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	registered interest
	date	15/01/2018
	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	Slaughterhouses: 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 steps his Department is taking to protect animal welfare standards in slaughterhouses after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	122680
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The UK already has stricter national rules to protect animal welfare at slaughter than those laid down in the EU regulation and we will maintain those stricter national rules, alongside rolling-over current EU regulations, when we leave the EU.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, to increase protection of animals at slaughter, this year we will be introducing regulations to make it mandatory for all approved slaughterhouses in England to have CCTV installed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 23/01/2018 18:07:28 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

421724

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2015
	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	Giant Hogweed
	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 her Department is taking to reduce the prevalence of giant hogweed.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Ben Howlett
	uin	12098
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2015 answer text <p>Giant hogweed has been present in the UK for over a century and is widespread. Biocontrol methods have been considered in the past but suitable candidates from the plant’s native range have not been found.</p><p>Giant hogweed is, however, listed on schedule 9 and subject to section 14 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, which makes it an offence to plant, or cause this species to grow, in the wild. In addition, Local Authorities and the Police now have powers to issue Community Protection Notices under the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, requiring landowners to take action to control species like giant hogweed where they are having a detrimental effect on local people’s quality of life.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 21/10/2015 12:09:04 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4445 label Biography information for Ben Howlett

421726

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2015
	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	Air Pollution
	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 her Department is taking to improve air quality in order to assist people with lung diseases.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Ben Howlett
	uin	12119
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2015 answer text <p>We are fully committed to complying with EU Air Quality Standards as soon as possible. We have already committed over £2 billion since 2011 in transport measures to improve air quality. On 12 September we launched a public consultation on our draft revised Air Quality plans for nitrogen dioxide, which set out a range of local, national and European actions to lower levels of harmful emissions. The consultation closes on 6 November 2015.</p><br /><p>Government departments and agencies work together to prioritise action and offer the best advice to vulnerable groups to help mitigate the health effects of air pollution. Our daily air quality forecast includes accompanying health messages to the public based on advice provided by Public Health England.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 20/10/2015 16:33:33 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4445 label Biography information for Ben Howlett

419988

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2015
	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	Floods: Insurance
	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 her Department made prior to laying the Flood Reinsurance (Scheme Funding and Administration) Regulations 2015 of whether the scope of the definition of home insurance in the regulations covered only those home insurers who explicitly protected against flood risk.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Ben Howlett
	uin	10795
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2015 answer text <p>We consulted widely and worked very closely with the Association of British Insurers to ensure that the Flood Reinsurance (Scheme Funding and Administration) Regulations 2015 reflect the intended policy position. As set out in the Regulations, Flood Re will assess whether an insurer is liable for levy payments (and the amount of levy they are due to pay) based on the amount of domestic property insurance an insurer covers in the UK market.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 16/10/2015 12:26:29 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4445 label Biography information for Ben Howlett