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1716014

registered interest
date	07/05/2024
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	Flowers: Imports
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 was the total number of cut flower imports between 2010 and 2020.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Sir Chris Bryant
uin	24866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2024 answer text <p>During 2010 – 2020 there were 177,113 imports of cut flowers.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Sir Mark Spencer question first answered 14/05/2024 15:11:53 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

1716015

registered interest
date	07/05/2024
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	Flowers: 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, how many (a) gypsophila, (b) solidago, (c) orchids, (d) dianthus and (e) chrysanthemum consignments were imported from the EU between 2020 and 2023.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Sir Chris Bryant
uin	24867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2024 answer text <p>During 2020 – 2023 there were 54,432 imports of cut flowers of the stated genera from the EU.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Sir Mark Spencer question first answered 14/05/2024 15:17:17 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

1716016

registered interest
date	07/05/2024
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	Flowers: Diseases
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 recorded incidents of disease were connected to imports from the EU of (a) gypsophila, (b) solidago, (c) orchids, (d) dianthus and (e) chrysanthemum between 2020 and 2023.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Sir Chris Bryant
uin	24868
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2024 answer text <p>During 2020 – 2023 there were no findings of disease on cut flowers of the stated genera from the EU. Please note that import physical checks on cut flowers from the EU were not required during this time.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Sir Mark Spencer question first answered 14/05/2024 15:21:34 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

1712831

registered interest
date	22/04/2024
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	Flowers: Imports
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 (a) gypsophila, (b) solidago, (c) orchids, (d) dianthus and (e) chrysanthemum consignments were imported from the EU between 2010 and 2020.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Sir Chris Bryant
uin	22911
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2024 answer text <p>During the period described this data was not collected as the goods detailed were not under restriction from the EU.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Sir Mark Spencer question first answered 25/04/2024 12:35:21 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

1700821

registered interest
date	15/04/2024
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	Flowers: Diseases
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 recorded incidents of disease were connected to imports from the EU of (a) gypsophila, (b) solidago, (c) orchids, (d) dianthus and (e) chrysanthemum between 2010 and 2020.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Sir Chris Bryant
uin	21583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>Between 2010 and 2020 fifty-two (52) consignments from the EU were diagnosed with pests, or disease as part of general quarantine inspections. Findings were as follows:</p><p>(a) Gypsophila (1), (b) Solidago (1) (c) Orchids including Phalaenopsis, Cymbidium, Dendrobium &amp; Vanda, (13), (d) Dianthus (5) and (e) Chrysanthemum (32)</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Sir Mark Spencer question first answered 22/04/2024 13:32:43 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

1700823

registered interest
date	15/04/2024
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	Flowers: Diseases
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 he has made of the potential impact of declaring (a) Orchidaceae, (b) Dendranthema, (c) Dianthus, (d) Gypsophila and (e) Solidago from the EU as medium risk on the floristry industry.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Sir Chris Bryant
uin	21584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The new import health control regime aims to achieve the lowest regulatory obligation for businesses, consistent with the need to protect biosecurity and public health and to safeguard the UK’s reputation for high regulatory standards.</p><p> </p><p>We will work closely with trade partners to ensure that the process and rationale for categorisation of commodities is understood and seen to be robust and fair. However, it should be noted that categorisation is based on the UK’s risk assessment, not stakeholder feedback.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Sir Mark Spencer question first answered 22/04/2024 13:28:03 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

1700824

registered interest
date	15/04/2024
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	Flowers: Diseases
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 was the process for declaring imports of (a) Orchidaceae, (b) Dendranthema, (c) Dianthus, (d) Gypsophila and (e) Solidago from the EU as medium risk.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Sir Chris Bryant
uin	21585
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>Defra have undertaken the risk modelling necessary to categorise commodities, advised by an expert panel comprised of risk analysts, risk managers and policy representatives from the Animal and Plant Health Agency, the Food Standards Agency (which advises the UK and Welsh Governments), and Food Standards Scotland, alongside public health and disease control policy experts from the UK Health Security Agency and from the UK, Welsh and Scottish Governments.</p><p> </p><p>The categorisation is based on the inherent risk (high, medium or low) that the commodity poses to animal and plant health, food safety, alongside any specific risk from the country/region of origin. The categorisation approach draws on a range of data including disease outbreak data, known public health risks, transmission data, trade restrictions, non-compliance data and our confidence in the exporting country’s production standards and health controls, among other sources.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Sir Mark Spencer question first answered 23/04/2024 14:53:08 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

1433772

registered interest
date	21/02/2022
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	Propiconazole
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 estimate he has made of the number and proportion of products in UK supermarkets that contain any amount of propiconazole.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	126559
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2022 answer text <p>Our pesticides regulations set strict controls on the amounts of pesticide residues that are permitted in food. We have an ongoing monitoring programme to provide assurance that food – including food imported from overseas – complies with the statutory maximum residue levels (MRLs) allowed. The results of this monitoring are published on the GOV.uk website.</p><p> </p><p>In the most recent data (2020 and the first half of 2021), a total of 2,747 samples of food were collected and analysed for the presence of propiconazole. Of these, 38 samples were found to contain residues of this chemical, none of which were above the permitted MRLs set by law. These results indicate that propiconazole is not widely detected in food available to UK shoppers, and when it is detected, has been within the permitted limits.</p><p> </p><p>HSE have proposed to lower the MRL for propiconazole to the default minimum level and details are expected to be announced shortly. This would mean food containing residues of this pesticide would no longer be able to be placed on the market in Great Britain.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 24/02/2022 17:11:27 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

1356072

registered interest
date	15/09/2021
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	Fruit and Vegetables: Supermarkets
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 representatives of supermarket chains on factors affecting the supply of fresh fruit and vegetables.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	903536
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2021 answer text <p>The UK has a highly resilient food supply chain, as demonstrated throughout the Covid-19 response. It is well equipped to deal with situations with the potential to cause disruption. Our high degree of food security is built on access to a range of sources, including robust supply chains domestically, and from other countries, including supplementing our excellent domestic production of fresh vegetables and fruit with imports of produce that cannot be grown here for all or part of the year. In the latest statistical release of Agriculture in the UK (July 2021), vegetables and fruit were the largest value imported commodity group in 2020.</p><p>Defra has well established ways of working with the industry and across Government to monitor risks that may arise. This includes extensive, regular and ongoing engagement with food retailers in preparedness for, and response to, issues with the potential to cause disruption to food supply chains, including those for fresh produce.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 21/09/2021 16:19:49 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

1230338

registered interest
date	01/09/2020
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 Meat: Wales
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 he has made of the potential effect on the Welsh lamb industry in the event of a deal on the future relationship with the EU not being agreed by the end of the transition period.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	83676
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2020 answer text <p>The Government is fully committed to agreeing a trade deal with the EU from 1 January 2021. As any responsible government would, we are also preparing for the possibility of ‘no deal’, which is why we have contingency plans in place to minimise disruption for the food and farming sectors as much as possible.</p><p> </p><p>Through the UK Agriculture Market Monitoring Group, Defra and the Devolved Administrations continue to monitor the market situation across various agricultural commodities. Officials have also been reviewing and updating the analysis we undertook as part of our no deal preparations in 2019. No decisions have been taken on any sector specific interventions, including lamb, after the end of the Transition Period.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 09/09/2020 13:20:44 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant