN 21363 question first answered 28/06/2021 12:42:54 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4859 label Biography information for Virginia Crosbie

1339480

registered interest
date	23/06/2021
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: Quotas
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 UK registered foreign-owned vessels fished against the UK quota in (a) 2020 and (b) 2021.
tabling member constituency	Ynys Môn
tabling member printed	Virginia Crosbie
uin	21363
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2021 answer text <p>UK fishing quota is not held by EU registered vessels. It is only allocated to UK registered vessels.</p><p> </p><p>We do not keep records of the nationality of UK registered vessel owners.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis grouped question UIN 21362 question first answered 28/06/2021 12:42:54 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4859 label Biography information for Virginia Crosbie

1339481

registered interest
date	23/06/2021
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	Merchant Shipping Act 1988
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 potential merits of restoring the provisions of the Merchant Shipping Act 1988.
tabling member constituency	Ynys Môn
tabling member printed	Virginia Crosbie
uin	21364
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2021 answer text <p>Restoring the provisions of the Merchant Shipping Act would be inconsistent with wider government policy which welcomes foreign investment in UK industry. Our investment commitments under the UK / EU Trade and Co-operation Agreement reflect this policy.</p><p> </p><p>We believe that ensuring all vessels over 10 metres in length that land more than 2 tonnes of per annum and are fishing against English quota demonstrate a link to the UK would provide a stronger benefit to the UK economy. We consulted on proposals to strengthen the economic link licence condition for English vessels last year and intend to publish the government response this summer.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 28/06/2021 12:56:38 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4859 label Biography information for Virginia Crosbie

1339482

registered interest
date	23/06/2021
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	Fishing Vessels
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 support the UK fishing fleet by (a) managing the sustainability of fishing stocks, (b) allocating quota levels and (c) investing in data to support the effective management of fisheries.
tabling member constituency	Ynys Môn
tabling member printed	Virginia Crosbie
uin	21365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2021 answer text <p>The Government is fully committed to the sustainable management of our seas, whilst enabling a successful UK fishing fleet. The objectives in the Fisheries Act 2021 collectively reaffirm our commitment to achieving sustainable fishing and protecting the marine environment while tailoring our approach to our unique seas. This commitment will be delivered through the Joint Fisheries Statement and Fisheries Management Plans.</p><p> </p><p>We set out policy how additional quota would be allocated in March. This is now included in the UK Quota Management Rules for 2021. Quota allocations have taken place and are available on gov.uk here: <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Ffishing-quota-allocations-for-2021-for-england-and-the-uk&amp;data=04%7C01%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7C3279baac1f5b4b74299608d939f3582f%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C1%7C0%7C637604539591621691%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=aMeriYNI4wRSkLuYFtPIo4pXUoo%2BrB6Z7aRsA4pw%2BjY%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fishing-quota-allocations-for-2021-for-england-and-the-uk</a></p><p> </p><p>The UK has been a strong advocate for the sustainable management of fisheries and will continue to collect data to support this. The regulations that enable us to collect data have been rolled over into UK law and funding has been maintained in line with manifesto commitments. This ensures continuity and consistency of data collection in the short-term. We have now commenced work on developing a new fisheries' monitoring programme that supports UK priorities as well as our international commitments.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 28/06/2021 12:17:57 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4859 label Biography information for Virginia Crosbie