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758680

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date	07/09/2017
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	Marine Conservation Zones
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 he is taking to ensure the completion of the coastal Blue Belt around the UK.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	9548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>We aim to consult on the third tranche of Marine Conservation Zones in English waters in the first half of 2018, with designations within 12 months of that date. The objective is to complete our contribution to the international ecologically-coherent network of Marine Protected Areas in the North East Atlantic by including a representative range of the species and habitats found in our seas.</p><p>Marine protected areas in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are a devolved matter.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 14/09/2017 16:31:25 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

758693

registered interest
date	07/09/2017
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	Environment Protection
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 adequacy of existing environmental legislation to maintain and restore the UK's natural heritage.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	9403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2017 answer text <p>Defra undertook a review of implementation of the EU Nature Directives, published in March 2012, which also fed into the Law Commission’s ongoing review of wildlife legislation at that time. The Law Commission published its recommendations on 10 November 2015, to which the Government responded on 22 November 2016.</p><p> </p><p>The Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 is currently subject to post-legislative scrutiny. Defra’s memorandum provides a preliminary assessment of the Act, which has been submitted to the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee. This is available at the link below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/natural-environment-and-rural-communities-act-2006-post-legislative-scrutiny" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/natural-environment-and-rural-communities-act-2006-post-legislative-scrutiny</a></p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 15/09/2017 13:39:33 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

758694

registered interest
date	07/09/2017
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	Environment Protection
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 plans his Department has to ensure that Government funding for the formed environment is invested to preserve the standard of water, soil and landscapes and to mitigate climate change.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	9404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2017 answer text <p>Agriculture and land management is key to the environment and the maintenance and improvement of our iconic landscapes. Our policy framework will respect the work of farmers and support environmental goods.</p><p> </p><p>Continued support is important, and so is reform. We need to take the opportunity that being outside the Common Agricultural Policy will give us to use public money to reward environmentally responsible land use.</p><p> </p><p>We have no intention of weakening our current environmental protections. We want to ensure that we are the first generation to leave the environment in a better state than we inherited it.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 15/09/2017 13:31:23 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

756050

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railway Stations: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will be launching a New Stations Fund 3.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	7109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The second round of New Stations funding was announced on 28 July and the five new stations are due to be delivered by March 2020 at the latest. The Department will seek further funding in due course for future years.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 11/09/2017 13:32:29 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

756051

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line: York Station
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding will be available to York Railway Station to handle HS2 services.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	7110
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>To the extent that works are required at York to accommodate the overall number of trains including HS2 in the 2030s, this will be taken into account as part of the normal railway industry planning processes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 12/09/2017 07:26:18 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

756052

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line: York Station
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of York Railway Station's capacity to handle HS2 services.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	7111
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>Train service assumptions for HS2 and other rail services at York have been published as part of the HS2 Phase 2 business case. Railway industry planning processes will further develop assessments of capacity and more detailed timetable plans in due course.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 12/09/2017 08:05:44 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

756053

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department will be launching a further Better Bus Area programme.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	7108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>We currently have no plans to launch a further round of the Better Bus Area programme.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/09/2017 12:39:00 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

756054

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he will announce successful applications to the Highways Maintenance Challenge Fund 2a.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	7107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Transport announced on 1<sup>st</sup> August 2017 those local highway authorities who were successful in being awarded funding through Tranche 2a of the local highways maintenance challenge fund.</p><p> </p><p>Further details of the announcement and the schemes receiving funding can be seen at the following weblink:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/councils-share-75-million-for-major-road-improvements" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/councils-share-75-million-for-major-road-improvements</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/09/2017 10:55:33 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

756166

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Groceries Code Adjudicator
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending the remit of the Groceries Code Adjudicator to cover support for small businesses and farmers that supply supermarkets.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	6863
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The Department is in the process of analysing the responses to the Call for Evidence to extend the Groceries Code Adjudicator remit. We will publish the outcome to the Call for Evidence, jointly with Defra, in the autumn.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 11/09/2017 13:25:08 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

756167

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Groceries Code Adjudicator
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when his Department plans to publish its response to its call for evidence on extending the remit of the Groceries Code Adjudicator.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	6864
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>We are planning to publish the Government response to the Call for Evidence on extending the Groceries Code Adjudicator’s remit in the autumn.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 11/09/2017 13:19:53 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy