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1052211

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2019
	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	Meat: Overseas Trade
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether all current trade agreements that include the export of meat specify that animals have be stunned before slaughter; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	215075
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2019 answer text <p>Through membership of the EU, the UK currently participates in around 40 free trade agreements. These do not specify that animals have to be stunned before slaughter.</p><p> </p><p>However, all slaughter of animals for export from the UK – whether stun or non-stun – must strictly comply with EU and the UK regulations on animal welfare at the time of killing and additional welfare at slaughter rules apply to animals subject to non-stun slaughter.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 24/04/2019 14:29:35 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1063963

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2019
	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	Dogs: Smuggling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many incidences of dog smuggling there have been in each of the last 10 years; and from which countries those dogs were smuggled.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	uin	223135
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>The Animal and Plant Health Agency’s (APHA’s) data retention period for import data is 3 years. APHA does not hold data relating specifically to ‘smuggled’ animals, however, it does hold data on animals that are ‘illegally landed’. This includes any dog, cat or ferret that is landed in Great Britain which does not meet the import requirements, and therefore requires quarantine, under the Rabies (Importation of Dogs, Cats and Other Mammals) Order 1974 (as amended) (RIO). While these figures may include some smuggled animals, they also include:</p><p> </p><ul><li>pet animals that arrive at UK airports and during the pets check are found to be non-compliant</li></ul><ul><li>animals that are found ‘inland’ and after a trading standards investigation are found to be non-compliant</li></ul><p> </p><p>The attached table shows the number of dogs (including puppies) quarantined, by country of origin, after being illegally landed in Great Britain for the last 3 years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 05/03/2019 10:36:23 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley attachment 1 file name Numbers of Illegally Landed Dogs.docx title Numbers of illegally landed dogs
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1077255

	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	Food: Sales
	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 encourage people to purchase locally-sourced food.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	uin	225467
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government is keen to see an increase in the amount of locally grown seasonal produce consumed in the UK. The Plan for Public Procurement, published under the 2010-2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition Government, includes a balanced scorecard to help define the criteria of bids for food and catering contracts.</p><p>The scorecard rewards tenders which commit to serve locally sourced food and those that highlight the benefits of seasonal increases in the availability of certain types of produce. Use of the balanced scorecard is mandatory for central Government departments and executive agencies, and Defra is working to increase its uptake in the wider public sector.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 05/03/2019 10:32:30 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

1077258

	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	Food: Storage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to maintain funding for Private Storage Aid schemes after the UK has left the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	uin	225470
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p><strong></strong></p><p>European regulations concerning private storage aid are being retained under the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, should the Secretary of State choose to operate a scheme in England after we leave. This is a devolved matter and similar powers to operate private storage aid will exist for Northern Irish, Scottish and Welsh Ministers.</p><p> </p><p>The Agriculture Bill contains powers which would allow the Secretary of State to amend the retained EU legislation on private storage aid, with the aim of eventually phasing the schemes out in England. It also gives the Secretary of State the ability to amend the schemes’ general operation, so they can be run in a way appropriate for the domestic market while the Government consults on phasing the scheme out. While for the most part there is a weak economic case for market intervention, there may be very specific circumstances in which granting private storage aid will make overall economic sense. For this reason, powers to use private storage in response to exceptional market conditions are being retained in the Bill.</p><p> </p><p>The Agriculture Bill extends similar powers to Welsh Ministers and the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland. The Scottish Government is able to rely on the retained EU legislation regarding public intervention and private storage aid.</p><p> </p><p>We are working with all the devolved administrations on common UK frameworks where coordination would be necessary or desirable and, with the agreement of the devolved administrations, we expect market intervention schemes of this nature to be part of such a framework.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 05/03/2019 10:28:52 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

1077556

	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	Horses: North West
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department holds information on the (a) number and (b) location of roadside sites where horses are tethered throughout (i) North West England and (ii) Lancashire; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
	uin	226052
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>Defra is keen to ensure that we uphold our high standards of welfare including in relation to tethering. Under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 (the 2006 Act) it is an offence to fail to provide for an animal’s welfare or to cause it any unnecessary suffering. Local authorities and the police have powers under the 2006 Act to seize any animal that is suffering unnecessarily and investigate allegations of cruelty or poor welfare.</p><p> </p><p>The 2006 Act is backed up by the statutory Code of Practice for the Welfare of Horses, Ponies, Donkeys and Their Hybrids (the Code). The Code provides owners and keepers with information on how to meet the welfare needs of their animals and includes a specific section on how to tether horses and other animals covered. If anyone is concerned about the way a horse or other animal has been tethered they should report the matter either to the relevant local authority or to the RSPCA or World Horse Welfare who can investigate.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst the Government does not hold records on the number or sites of tethered animals, we have provided local authorities and the police with powers to deal with instances of poorly tethered horses.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 05/03/2019 11:19:03 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1078734

	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	Animal Welfare: Standards
	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 increase the standards of (a) care and (b) protection of animals after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	226612
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the reply previously given on 28 February 2019, PQ 224482.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 05/03/2019 11:30:45 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1079399

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2019
	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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff have been employed by his Department in each month since June 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Layla Moran
	uin	227158
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2019 answer text <p>The information relating to staff numbers can be found in the Monthly Workforce Management Information Reports here: <a href="https://data.gov.uk/dataset/9fb1ed1f-00c9-421b-ab18-c30c14559681/workforce-management-information-defra" target="_blank">https://data.gov.uk/dataset/9fb1ed1f-00c9-421b-ab18-c30c14559681/workforce-management-information-defra</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 07/03/2019 16:53:35 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1079444

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2019
	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	Poultry: Animal Welfare
	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 he has made of the effectiveness of the Code of Practice for the Welfare of Laying Hens and Pellets.
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
	uin	227046
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>Farmers are required by law to have access to and be familiar with the statutory farm welfare codes, which provide guidance for keepers on how to comply with animal welfare legislation and help us maintain our high animal welfare standards. The codes are also used by the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) to check how well animal welfare standards are being met. We have an ongoing dialogue with APHA on all animal welfare matters, including those relating to enforcement, and the latest updated code of practice for the welfare of laying hens and pullets provides keepers with up to date information on the latest practices and helps ensure high standards of compliance.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 05/03/2019 11:59:54 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1081726

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2019
	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	Animal Welfare
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to publish the draft animal sentience bill.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	228064
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Brighton, Pavilion, Caroline Lucas, on 12 February 2019, PQ 218781.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 12/03/2019 17:54:31 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1081911

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2019
	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	Reindeer: Imports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in which month of 2018 the consignment of 31 reindeer was imported from Finland; who made the decision to permit the import of the reindeer; and whether the animals’ welfare was taken into account as part of that decision.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	227943
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2019 answer text <p>An Intra-Trade Animal Health Certificate (ITAHC) was issued in February 2018 for the import of 31 reindeer from Finland to the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p><p>The decision to permit the import would have been made by the certifying vet attesting that the animals to be imported complied with the health conditions of Article 4 of Council Directive 92/65/EEC on the ITAHC. The certifying vet would also have attested that the animals were transported in accordance with the provisions of Council Regulation (EC) No1/2005 on the protection of animals during transport.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 07/03/2019 16:51:43 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew