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1078605

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2019
	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	Palm Oil
	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 reduce domestic demand for palm oil in the biofuel and food industries; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Gedling
	tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
	uin	226536
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p><strong></strong></p><p>The Government’s 25 Year Environment Plan sets out our ambition to support and protect the world’s forests, supporting sustainable agriculture and zero-deforestation supply chains, including for palm oil. The plan led to the establishment of a Global Resource Initiative aimed at reducing deforestation caused by UK demand for commodities, including palm oil.</p><p> </p><p>The Government also helped convene the UK Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil and is working with the signatories of the Amsterdam Declaration on increasing the uptake of sustainable palm oil. The latest report from the UK Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil indicates that the UK achieved 75% certified sustainable palm oil in 2017.</p><p> </p><p>Biofuels made from palm oil have not been reported for supply under the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO) in the last three years and the use of non-waste oils in biofuel is minimal. The Government has agreed to focus on utilising waste derived biofuels, which generally have higher greenhouse gas savings. The most recent changes to the RTFO, which set out the UK biofuel policy to 2032, include a cap on the contribution of crop based biofuels in the UK, decreasing from 4% in 2020 to 2% in 2032.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 04/03/2019 15:30:42 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

1078610

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2019
	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	Palm Oil
	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 he has made of the sustainability of palm oil production; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Gedling
	tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
	uin	226537
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government’s 25 Year Environment Plan sets out our ambition to support and protect the world’s forests, supporting sustainable agriculture and zero-deforestation supply chains, including for palm oil.</p><p> </p><p>The market for sustainable palm oil is dominated by the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) and so ’sustainable’ in this context is commonly understood to mean products certified to RSPO standards and criteria.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil convened by the UK Government is working to improve reporting, traceability and understanding of supply chains to ensure continuous improvement and increased use of certified palm oil. The UK monitors the proportion of certified sustainable palm oil imported to the UK. The latest annual report from the UK Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil indicates that the UK achieved 75% certified sustainable palm oil in 2017.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 04/03/2019 15:14:09 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

1077669

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2019
	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	Sea Bass
	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 his Department will take to tackle the problem of illegal landing of undersized bass; and for what reason the Cornwall Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority might face a legal challenge if they prohibited gill net meshes from 89 mm to 109 mm in order to stop this practice.
	tabling member constituency	North Cornwall
	tabling member printed	Scott Mann
	uin	226177
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>There are clear rules in place requiring that undersized catches of species not yet subject to the landing obligation, such as bass, are not retained on board, trans-shipped, landed, transported, stored, sold, displayed or offered for sale, but shall be returned immediately to the sea. This is a long standing principle which will continue to be enforced accordingly.</p><p> </p><p>Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authorities (IFCAs) are independent statutory authorities and have direct responsibility for the protection of sea fisheries resources in their districts, and for the sustainable management of their exploitation. When an activity is occurring, or may occur, that is likely to impact the marine environment, the IFCA, as regulator, is expected to consider the significance of this within its district. Cornwall IFCA recently considered using its powers under Section 157(2) of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 to introduce an emergency byelaw to address bass netting issues. However, this was judged to not fully meet the qualifying criteria for an emergency byelaw as stated in the Act and could potentially be challenged on those grounds.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 04/03/2019 12:17:39 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4496 label Biography information for Scott Mann

1077371

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2019
	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	Flood Control: Finance
	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 he has had with the devolved administrations on the new £70 million flood defences scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast North
	tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
	uin	225422
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>Flood defence spending is a devolved matter, so questions about flood management spending and policy should be directed to the devolved administration as Defra does not have information on devolved administration spending. The Barnett formula is applied in the normal way to any new funding provided to UK Government Departments, when the funding is allocated to those Departments’ budgets. ‘Barnetted’ funding to devolved administrations is not ring fenced.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 04/03/2019 12:05:41 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

1077703

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2019
	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: Liverpool City Region
	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 he has had with the Liverpool City Region Mayor on tackling air pollution in the Liverpool City Region area.
	tabling member constituency	Wallasey
	tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
	uin	226061
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs attended the Clean Air Summit on 14 February with the Liverpool City Region Mayor and city leaders from across the country.</p><p> </p><p>A range of issues were discussed at the Summit including the ambitious goals set out in our new Clean Air Strategy, the need to focus on reducing emissions from a variety of sources, and support for local authorities with powers and funding.</p><p> </p><p>Defra officials have regular and ongoing engagement with those local authorities named in the 2017 Plan for Tackling Roadside Nitrogen Dioxide Concentrations to support them in considering measures to address nitrogen dioxide exceedances in their areas, including Liverpool City Council.</p><p> </p><p>Liverpool City Council have been directed to develop a local plan by 31 October 2019 and on 28 February this year presented an update on their plan to senior representatives in the Joint Air Quality Unit.</p><p> </p><p>Due to the highly localised nature of the problem, local knowledge is crucial in solving pollution problems in these hotspots. Local authorities, including Liverpool, are considering a range of measures to tackle their nitrogen dioxide exceedances, including, where appropriate, charging Clean Air Zones.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 04/03/2019 09:19:17 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1077173

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2019
	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	Plastics: Waste
	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 address the problem of plastic waste at design and manufacture level.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	225612
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government set out in the 25 Year Environment Plan, published in January last year, its commitment to eliminate all avoidable plastic waste and to reform the packaging producer responsibility system. Our Resources and Waste Strategy was published in December last year and contains details on how we will do this, including measures to incentivise packaging producers to make better, more sustainable decisions at the design stage and point of manufacture. Through reforming the current system we will require producers to fund the full net cost of managing the packaging they place on the market, once it becomes waste. We will strengthen the incentives of these reforms by also setting minimum ecodesign requirements.</p><p> </p><p>Other measures set out in the Strategy, as well as in the Budget 2018, will lead to an increase in the supply and demand for secondary materials. These include the introduction of a deposit return scheme for drinks containers in England, introducing consistency in household and business recycling collections in England and a tax on plastic packaging with less than 30% recycled content, all subject to consultation. These measures will provide a strong incentive for producers to design and make plastic packaging that uses less virgin materials and is more easily recyclable.</p><p> </p><p>The consultations setting out the Government’s proposals on the measures referred to above were published on 18 February this year and can be found at: <a href="https://consult.defra.gov.uk/environmental-quality/resource-and-waste-and-plastic-packaging-tax-consu-1" target="_blank">consult.defra.gov.uk/environmental-quality/resource-and-waste-and-plastic-packaging-tax-consu-1</a>.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 04/03/2019 15:01:57 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1078468

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2019
	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	Packaging: Regulation
	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 reduce the amount of excessive and unnecessary packaging materials being used; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
	tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
	uin	226515
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government set out in the 25 Year Environment Plan, published in January 2018, its commitment to reform the packaging producer responsibility system. Our Resources and Waste Strategy was published in December 2018 and contains details on how we will do this, including measures to incentivise packaging producers to make better, more sustainable decisions at the design stage and point of manufacture. Through replacing the current system with Extended Producer Responsibility we will require producers to fund the full net cost of managing the packaging they place on the market, once it becomes waste. These measures will provide a strong incentive to producers to reduce the amount of packaging they use and to make packaging that is more easily collected and recycled. The proposals are open to consultation until 13 May 2019 and can be found here: <a href="https://consult.defra.gov.uk/environmental-quality/consultation-on-reforming-the-uk-packaging-produce/" target="_blank">https://consult.defra.gov.uk/environmental-quality/consultation-on-reforming-the-uk-packaging-produce/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also committed in the Resources and Waste Strategy to review the effectiveness of the Packaging (Essential Requirements) Regulations 2015 by the end of 2020. These regulations set out rules that producers of packaging must follow when designing packaging, including the requirement that packaging should be kept to a minimum volume and weight.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 04/03/2019 09:16:37 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

1077343

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2019
	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	Reservoirs: South of England
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the report entitled, PR19 initial assessment of plans: South East Water company, published by Ofwat in January 2019, how much of the £306.2 million of funding for South and South Eastern water companies will be allocated to new reservoir infrastructure.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Layla Moran
	uin	225620
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>As part of its initial assessment of water company business plans for the period 2020-2025, the economic regulator, Ofwat, announced that it would make available up to £358 million to companies for planning and pre-construction development of strategic regional water supply options, which may be delivered over the next 5 to 15 years. This funding is for pre-construction activities and not a commitment to construct. Of this £358 million, approximately £109 million is expected to be allocated to planning and pre-construction development of a South East Regional Strategic Reservoir. The rest of the funding is for development of alternative options for meeting the future water needs of the South East.</p><p> </p><p>This funding will be made available through a gated process and Ofwat will claw back funding where a water supply option does not progress. Ofwat expects water companies to set out in revised business plans by 1 April, how they will work together to develop strategic supply options, how they meet the gated process and costs of completing works to achieve those gates, and how funding will be clawed back where schemes fail to achieve their milestones to the expected quality.</p><p>Strategic water resources solutions will be subject to public scrutiny through the statutory water resources management planning process and the planning regime, which will include the Planning Act 2008 processes for nationally significant water resources infrastructure.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 225621 225622 225623 question first answered 04/03/2019 10:52:35 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1077344

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2019
	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	Water: South of England
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the report entitled, PR19 initial assessment of plans: South East Water company, published by Ofwat in January 2019, what steps he is taking to ensure adequate public scrutiny of the options for strategic water resources developed by South and South Eastern water companies.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Layla Moran
	uin	225621
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>As part of its initial assessment of water company business plans for the period 2020-2025, the economic regulator, Ofwat, announced that it would make available up to £358 million to companies for planning and pre-construction development of strategic regional water supply options, which may be delivered over the next 5 to 15 years. This funding is for pre-construction activities and not a commitment to construct. Of this £358 million, approximately £109 million is expected to be allocated to planning and pre-construction development of a South East Regional Strategic Reservoir. The rest of the funding is for development of alternative options for meeting the future water needs of the South East.</p><p> </p><p>This funding will be made available through a gated process and Ofwat will claw back funding where a water supply option does not progress. Ofwat expects water companies to set out in revised business plans by 1 April, how they will work together to develop strategic supply options, how they meet the gated process and costs of completing works to achieve those gates, and how funding will be clawed back where schemes fail to achieve their milestones to the expected quality.</p><p>Strategic water resources solutions will be subject to public scrutiny through the statutory water resources management planning process and the planning regime, which will include the Planning Act 2008 processes for nationally significant water resources infrastructure.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 225620 225622 225623 question first answered 04/03/2019 10:52:35 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1077345

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2019
	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	Water: South of England
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the report entitled, PR19 initial assessment of plans: South East Water company, published by Ofwat in January 2019, how programmes will be funded by the allocation of £306.2 million; and what the timeframe is for the allocation of that funding.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Layla Moran
	uin	225622
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>As part of its initial assessment of water company business plans for the period 2020-2025, the economic regulator, Ofwat, announced that it would make available up to £358 million to companies for planning and pre-construction development of strategic regional water supply options, which may be delivered over the next 5 to 15 years. This funding is for pre-construction activities and not a commitment to construct. Of this £358 million, approximately £109 million is expected to be allocated to planning and pre-construction development of a South East Regional Strategic Reservoir. The rest of the funding is for development of alternative options for meeting the future water needs of the South East.</p><p> </p><p>This funding will be made available through a gated process and Ofwat will claw back funding where a water supply option does not progress. Ofwat expects water companies to set out in revised business plans by 1 April, how they will work together to develop strategic supply options, how they meet the gated process and costs of completing works to achieve those gates, and how funding will be clawed back where schemes fail to achieve their milestones to the expected quality.</p><p>Strategic water resources solutions will be subject to public scrutiny through the statutory water resources management planning process and the planning regime, which will include the Planning Act 2008 processes for nationally significant water resources infrastructure.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 225620 225621 225623 question first answered 04/03/2019 10:52:35 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran