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93543

registered interest
date	15/10/2014
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	Bees: Beetles
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 the Government has taken to prevent the spread of the beehive beetle through produce imported from Italy.
tabling member constituency	East Antrim
tabling member printed	Sammy Wilson
uin	210631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>Defra’s Pest Risk Analysis for the small hive beetle, including an assessment of its potential impact, has been published and can be found at <a href="http://www.nationalbeeunit.com/downloadDocument.cfm?id=945" target="_blank">www.nationalbeeunit.com/downloadDocument.cfm?id=945</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Exports of bees are banned from an area of 100 km around the outbreak and the Italian authorities are taking steps to eradicate the beetle.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As a precaution, in addition to inspecting recent exports of bees to England and Wales, Defra has alerted and provided advisory leaflets on the small hive beetle to the Plant Health and Seeds Inspectorate, the Horticulture Marketing Inspectorate, and trade associations representing importers of plant produce. We have asked them to remain vigilant and report any suspected findings to the National Bee Unit.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson grouped question UIN 210632 question first answered 20/10/2014 16:44:46 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	1593 label Biography information for Sammy Wilson

93544

registered interest
date	15/10/2014
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	Landfill: EU Law
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 the removal of the derogations in the EU Landfill Directive will deliver the Best Overall Environmental Outcome; and how her Department made that assessment.
tabling member constituency	Hitchin and Harpenden
tabling member printed	Mr Peter Lilley
uin	210615
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2014 answer text <p>The Government considers that the principles outlined in the “Strategy for Hazardous Waste Management in England” (Defra 2010) provide a framework for promoting the Best Overall Environmental Outcome for hazardous waste management consistent with Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste. The Waste Framework Directive introduced a new five-step waste hierarchy which member states must introduce into national waste management laws, and which must be applied by member states in this priority order. Waste prevention, as the preferred option, is followed by reuse, recycling, recovery including energy recovery, and as a last option, safe disposal. In “Guidance on applying the waste hierarchy” (Defra 2011) the Government has indicated that the waste hierarchy already ranks waste management options according to what is best for the environment. Furthermore, in the Strategy for Hazardous Waste Management in England, the Government has stated:</p><p>“hazardous waste should be managed by waste producers and waste managers in accordance with the EU waste hierarchy. In applying the hierarchy, hazardous waste producers and waste managers shall opt for hazardous waste management that takes into account the resource value of hazardous wastes, and the need for health and safety to be maintained and delivers the best overall environmental outcome. This may require specific hazardous waste streams departing from the hierarchy where this is justified by life-cycle thinking on the overall impacts of the generation and management of such waste.”</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 22/10/2014 16:25:59 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	68 label Biography information for Lord Lilley

93545

registered interest
date	15/10/2014
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	Bees: Beetles
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 she has made of the effect of the beehive beetle on the honey bee population in the UK.
tabling member constituency	East Antrim
tabling member printed	Sammy Wilson
uin	210632
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>Defra’s Pest Risk Analysis for the small hive beetle, including an assessment of its potential impact, has been published and can be found at <a href="http://www.nationalbeeunit.com/downloadDocument.cfm?id=945" target="_blank">www.nationalbeeunit.com/downloadDocument.cfm?id=945</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Exports of bees are banned from an area of 100 km around the outbreak and the Italian authorities are taking steps to eradicate the beetle.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As a precaution, in addition to inspecting recent exports of bees to England and Wales, Defra has alerted and provided advisory leaflets on the small hive beetle to the Plant Health and Seeds Inspectorate, the Horticulture Marketing Inspectorate, and trade associations representing importers of plant produce. We have asked them to remain vigilant and report any suspected findings to the National Bee Unit.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson grouped question UIN 210631 question first answered 20/10/2014 16:44:46 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	1593 label Biography information for Sammy Wilson

93546

registered interest
date	15/10/2014
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	Bees: Beetles
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 discussions she has had with the Irish government to prevent the spread of the beehive beetle.
tabling member constituency	East Antrim
tabling member printed	Sammy Wilson
uin	210633
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2014 answer text <p>The outbreak of the small hive beetle has been discussed in European Union meetings by Member State officials including those representing the UK and Irish Governments.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 22/10/2014 16:11:59 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	1593 label Biography information for Sammy Wilson

93547

registered interest
date	15/10/2014
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	Landfill: EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which existing derogations in the EU Landfill Directive the UK applies.
tabling member constituency	Hitchin and Harpenden
tabling member printed	Mr Peter Lilley
uin	210618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2014 answer text <p>The Landfill Directive (1999/31/EC) was transposed into domestic legislation by the Landfill (England and Wales) Regulations 2002. The majority of the provisions came into force on 15 June 2002. The Landfill Directive is supplemented by Council Decision 2003/33/EC establishing criteria and procedures for the acceptance of waste at landfills pursuant to Article 16 and Annex II to the Landfill Directive. Between them they contain many derogations which can be applied. The information requested on the existing derogations in the Landfill Directive that the UK applies could only be provided at disproportionate cost. It is generally Government policy to take advantage of any derogations permitted by EU legislation which keep requirements to a minimum when transposing into UK legislation, as failure to do so would amount to gold plating.</p><p>An example is the derogation from the landfill diversion targets contained in Article 5 of the Landfill Directive. This relates to targets to progressively reduce the biodegradable municipal waste being sent for disposal in landfill. EU wide targets were established for 2006, 2009 and 2016 for reduction of biodegradable municipal waste. As the UK started from a point where over 80% of this waste was being landfilled in 1995, a four year derogation on these targets was available, which the UK applied. Another Landfill Directive derogation of current interest, and one which also applies in England and Wales, is the practice of relying on higher Landfill Directive waste acceptance criteria (the so-called 3xWAC derogation) to enable hazardous waste to continue to be landfilled.</p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 22/10/2014 16:33:47 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	68 label Biography information for Lord Lilley

93548

registered interest
date	15/10/2014
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	Landfill: EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which derogations in the EU Landfill Directive the Government is planning to remove from application in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Hitchin and Harpenden
tabling member printed	Mr Peter Lilley
uin	210619
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2014 answer text <p>In the 2010 “Strategy for Hazardous Waste Management in England” the Government signalled its intention to end the practice of relying on higher Landfill Directive waste acceptance criteria (WAC, the so-called 3xWAC derogation) to enable hazardous waste to continue to be landfilled. The Environment Agency consulted in April this year on the removal of this derogation in Council Directive 1999/31/EC on the landfill of waste. Defra is considering the responses to the consultation with the Environment Agency and will be engaging with the waste industry to obtain more information on the impact of the removal of this derogation. The Government is not currently considering the removal of any other derogations in the Landfill Directive.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 22/10/2014 16:28:08 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	68 label Biography information for Lord Lilley

93549

registered interest
date	15/10/2014
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	Groceries Code Adjudicator
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 she has made of the capacity of the Grocery Code Adjudicator to extend the scope of its remit to relations between milk producers and processors.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Miss Anne McIntosh
uin	210674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2014 answer text <p>The remit of the Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA) stems from the Competition Commission Report of 2008 which found evidence that the large supermarkets were using their buying power unfairly against their direct suppliers.</p><p> </p><p>The Groceries Supply Code of Practice was introduced in 2009 as a voluntary measure to deal specifically with this issue. In 2013 the GCA was introduced to give legal underpinning to the Code.</p><p> </p><p>Changes to the GCA remit require changes to the 2013 Act. It is the responsibility of the Secretary of State for the Department for Business, Innovation &amp; Skills to decide if this is necessary.</p><p> </p><p>The Government takes this issue very seriously. Included in the 2013 Act is a legal requirement to review the GCA. The first Review is in 2016. This will give us the opportunity to consider further the scope of the GCA.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 22/10/2014 16:59:08 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

93550

registered interest
date	15/10/2014
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	Fisheries: Devon
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 she will take steps to prevent the North Devon fishing industry being subject to a ban on the landing of ray.
tabling member constituency	Torridge and West Devon
tabling member printed	Mr Geoffrey Cox
uin	210671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2014 answer text <p>On 12 October, the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) closed the Area VII skates and rays fishery to all English vessels. This decision was taken after the latest landings information indicated that, after allowance is made for landings already made but not yet entered onto the MMO database, the UK quota for this stock has been exhausted. Attempts to acquire additional quota through international quota swaps in order to keep the fishery open have not yet been successful.</p><p>It is important that the UK does not exceed the quotas allocated to it, which can result in penalties being applied. This would make subsequent management of the fisheries more difficult. However, I have asked the MMO to monitor the situation closely to see if there is any possibility of reopening the fishery on a limited basis if the level of unrecorded landings is lower than anticipated. I have also asked MMO to redouble its efforts to obtain additional quota through international swaps. Even if sufficient quota cannot be found to enable the fishery to reopen this year, it will reopen on 1 January 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 22/10/2014 16:15:10 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1508 label Biography information for Sir Geoffrey Cox

93551

registered interest
date	15/10/2014
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	Dogs: Tagging
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 statement of 6 February 2013, Official Report, column 15WS, on irresponsible dog ownership, what representations she has received on regulations relating to compulsory microchipping of dogs in England; and what response she has given to those representations.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Miss Anne McIntosh
uin	210701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2014 answer text <p>Since February 2013, Defra has held a number of discussions with a range of bodies and stakeholders involved in dog microchipping and there is wide support for the policy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 22/10/2014 16:22:29 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

93693

registered interest
date	15/10/2014
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	Nature Conservation
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 World Wide Fund for Nature <i>Living Planet Report 2014</i>; what proposals they have to halt the destruction of species; and what they consider to be implications of the findings of that report for the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL2122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The Government considers the Living Planet Report an interesting contribution to increasing our understanding of the scale of the challenge facing species internationally but has made no formal assessment of its findings.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Internationally, we frame our work on biodiversity under the UN Convention on Biological Diversity’s (CBD) Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and its Aichi Biodiversity Targets. A comprehensive assessment, the Fourth Global Biodiversity Outlook, was published at the recent 12th Conference of the Parties to the CBD. This reported significant progress towards meeting some components of the majority of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets. However, in most cases, additional action will be required to meet the targets by 2020. The Parties agreed to take comprehensive and urgent measures to ensure the full implementation of the Strategic Plan, including through the development and implementation of their national biodiversity strategies and action plans.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government helps achieve these global targets internationally through elements of Overseas Development Aid (particularly forest protection through the International Climate Fund and contributions to the Global Environment Facility) and through direct and financial support for various international agreements including the CBD, the Convention on Migratory Species and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). The Darwin Initiative provides up to £6 million bi-lateral funding annually for developing countries to help meet their obligations under these international agreements, improve biodiversity and natural environment management and reduce poverty; and up to £2 million annually from the Darwin Plus fund for projects in the UK’s Overseas Territories.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK Government is also taking a leading role in global efforts to end the illegal wildlife trade. In December 2013, we announced a £10 million funding package to support efforts in developing countries to tackle the illegal trade in wildlife products. In February 2014 we hosted a high-level international conference for leaders from over 40 nations. This resulted in the London Conference Declaration, containing 25 commitments to action on enforcement and criminal justice, demand reduction and sustainable livelihoods.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Domestically, the Government set out its response to the CBD’s Strategic Plan in “Biodiversity 2020: A strategy for England’s wildlife and ecosystem services”, which aims to halt overall biodiversity loss by 2020. The strategy includes a commitment to achieve an overall improvement in the status of our wildlife and to prevent further human-induced extinctions of known threatened species.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It will be for Parties to CITES to decide how that Convention should respond to the Living Planet Report and other information about the status of species, which may be reflected in future proposals to list endangered species under the Convention.</p><p><br></p> answering member printed Lord De Mauley question first answered 27/10/2014 16:10:22 answering member 2202 label Biography information for Lord De Mauley
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra