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722483

	registered interest
	date	19/04/2017
	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	Livestock Industry: Greenhouse Gas 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 recent assessment she has made of the proportion of UK greenhouse gas emissions that come from livestock production (a) directly and (b) taking into account emissions from livestock feed from (i) inside and (ii) outside the UK; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	71339
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2017 answer text <p>The UK national inventory of greenhouse gases (GHG) reports emissions of 49.2 million tonnes from agriculture in 2014, the most recent year for which data is available. This represents around 9% of total UK GHG emissions. Of these, around 63% come from livestock and their manures.</p><p> </p><p>Imported feeds such as soya meal can have significant environmental impacts. Defra has conducted research on home grown alternatives to imported feeds and continues to work with industry to reduce these impacts.</p><p> </p><p>Industry is making progress to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from livestock production. For example, the British pig industry reduced emissions by 26% in the period <del class="ministerial">2018 </del> <ins class="ministerial">2008</ins> to 2012, mainly due to a 50% reduction in the use of soya in pig feeds.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 26/04/2017 15:47:04 question first ministerially corrected 27/04/2017 08:15:04 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice previous answer version 46341 answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

722482

	registered interest
	date	19/04/2017
	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: Public Consultation
	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 budget is for the Building a Great Future regional stakeholder events, announced by her Department on 6 April 2017; and how much (a) from the public purse and (b) funding from other sources is being spent on running and advertising those events.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	71378
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>A general election has now been called by the Prime Minister and in accordance with Cabinet Office guidance governing the pre-election period we are pausing our stakeholder engagement on future policy until after the election. These events have therefore been postponed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 71243 question first answered 24/04/2017 13:45:36 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

722488

	registered interest
	date	19/04/2017
	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: Public Consultation
	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 her Department's objectives are for the Building a Great Future regional stakeholder events, announced by her Department on 6 April 2017, on decision-making on food, farming and fisheries policy; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	71243
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>A general election has now been called by the Prime Minister and in accordance with Cabinet Office guidance governing the pre-election period we are pausing our stakeholder engagement on future policy until after the election. These events have therefore been postponed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 71378 question first answered 24/04/2017 13:45:36 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

722489

	registered interest
	date	19/04/2017
	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	Livestock: Hormone Treatments
	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 has conducted into the effect of the use of pregnant mare serum gonadotropin on the (a) health and (b) welfare of horses, pigs, cows and sheep.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	71235
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2017 answer text <p>As part of the veterinary medicines approval process, products containing pregnant mare serum gonadotropin (PMSG) have been assessed by the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) against European standards for quality, safety and efficacy to determine the benefits of the product to the animals being treated.</p><p> </p><p>This assessment also takes account of any potential risks to the environment, to the animals being treated, to people who administer the medicine and to those who may consume produce from treated animals. A product is only granted an authorisation if the benefits of the product outweigh its risks.</p><p> </p><p>The government has not commissioned or funded any research into the effect of the use of PMSG on either the health or welfare of horses, pigs, cows or sheep.</p><p> </p><p>In late January this year, in light of the media reports concerning the welfare of animals used during the production of PMSG, the VMD contacted all three companies holding UK Marketing Authorisations for these products. They all provided written assurances that they have systems in place to safeguard animal welfare in their supply chains.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 26/04/2017 11:33:22 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

722491

	registered interest
	date	19/04/2017
	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	LEADER Programme
	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 the UK leaving the EU on future funding of the LEADER programme.
	tabling member constituency	North East Fife
	tabling member printed	Stephen Gethins
	uin	71225
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2017 answer text <p>The Government has confirmed that it will guarantee funding for LEADER projects that are signed before EU exit as long as they are good value for money and are in line with domestic strategic priorities. Leaving the EU provides the opportunity to take our own decisions about how we deliver the policy objectives previously targeted by EU funding.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 25/04/2017 10:35:42 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4434 label Biography information for Stephen Gethins