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	date	06/11/2017
	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	Playgrounds: Air Pollution
	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 information his Department holds on the number of playgrounds which are within 150 metres of roads with above legal levels of air pollution.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	111517
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this information.</p><p> </p><p>Data from monitoring sites is available on <a href="https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk</a></p><p> </p><p>Local authorities can choose where to monitor air quality.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 14/11/2017 17:19:28 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

782737

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2017
	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	Game: Animal Breeding
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many visits to English and Welsh pheasant and partridge game farms the Animal and Plant Health Agency made in each of the last five years for which figures are available; how many breaches of the Animal Welfare Act 2006 and its Code of Practice for Gamebirds Reared for Sporting Purposes were discovered during those visits; what those breaches were; and what action was taken to address each such breach.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
	tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
	uin	111250
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2017 answer text <p>The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) is only able to provide information relating to ‘Game Birds’ from June 2014. However, this data does not make any distinction between pheasant or partridge farms.</p><p> </p><p>No comparable figures are available prior to 2014.</p><p> </p><p>The attached table provides the statistics covering the number of visits, number of breaches, type of breach and action taken.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 14/11/2017 15:06:41 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey attachment 1 file name Welfare Inspections - 'Game Birds' and 'other'.pdf title Welfare Inspections
	tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

783200

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2017
	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	Trees: Imports
	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 24 October 2017 to Question 108716, on trees: imports, what powers the UK Plant Health Authority has to ban imports of trees carrying harmful organisms.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	111334
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2017 answer text <p>The Plant Health (England) Order 2015 and the Plant Health (Forestry) Order 2005 provide the statutory framework for preventing the introduction of pests and control action in the event of outbreaks and cover many harmful organisms affecting tree health. Similar legislation is in place in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Under the Orders the import of harmful organisms, plants and plant products that pose a serious plant health risk is prohibited. They also provide for additional measures to be introduced, including a ban on import, where new specific threats are identified or where existing measures have proved deficient.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 14/11/2017 15:44:53 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts