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1358649

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date	15/10/2021
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	Oak Processionary Moth
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 reports of oak processionary moth there have been in each of the last five years, broken down by local authority area.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	55784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of sites reported as infested with oak processionary moth and which were served a statutory plant health notice between 2017 and 2021, using data provided up until 5 October 2021.</p><p> </p><p>Number of sites infested with oak processionary moth, 2017-2021:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Local authority</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barking and Dagenham</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnet</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>61</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Basildon</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Basingstoke and Deane</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bexley</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bracknell Forest</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brent</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brentwood</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bromley</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Broxbourne</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Buckinghamshire</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Camden</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Castle Point</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Central Bedfordshire</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chelmsford</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire West and Chester</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>City of London</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>City of Westminster</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Crawley</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Croydon</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dacorum</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dartford</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ealing</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Hertfordshire</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Elmbridge</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>118</p></td><td><p>102</p></td><td><p>219</p></td><td><p>133</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Enfield</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Epping Forest</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Epsom and Ewell</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gravesham</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greenwich</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Guildford</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>87</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>111</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hackney</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hammersmith and Fulham</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Haringey</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Harlow</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Harrow</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hart</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Havering</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hertsmere</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hillingdon</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Horsham</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hounslow</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Islington</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kensington and Chelsea</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kingston upon Thames</p></td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lambeth</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lewisham</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Luton</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Medway</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merton</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mid Sussex</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mole Valley</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>106</p></td><td><p>45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newham</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reading</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Redbridge</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reigate and Banstead</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Richmond upon Thames</p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Runnymede</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>94</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rushmoor</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sevenoaks</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slough</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southend-on-Sea</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southwark</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spelthorne</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St. Albans</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Surrey Heath</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sutton</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tandridge</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Three Rivers</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thurrock</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tower Hamlets</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Waltham Forest</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wandsworth</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Watford</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Waverley</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Welwyn Hatfield</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Oxfordshire</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Windsor and Maidenhead</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>53</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Woking</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>109</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wokingham</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>676</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>908</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>845</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1587</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1252</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 25/10/2021 08:00:22 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1360241

registered interest
date	15/10/2021
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	Oak Processionary Moth
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 encourage cooperation between local authorities and the Forestry Commission to help prevent the spread of oak processionary moth.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	56979
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>The annual OPM management programme is delivered in partnership between the Forestry Commission, landowners and Local Authorities, and is designed to slow the rate of spread, reduce pest prevalence and protect uninfected areas. To further support the work of Local Authorities on OPM, we will shortly be launching a toolkit for Local Authorities which has been co-designed with Local Authorities, and led by the Tree Council in collaboration with Forestry Commission.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 25/10/2021 16:10:27 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1354952

registered interest
date	13/09/2021
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	Glass: Recycling
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 has made an assessment of the potential merits of a remelt target for glass collected under the proposed deposit return scheme.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	48184
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2021 answer text <p>Our recent consultation on introducing a deposit return scheme (DRS) did not propose a re-melt target for DRS, but the Deposit Management Organisation (DMO), which would be established for the purpose of running a DRS, would have an obligation to pass on any materials collected through the scheme to reprocessors for recycling.</p><p> </p><p>We are continuing to finalise the policy of the DRS and these details will be provided in a Government response which will be published in due course. This will also be accompanied by an Impact Assessment on the final scope and policy agreed for the scheme.</p><p> </p><p>Re-melt targets were first introduced under the current packaging producer responsibility regime in 2013 and have contributed to more beneficial glass recycling. An annual re-melt target of 72% has been set for 2021 and 2022. With regards to glass packaging in scope of the Extended Producer Responsibility scheme, it therefore is Government’s intention to retain a re-melt target. In its recent consultation, government stated this intention and invited respondents to offer their views on a future re-melt target rate. The Government is considering the responses to the consultation and will publish a government response in due course.</p><p> </p><p>We also want to make recycling easier at kerbside and ensure that there is a comprehensive, consistent service across England. The Environment Bill stipulates that all local authorities in England must make arrangements for a core set of materials to be collected for recycling from households. This core set includes: paper and card; plastic; glass; metal; food waste and garden waste. We recently published our second consultation on recycling consistency which sought views on including on the materials in scope of collection, transitional arrangements, and statutory guidance. We are currently analysing responses to the consultation and intend to publish our Government response in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 48185 48186 48187 question first answered 21/09/2021 16:45:47 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1354953

registered interest
date	13/09/2021
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	Glass: Recycling
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 has made an assessment of the potential merits of having a re-melt target for glass collected by the proposed scheme of Extended Producer Responsibility.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	48185
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2021 answer text <p>Our recent consultation on introducing a deposit return scheme (DRS) did not propose a re-melt target for DRS, but the Deposit Management Organisation (DMO), which would be established for the purpose of running a DRS, would have an obligation to pass on any materials collected through the scheme to reprocessors for recycling.</p><p> </p><p>We are continuing to finalise the policy of the DRS and these details will be provided in a Government response which will be published in due course. This will also be accompanied by an Impact Assessment on the final scope and policy agreed for the scheme.</p><p> </p><p>Re-melt targets were first introduced under the current packaging producer responsibility regime in 2013 and have contributed to more beneficial glass recycling. An annual re-melt target of 72% has been set for 2021 and 2022. With regards to glass packaging in scope of the Extended Producer Responsibility scheme, it therefore is Government’s intention to retain a re-melt target. In its recent consultation, government stated this intention and invited respondents to offer their views on a future re-melt target rate. The Government is considering the responses to the consultation and will publish a government response in due course.</p><p> </p><p>We also want to make recycling easier at kerbside and ensure that there is a comprehensive, consistent service across England. The Environment Bill stipulates that all local authorities in England must make arrangements for a core set of materials to be collected for recycling from households. This core set includes: paper and card; plastic; glass; metal; food waste and garden waste. We recently published our second consultation on recycling consistency which sought views on including on the materials in scope of collection, transitional arrangements, and statutory guidance. We are currently analysing responses to the consultation and intend to publish our Government response in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 48184 48186 48187 question first answered 21/09/2021 16:45:47 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1354954

registered interest
date	13/09/2021
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	Glass: Recycling
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 future opportunities for kerbside recycling of glass packaging containers that are not included in the proposed Deposit Return Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	48186
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2021 answer text <p>Our recent consultation on introducing a deposit return scheme (DRS) did not propose a re-melt target for DRS, but the Deposit Management Organisation (DMO), which would be established for the purpose of running a DRS, would have an obligation to pass on any materials collected through the scheme to reprocessors for recycling.</p><p> </p><p>We are continuing to finalise the policy of the DRS and these details will be provided in a Government response which will be published in due course. This will also be accompanied by an Impact Assessment on the final scope and policy agreed for the scheme.</p><p> </p><p>Re-melt targets were first introduced under the current packaging producer responsibility regime in 2013 and have contributed to more beneficial glass recycling. An annual re-melt target of 72% has been set for 2021 and 2022. With regards to glass packaging in scope of the Extended Producer Responsibility scheme, it therefore is Government’s intention to retain a re-melt target. In its recent consultation, government stated this intention and invited respondents to offer their views on a future re-melt target rate. The Government is considering the responses to the consultation and will publish a government response in due course.</p><p> </p><p>We also want to make recycling easier at kerbside and ensure that there is a comprehensive, consistent service across England. The Environment Bill stipulates that all local authorities in England must make arrangements for a core set of materials to be collected for recycling from households. This core set includes: paper and card; plastic; glass; metal; food waste and garden waste. We recently published our second consultation on recycling consistency which sought views on including on the materials in scope of collection, transitional arrangements, and statutory guidance. We are currently analysing responses to the consultation and intend to publish our Government response in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 48184 48185 48187 question first answered 21/09/2021 16:45:47 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1354955

registered interest
date	13/09/2021
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	Glass: Recycling
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 has made an assessment of the amount of glass that would exit closed loop recycling in the event that a proposed Deposit Return Scheme does not include a re-melt target.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	48187
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2021 answer text <p>Our recent consultation on introducing a deposit return scheme (DRS) did not propose a re-melt target for DRS, but the Deposit Management Organisation (DMO), which would be established for the purpose of running a DRS, would have an obligation to pass on any materials collected through the scheme to reprocessors for recycling.</p><p> </p><p>We are continuing to finalise the policy of the DRS and these details will be provided in a Government response which will be published in due course. This will also be accompanied by an Impact Assessment on the final scope and policy agreed for the scheme.</p><p> </p><p>Re-melt targets were first introduced under the current packaging producer responsibility regime in 2013 and have contributed to more beneficial glass recycling. An annual re-melt target of 72% has been set for 2021 and 2022. With regards to glass packaging in scope of the Extended Producer Responsibility scheme, it therefore is Government’s intention to retain a re-melt target. In its recent consultation, government stated this intention and invited respondents to offer their views on a future re-melt target rate. The Government is considering the responses to the consultation and will publish a government response in due course.</p><p> </p><p>We also want to make recycling easier at kerbside and ensure that there is a comprehensive, consistent service across England. The Environment Bill stipulates that all local authorities in England must make arrangements for a core set of materials to be collected for recycling from households. This core set includes: paper and card; plastic; glass; metal; food waste and garden waste. We recently published our second consultation on recycling consistency which sought views on including on the materials in scope of collection, transitional arrangements, and statutory guidance. We are currently analysing responses to the consultation and intend to publish our Government response in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 48184 48185 48186 question first answered 21/09/2021 16:45:47 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1331348

registered interest
date	09/06/2021
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	Plants: Overseas Trade
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 support businesses that have been adversely affected by new trade requirements for plants, plant products and hops.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	13032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2021 answer text <p>Since the end of the transition period, Great Britain (GB) has operated its own sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) regime, which is focused on addressing the risks it faces. This regime includes risk-based import checks of plants, plant products and other objects to avoid the introduction of harmful plant pests and diseases. These risk-based checks are in line with WTO/SPS principles and consistent with our obligations under the EU Withdrawal Act.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government took the decision to introduce SPS checks in phases, in order to protect GB biosecurity whilst also maintaining the efficient trade in goods such as plants and plant products. Therefore, checks of high-priority plants and plant products have been introduced first, from 1 January 2021, since they pose the greatest potential risk to GB biosecurity. The final phase of controls will come in from March 2022. Phasing in import controls over 15 months allows businesses time to adapt to the new requirements.</p><p> </p><p>Defra also took the decision to delay the introduction of fees for import checks of high-priority plants from the EU for 5 months to give businesses more time to prepare and adjust to the new charging arrangements. During this time, Defra has communicated extensively with industry and stakeholder groups to ensure they are prepared for the new fees coming in.</p><p> </p><p>On hops, Defra appreciates the concern that the inability to re-export third country hops and hop products to the EU is causing for hop merchants. Defra has raised the issue with the European Commission. We will inform stakeholders at the earliest opportunity if the position changes.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis grouped question UIN 13005 question first answered 14/06/2021 16:44:21 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1331376

registered interest
date	09/06/2021
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	Hops: UK Trade with EU
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 effect of the UK leaving the EU on hop merchants in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	13033
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2021 answer text <p>Having left the EU, hops and hop products exported from GB to the EU now require an accompanying Attestation of Equivalence issued by an agency authorised and listed in Annex I of EC Regulation 1295/2008. Defra worked hard to ensure that the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) were listed in that regulation from 1 January 2021. We were successful in that listing. This means hops and hop products grown and processed in GB can continue to be exported to the EU so long as they are accompanied by an Attestation of Equivalence issued by the RPA.</p><p> </p><p>EU Regulations require that the RPA can only issue Attestations of Equivalence for hops and hop products that were grown, or had their final processing, in GB. For now, the RPA are not able to issue an Attestation of Equivalence for hops or hop products imported from EU or the rest of the world which have not undergone any further processing.</p><p> </p><p>Defra appreciate the concern that the inability to re-export third country hops and hop products to the EU is causing for hop merchants. Defra has raised the issue with the European Commission. We will inform stakeholders at the earliest opportunity if the position changes.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis grouped question UIN 13034 13035 question first answered 14/06/2021 12:54:34 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1331377

registered interest
date	09/06/2021
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	Hops: UK Trade with EU
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 support hop merchants since the end of the transition period.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	13034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2021 answer text <p>Having left the EU, hops and hop products exported from GB to the EU now require an accompanying Attestation of Equivalence issued by an agency authorised and listed in Annex I of EC Regulation 1295/2008. Defra worked hard to ensure that the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) were listed in that regulation from 1 January 2021. We were successful in that listing. This means hops and hop products grown and processed in GB can continue to be exported to the EU so long as they are accompanied by an Attestation of Equivalence issued by the RPA.</p><p> </p><p>EU Regulations require that the RPA can only issue Attestations of Equivalence for hops and hop products that were grown, or had their final processing, in GB. For now, the RPA are not able to issue an Attestation of Equivalence for hops or hop products imported from EU or the rest of the world which have not undergone any further processing.</p><p> </p><p>Defra appreciate the concern that the inability to re-export third country hops and hop products to the EU is causing for hop merchants. Defra has raised the issue with the European Commission. We will inform stakeholders at the earliest opportunity if the position changes.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis grouped question UIN 13033 13035 question first answered 14/06/2021 12:54:34 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1331378

registered interest
date	09/06/2021
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	Hops: UK Trade with EU
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 effect of the EU legislation imposed on hop merchants regarding the re-export of third country hops.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	13035
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2021 answer text <p>Having left the EU, hops and hop products exported from GB to the EU now require an accompanying Attestation of Equivalence issued by an agency authorised and listed in Annex I of EC Regulation 1295/2008. Defra worked hard to ensure that the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) were listed in that regulation from 1 January 2021. We were successful in that listing. This means hops and hop products grown and processed in GB can continue to be exported to the EU so long as they are accompanied by an Attestation of Equivalence issued by the RPA.</p><p> </p><p>EU Regulations require that the RPA can only issue Attestations of Equivalence for hops and hop products that were grown, or had their final processing, in GB. For now, the RPA are not able to issue an Attestation of Equivalence for hops or hop products imported from EU or the rest of the world which have not undergone any further processing.</p><p> </p><p>Defra appreciate the concern that the inability to re-export third country hops and hop products to the EU is causing for hop merchants. Defra has raised the issue with the European Commission. We will inform stakeholders at the earliest opportunity if the position changes.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis grouped question UIN 13033 13034 question first answered 14/06/2021 12:54:34 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon