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1002212

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	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	Food: Imports
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of the UK total food import expenditure is made up of items (1) finished in the EU, and (2) part-finished in the EU, which could be finished in the UK.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Byford
	uin	HL11233
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p><br></p><p>Defra does not hold the statistics required to answer this question. Overseas trade commodity data collected by HMRC does not include any details of where products are manufactured, or of any intermediate manufacturing processes.</p><p><br></p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 12/11/2018 17:48:22 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	3343 label Biography information for Baroness Byford

1002214

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	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	Nature Conservation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what acreage of land in England is owned by conservation bodies; and which bodies own such acreage.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Byford
	uin	HL11235
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>Natural England is the statutory nature conservation body in England.</p><p> </p><p>There are currently 224 National Nature Reserves (NNRs) in England, with an approximate area of 94,000 hectares. Natural England manages in whole or in part 143 NNRs, with a total area of approximately 65,000 hectares. Of these, Natural England owns about 20,000 hectares, leases about 30,000 hectares, and manages about 15,000 hectares under Nature Reserve Agreements. The remainder are managed by 53 'Approved Bodies' (organisations approved by Natural England to manage NNRs under Section 35 Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981). Almost all NNRs are Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) (over 99% by area) and 84% is designated as Special Areas of Conservation (SAC), Special Protection Areas (SPA), or both.</p><p> </p><p>Defra does not hold information on individual land ownership outside the government estate, although many environmental non-government organisations are open about the size of their land holdings. For example, the National Trust and the RSPB, both of whom own significant area of land, publish data and maps of their reserve boundaries across England, Wales and Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>The public forest estate in England, which is managed by Forest Enterprise England (an executive agency sponsored by the Forestry Commission), covers over 250,000 hectares and is managed for multiple purposes, including conservation.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 12/11/2018 14:41:07 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	3343 label Biography information for Baroness Byford

1002484

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2018
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Gardiner of Kimble on 22 October (HL10505), who is responsible for the coordination of the various bodies listed as involved in the mitigation of flood risk; and how is the performance of that responsible body assessed.
	tabling member printed	Lord Patten
	uin	HL11325
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The National Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Strategy (attached) sets out the different roles and responsibilities of public and private bodies in flood and coastal erosion risk management in England.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Defra leads on the development of flood and coastal erosion risk management policy on behalf of the Government.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency has a strategic overview of the management of all sources of flooding and coastal erosion, details of which can be found in the Strategy. It reports to the Minister annually about flood and coastal erosion risk management; the main reporting responsibilities are set out in Annex 2 of the Strategy. The latest report is attached.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble attachment 1 file name National Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Strategy.pdf title National Flood & Coastal Erosion Risk Management 2 file name Managing flood and coastal erosion risk in England.pdf title Managing flood & coastal erosion risks in England question first answered 12/11/2018 14:54:08 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

1002495

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2018
	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	Fly-tipping
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the progress made to date in combatting fly tipping.
	tabling member printed	The Earl of Shrewsbury
	uin	HL11336
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling fly-tipping. In recent years we have ensured that local authorities have the necessary powers to tackle fly-tipping. We have given local authorities the power to issue fixed penalty notices for small scale fly-tipping and enhanced local authorities’ and the Environment Agency’s ability to search and seize the vehicles of suspected fly-tippers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Earlier this year we also consulted on giving local authorities and the Environment Agency the power to issue fixed penalty notices to householders who fail in their duty of care and pass their waste to fly-tippers. A further announcement will follow later this year. We will also support local authorities in raising householders’ awareness of their duty of care and update the Waste Duty of Care Code of Practice to inform householders better about how to ensure their waste is disposed of properly.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As part of the Government’s Resource and Waste Strategy (due to be published before the end of the year), we are developing a strategic approach to waste crime. This will include further measures to tackle fly-tipping, including enhancing local-level partnership working and working with the court system to strengthen sentences to act as an effective deterrent.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Defra annually publishes fly-tipping statistics for England. The statistics for 2016/17 showed local authorities dealt with 1,002,000 fly-tipping incidents. The statistics for 2017/18 will be published on Thursday 15 November.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 12/11/2018 17:53:10 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	2147 label Biography information for The Earl of Shrewsbury

998920

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2018
	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 and Horticulture Development Board
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to extend the deadline to their consultation on the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board to allow for more submissions.
	tabling member printed	Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
	uin	HL11169
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The consultation on the future of the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) launched on 31 August to run for ten weeks. We have no plans to extend the deadline of 9 November. I am, however, very happy to receive views on AHDB at any time.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 12/11/2018 17:41:34 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

999768

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2018
	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	Seafood: Imports
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend seafood products from Norway, Iceland, and the Faroe Islands to be exempt from physical checks at UK borders following Brexit.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Redfern
	uin	HL11213
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government has consistently made clear that we want to preserve continuity in trade with our European neighbours, including non-EU member states such as Norway, Iceland and the Faroe Islands. The means by which we deliver this will be the subject of negotiations between the UK and those countries.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 12/11/2018 17:43:50 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	4551 label Biography information for Baroness Redfern

1002718

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2018
	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	Birds of Prey: Conservation
	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 bring forward legislative proposals on vicarious liability for crimes against birds of prey.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	188753
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>All wild birds are protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, which provides a powerful framework for the conservation of wild birds, their eggs, nests and habitats.</p><p> </p><p>There are no plans to introduce vicarious liability in England for offences related to wildlife crime.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 12/11/2018 11:09:19 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1002607

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2018
	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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Energy
	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 information he holds on the energy efficiency rating of buildings used by his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	188705
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>Defra complies with the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive and implements a program of Display Energy Certificate (DEC) where applicable across its estate.</p><p> </p><p>We currently have 36 sites that require a DEC. These range from office buildings to laboratories. The table below shows the DEC rating of our buildings and the number of buildings in each category.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table1: DEC rating and number of sites</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>DEC Category</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Sites</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>B</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>C</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>D</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>E</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>F</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>G</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>36</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Of the 10 sites rating E-G, 8 sites are laboratories (G rating – 1 site, F rating – 3 sites and E rating - 4 sites) and therefore have higher than average energy use due to the operational nature of these sites.</p><p> </p><p>The 2 remaining E rating sites are offices and are only 3 and 10 units from achieving D rating (average).</p><p> </p><p>We continue to invest in the energy efficiency of our estate, through our estate forward maintenance plan and our energy performance contract.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 12/11/2018 12:26:25 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1002155

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	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	Food: Production
	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 potential effect of climate change on the capacity for an increase in domestic food production.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	uin	188097
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The Climate Change Act 2008 requires the Government to produce, every five years, an assessment of the risks to the United Kingdom arising from current and predicted climate change. Government published its second Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA) in January 2017 which endorses six priority risk areas identified by the independent evidence report produced by the Adaptation Sub-Committee in July 2016. This included risks to domestic and international food production and trade and potential opportunities from long-term, climate-related changes in global food production.</p><p> </p><p>The CCRA notes a number of potential risks to UK agricultural production arising from, for example, vulnerability to water shortages, pests and disease, and extreme weather events. The report also observes that warmer weather and longer growing seasons may improve agricultural productivity.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The second National Adaptation Programme, published in July 2018, sets out how we aim to tackle the risks to domestic and international food production and trade that England is facing from a changing climate. For example, Government’s commitment to review and publish the updated UK Food Security Assessment.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government is committed to taking action to mitigate climate change and to adapt to its impact. As the cornerstone of future agriculture policy, the new environmental land management system will use public money for the provision of public goods, including supporting farmers and other land managers to mitigate and adapt to climate change.</p><p>Agricultural greenhouse gas emissions have reduced by 16% since 1990, with many farms using more efficient agricultural practices. Land use, land use change and forestry continue to provide benefits in carbon sequestration. The Government recognises the importance of reducing emissions further in these sectors. The Clean Growth Strategy and the 25 Year Environment Plan set out the Government’s ambition for how this will be achieved.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley grouped question UIN 188099 188100 question first answered 12/11/2018 14:54:01 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1002157

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	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 steps his Department is taking to tackle the risk of climate change to the food and farming sector.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	uin	188099
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The Climate Change Act 2008 requires the Government to produce, every five years, an assessment of the risks to the United Kingdom arising from current and predicted climate change. Government published its second Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA) in January 2017 which endorses six priority risk areas identified by the independent evidence report produced by the Adaptation Sub-Committee in July 2016. This included risks to domestic and international food production and trade and potential opportunities from long-term, climate-related changes in global food production.</p><p> </p><p>The CCRA notes a number of potential risks to UK agricultural production arising from, for example, vulnerability to water shortages, pests and disease, and extreme weather events. The report also observes that warmer weather and longer growing seasons may improve agricultural productivity.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The second National Adaptation Programme, published in July 2018, sets out how we aim to tackle the risks to domestic and international food production and trade that England is facing from a changing climate. For example, Government’s commitment to review and publish the updated UK Food Security Assessment.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government is committed to taking action to mitigate climate change and to adapt to its impact. As the cornerstone of future agriculture policy, the new environmental land management system will use public money for the provision of public goods, including supporting farmers and other land managers to mitigate and adapt to climate change.</p><p>Agricultural greenhouse gas emissions have reduced by 16% since 1990, with many farms using more efficient agricultural practices. Land use, land use change and forestry continue to provide benefits in carbon sequestration. The Government recognises the importance of reducing emissions further in these sectors. The Clean Growth Strategy and the 25 Year Environment Plan set out the Government’s ambition for how this will be achieved.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley grouped question UIN 188097 188100 question first answered 12/11/2018 14:54:01 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma