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513515

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2016
	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	Advisory Group on Litter
	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 campaign groups attended the initial meeting of key stakeholders at the litter strategy advisory group.
	tabling member constituency	Carlisle
	tabling member printed	John Stevenson
	uin	34307
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2016 answer text <p>The Minister for Local Government and I had an initial meeting with the following organisations to discuss the Government’s intention to form a Litter Strategy Advisory Group and publish a National Litter Strategy:</p><p> </p><ol><ol><li>Keep Britain Tidy</li><li>Campaign for the Protection of Rural England</li><li>Hubbub</li><li>Local Government Association</li><li>The Industry Council for Research on Packaging and the Environment (INCPEN)</li><li>Foodservice Packaging Association</li><li>The Chartered Institution of Wastes Management</li></ol></ol> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 03/05/2016 08:48:04 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	3942 label Biography information for John Stevenson

450782

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2016
	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	Africa: Ivory
	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 the Government (a) has provided and (b) plans to provide to governments in Africa for eradicating the killing of animals for the ivory trade.
	tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
	tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
	uin	25875
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2016 answer text <p>The UK Government works closely with African and other countries to promote the conservation of the world's wildlife, including through galvanising action to end the illegal trade in ivory.</p><p> </p><p>We hosted the London Conference on the Illegal Wildlife Trade in February 2014, and supported the Government of Botswana in its hosting of a follow-up Conference in March 2015.</p><p> </p><p>The UK actively supports the African-led Elephant Protection Initiative, launched in the margins of the London Conference, which now has eleven African countries as members. We have committed over £1 million to this initiative over the last two years.</p><p> </p><p>Defra’s Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund has made grants to 19 projects in its first round, including eight projects in Africa, worth £2.1 million, tackling the ivory trade. Projects to be funded under a second round will be announced shortly.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is also providing training in counter-poaching activity in Gabon, through the Ministry of Defence, and has provided support for judicial capacity building in skills related to tackling the illegal trade in wildlife products in Kenya and Tanzania.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 09/02/2016 16:06:31 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

423318

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2015
	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: Carbon Emissions
	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 her Department has made of the contribution of the agricultural industry to total UK carbon dioxide emission levels in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	13081
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2015 answer text <p>Defra works closely with the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) to identify carbon dioxide emissions from agriculture. We provide detailed farm statistics that DECC feeds into the UK Green House Gas Inventory, which contains the UK’s official reported greenhouse gas estimates.</p><br /><p>The Inventory indicates that:</p><br /><ul><li>Only around 1% of carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>) emissions in the UK are attributed to agriculture, these relate mainly to fuel use. Since 1990 there has been an overall decline in estimated carbon dioxide emissions from agriculture.</li></ul><br /><ul><li>CO<sub>2</sub> emissions from agriculture as a proportion of the UK total have fluctuated over the last 5 years between 1.0% and 1.2%. CO<sub>2</sub> emissions from agriculture are lower in 2013 compared to 2009 by around 6%.</li></ul><br /><ul><li>CO<sub>2 </sub>emissions make up a very small portion of agriculture emissions (around 9-10%).</li></ul> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 27/10/2015 17:10:22 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

425095

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2015
	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: 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 research her Department is funding on the effects of climate change on agricultural production in the UK; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
	tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
	uin	14219
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p>Under the Climate Change Act 2008, the Government has a statutory role to produce, on a five-yearly cycle, an assessment of the risks and opportunities for the UK arising from climate change. The first Climate Change Risk Assessment was published in 2012. Work is underway on the second CCRA, for which Defra is funding the Adaptation Sub-Committee of the Committee on Climate Change to produce the underpinning Evidence Report by July 2016. This will include an up-to-date review of evidence on the effects of climate change on agriculture, and all other sectors. The CCRA Government Report will be laid before Parliament no later than January 2017.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 09/11/2015 14:41:13 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

535227

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2016
	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	Agriculture: Digital Technology
	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 her Department has made on supporting access to mobile digital technology for farmers.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds West
	tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
	uin	42285
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2016 answer text <p>Improving mobile connectivity across the country is a key priority for the Government. Defra works closely with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) on this, with a key focus on rural and hard to reach areas. Defra Ministers are directly involved through meetings with DCMS Ministers and the Digital Implementation Taskforce.</p><p>4G mobile rollout in the UK has been one of the fastest in Europe; 90% of premises now have 4G coverage from at least one operator. Two legally binding licence obligations will help deliver improved mobile coverage across the UK. Telefonica will provide indoor 4G coverage to 98% of UK premises by the end of 2017. This complements the obligation on each of the UK’s four mobile network operators to provide voice and text coverage to at least 90% of UK landmass, also by the end of 2017.</p><p>To facilitate rollout, the Government is reforming the Electronic Communications Code to make it cheaper for the industry to provide coverage and is introducing reforms to the planning regime to allow, amongst other things, taller masts and to enable upgrades of communications infrastructure.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/07/2016 10:49:29 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

506460

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2016
	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	Agriculture: Subsidies
	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 potential effect of the UK leaving the EU on farmers in receipt of payments from the Common Agricultural Policy.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	32771
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>At the February European Council, the Government negotiated a new settlement, giving the United Kingdom a special status in a reformed European Union. The Government's position is that the UK will be stronger, safer and better off remaining in a reformed EU.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 18/04/2016 16:58:55 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

517163

	registered interest
	date	28/04/2016
	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	Agriculture: UK Membership of EU
	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 potential effect on farmers of the UK leaving the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
	tabling member printed	Roger Mullin
	uin	904834
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2016 answer text <p>60% of our food and drink exports go to the EU; this is worth £11 billion to our economy. This is a vital income for UK farmers and fishermen. If we were to leave the EU, exporters would face crippling tariffs when selling their goods to Europe, such as up to 70% for beef products, which would cost around £240 million per year.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 05/05/2016 15:55:23 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4468 label Biography information for Roger Mullin

350052

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2015
	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	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 steps she is taking to tackle excessive levels of air pollution in towns or cities.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	2153
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2015 answer text <p>We are fully committed to complying with EU air quality standards as soon as possible. We have already committed over £2 billion since 2011 in transport measures to improve air quality and will be publishing revised air quality plans for nitrogen dioxide (NO<sub>2</sub>) by the end of this year. The plans will set out actions at all levels, including national and local, to achieve compliance with legal limits for NO<sub>2</sub> in the shortest possible time.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 2122 question first answered 17/06/2015 08:34:35 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

350100

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2015
	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	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 steps she is taking to tackle dangerous levels of air pollution in towns and cities.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
	tabling member printed	Harry Harpham
	uin	2122
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2015 answer text <p>We are fully committed to complying with EU air quality standards as soon as possible. We have already committed over £2 billion since 2011 in transport measures to improve air quality and will be publishing revised air quality plans for nitrogen dioxide (NO<sub>2</sub>) by the end of this year. The plans will set out actions at all levels, including national and local, to achieve compliance with legal limits for NO<sub>2</sub> in the shortest possible time.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 2153 question first answered 17/06/2015 08:34:35 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4477 label Biography information for Harry Harpham

353893

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2015
	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	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, by what date she plans to publish a new consultation on air quality.
	tabling member constituency	Brent North
	tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
	uin	2349
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2015 answer text <p>Revised air quality plans for nitrogen dioxide will be published by the end of 2015. A 40 day public consultation on draft plans will be held later this year.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to complying in the shortest possible time with limit values for nitrogen dioxide under the Air Quality Directive. The consultation will set out our projected dates for UK compliance.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 2350 question first answered 17/06/2015 08:41:01 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner