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536268

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	date	13/07/2016
	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	Ash Dieback Disease
	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 13 July 2016 to Question 42035, how many projects her Department jointly funded to look into the ecological value of ash dieback; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	42704
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2016 answer text <p>Defra funded a number of research projects in response to ash dieback, including two research projects to assess the ecological impacts of the disease on woodlands and other species. These have now been published and are available on the Defra science website:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://randd.defra.gov.uk/Default.aspx?Menu=Menu&amp;Module=More&amp;Location=None&amp;ProjectID=18994&amp;FromSearch=Y&amp;Publisher=1&amp;SearchText=ash%20dieback&amp;SortString=ProjectCode&amp;SortOrder=Asc&amp;Paging=10%23Description%20" target="_blank">http://randd.defra.gov.uk/Default.aspx?Menu=Menu&amp;Module=More&amp;Location=None&amp;ProjectID=18994&amp;FromSearch=Y&amp;Publisher=1&amp;SearchText=ash%20dieback&amp;SortString=ProjectCode&amp;SortOrder=Asc&amp;Paging=10#Description</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://randd.defra.gov.uk/Default.aspx?Menu=Menu&amp;Module=More&amp;Location=None&amp;Completed=0&amp;ProjectID=19187" target="_blank">http://randd.defra.gov.uk/Default.aspx?Menu=Menu&amp;Module=More&amp;Location=None&amp;Completed=0&amp;ProjectID=19187</a></p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 20/07/2016 14:34:50 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

536141

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2016
	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	Shellfish
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of a programme to introduce more oysters in the waters around the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	42602
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2016 answer text <p>Fisheries management is a devolved issue in the UK. The Government currently has no plans to make an assessment of the potential merits of a programme to introduce more oysters to the waters around England.</p><p> </p><p>Oyster restoration schemes currently underway in the UK include the Chichester Harbour Oyster Partnership Initiative, the Essex Native Oyster Regeneration Initiative, and an initiative in the Solent led by the Blue Marine Foundation.</p><p> </p><p>In 2005, Defra and Seafish commissioned Cefas to produce a feasibility study of native oyster (<em>Ostrea edulis</em>) stock regeneration in the UK. The full report is available on the Seafish website.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 20/07/2016 13:49:45 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

536675

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2016
	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
	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 protect (a) bees, (b) moths and (c) other animals from (i) habitat loss and (ii) toxic neonicotinoid pesticides.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
	uin	42929
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2016 answer text <p>Our National Pollinator Strategy highlights the vital contribution we can all make to support pollinators by ensuring they have suitable food and habitats.</p><p> </p><p>The Strategy includes actions to improve the status of our insect pollinators, of which there are 1500 species in the UK. Many of the actions aim to reverse the loss of flower-rich habitat, one of the biggest sources of pollinator decline in England. Habitat creation actions in the Strategy also benefit other animals, including birds and bats.</p><p> </p><p>All pesticides, including neonicotinoids, are strictly regulated and are only authorised if scientific assessment finds that their use is not expected to have harmful effects on human health or to have unacceptable effects on the environment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 20/07/2016 11:42:35 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

536679

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2016
	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 Agency: Pay
	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 Chief Executive of the Environment Agency received a bonus payment in 2015-16.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	42904
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2016 answer text <p>The Chief Executive of the Environment Agency did not receive a bonus payment for the 2015/16 performance year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 20/07/2016 10:50:45 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron