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426206

	registered interest
	date	04/11/2015
	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	White Fish: Irish Sea
	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 discussions she has had with the fisheries Minister in the Northern Ireland Executive on the level of cod stocks in the Irish Sea.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	14753
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2015 answer text <br /><p>Defra holds regular discussions on a wide range of fisheries issues, including cod stocks, with counterparts in the Northern Ireland Executive. We are currently working together to prepare for the annual European fisheries negotiations that will take place in Brussels on 14-15 December 2015.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 10/11/2015 15:11:38 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

424146

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2015
	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: Subsidies
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the European Union policy of requiring farmers to erect notices advertising the European Union if they receive grants; whether such notices require planning consent; and whether they will require that all such advertising notices should also indicate information about the ratio of United Kingdom contributions to the European Union budget and the sums returned by way of grants to farmers and others.
	tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
	uin	HL3057
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <br /><p>EU regulations require any business who receives over €500,000 for capital items to display a billboard setting out:</p><ul><li>The name of the project</li><li>A description of the activity supported by the project</li><li>The name of the funding stream: ‘European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development: Europe investing in rural areas’</li><li>The full relevant EU logo</li></ul><br /><p>We expect less than 1% of all agreements will be large enough to meet this requirement.</p><p>However, the Minister of State for farming, food and marine environment will be considering how this requirement might be removed in future CAP regulations.</p><br /> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 09/11/2015 11:52:57 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

424030

	registered interest
	date	26/10/2015
	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	Slaughterhouses: CCTV
	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 the Government is taking to increase the use of CCTV in slaughterhouses; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	13486
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2015 answer text <br /><p>I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the Rt. Hon. Member for Knowsley, George Howarth on 24 June 2015, PQs UIN 2944 and 2945.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 13316 question first answered 02/11/2015 14:24:19 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

424032

	registered interest
	date	26/10/2015
	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	Slaughterhouses: CCTV
	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 she has made of the implications for her policies of the opinion of the Farm Animal Welfare Committee on CCTV in slaughterhouses, published in February 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	13316
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2015 answer text <br /><p>I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the Rt. Hon. Member for Knowsley, George Howarth on 24 June 2015, PQs UIN 2944 and 2945.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 13486 question first answered 02/11/2015 14:24:19 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

426522

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2015
	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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: EU Law
	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 regulations her Department introduced as a result of EU legislation in (a) 2013, (b) 2014 and (c) 2015 to date; which regulations her Department expects to implement as a result of EU legislation in (i) 2016 and (ii) 2017; and what estimate she has made of the cost of each such regulation to the (A) public purse and (B) private sector.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	15030
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2015 answer text <br /><p>I refer the hon. Member to the reply previously given by my Rt. Hon. Friend, the Minister for Small Business, Industry and Enterprise, Miss Anna Soubry, on 11 November 2015, PQ 15037.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 13/11/2015 10:37:25 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

445510

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2016
	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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Public Bodies
	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 discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on the implications of the proposed extension of the Business Impact Target as set out in the Enterprise Bill for the work of (a) the Environment Agency, (b) the Forestry Commission, (c) the Marine Management Organisation, (d) Natural England, (e) the Water Services Regulation Authority and (f) the Farriers Registration Council; and what such discussions she has had on (i) the Food Standards Agency, (ii) the Gangmasters' Licensing Authority and (iii) the Groceries Code Adjudicator insofar as those bodies relate to her Department's responsibilities.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	22851
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2016 answer text <br /><p>My Rt. Hon Friend, the Secretary of State for Business, will shortly issue a public consultation seeking views on the statutory regulators proposed to be brought within scope of the Business Impact Target, with a view to introducing the necessary secondary legislation.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 21/01/2016 13:22:58 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

442309

	registered interest
	date	04/01/2016
	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	Fisheries: Quotas
	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 she has made of the effect of changes to fishing quotas announced at the December 2015 Fisheries and Agriculture Council meeting on the long-term sustainability of fish stocks in UK waters.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	20773
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2016 answer text <br /><p>My provisional assessment of the effect of the changes to fishing quotas, agreed at the December 2015 Fisheries and Agriculture Council, is that 24 of the fish stocks in which the UK has an interest will be fished at or below maximum sustainable yield levels in 2016. This is an increase of 8 (50%) compared with the outcome of the 2014 negotiations.</p><br /><p>Stocks fished at, or below, maximum sustainable yield in 2015:</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p>1. North Sea haddock</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2. West of Scotland haddock</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3. Nephrops IV in Fladen ground</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4. North Sea plaice</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5. North Sea sprat</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6. North Sea autumn spawning herring</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7. Irish Sea herring</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8. Herring in Division VIa (North)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9. Herring VIIa Celtic Sea and South of Ireland</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10. Herring in subareas I, II, V and sub areas Vi and VII</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11. Western Channel sole</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12. Horse Mackerel IIa. IVa. Vb. VIa. VIIa-c. e-k. VIII</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13. Whiting VII b-k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>14. Blue ling in Division Vb. and Subareas VI and VII</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15. NE Atlantic spurdog</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16. Roundnose grenadier in Vb, VI, VII</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Additional stocks which will be fished at, or below, maximum sustainable yield in 2016:</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p>17.North Sea cod</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18.Nephrops in the Firth of Forth</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>19.Nephrops in Moray Firth</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20.North Sea, West of Scotland and Rockall saithe</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>21.Western Channel plaice</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>22.Rockall haddock</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>23. Megrim in Divisions IVa and Via</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>24. Irish Sea sole</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 12/01/2016 14:00:14 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

424275

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2015
	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	Slaughterhouses: CCTV
	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 discussions she has had with animal welfare groups on the mandatory use of CCTV in slaughterhouses.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	13573
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2015 answer text <br /><p>On 3/2/15, the Farm Animal Welfare Committee (FAWC) published a report entitled “Opinion on CCTV in slaughterhouses”. I have had discussions with a number of animal welfare groups on the topic.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 04/11/2015 18:34:52 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

443249

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2016
	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	Floods
	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 her Department has made of the number of households affected by floods on 26 December 2015 in (a) Lancashire and (b) England.
	tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
	tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
	uin	21602
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2016 answer text <br /><p>Over 1,300 properties in Lancashire were affected by floods following Storm Eva with around 9,000 properties in England. These figures are subject to change and are based on local authority reporting.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 13/01/2016 16:58:49 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

425687

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2015
	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: Productivity
	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 she has made of the effect on productivity of privately-funded research and development in the agricultural sector; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
	tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
	uin	14572
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2015 answer text <br /><p>Privately-funded Research and Development, insofar as it supports innovation and new technologies, is one of several drivers of productivity growth in agriculture. Defra and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, with oversight from the Agritech Strategy’s Leadership Council,have carried out an assessment of public and private investment to support innovation in the agri-food sector, and its relationship with productivity growth. The outcomes of this exercise will be published by the end of November.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 10/11/2015 15:06:14 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching