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174083

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2015
	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	Waste: Crime
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Environment Agency intends to publish a Waste Crime Report for 2013–14; and if so, when that report will be published.
	tabling member printed	The Earl of Shrewsbury
	uin	HL4186
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2015 answer text <p>The Environment Agency is currently finalising its plans to publish waste crime and other data for 2013-14.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord De Mauley question first answered 26/01/2015 15:27:47 answering member 2202 label Biography information for Lord De Mauley
	tabling member	2147 label Biography information for The Earl of Shrewsbury

174271

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2015
	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	Trees: Urban Areas
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government which department is responsible for the planting and care of trees in the urban environment.
	tabling member printed	Lord Framlingham
	uin	HL4215
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2015 answer text <p>No single Government department is responsible for the planting of trees in the urban environment, although Defra has general responsibility for forestry and tree health issues in England. The Government’s Forestry and Woodlands Policy Statement of January 2013 recognised the social and environmental benefits of urban trees. The Government has backed this up by supporting charities and community groups to plant one million new trees through the Big Tree Plant, many in urban areas of the greatest deprivation. This is, however, only a fraction of the total number of urban trees in England, the vast majority of which will have been planted by local authorities or private landowners.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As in rural areas, the care of urban trees principally falls to the owner of the land on which they are planted, so the care of trees in our cities’ streets and public parks is generally the responsibility of the local authority. There are also numerous instances of Government bodies such as the Forestry Commission and the Animal and Plant Health Agency working closely with local authorities and landowners to address tree and plant health issues in their area. For example, the Forestry Commission has been working closely with local authorities in London on oak processionary moth.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord De Mauley question first answered 29/01/2015 15:14:30 answering member 2202 label Biography information for Lord De Mauley
	tabling member	134 label Biography information for Lord Framlingham

174074

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2015
	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	Trees: Imports
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are investigating the possibility of establishing a statutory quarantine system for all trees imported into the United Kingdom.
	tabling member printed	Lord Framlingham
	uin	HL4177
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2015 answer text <p>The Government takes a risk-based approach to prioritise action on plant and tree pests and pathogens to improve resilience. We have produced, working with stakeholders from across industry, Non-Governmental Organisations, and the public, a prioritised plant health risk register of 750 known pests and diseases.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>On that basis and where appropriate, we have acted to introduce movement restrictions or requirements for importers to notify incoming consignments of particular species - for example for ash, oak, plane, pine, elm and sweet chestnut.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are also funding new research to ensure that we have a robust evidence base regarding the pests and diseases that could threaten our trees and plants.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord De Mauley question first answered 26/01/2015 12:10:07 answering member 2202 label Biography information for Lord De Mauley
	tabling member	134 label Biography information for Lord Framlingham

174075

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2015
	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	Trees: Imports
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are taking steps to insist on the implementation of audit trails for all trees imported into the United Kingdom to enable them to be easily traced if necessary.
	tabling member printed	Lord Framlingham
	uin	HL4178
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2015 answer text <p>The Government takes a risk-based approach to prioritise action on plant and tree pests and pathogens to improve resilience. We have produced, working with stakeholders from across industry, Non-Governmental Organisations, and the public, a prioritised plant health risk register of 750 known pests and diseases.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>On that basis and where appropriate we have acted to introduce movement restrictions or requirements for importers to notify incoming consignments of particular species, for example for ash, oak, plane, sweet chestnut, pine and elm.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord De Mauley question first answered 26/01/2015 11:49:21 answering member 2202 label Biography information for Lord De Mauley
	tabling member	134 label Biography information for Lord Framlingham

225776

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2015
	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	Trapping
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they expect to provide updated advice on the use of snares in order to reduce the incidence of indiscriminate trapping of cats and other animals.
	tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
	uin	HL5540
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>Ministers are considering options for improving guidance on snares. A date for publication is yet to be decided.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord De Mauley question first answered 17/03/2015 14:56:47 answering member 2202 label Biography information for Lord De Mauley
	tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

228687

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2015
	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	Thames Tideway Tunnel
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they consider that the Thames Tideway Tunnel project provides value for money, in the light of the National Audit Office’s Report "The choice of finance for capital investment" published on 18 March.
	tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
	uin	HL5869
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>The NAO report considered the difference between publicly-funded investment and public-private partnerships, such as PFI. It describes the Government’s decision-making processes and summarises recent developments. The report does not draw conclusions about the Government’s record.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Thames Tideway Tunnel is a private sector project of a scale and complexity unique to the UK water industry. The Government issued the Strategic Case for the Tunnel (“Creating a River Thames Fit for our Future”) in November 2011, and the need for a tunnel was confirmed by Parliament in March 2012 when the Waste Water National Policy Statement was approved. The Government confirmed in a Written Ministerial Statement on 5 June 2014 (<em>Official Report</em>, column 11WS) that it would, subject to State Aid clearance, offer a contingent financial support package to the winner of the procurement for an Infrastructure Provider to finance and deliver the Thames Tideway Tunnel currently being undertaken by Thames Water. The Government continues to judge that the project will be value for money for taxpayers and customers who will be directly funding the Tunnel, and that an Infrastructure Provider procured by Thames Water is the preferred route for delivering the project.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord De Mauley question first answered 25/03/2015 15:43:25 answering member 2202 label Biography information for Lord De Mauley
	tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

222742

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2015
	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	Somerset Rivers Authority
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they intend to ensure that the legislative process of making the Somerset Rivers Authority a precepting body progresses in order for it to be established by April 2016.
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
	uin	HL5083
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <p>The Somerset Rivers Authority, Defra and the Department for Communities and Local Government are currently undertaking a review to identify a long-term, local funding solution for the Somerset Rivers Authority from 2016/17.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The review will look into all possible funding options and how they could be implemented.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord De Mauley question first answered 02/03/2015 15:12:13 answering member 2202 label Biography information for Lord De Mauley
	tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

224310

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2015
	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	Solar Power
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Lord De Mauley on 25 February (HL Deb, cols 1648–9) concerning solar panels, whether they plan to extend the policy of not subsidising farmers twice for solar panels to wind farms.
	tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
	uin	HL5332
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2015 answer text <p>Wind turbines and their hard standings are already ineligible under the basic payments scheme. Wind farms do not significantly hamper agricultural activity as they require widely spaced turbines and the blades are sited well above field level. Accordingly, the Government has no plans to make wind farms ineligible for payment.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord De Mauley question first answered 12/03/2015 15:09:31 answering member 2202 label Biography information for Lord De Mauley
	tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

174086

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2015
	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	Rights of Way
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the percentage change in spending on rights of way and countryside access by each local highway authority between 2010–11 and 2014–15.
	tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
	uin	HL4189
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2015 answer text <p>Local highway authorities are responsible for protecting the rights of the public to use footpaths and other rights of way. They are also responsible for determining their own local spending priorities and it is for local people to hold them to account. Consequently, the information requested is held by each local highway authority, not centrally, and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord De Mauley question first answered 29/01/2015 15:00:52 answering member 2202 label Biography information for Lord De Mauley
	tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

174535

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2015
	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	Rights of Way
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the number of historic rights of way which will not have been recorded by the time of the cut-off in 2026, broken down by (1) routes where claims have been submitted, and (2) routes for which claims have not been submitted.
	tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
	uin	HL4235
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>The Government has not made any assessment of the number of historical public rights of way which will not have been recorded by the time of the cut-off date in 2026. Any assessment would depend on a number of unknown variables and could only be made at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord De Mauley question first answered 27/01/2015 16:56:51 answering member 2202 label Biography information for Lord De Mauley
	tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves