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1551261

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2022
	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	Air Pollution: Pollution Control
	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 she has made of the adequacy of government spending on supporting local authorities in improving air quality.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	109801
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2023 answer text <p>Defra provides a large amount of funding to Local Authorities. Under the Local Air Quality Management Framework, we have recently updated our statutory guidance for local authorities to support them to tackle air pollution.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 26/01/2023 12:05:12 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1551262

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2022
	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	Air Pollution: Standards
	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 (a) support and (b) encourage local authorities in meeting WHO guidelines on air quality..
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	109802
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2023 answer text <p>Defra provides a large amount of funding to Local Authorities. Under the Local Air Quality Management Framework, we have recently updated our statutory guidance for local authorities to support them to tackle air pollution.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 26/01/2023 12:01:27 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1139779

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2019
	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	Eutrophication
	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 help local authorities tackle eutrophication.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	278586
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>Local planning authorities are supported by the responses of regulators the Environment Agency (EA) and Natural England as statutory consultees in the planning process. <br> <br> The EA undertakes further duties as a regulator by controlling the quantity of nutrients from Sewage Treatment Works to water bodies through the Environmental Permitting Regulations.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 22/07/2019 16:47:54 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1139780

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2019
	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	Eutrophication
	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 nationwide strategy is in place to tackle the effects of eutrophication.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	278587
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2019 answer text <p>The River Basin Management Plans developed by the Environment Agency (EA) provide the means for tackling eutrophication as necessary across England.</p><p> </p><p>Risk-based monitoring is undertaken to identify waters affected by or at risk from eutrophication. Measures to control and diffuse sources of nutrients are then targeted within the catchments of affected water bodies. Some of these measures involve formal designations under regulations for the Urban Waste Water Treatment and Nitrates Directives regulations. Other measures are for improvements or to prevent deterioration against standards and targets for nutrients that are designed to address eutrophication impacts. In addition, some nationwide measures, such a restriction of phosphorus in detergents, and Farming Rules for Water, have been introduced to bear down on nutrient pressures.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 29/07/2019 16:23:03 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1127561

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2019
	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	Peat
	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 he has made of the effect of continued use of peat from UK peat bogs on environmental degradation.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	256355
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>This is a devolved matter and the information provided therefore relates to England only, unless otherwise stated.</p><p> </p><p>Emissions of greenhouse gases from peat extraction in the UK in 2017, were an estimated 337,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalents. Commercial extraction in England is licenced on approximately 664 hectares of peatland, across 29 sites.</p><p> </p><p>The National Planning Policy Framework, first published in 2012, ends the granting of new licences for peat extraction. Therefore, peat extraction in England will end when the remaining licences come to an end. We are also continuing to focus on reducing demand for peat in horticulture in England. This not only protects UK peat bogs, but recognises that two thirds of the peat sold in the UK is imported from the rest of Europe. In the 25 Year Plan for the Environment we signalled to the industry that if we have not seen sufficient movement to peat alternatives by 2020, then we would take further measures. We are discussing what these potential further measures could look like.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also working with the industry to make the transition to peat alternatives, and to overcome the barriers to their use. For example, we are jointly funding research with the industry to overcome barriers to peat replacement in professional horticulture. We have also worked with the industry to develop a Responsible Sourcing Scheme for Growing Media, which allows manufacturers and retailers to make informed choices of growing media inputs to amateur/retail products, based on environmental and social impacts.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 256356 256363 question first answered 23/05/2019 10:44:17 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1127565

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2019
	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	Peat
	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 Government has plans to reduce the volume of peat used from UK peat bogs.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	256356
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>This is a devolved matter and the information provided therefore relates to England only, unless otherwise stated.</p><p> </p><p>Emissions of greenhouse gases from peat extraction in the UK in 2017, were an estimated 337,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalents. Commercial extraction in England is licenced on approximately 664 hectares of peatland, across 29 sites.</p><p> </p><p>The National Planning Policy Framework, first published in 2012, ends the granting of new licences for peat extraction. Therefore, peat extraction in England will end when the remaining licences come to an end. We are also continuing to focus on reducing demand for peat in horticulture in England. This not only protects UK peat bogs, but recognises that two thirds of the peat sold in the UK is imported from the rest of Europe. In the 25 Year Plan for the Environment we signalled to the industry that if we have not seen sufficient movement to peat alternatives by 2020, then we would take further measures. We are discussing what these potential further measures could look like.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also working with the industry to make the transition to peat alternatives, and to overcome the barriers to their use. For example, we are jointly funding research with the industry to overcome barriers to peat replacement in professional horticulture. We have also worked with the industry to develop a Responsible Sourcing Scheme for Growing Media, which allows manufacturers and retailers to make informed choices of growing media inputs to amateur/retail products, based on environmental and social impacts.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 256355 256363 question first answered 23/05/2019 10:44:17 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1127566

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2019
	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	Peat
	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 estimate he has made of the amount of CO2 produced by processing and removing peat produce from UK peat bogs in 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	256357
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>The last assessment of CO2 emissions from peat extraction in the UK is for 2017. An estimated 337,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalents were emitted from peat extraction. This is made up of on-site emissions from the decomposition of drained peat in situ, and off-site emissions from the decomposition of the removed peat. The emissions from the use of energy for the processing and removal of peat is not available.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 23/05/2019 10:51:36 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1127572

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2019
	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	Peat
	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 his Department has taken to promote the use of green alternatives to peat.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	256363
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>This is a devolved matter and the information provided therefore relates to England only, unless otherwise stated.</p><p> </p><p>Emissions of greenhouse gases from peat extraction in the UK in 2017, were an estimated 337,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalents. Commercial extraction in England is licenced on approximately 664 hectares of peatland, across 29 sites.</p><p> </p><p>The National Planning Policy Framework, first published in 2012, ends the granting of new licences for peat extraction. Therefore, peat extraction in England will end when the remaining licences come to an end. We are also continuing to focus on reducing demand for peat in horticulture in England. This not only protects UK peat bogs, but recognises that two thirds of the peat sold in the UK is imported from the rest of Europe. In the 25 Year Plan for the Environment we signalled to the industry that if we have not seen sufficient movement to peat alternatives by 2020, then we would take further measures. We are discussing what these potential further measures could look like.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also working with the industry to make the transition to peat alternatives, and to overcome the barriers to their use. For example, we are jointly funding research with the industry to overcome barriers to peat replacement in professional horticulture. We have also worked with the industry to develop a Responsible Sourcing Scheme for Growing Media, which allows manufacturers and retailers to make informed choices of growing media inputs to amateur/retail products, based on environmental and social impacts.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 256355 256356 question first answered 23/05/2019 10:44:17 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1121799

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2019
	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	Fisheries: Safety
	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 his Department is taking to reduce harmful fishing practices including the release of off-cuts of rope from nets into the ocean.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	245954
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to reducing plastic litter in the marine environment from all sources, including fishing, and this is being achieved through a variety of voluntary schemes and legislation. The Fisheries Bill and the 25 Year Environment Plan set out our clear commitment to sustainable fishing practices and protection of the marine environment.</p><p> </p><p>More specifically, under the MARPOL convention the discharge of garbage into the sea is forbidden. This includes cut-offs of rope and other plastic waste. Additionally, Council Regulation (EC) No. 1224/2009 requires masters of a fishing vessel to attempt to retrieve any gear that is lost as soon as possible. If they are unable to retrieve their lost gear they must notify the UK fisheries authorities. The legislation also helps with the tracing of lost fishing gear by placing a requirement on masters of a fishing vessel using passive gear or beam trawls to mark their fishing gear with the port letter and number of their vessel.</p><p> </p><p>The Resources and Waste Strategy for England will require producers to take responsibility for gear at the end of life stage, and schemes will be in place across Europe.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 29/04/2019 13:08:41 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1122168

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2019
	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	Climate Change
	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 his Department is taking to keep the global temperature at less than 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	245961
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy is the lead Government department for policy on climate change mitigation. Defra is responsible for efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the natural resources sectors, including agriculture, land use, forestry, waste management, and fluorinated gases. We have halved our emissions from these sectors since 1990 and they now account for 15% of total UK emissions. We recognise the need to go further and are taking forward a number of commitments set out in the 25 Year Environment Plan to reduce emissions further.</p><p>These include: establishing a Lowland Agricultural Peat Taskforce to protect our peat carbon stores and prevent further emissions; making progress towards our target to plant 11 million new trees in this Parliament; implementing our new Resources and Waste Strategy; and continuing to phase down fluorinated gases. The UK is ahead of our international obligations under the Montreal Protocol, having already started to cut hydrofluorocarbons, most recently cutting their usage by 37% since 2018. In the 2018 Autumn Budget, the Chancellor announced £50 million in financing to plant new woodlands to tackle climate change through the Woodland Carbon Guarantee.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 29/04/2019 13:19:55 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan