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48811

	registered interest
	date	28/04/2014
	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
	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 progress has been made on the Lower Thames Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	196841
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Further to my answer to the hon. Member for Windsor on Monday, 24 February 2014, Official Report column 83W, the Environment Agency is continuing to work with partners to develop the River Thames Scheme (Datchet to Teddington). This includes flood channel capacity improvements, property level protection measures and the construction of three new channels.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Preparatory work, which is under way, includes establishing appropriate consents and approval needed with planning authorities, undertaking surveys needed to gain consents, and the development of a funding package with other risk management authorities. The Environment Agency is planning to submit its Strategic Outline Case for this project to Defra as part of the HM Treasury and the Cabinet Office's Major Projects Authority approvals process.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency aims to start the work on improving weir capacity in 2016.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Full appraisal and outline design of the flood channel and capacity improvements will commence this summer. It is expected that this will take three to four years to enable the proposal for the new flood channels to be submitted for planning consents and authorisations. It is estimated that the construction of the flood channel will commence in 2020 and will take five to six years to complete.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

48209

	registered interest
	date	10/04/2014
	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
	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 prong collars on the welfare of dogs.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	196297
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Government has made no specific assessment on the use of prong collars on dogs. However, it would be an offence under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 to cause any unnecessary suffering to a dog by using a prong collar. Such an offence would be punishable by a fine of up to £20,000 and/or 6 months imprisonment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

46686

	registered interest
	date	02/04/2014
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the three crop rule included in the new Common Agricultural Policy relates to single parcels of land owned or rented by one person or company, or whether the entire holding can be treated as one parcel of land.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Byford
	uin	HL6564
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The requirements of the crop diversification measure of greening, also known as the “three crop rule”, apply to the total arable area of a holding.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Farmers with between 10ha and 30ha of eligible arable land will usually need to grow at least two crops. Farmers with over 30ha of eligible arable land will usually need to grow at least three crops. Compliance with the measure will be assessed at the holding level, not the parcel level.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord De Mauley question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 2202 label Biography information for Lord De Mauley
	tabling member	3343 label Biography information for Baroness Byford

47006

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2014
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many of the 67 successful prosecutions brought by the Gangmasters Licensing Authority since the Gangmasters (Licensing) Act 2004 are related to "on-farm" activities; and how many were brought against the food supply industry.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Byford
	uin	HL6614
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>As at 8 April 2014, 69 prosecutions have been undertaken against 44 individuals</p><p> </p><p>and companies that operated without a licence, one company that obstructed the</p><p> </p><p>Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA) officers, and 24 individuals and</p><p> </p><p>companies that used the services of unlicensed gangmasters.</p><p> </p><p>A standard GLA licence allows a gangmaster to undertake activity in both</p><p> </p><p>agriculture and food supply. As a result, the GLA do not retain data on</p><p>whether individual prosecutions related to agriculture or food supply.</p> answering member printed Lord Taylor of Holbeach question first answered 29/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3787 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Holbeach
	tabling member	3343 label Biography information for Baroness Byford

47004

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2014
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what area was set aside for the growth of beet for biogas production in the United Kingdom, in each of the last three years.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Byford
	uin	HL6612
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Official statistics on the area of sugar beet used to produce biogas, or energy produced from UK sugar beet are not currently available. The data below shows the production of bioethanol from sugar beet and the land used.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Bioethanol (million litres)</strong>1</p></td><td><p><strong>Land used (thousand hectares)</strong>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>15 April 2010 – 14 April 2011</strong></p></td><td><p>68.5</p></td><td><p>13.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>15 April 2011 – 14 April 2012</strong></p></td><td><p>21.8</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>15 April 2012 -14 April 2013</strong></p><p>(provisional) 3</p><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>59.9</p></td><td><p>10.4</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>1 All sugar beet volumes above were grown on previously cropped land</p><p>2 Source: Defra June Survey of Agriculture. UK area at year n-1.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/structure-of-the-agricultural-industry" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/structure-of-the-agricultural-industry</a></p><p>3 (e) Figures for 2012-13 (Year 5) are as of 15 September 2013 and are not final.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (OfGEM) records have identified two operational anaerobic digestion plants which only use sugar beet to produce biogas for electricity generation.</p><p>Defra published an experimental statistics release on the use of crops for bioenergy in December 2013.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/289168/nonfood-statsnotice2012-12mar14.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/289168/nonfood-statsnotice2012-12mar14.pdf</a></p> answering member printed Lord De Mauley grouped question UIN HL6613 question first answered 16/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 2202 label Biography information for Lord De Mauley
	tabling member	3343 label Biography information for Baroness Byford

47005

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2014
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much energy was produced from beet grown in each of the last three years in the United Kingdom.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Byford
	uin	HL6613
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Official statistics on the area of sugar beet used to produce biogas, or energy produced from UK sugar beet are not currently available. The data below shows the production of bioethanol from sugar beet and the land used.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Bioethanol (million litres)</strong>1</p></td><td><p><strong>Land used (thousand hectares)</strong>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>15 April 2010 – 14 April 2011</strong></p></td><td><p>68.5</p></td><td><p>13.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>15 April 2011 – 14 April 2012</strong></p></td><td><p>21.8</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>15 April 2012 -14 April 2013</strong></p><p>(provisional) 3</p><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>59.9</p></td><td><p>10.4</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>1 All sugar beet volumes above were grown on previously cropped land</p><p>2 Source: Defra June Survey of Agriculture. UK area at year n-1.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/structure-of-the-agricultural-industry" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/structure-of-the-agricultural-industry</a></p><p>3 (e) Figures for 2012-13 (Year 5) are as of 15 September 2013 and are not final.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (OfGEM) records have identified two operational anaerobic digestion plants which only use sugar beet to produce biogas for electricity generation.</p><p>Defra published an experimental statistics release on the use of crops for bioenergy in December 2013.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/289168/nonfood-statsnotice2012-12mar14.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/289168/nonfood-statsnotice2012-12mar14.pdf</a></p> answering member printed Lord De Mauley grouped question UIN HL6612 question first answered 16/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 2202 label Biography information for Lord De Mauley
	tabling member	3343 label Biography information for Baroness Byford

47743

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2014
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what regulations apply to smallholders with flocks of less than 50 laying hens if they (1) want to sell their eggs to the public, (2) want to sell products to the public such as cakes made from the eggs laid by their hens, and (3) want to sell their eggs to third parties who wish to make cakes from them for resale at venues such as country markets and farmers' markets; whether the regulations covering the third category are national regulations, and if so, which regulations; and whether those regulations are liable to local authority interpretation.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer
	uin	HL6691
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The sale of eggs in England (equivalent regulations in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland) is regulated by the Eggs and Chicks (England) Regulations 2009, the Control of Salmonella in Poultry Order 2007 and European Union food hygiene and food safety regulations. Any exemption from the legislation is subject to Article 14 of Regulation (EC) 178/2002.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>1) Exemption from rules on quality and grading is available to smallholders with fewer than 50 laying hens providing their eggs are sold at the production site, door-to-door or directly in local markets without any marketing indication (e.g. grading) directly to the final consumer. Producers supplying fewer than 360 eggs per week (Food Standards Agency (FSA) guidance) directly to consumers or to local retailers and caterers are exempt from the requirements of Regulation (EC) 852/2004, which establishes basic food hygiene requirements for registered food businesses.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2) Smallholders with fewer than 50 laying hens who use their own eggs for cakes and other food products sold to the public as part of a regular and organised operation are required to register as a Food Business Operator with the local authority and comply with the food hygiene regulations. The FSA has issued advice for local authorities as to which operations require registration to ensure that charity and community food operations are not disproportionately burdened.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>3) There is no obligation on smallholders with fewer than 50 laying hens to ascertain what use customers will make of their eggs.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord De Mauley question first answered 25/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 2202 label Biography information for Lord De Mauley
	tabling member	1934 label Biography information for Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer

46899

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2014
	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
	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 the reason is for the time his Department has taken to revise and publish environmental guidance on gov.uk.
	tabling member constituency	Brent North
	tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
	uin	195191
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>A target has been set to simplify all of Defra and its agencies' guidance, including general reader and specialist guidance, by March 2015 with an expected reduction in volume of over 80%.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Guidance reform plans have now been prepared for all environmental topics and the Environment Agency started to put revised guidance on GOV.UK on 31 March. Seventy per cent of simplified content for the general reader will be on GOV.UK during April and the rest by June.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Defra and the Government Digital Service (GDS) are working closely together to make the most effective use of resources as GDS migrates Defra's arm's length bodies' web content to GOV.UK. The original target date for completing this migration process was March this year. This timing has been revised to July.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

47589

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2014
	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
	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 his Department's biodiversity offsetting schemes, what spatial constraints will be placed on the location of such schemes.
	tabling member constituency	Brent North
	tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
	uin	195680
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Defra is currently considering its policy options on offsetting which include what spatial constraints there might be on the location of offsets.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These considerations are being made in light of feedback and evidence from several sources. These include our public consultation on biodiversity offsetting in England, the Environmental Audit Committee's report and evidence from the six offsetting pilots.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 24/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

47575

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which key delivery partners his Department has met to inform a second consultation on local air quality management as mentioned in the Local Air Quality Management in England: Review-Summary of Responses and Government Reply.
	tabling member constituency	Brent North
	tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
	uin	195709
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Defra officials have met with lead officials at the Department for Transport and Greater London Authority, and, through the Regional Coordinators Group, local air quality practitioners and environmental health officers from across England. This Group, which meets at least twice a year, includes representatives from other Government Departments and key stakeholders. We will continue to engage fully with these and other delivery partners to help inform our second consultation on revised regulations and guidance for local authorities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 24/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner