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795200

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
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	Hunting
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that the activities of (1) those taking part in organised hunts, and (2) those opposed to such hunting, remain within the law.
tabling member printed	Lord Birt
uin	HL3602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2017 answer text <p>The Hunting Act 2004 bans all hunting of wild mammals with dogs in England and Wales, except where it is carried out in accordance with the exemptions set out in Schedule 1 to the Act.</p><p> </p><p>The enforcement of the Hunting Act 2004 is an operational matter for the police. The police have issued guidance to forces dealing with hunting issues in the ‘Hunting Act 2004 Investigators Manual’. Enforcement of the legislation will follow this guidance.</p><p> </p><p>Anyone who believes an offence is taking place or has taken place during a hunt, whether it lies with the hunters or protestors, should report the matter to the police.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 08/12/2017 12:50:07 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

795220

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
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	Animal Welfare
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which sections of the Animal Welfare Act 2006 explicitly recognise animals as sentient beings; and what assessment they have made of the operation of the provisions of that Act on (1) farm animals, (2) wild animals, and (3) laboratory animals.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL3622
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>Section 1(1) of the Animal Welfare Act 2006 defines an animal for the purpose of the Act as a vertebrate other than man. This is because, as stated in the <em>Explanatory Notes</em> to the Act, vertebrates are currently “the only demonstrably sentient animals”. Section 1(3) of the Act provides powers to extend the definition of “animal” to cover invertebrates if scientific evidence shows they are also sentient; that is they “are capable of experiencing pain or suffering”.</p><p> </p><p>The main “cruelty” offence in the Act (at section 4) applies to all vertebrates commonly domesticated in the British Islands, whether they can be said to be under the control of man or not and to all other vertebrates under the control of man, or not living in a wild state (“protected animals)”. The Wild Mammals (Protection) Act 1996 specifically protects any other wild mammals from cruelty. The main “promotion of welfare” offence at section 9 of the Animal Welfare Act 2006 covers any vertebrate for which a person is responsible. Therefore the main offences in the Animal Welfare Act cover both farmed vertebrates and any wild vertebrates under the control of man, or not living in a wild state.</p><p> </p><p>The cruelty offence at section 4 also applies to any vertebrates used in a laboratory excepting anything lawfully permitted under <em>The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986</em>.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 30/11/2017 15:07:54 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

795262

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
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	Cetaceans: 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 the provisions under EC Regulation 812/2004, requiring the monitoring of the number of dolphins, whales and porpoise that are killed as a result of unintentional capture in fishing nets, will be maintained after the UK has left the EU.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	115683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government has been clear that the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill ensures that, so far as possible, the same rules and laws will apply on the day after exit as on the day before. EC Regulation 812/2004 will be brought across through the Withdrawal Bill.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 04/12/2017 12:18:22 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

795276

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
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	Wild Boar
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 how many incidents of attacks by wild boar on humans have taken place in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	115697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>Defra does not hold information on the number of incidents of attacks by wild boar on humans.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 05/12/2017 11:35:17 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

795292

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
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	Wood-burning Stoves: Air 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, whether his Department has issued guidance on the use of wood-burning stoves and levels of pollution.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	115713
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>Defra recently provided all local councils with a guidance leaflet entitled ‘Open fires and wood burning stoves – A practical guide’ for distribution in their local areas. This provides simple steps that can be followed to reduce the levels of pollution from these sources.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 05/12/2017 11:35:13 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

795293

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
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	Bottles: 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 he has had discussions with companies producing the drinks Ribena and Lucozade to make their bottles recyclable.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	115714
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>I met representatives of the soft drinks industry on 24 October to discuss increasing recycling and reducing the littering of drinks containers. A representative of Lucozade Ribena Suntory was present at the meeting.</p><p> </p><p>The meeting was to inform our approach to plastic bottles and coffee cups and to support the Voluntary and Economic Incentives Working Group with their inquiry into increasing recycling and reducing littering of on-the-go drinks containers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 05/12/2017 11:39:26 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

795316

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
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	Members: Correspondence
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 he expects to reply to my letter of 3 August 2017, requesting a meeting following my earlier question to the Prime Minister on flooding.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	115737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>Your letter addressed to the Secretary of State has now been responded to.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 05/12/2017 17:46:50 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

795325

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
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
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 guidance his Department has issued to pest control departments of local authorities on infestations of non-protected bee species in (a) residential and (b) commercial properties.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	115746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>Defra has not provided specific advice to pest control departments of local authorities on infestations of non-protected species.</p><p> </p><p>UK Government advice on pest control is available on our website: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/pest-control-on-your-property" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/pest-control-on-your-property</a>. This provides links to more detailed guidance produced by the British Pest Control Association, which includes advice on controlling bees and other insects.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 05/12/2017 16:16:18 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

795335

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Telephone Services
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 16 November to Question 111476, on departmental telephone services, whether the same is the case for services provided by his Department's arms-length bodies.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	115756
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>Defra’s arm’s-length bodies do not promote any public telephone lines that are charged at higher rates. The Environment Agency has retained its 0845 number as a secondary number for the Floodline service to ensure continued access for customers still using the old number. The number is not advertised and callers to the 0845 number are advised of the alternative 03 prefixed number.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 05/12/2017 17:35:53 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

795372

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
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: North East
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 waste transfer sites with an environmental permit in the North East of England have been in breach of the requirements of their permit in the last five years and if he will publish the reasons for the breaches in those permits.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	115793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2017 answer text <p>The Environment Agency does not record permit breaches in a way which enables it to report on the total number of waste transfer stations which have been in breach of their permit requirements in the last five years.</p><p> </p><p>The table below provides a breakdown of the number of breaches of permits at waste transfer stations in the North East of England in the last five years and the reasons for the breaches to those permits. Poor performing sites may have multiple condition breaches recorded in one visit.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Description of condition breach</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>a1 Specified by permit</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>b1 Infrastructure-engineering for prevent. of emissions</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>b2 Infrastructure-closure and decommissioning</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>b3 Infrastructure-site drainage engineering</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>b4 Infrastructure-containment of stored materials</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>b5 Infrastructure-plant and equipment</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>c1 General Management-staff competency/training</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>c2 General Management-management systems</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>c3 General Management-materials acceptance</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>c4 General Management-storage, handling etc</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>d1 Incident Management-security</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>d2 Incident Management-accidents/emergency. planning</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>e1 Emissions-air</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>e2 Emissions-land and groundwater</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>e3 Emissions-surface water</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>e4 Emissions-sewer</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>e5 Emissions-waste</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>f1 Amenity-odour</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>f2 Amenity-noise</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>f3 Amenity-dust/fibres/litter etc</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>f4 Amenity-pests/birds/scavengers</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>f5 Amenity-deposits on road</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>g1 Mon &amp; Records-emissions and environment</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>g2 Mon &amp; Records-records of activity/site diary/etc</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>g3 Mon &amp; Records-maintenance records</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>g4 Mon &amp; Records-reporting and notification. to Agency</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>226</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>104</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>145</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>286</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>518</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>395</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>354</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 04/12/2017 18:09:06 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson