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1644661

registered interest
date	14/06/2023
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	Zoos: Nature Conservation
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 her Department is taking steps to help promote wildlife species native to (a) Australia, (b) New Zealand and (c) Canada in British zoos.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	189515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2023 answer text <p>The Zoo Licensing Act 1981 requires zoos provide information to the public about the species of wild animals kept in the zoo and their natural habitats. It is a matter for each zoo to decide what species of wild animal they wish to keep.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 19/06/2023 13:34:51 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1644756

registered interest
date	14/06/2023
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	Air Pollution: Greater London
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 she has held discussions with the Mayor of London on the potential impact of air pollution levels on the environment.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	189580
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2023 answer text <p>Local Air Quality Management in London is devolved to the Mayor of London. The current SoS has not held any meetings with the London Mayor on this subject.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 19/06/2023 13:27:51 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1644783

registered interest
date	14/06/2023
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: Commodities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her Department plans to bring forward secondary legislation on due diligence provisions for forest-risk commodities.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	189700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2023 answer text <p>We ran a consultation from 3 December 2021 to 11 March 2022 to seek views on the details of regulations that will implement the Environment Act provisions, to ensure that these are designed effectively. The Government published a summary of responses to this consultation on 1 June 2022 and is committed to implementing due diligence provisions at the earliest opportunity through secondary legislation.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 19/06/2023 11:28:48 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1644844

registered interest
date	14/06/2023
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: Crime
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 she is taking to (a) estimate the economic cost of wildlife crime, (b) record wildlife crime and (c) measure trends in wildlife crime; and whether she has taken steps to address the recommendations in the UN Office on Drugs and Crime report entitled Wildlife and Forest Crime Analytic Toolkit Report: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, published on 6 August 2021.
tabling member constituency	Ynys Môn
tabling member printed	Virginia Crosbie
uin	189734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2023 answer text <p>The UK Government does not hold a figure for the economic cost of wildlife crime in this country but in the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) 2016 report: <em>The rise of environmental crime: A growing threat to natural resources peace, development and security</em>, estimates are made that, globally, poaching and illegal wildlife trade is worth up to £17 billion a year; and natural resources worth as much as USD $91 billion to $258 billion annually are being stolen by criminals, depriving countries of future revenues and development opportunities. This includes illegal logging and fishing.</p><p> </p><p>In terms of recording wildlife crime and measuring trends in wildlife crime, at a UK level the Office for National Statistics publishes police-recorded crime statistics, including statistics on wildlife crimes, where available. However, most wildlife crimes are not categorised as notifiable so there is no obligation for UK police forces to report on them. This makes it more challenging to measure trends in wildlife crime and gauge its true extent. Any decision to make offences notifiable sits with the National Crime Registrar at the Home Office. The National Wildlife Crime Unit (NWCU), funded partly by Defra and the Home Office, gathers intelligence from a number of organisations in addition to police forces and Border Force. This intelligence informs a Strategic Assessment of wildlife crime in the UK, which is produced every two years and contributes to the setting of the UK’s wildlife crime priorities.</p><p> </p><p>With regard to the UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) report (published on 21 December 2021), the Government welcomed this piece of work and the fact it recognised the UK's global leadership in fighting wildlife and forestry crime. We invited the UN to undertake this analysis and we are proud to be the first G7 country to request this assessment. We have carefully considered all the recommendations of the report and they are informing our work to help us build on the positive progress we have already made in tackling wildlife crime. This will include strategic engagement with our partners that have responsibilities where individual recommendations are concerned such as the devolved administrations, the Crown Prosecution Service, and the NWCU. Progress has already been made in response to the report. For example, in 2022 Defra more than doubled its funding of the NWCU from a total of £495,000 over the three previous years to £1.2 million for the three-year period of 2022-25. Additionally, Border Force has increased numbers in its team specialising in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). Defra is not under any obligation to formally respond to the UNODC's assessment and has no plans to do so, but we will identify where we can act, including with stakeholders, to strengthen the UK's approach to tackling wildlife and forestry crime.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 19/06/2023 09:51:35 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4859 label Biography information for Virginia Crosbie

1644026

registered interest
date	13/06/2023
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	Rivers: 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 recent discussions has he had with water companies on tackling river pollution.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	189190
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2023 answer text <p>The Secretary of State frequently meets representatives from water companies and the wider water industry to discuss environmental performance.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 19/06/2023 11:24:28 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1644093

registered interest
date	13/06/2023
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: Licensing
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 new waste handler licence applications were refused in Birmingham in the last twelve months.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	189310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2023 answer text <p>The Environment Agency National Permitting Service refused no new waste or installations permit applications in Birmingham from the period of June 2022 to June 2023.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 19/06/2023 11:18:26 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1644102

registered interest
date	13/06/2023
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	Horticulture: Peat
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2023 to Question 188243 on Horticulture: Peat, whether her Department plans to publish guidance to assist organisations in determining whether they qualify as professional growers.
tabling member constituency	Gateshead
tabling member printed	Ian Mearns
uin	189200
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2023 answer text <p>Yes, as our legislative proposals are developed suitable guidance will be published in the normal way.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 19/06/2023 09:44:25 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4000 label Biography information for Ian Mearns

1644124

registered interest
date	13/06/2023
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	Electronic Training Aids
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 evidence base is for her Department's policy on electronic collars.
tabling member constituency	South West Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Andrew Selous
uin	189212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2023 answer text <p>The draft Animal Welfare (Electronic Collars) Regulations 2023 were developed after considering a broad range of factors. This includes academic research – including Defra-commissioned research (AW1402 and AW1402a) – responses to the public consultation and direct engagement with trainers, behaviourists, e-collar manufacturers, the animal welfare sector, veterinary and dog keeping organisations.</p><p> </p><p>In April, the Scottish Animal Welfare Commission also published a report giving its assessment of the available evidence and research, which concluded that use of e-collars should be banned.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 19/06/2023 13:17:38 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous

1644181

registered interest
date	13/06/2023
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	National Park Authorities: Public Appointments
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 provisions in her Department's guidance for the appointment of Parish Councillors to National Park Authorities which exclude co-opted councillors are mandatory and enforceable by the National Park Authority.
tabling member constituency	New Forest West
tabling member printed	Sir Desmond Swayne
uin	189130
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2023 answer text <p>National Park Authorities do not appoint members to their boards. Parish members are appointed by the Secretary of State for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs following an election among the eligible parishes. It is our policy that only democratically elected Parish Councillors are eligible. This is to ensure that those seats on the board provide the vital democratic legitimacy and accountability that Parish and Local Authority members bring to National Park Authority boards.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 19/06/2023 09:40:24 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne

1644245

registered interest
date	13/06/2023
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: 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, whether she has had recent discussions with United Utilities on preventing sewage discharge at Fleetwood Wastewater Treatment works.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	189359
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2023 answer text <p>The Secretary of State and I frequently meet representatives from water companies and the wider water industry to discuss environmental performance. United Utilities are undertaking an urgent repair to a burst pipe at the Fleetwood Wastewater Treatment site. They are working with local teams, including the Environment Agency and local councils to minimise impacts. Defra is monitoring the situation and receiving regular updates on progress.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 19/06/2023 11:09:52 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith