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101853

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2014
	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	Agriculture: Northern Ireland
	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 she next plans to meet farming organisations in Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	North Antrim
	tabling member printed	Ian Paisley
	uin	212547
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>We work closely with farming organisations across the UK and look forward to meeting representatives in due course.</p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 03/11/2014 17:20:53 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	4129 label Biography information for Ian Paisley

101385

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2014
	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	Japanese Knotweed
	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 her Department is taking to assess and mitigate the effect of Japanese knotweed.
	tabling member constituency	South Down
	tabling member printed	Ms Margaret Ritchie
	uin	212225
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>It is well known that Japanese knotweed can have ecological impacts related to the alteration of habitat structure and biological communities, and can also pose some structural, management and access concerns if left uncontrolled. The plant is listed on Schedule 9 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, which makes it an offence to allow the plant to escape or cause it to grow in the wild. When disposing of contaminated soil from development sites it is a legal requirement that the spoil must be disposed of as controlled waste.</p><p>Since 2011, Defra has provided grant aid to several local action groups throughout England to reduce or eradicate invasive non-native species, including Japanese knotweed in local areas.</p><p>Additionally, Defra has funded rigorous laboratory testing to identify a possible biocontrol agent to control the plant and has identified the psyllid, <em>Aphalara itadori.</em> A closely monitored licensed trial release programme has been undertaken since 2010 to assess the impact of this psyllid, although no significant and sustainable impacts have yet been seen because only small populations of the psyllid have survived. This year the project has conducted caged field trials releasing larger numbers to establish higher population densities and we are awaiting the results.</p><p>The recent provision of Community Protection Notices, provided for in the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, are now available for use by local authorities to control or prevent the growth of Japanese knotweed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 03/11/2014 16:30:01 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

101386

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2014
	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	Countryside
	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 have discussions with the National Gamekeepers Association, the Countryside Alliance and the Land Access and Recreation Association on the protection of moorland and peat bogs where fishing takes place.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	212273
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>We would be happy to consider holding such discussions upon receipt of further information from the Member for Strangford about these issues.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 03/11/2014 17:16:53 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

101549

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2014
	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	Solar Power: Agriculture
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department's press release of 19 October 2014 entitled Subsidies for solar farms to be cut to help safeguard farmland, whether her Department holds evidence that shows that solar farms compromise the success of the UK agriculture industry.
	tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
	tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
	uin	212382
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>Solar farms significantly compromise agricultural production on the land that they occupy because they deprive crops of light, make access for machinery difficult and make it harder to keep the land in a productive condition.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 03/11/2014 16:58:33 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott