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77965

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2014
	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
	hansard heading	Genetically Modified Organisms: Labelling
	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 Government's position is in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations on labelling of products containing GM in the UK food chain; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Ogmore
	tabling member printed	Huw Irranca-Davies
	uin	205728
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">This issue has yet to be discussed in detail within the framework of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations. The Government will consider its negotiation position based on a range of factors including the environmental impact and public health benefit of such anti-microbial treatments that can reduce potential for foodborne illness.</del></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The existing EU rules which require GM-derived food to be labelled are not expected to be discussed or reviewed as part of the negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 22/07/2014 10:12:20 question first ministerially corrected 25/07/2014 08:04:43 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice previous answer version 11865 answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1476 label Biography information for Huw Irranca-Davies

46257

	registered interest
	date	01/04/2014
	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, how many instances of Alabama Rot there have been in dogs in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	194637
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p>Alabama Rot is the name commonly being given to the newly emerged condition in dogs, known by its clinical and pathological description as ‘Cutaneous and renal glomerular vasculopathy'. Whilst this new condition, which appears seasonally, seems very similar to Alabama Rot, we do not know that they have the same cause.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>Investigation into this condition is being led by vets at a referral small animal veterinary practice and at the world renowned research organisation, the Animal Health Trust. These vets have expertise specifically in small animal medical cases. As such the veterinary practice, Anderson Moore, is best placed to update on the number of confirmed and suspect cases. The practice informed Animal Health Veterinary Laboratories Agency on the 27<sup>th</sup> March that 14 cases have been confirmed between December 2013 and March 2014. This is in addition to 14 cases confirmed between December 2012 and March 2013.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice previous answer version 5020 answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

46511

	registered interest
	date	01/04/2014
	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 support he is providing for local authorities to address issues caused by high gull populations.
	tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
	tabling member printed	John Woodcock
	uin	903555
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Local authorities in England may lethally control gulls or disrupt their nests or eggs, in accordance with licences issued by Natural England for certain purposes. Without a licence, they can also take action to manage gulls by controlling the availability of food by efficiently managing waste (including introducing byelaws to stop intentional feeding of gulls, should they wish) and preventing gulls from landing, roosting or nesting on buildings. Defra does not provide specific support for such measures but Natural England offers free advice to those experiencing problems with gulls.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice previous answer version 4500 answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

49315

	registered interest
	date	30/04/2014
	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, if he will make it his policy to publish in full all monitoring data collected on the second year of the pilot badger culls in Gloucestershire and Somerset.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	197283
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The outcome of the monitoring of the second year of the pilot culls will be published after culling has concluded and the analysis is completed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice previous answer version 8809 answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

49316

	registered interest
	date	30/04/2014
	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 steps he plans to take to ensure that he receives independent scientific advice on the safety, effectiveness and humaneness of the second year of the badger cull pilots in Gloucestershire and Somerset.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	197284
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p>Natural England, as the independent licensing authority, is the most appropriate organisation to continue carrying out the field monitoring of cage trapping and shooting to ensure that licence conditions and best practice guidance requirements are complied with. The outcome of this monitoring, together with the outcome of post-mortem examinations carried out by trained vets will be made publically available after the culls are completed, and will inform the decisions made about next steps.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice previous answer version 8813 answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

49317

	registered interest
	date	30/04/2014
	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 arrangements he plans to put in place to ensure that monitoring data collected on the second year of the pilot badger culls in Gloucestershire and Somerset is made available for independent scientific evaluation and analysis; and if he will make it his policy to receive and consider the conclusions of that analysis prior to deciding whether the culls should be extended to other areas subsequently.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	197285
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p>The outcome of the monitoring of the second year of culling will be made publically available when the culls have concluded and the analyses completed. This information will be taken into account in making decisions on rolling out culling in further areas.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice previous answer version 8811 answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

49365

	registered interest
	date	30/04/2014
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March 2014, Official Report, column 37W, on rural areas: broadband, what the latest figures are for how much funding is for projects (a) granted, (b) under pre-contract approval and (c) still under consideration for funding.
	tabling member constituency	Ogmore
	tabling member printed	Huw Irranca-Davies
	uin	197295
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The current breakdown of funding to date that has arisen from the Rural Community Broadband Fund is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>a) Projects granted (contracted and in delivery) total: £0.459 million;</p><p> </p><p>b) Projects with pre-contract approval total: £0.634 million; and</p><p> </p><p>c) Projects under consideration total: £14.0 million.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Until contracted, all costs are estimated and subject to revision.</p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson previous answer version 8812 answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1476 label Biography information for Huw Irranca-Davies

66049

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2014
	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
	hansard heading	Agriculture
	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 encourage farmers to extend the seasonal production of fresh fruit and vegetables.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
	tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
	uin	204219
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Defra supports increasing the seasonal production of fruit and vegetables through working with the sector, investing in new technology and research, and our sponsorship of the Horticulture Innovation Partnership</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since the recommendations by the Fruit and Vegetable Taskforce in 2010, the Government and industry have worked jointly to overcome barriers towards increasing the amount of indigenous fruit and vegetables produced. This has been despite the poor weather of 2012 and 2013.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 11/07/2014 15:52:29 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice previous answer version 9536 answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

90837

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2014
	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
	hansard heading	Agriculture
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will discuss with her counterparts in the devolved administrations the need for discussions with the European Commission on the development of a relief package for farmers and the UK beef industry; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	South Down
	tabling member printed	Ms Margaret Ritchie
	uin	208444
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Defra Ministers have been in regular contact with their colleagues in the devolved administrations. My officials discuss and agree a negotiating position with each of the devolved administrations prior to any EU discussions on the current unpredictability of beef markets.</p><p><br></p><p>In July, I hosted a “beef summit”. This was a positive meeting with senior representatives from across the UK’s food and farming industry, including Northern Irish, Scottish and Welsh farming industry bodies, to ensure that we have a sustainable and profitable UK beef industry for the future. The outcomes included the decision by producers and processors to work together on a voluntary code of conduct on improving transparency of the charges that some abattoirs make for handling carcases and notice periods for changes to product specifications. The European Commission Short Term Outlook expects beef prices to remain firm although below the 2013 record highs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 11/09/2014 15:38:55 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice previous answer version 19395 answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

90839

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2014
	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
	hansard heading	Agriculture: Bureaucracy
	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 of the Macdonald Review's recommendations for regulation reduction have been implemented to date.
	tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
	tabling member printed	Bill Wiggin
	uin	208436
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>In its final report published on 9 April, the independent Farming Regulation Task Force noted that Defra had made “significant” progress against the 137 commitments made by the Government in 2012. Building on these commitments, Defra has also announced through the Red Tape Challenge programme its intention to simplify agricultural regulation by scrapping 156 regulations and improving 134 others. Work is also underway to identify further opportunities to reduce the burden on compliant farmers, including through improving risk based targeted farm inspections. I expect the majority of this work to be completed by the end of this year, with implementation proposals for consideration by Ministers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 13/10/2014 15:22:33 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice previous answer version 19394 answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin