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822818

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
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	Pest Control: Urban Areas
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 his Department has made of the effectiveness of local authorities' powers to deter pigeons and pests in town centres.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	122501
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government has not made any assessment of the effectiveness of local authorities' powers to deter pigeons and pests in town centres. However, there is a range of legislation in place to support local authorities in controlling pests and problem wild birds in urban areas.</p><p> </p><p>The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 allows for the control of wild birds, under licence from Natural England, in the interest of public health and safety or to prevent disease. Local authorities, businesses and individuals are also able to take action to manage urban bird populations e.g. using bins with secured lids, ensuring domestic animals are not fed outside and that streets are clear of litter.</p><p> </p><p>Dealing with problems caused by wild birds and pests is the responsibility of the owner or occupier of the property where the problem occurs. Where this is the local authority, it has the same powers to control pests as any other owner or occupier.</p><p> </p><p>There is also a range of legislation in place to support local authorities in managing rodent infestation and statutory nuisances, such as litter and refuse, where these are attracting pests. The Prevention of Damage by Pests Act 1949 obliges local authorities to ensure that their districts are kept, as far as is practicable, free of rats and mice.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 23/01/2018 15:10:06 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

822823

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
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	Wind Power: Birds of Prey
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 information his Department holds on the number of birds of prey who have died as a result of impacting with wind turbines in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	122506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>Defra does not hold information in relation to the estimated number of birds killed in the last three years by the operation of wind turbines in the UK.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 23/01/2018 14:31:35 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

822824

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
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	Game: Birds
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 his Department is taking to increase the population of game birds in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	122507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>This is a devolved matter. In England, the Countryside Stewardship Scheme encourages the provision of sympathetic habitat management of farmland through a Wild Pollinator and Farm Wildlife Package. This can indirectly benefit game birds, such as grey partridge and grouse, by providing winter feeding opportunities, nesting sites and food for chicks.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 23/01/2018 14:15:43 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

822831

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
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	Waste Disposal
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 (a) amount and (b) proportion of municipal waste collected as recyclable waste was (i) recycled, (ii) sent for incineration and (iii) sent to landfill in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	122514
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>Statistics for waste sent for recycling and recycling rejects have been published for the 12 months to end March 2017:-</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/env18-local-authority-collected-waste-annual-results-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/env18-local-authority-collected-waste-annual-results-tables</a>. Table 3b of the dataset “Local authority waste generation from April 2000 to March 2017 England and regions and Local authority data April 2016 to March 2017”.</p><p> </p><p>In this period, 11.3 million tonnes of all waste collected by local authorities in England was sent for recycling. This amounts to 42.9% of total local authority collected waste. This includes waste recycled from residual waste streams, but excludes waste that was rejected and subsequently sent for incineration or landfill.</p><p> </p><p>The amount of local authority waste not sent for recycling that was originally collected for this purpose, is estimated to have been around 470 thousand tonnes in 2016/17 in England. This amounts to 1.8% of total local authority collected waste.</p><p> </p><p>The specific information requested is not held in the way described.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 24/01/2018 16:41:01 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

822892

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
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	Chemicals: 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, if he will take steps to ensure that the UK retains the regulatory standards set out in REACH after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	122575
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>The Withdrawal Bill will convert current EU law into domestic law wherever practical, giving consumers and businesses as much certainty as possible. This includes laws relating to chemicals. The UK is strongly committed to the effective and safe management of chemicals. That will not change when we leave the EU.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 24/01/2018 16:36:14 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

822917

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
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	Sheep Dipping: Organophosphates
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 research is being conducted on the effect of organophosphates on people that operate sheep dips.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	122600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government recognises that organophosphates are potentially dangerous substances, and that their use needs to be carefully controlled in order to minimise the risks to people who work with them. Government policy is, and always has been, based on the best independent scientific advice. It is Government practice to regularly review all controls in line with the latest scientific advice, and to carry out research to provide more information when required.</p><p> </p><p>The 1999 report from the Government’s independent advisory Committee on Toxicity (COT), entitled ‘Organophosphates’, concluded by making recommendations for further scientific research in the form of five questions. Subsequently, the Government committed £4.1 million funding to answer these and other research questions, exploring whether the use of sheep dips was the cause of the chronic ill health reported by some sheep farmers. The outcome of this research was provided to the COT for its work in preparation for the March 2014 statement.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 23/01/2018 18:07:28 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

822918

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
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	Sheep Dipping: Organophosphates
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 recent discussions he has had with Guy's hospital poisons unit on organophosphates in sheep dips.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	122601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>In January 2017, Government officials met with representatives from Guy’s and St Thomas’s Hospitals’ Toxicology Department to discuss how patients who participated in various studies conducted there in the early 1990s could access their test results.</p><p> </p><p>During this meeting the extent of data relating to these studies that is still held was clarified, and several options for patients to gain access to their medical records were discussed. In concluding the meeting, officials agreed to produce very clear and concise instructions for how this could be done at minimal cost and share them with the group of patients concerned.</p><p> </p><p>The above action was completed a few weeks later at the beginning of February 2017. Since that time there have been no further meetings with the hospital, but officials have been in occasional communication with staff in the Toxicology Department in response to feedback from some patients.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 23/01/2018 18:00:55 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

822980

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
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	Forests
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 powers he plans for the Tree Champion to have; what the annual budget of that champion will be; and to whom that champion will report.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	122663
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The appointment of the Tree Champion is one of the priorities of the recently published 25 Year Environment Plan. The Tree Champion role will promote the benefits that trees deliver, support the tree planting manifesto commitments and co-ordinate a cross government approach to encourage a step change in tree planting.</p><p> </p><p>Further details will be set out in due course.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 23/01/2018 14:49:51 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

822997

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
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, what steps his Department is taking to protect animal welfare standards in slaughterhouses after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	122680
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The UK already has stricter national rules to protect animal welfare at slaughter than those laid down in the EU regulation and we will maintain those stricter national rules, alongside rolling-over current EU regulations, when we leave the EU.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, to increase protection of animals at slaughter, this year we will be introducing regulations to make it mandatory for all approved slaughterhouses in England to have CCTV installed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 23/01/2018 18:07:28 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

823099

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
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	Agriculture: Migrant Workers
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 research has been done by his Department into the levels of temporary labour and agency workers from the EEA in food processing and agriculture; and whether his Department plans to commission further research on this topic.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	122782
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>Defra is considering the latest data, and working closely with industry to understand labour demand and supply within these sectors.</p><p>Until 2016, Defra published data on the estimated number of seasonal agricultural workers in all UK countries in “Agriculture in the UK”, which is a Defra publication. Since 2016, data is published for England only, collected by the June Horticulture and Agriculture Survey. Defra does not collect data on the nationality of those workers.</p><p> </p><p>This information can be found at: <strong><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/structure-of-the-agricultural-industry-in-england-and-the-uk-at-june" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/structure-of-the-agricultural-industry-in-england-and-the-uk-at-june</a></strong></p><p> </p><p>Defra Ministers have ongoing discussions with a range of Government departments, including the Home Office, about securing the workforce that the farming industry needs.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also commissioned the independent Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) to assess the role that EU citizens play in the UK economy and society, and how to align future immigration framework with a modern industrial strategy.</p><p> </p><p>For the future we will continue to monitor the situation, work with stakeholders, and assess the current and future evidence to support our ability to secure the workforce the food and farming industry needs.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 22/01/2018 17:10:32 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake