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	registered interest
	date	30/01/2018
	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	Non-native Species
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much they spent in the 2016–17 financial year on biosecurity measures relating to invasive non-native species, broken down by (1) policy functions, (2) inspectorate functions, (3) technical support functions, for example, risk assessments and diagnostics, (4) response functions, including control activities, and (5) research.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Redfern
	uin	HL5245
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) spent £3.8m on invasive non-native species in 2016/17 including both direct costs and apportioned support staff and overheads.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">APHA do not keep the split as requested but can further subdivide the cost between direct costs (£2.2m) and apportioned support staff and overheads (£1.6m).</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">Biosecurity and control of invasive non-native species are devolved matters.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In England in 2016/17 the government spent an estimated total of £922,000 on biosecurity measures relating to invasive non-native species.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The overall cost can be apportioned as £145,000 for policy functions, £90,000 on risk analysis, £335,000 for early warning and rapid response measures, £210,000 on coordination, £80,000 on communication and awareness raising activities, and £62,000 on research.</ins></p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 06/02/2018 13:51:04 question first ministerially corrected 21/02/2018 18:49:37 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble previous answer version 39616 answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	4551 label Biography information for Baroness Redfern

723742

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2017
	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	Supermarkets: Marketing
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what evidence they have that UK supermarkets sell products using the names of non-existent farms and other businesses.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	uin	HL6784
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p><del class="ministerial"><em>It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</em></del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Brand names can be used but this must be done in line with the Food Information for Consumers Regulation (EU) 1169/2011 which prohibits food labelling from misleading the consumer. The way that product brands influence consumers’ choices will vary between cases, depending on the circumstances. Enforcement authorities will take action if there is evidence that a food business operator is labelling food in a way that is misleading.</ins></p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 27/04/2017 10:58:14 question first ministerially corrected 27/04/2017 15:06:56 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble previous answer version 46575 answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

723775

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2017
	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	Fly-tipping
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proposals they have to reduce the amount of fly tipping in the UK; and when any such proposals will be introduced.
	tabling member printed	Lord Laird
	uin	HL6817
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p><del class="ministerial"><em>It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</em></del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Fly-tipping is unacceptable whether it occurs on public or private land. Not only does it blight the areas in which it occurs but may also pose a risk to the environment and human health.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In May 2016 we gave local councils the power to issue fixed penalty notices of up to £400 for small-scale fly-tipping as an alternative to more costly prosecutions. This built on other action to tackle fly-tipping, including: working with the sentencing Council on its sentencing guideline for environmental offences; making it easier for vehicles suspected of being involved in waste crime to be stopped, searched and seized; continuing to chair the National Fly-Tipping Prevention Group to promote and disseminate good practice for tackling fly-tipping; strengthening the waste Duty of Care by publishing a revised Code of Practice and supporting the industry-led Right Waste Right Place campaign to promote Duty of Care to small businesses.</ins></p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 27/04/2017 10:57:54 question first ministerially corrected 27/04/2017 15:06:17 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble previous answer version 46577 answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

578582

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2016
	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	Tree Planting
	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 4 April (HL7141), whether they are on target to meet their commitment to plant 11 million trees by 2020, and what are the latest figures for trees planted to date.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
	uin	HL1726
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2016 answer text <p>Figures published by the Forestry Commission show that 546 hectares of woodland was created in England during the financial year 2015-16. This was supported by the Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE).</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Forestry Commission estimates that a further 165 hectares of woodland was created without RDPE support, bringing the total created during 2015-16 to 711 hectares.</p><p> </p><p>In the period April 2016 - June <ins class="ministerial">2016</ins> <del class="ministerial">2017</del>, a further 422 hectares of woodland was created with RDPE support. This amounted to 1,292,000 trees planted in England.</p><p> </p><p>This Government remains committed to planting 11 million trees during this Parliament.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 19/09/2016 09:02:42 question first ministerially corrected 27/01/2017 12:02:23 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble previous answer version 11436 answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

723733

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2017
	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	Pesticides
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the recommendations of the March 2017 report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food on pesticide use in agriculture, what steps they are taking to protect rural residents and communities from the detrimental health impact of pesticides.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
	uin	HL6775
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p><del class="ministerial"><em>It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</em></del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Pesticides can only be sold and used if they are authorised. Authorisation is only granted if scientific data demonstrate that the proposed use of the pesticide will not have any harmful effects on human health or any unacceptable effect on the environment. The assessment of risks to human health takes account of the potential for exposure of rural residents.</ins></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 27/04/2017 10:57:38 question first ministerially corrected 27/04/2017 15:07:17 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble previous answer version 46574 answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

748009

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2017
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how many Fishery Protection ships are patrolling UK waters at any one time; and what is the total number in the squadron.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL463
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>We are unable to confirm the position at a UK level as fisheries protection is a devolved matter. However, the Royal Navy Fishery Protection Squadron comprises of 3 offshore patrol vessels of which one is currently tasked to meet the contractual commitment to the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) for the purposes of fisheries enforcement in England.</p><p> </p><p>The number of RN Offshore Patrol Vessels reflects the adoption of a risk based, intelligence led operational model that enables targeted enforcement interventions in the right place at the right time. The requirement for all vessels over 12 metres in length to be fitted with the satellite tracking devices (Vessel Monitoring System) gives a real time picture of where fishing activity is happening enabling the efficient employment of patrol vessels. This information is monitored at the MMO control room in Newcastle.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, when the RN Offshore Patrol Vessels are at sea but conducting other tasks they are still able to provide a presence which has a deterrent effect. This is supplemented by joint working with other agencies such as Inshore Fisheries Conservation Authorities (IFCAs), UK Border Force (UKBF) and the Police to ensure effective and timely intervention where illegal activity is suspected. Radar sweeps can be used by patrol vessels to identify potential targets and the AIS (Automatic Identification System) is also used in fisheries enforcement to detect fishing activity, including where fishing vessels are operating.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 18/07/2017 16:53:20 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

732093

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2017
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how many Marine Conservation Areas there are in UK waters; and whether they have a target for the number of those areas.
	tabling member printed	Lord Patten
	uin	HL146
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>There are a total of 297 Marine Protected Areas in UK waters. This includes 87 Marine Conservation Zones (Nature Conservation Marine Protected Areas in Scotland) and 210 Marine Protected Areas set up under the Birds and Habitats Directives.</p><p>We aim to consult on the third tranche of Marine Conservation Zones in English waters in Spring 2018, with designations in Spring 2019. There is no target number of sites. The objective is to complete our contribution to the international ecologically-coherent network of Marine Protected Areas in the North East Atlantic by including a representative range of the species and habitats in our seas.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 06/07/2017 13:35:56 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

749919

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2017
	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	Srebrenica: Genocide
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how many sea defence areas have been established during the last 10 years in North-West England; and where each such area is located.
	tabling member printed	Lord Fearn
	uin	HL604
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2017 answer text <p>The following schemes, resulting in improved protection from flooding and/or erosion for over 20,000 properties, have been, or are currently being, undertaken since 2007 in the North West of England:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Item</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Defences</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Location</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Date</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Morecambe coast protection scheme phases five and six</p></td><td><p>Lancashire</p></td><td><p>2007</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>Crane Wharf tidal river defences</p></td><td><p>Chester</p></td><td><p>2007</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>Thornton-Cleveleys phases two and three coast protection scheme</p></td><td><p>Wyre</p></td><td><p>2008</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>Hesketh Outmarsh West</p></td><td><p>Lancashire</p></td><td><p>2008</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>Lower Lancaster tidal Flood Alleviation Scheme phases one and two</p></td><td><p>Lancaster</p></td><td><p>2009</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>Stanah) sea defence improvements</p></td><td><p>Poulton-le-Fylde, Wyre</p></td><td><p>2009</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>West Kirby coast protection scheme</p></td><td><p>Wirral</p></td><td><p>2009</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>Cleveleys sea defence improvement works phase four</p></td><td><p>Wyre</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>River Wyre embankment stabilisation works</p></td><td><p>Fleetwood, Wyre</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>Cleveleys groyne works</p></td><td><p>Wyre</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>Blackpool Central Area Scheme</p></td><td><p>Blackpool</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>Cleveleys beach recharge works</p></td><td><p>Wyre</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>Dubb Mill Point highway coast protection works</p></td><td><p>Allonby, Cumbria</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>Eskmeals highway coast protection works</p></td><td><p>Cumbria</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>Hightown dune restoration works</p></td><td><p>Sefton</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>Teal Bay shingle management (groyne) works</p></td><td><p>Morecambe Lancashire</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>River Mersey Warrington tidal flood risk management scheme phase 1</p></td><td><p>Cheshire</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>Sunderland Point coast protection works</p></td><td><p>Lancashire</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>Whitehaven Harbour emergency works</p></td><td><p>Cumbria</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>West Shore Park coast protection scheme</p></td><td><p>Barrow</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>Knott End sea defence replacement</p></td><td><p>Wyre</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>Starr Hills sand dune management</p></td><td><p>Blackpool</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>Anchorsholme coast protection scheme</p></td><td><p>Blackpool</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>Hesketh Outmarsh East managed realignment</p></td><td><p>Lancashire</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>Rossall coast protection and sea defence scheme phases one and two of three</p></td><td><p>Lancashire</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>Morcambe sea defence improvement works</p></td><td><p>Lancashire</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, there are dune restoration programmes on the Fylde Peninsula and the Sefton coast.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 24/07/2017 10:42:25 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	488 label Biography information for Lord Fearn

752492

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2017
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how they plan to maintain the UK's current food supplies level after Brexit, in the light of the findings of the study A food Brexit: time to get real that the EU is providing 31 per cent of the UK's food supply.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL938
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2017 answer text <p>The potential issues for food supply following EU exit that are raised in the report “A Food Brexit: time to get real” are being addressed through a number of Bills outlined in the Queen’s Speech. These include an Agricultural Bill, a Fisheries Bill, an EU Repeal Bill, a Trade Bill and a Customs Bill. Analysis to inform the development of our legislative programme in preparation for leaving the EU is well underway.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 24/07/2017 11:22:49 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

748856

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2017
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what action they have taken to prevent the curlew from becoming extinct since that bird was added to the Birds of Conservation Concern 4: the Red list for Birds, in December 2015.
	tabling member printed	Marquess of Lothian
	uin	HL519
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The UK network of 270 classified special protection areas, covering approximately 2.8 million hectares of key habitats, protects many rare, threatened and vulnerable birds including curlews.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s agri-environment schemes have been designed to encourage habitat management including for curlew conservation in targeted areas, to provide suitable nesting and foraging conditions.</p><p> </p><p>Natural England is working with the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds on a recovery programme aimed at providing a coordinated approach to the management of curlew habitats, including predator control to increase breeding numbers. This forms part of an international action plan to address the ‘near threatened’ status of the curlew, which the UK will support in our role as signatory of the African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 18/07/2017 14:25:02 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian