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1000252

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2018
	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: Brazil
	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 effect of reported environmental policy plans of the President-Elect of Brazil on (a) the environment in that country and (b) global climate change targets.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
	uin	187332
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2018 answer text <p>The UK and Brazil have a close dialogue on issues of mutual interest and concern, both bilaterally and globally, including on climate and the environment. We are aware of a number of proposals reported during the recent election period. The new Brazilian President takes office on 1 January 2019. It is for the Government of the day to formulate its own policies and it would be inappropriate to speculate at this stage on the decisions that the new Government may make. Climate and environment issues form an important part of our work with Brazil and we look forward to continuing our dialogue on these.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 08/11/2018 16:30:00 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1000293

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2018
	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	Litter
	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 reduce littering in communities across the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	187351
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2018 answer text <p>We published the Litter Strategy for England in April 2017, setting out our aim to clean up the country and deliver a substantial reduction in litter and littering within a generation.</p><p>We have launched the Litter Innovation Fund to support councils and communities in the development and evaluation of innovative approaches to tackling litter. From April 2018, we have also increased the maximum fixed penalty for littering and given councils in England new powers to tackle littering from vehicles.</p><p>The first annual report on our progress delivering the actions set out in the Litter Strategy was published in July this year, and we will continue to report annually on our progress for the rest of this Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 08/11/2018 17:39:16 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

389293

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2015
	answering body	Leader of the House
	answering dept id	34
	answering dept short name	Leader of the House
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
	hansard heading	English Votes for English Laws
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Wales on English votes on English laws; and on what dates such discussions took place.
	tabling member constituency	Wrexham
	tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
	uin	6604
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2015 answer text <p>The Leader of the House of Commons met with the Secretary of State for Wales to discuss English votes for English laws in advance of publication of proposed changes to the Standing Orders.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 16/07/2015 15:07:23 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

389922

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2015
	answering body	Leader of the House
	answering dept id	34
	answering dept short name	Leader of the House
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
	hansard heading	Government Bills
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, how many and which Government bills introduced in the last Parliament affected predominantly (a) England and (b) England and Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Aldridge-Brownhills
	tabling member printed	Wendy Morton
	uin	7154
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2015 answer text <p>The following Government bills as introduced over the five years of the last Parliament affected predominantly England or England and Wales.</p><p>The proposals that were announced by my Right Honourable Friend, the Leader of the House of Commons, on 2 July on English votes for English laws provide for certification of bills and clauses or schedules by the Speaker of the House of Commons based on the devolution settlement.</p><p>This list is based on an assessment of the effects of provisions rather than the territorial extent of a bill, which concerns the legal jurisdiction to which the bill extends, which may be wider than application. For example, since England and Wales form a single legal jurisdiction a bill might extend to England and Wales but only affect England. The list does not consider whether the subject-matter of any individual clauses or schedules of a bill would be within the legislative competence of the Northern Ireland Assembly or Scotland Parliament or, if appropriate, the National Assembly for Wales. As such this list is not a guide to the likely certification of these bills had the proposed certification process applied to them.</p><p>Some of the bills listed contain provisions which extend and/or apply to Northern Ireland, Scotland or, as appropriate, Wales. Under the proposals announced on 2 July, bills, clauses and schedules within them would be certified, and so any provisions which apply to Scotland and/or Northern Ireland would not have been subject to the new process.</p><p>The list refers to bills at the time of introduction and does not take into account amendments made during their passage. If the territorial extent and/or application of a bill is to be amended in such a way that would affect devolved matters, the consent of the relevant devolved legislature(s) would be sought. This is in accordance with the convention that the UK Parliament will not normally legislate with regard to devolved matters except with the agreement of the devolved legislature.</p><p><br>a) On introduction, applied predominantly to England</p><p>Academies Bill (which became the Academies Act 2010)</p><p>Local Government Bill (which became the Local Government Act 2010)</p><p>b) On introduction, applied predominantly to England and Wales</p><p>Charities Bill (which became the Charities Act 2011)</p><p>Education Bill (which became the Education Act 2011)</p><p>Police (Detention and Bail) Bill (which became the Police (Detention and Bail) Act 2011)</p><p>Local Government Finance Bill (which became the Local Government Finance Act 2012)</p><p>Sunday Trading (London and Olympic Games and Paralympic Games) Bill (which became the Sunday Trading (London and Olympic Games and Paralympic Games) Act 2012)</p><p>Water Industry (Financial Assistance) Bill (which became the Water Industry (Financial Assistance) Act 2012)</p><p>Defamation Bill (which became the Defamation Act 2013)</p><p>Local Audit and Accountability Bill (which became the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014)</p><p>Offender Rehabilitation Bill (which became the Offender Rehabilitation Act 2014)</p><p>Modern Slavery Bill (which became the Modern Slavery Act 2015)</p><p>Social Action, Responsibility and Heroism Bill (which became the Social Action, Responsibility and Heroism Act 2015)</p><p> </p><p>The corrected totals in the Answer to Question 4228 are: a) two predominantly England-only bills; b) 11 predominantly England and Wales-only bills.</p><p>I would also like to correct my answer to the Hon Member for Arfon (Hywel Williams) of 2 July 2015, Official Report, col 1656. The number of bills in the previous Parliament that are considered to have been predominantly England-only upon introduction is two.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 16/07/2015 06:17:25 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton

390436

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2015
	answering body	Leader of the House
	answering dept id	34
	answering dept short name	Leader of the House
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
	hansard heading	English Votes for English Laws
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, what assessment he has made of the comparability of the method of selection of members to the legislative Grand Committee as set out in the proposed Standing Orders on English votes on English laws with selection processes for bodies performing the same functions in the devolved administrations.
	tabling member constituency	Wrexham
	tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
	uin	7232
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government's proposals relate to the procedures of the House of Commons and are designed to be compatible with these. There is no selection process required for Legislative Grand Committees. All Members who represent constituencies in the relevant nations would be able to serve on the Legislative Grand Committees, whose role it would be to give consent to certified bills or provisions after Report Stage.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 20/07/2015 15:18:25 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

390437

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2015
	answering body	Leader of the House
	answering dept id	34
	answering dept short name	Leader of the House
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
	hansard heading	English Votes for English Laws: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, whether he plans to consult the public in Wales on his proposals for English votes on English laws.
	tabling member constituency	Wrexham
	tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
	uin	7184
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>The proposals have been published and it is open to all with an interest to consider the proposals and express views on them before they are put to the House of Commons for a decision. I have met colleagues who represent constituencies in Wales and I am happy to have further such conversations.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 20/07/2015 15:15:05 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

535521

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2016
	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	Lake Windermere: Speed Limits
	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 her Department has to review the speed limit on Lake Windermere.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	42480
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2016 answer text <p>The speed limit on Lake Windermere is governed by local byelaws. It is for the relevant authority, in this case, the Lake District National Park Authority, to make any changes to the current speed limit, if they consider it necessary. The Secretary of State has no powers in this matter unless the authority makes changes to the current byelaws and submits them for confirmation.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 18/07/2016 10:55:49 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

536139

	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	Water Poverty
	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 support households which are in water poverty.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	42633
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2016 answer text <p>Water companies already offer a wide range of support to around 760,000 customers that struggle to pay their water bills. By 2020, they have committed to help an additional one million customers. The support they offer includes the nationally mandated WaterSure Scheme, voluntary social tariffs, charitable trusts, debt advice, payment plans and water efficiency advice.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to supporting a water industry built around transparency, resilience and affordability. We will continue to work with the Consumer Council for Water, Ofwat and the industry to ensure they continue to provide a fair deal for all customers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 18/07/2016 10:57:42 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

536268

	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	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

536426

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2016
	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	Alternative Fuels: Excise Duties
	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 assessment her Department has made of the effect of the Alternative Fuels Framework on implementation of the Government's Clean Air Zone initiative.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
	tabling member printed	Royston Smith
	uin	42861
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2016 answer text <p>Clean Air Zones are part of a range of measures to improve air quality as set out in the revised national air quality plan for nitrogen dioxide, published in December 2015.</p><p> </p><p>The national air quality plan for nitrogen dioxide sets out a comprehensive approach to improving air quality and reducing impacts on health. It recognises the use of alternative fuels such as liquefied petroleum gas and liquefied and compressed natural gas and where appropriate it presents opportunities to improve emissions from vehicles. The plan sets out some of the measures we are taking to support innovation in this area.</p><p> </p><p>The Government continues to review evidence concerning the environmental impact of alternative fuels, with any changes to the tax treatment of alternative fuels announced at fiscal events.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 21/07/2016 16:58:37 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith