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759299

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	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	Sheep: 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 better to control of lamb worrying and to impose greater penalties for people who allow their animals to worry lambs.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	10004
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>Where a dog is worrying livestock, police and local authorities, with the consent of the local police, can pursue a prosecution under the Dogs (Protection of Livestock) Act 1953. This provides a criminal offence where a keeper has allowed their dog to worry livestock and carries a maximum fine of £1000. Defra and the Animal Health and Welfare Board for England (AHWBE) met police forces, farming and rural interests to discuss this issue earlier this year. Under the auspices of the National Police Chiefs’ Council, five police forces are collaborating to pilot more systematic data collection of incidents and good response practices and we look forward to the results of the pilot.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 19/09/2017 15:50:10 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

418917

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2015
	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	Fisheries: North Sea
	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 she is taking to increase cod fishing quotas in the North Sea.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	10275
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p>I will be seeking the best possible outcome for the UK on North Sea cod in this year’s EU quota negotiations, consistent with the scientific advice and our commitment to achieve maximum sustainable yield (MSY) under the reformed Common Fisheries Policy (CFP).</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 21/09/2015 17:00:50 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

418918

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2015
	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	Avian Influenza
	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 measures her Department has in place to control avian influenza outbreaks.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	10276
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2015 answer text <p>The Notifiable Avian Disease Control Strategy for Great Britain sets out how an outbreak of avian influenza would be managed and what measures would be applied in such an eventuality. This is available at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/notifiable-avian-disease-control-strategy-for-great-britain" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/notifiable-avian-disease-control-strategy-for-great-britain</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Agriculture and Rural Development in Northern Ireland has published its own notifiable avian disease control strategy covering Northern Ireland. This is available at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.dardni.gov.uk/index/animal-health-and-welfare/disease-control-prevention/notifiable-epizootic-avian-disease-control-strategy.htm" target="_blank">www.dardni.gov.uk/index/animal-health-and-welfare/disease-control-prevention/notifiable-epizootic-avian-disease-control-strategy.htm</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 22/09/2015 10:44:53 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

418919

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2015
	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	Avian Influenza
	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 avian influenza outbreaks there have been in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	10277
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2015 answer text <p>There were no outbreaks of avian influenza in Great Britain in 2010, 2011, 2012 or 2013.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In 2014, there was one case of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N8 in Yorkshire.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In 2015, there have been two cases of avian influenza: one low severity H7N7 case in Hampshire and one highly pathogenic H7N7 case in Lancashire. The two cases were not linked.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There has not been an outbreak of avian influenza in Northern Ireland in the past five years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 18/09/2015 14:46:29 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

418920

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2015
	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	Japanese Knotweed
	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 she is taking to minimise the spread of knotweed.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	10278
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2015 answer text <p>Between 2011 and March 2015, Defra provided grant aid to help set up and establish 29 local action groups throughout England to tackle invasive non-native species, including Japanese knotweed. The establishment of these groups was intended to generate a self-sustaining network to tackle these threats. The majority have managed to reduce or eradicate Japanese knotweed from riparian areas and are continuing to do so.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Additionally, Defra has been funding research to make a biocontrol agent available to control the plant and has identified the psyllid, <em>Aphalara itadori</em>. Although it has not yet been possible to achieve self-sustaining populations of the psyllid in the wild, a new release programme was undertaken this summer in riparian areas, utilising local action groups to aid release.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The recent provisions of Community Protection notices, provided for in the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, are also available for use by local authorities to control or prevent the growth of Japanese knotweed where they are satisfied that there is a case to do so.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 22/09/2015 09:48:49 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

767594

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2017
	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	Animal Welfare: Convictions
	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 people have been convicted of animal cruelty in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	106795
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>The number of offenders found guilty of offences under Sections 4 to 8 of the Animal Welfare Act 2006, in England and Wales, from 2012 to 2016, can be viewed in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Offenders found guilty at all courts of animal cruelty offences <sup>(1)</sup>, England and Wales, 2012 to 2016 <sup>(2)(3)</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1,132</p></td><td><p>1,022</p></td><td><p>814</p></td><td><p>622</p></td><td><p>585</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><ol><li><p>Defined as Sections 4-8 Animal Welfare Act 2006</p></li><li><p>The figures given in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.</p></li><li><p>Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.</p><p> </p></li></ol><p>Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 18/10/2017 17:53:03 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

769940

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2017
	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	Agricultural Products: Trade Agreements
	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 representations he has received on the potential demerits of any trade deal that permits agricultural products to be traded on an all-Ireland basis; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	107572
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2017 answer text <p>The UK Government is committed to delivering as seamless and frictionless a border as possible between Northern Ireland and Ireland, recognising the unique significance of the Irish land border and the highly-integrated nature of trade across it, including in agricultural products, because it is in the interests of the EU and all parts of the UK for the deeply integrated trade and economic relationship between the UK and EU to be maintained after our exit from the EU. This can be consistent with pursuing independent trade deals and the Government set out principles and proposals for doing so in our Northern Ireland position paper. We have also always been clear that our guiding principle will be to ensure that as we leave the EU no new barriers to living and doing business within the UK are created. I will make statements on the range of issues on agricultural trade over the course the negotiations.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 20/10/2017 13:58:14 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

776134

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2017
	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	Salmon: 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, what steps he is taking to (a) protect the habitat of salmon and (b) increase the salmon population in the waters of the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	109195
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2017 answer text <p>Policy on the conservation of salmon is devolved and a range of actions are being taken to protect salmon habitat and conserve salmon stock levels by the UK Fisheries Administrations.</p><p>The Environment Agency together with salmon conservation, angling and governmental partners has developed the Salmon Five Point Approach to deliver a better future for salmon. This is looking at opportunities to address the major issues which affect salmon across their whole life cycle, including protecting and improving salmon habitats.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 31/10/2017 14:19:49 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

776135

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2017
	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	Fisheries Convention
	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 the Government's policy is on the UK's membership of the London Fisheries Convention when the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	109196
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2017 answer text <p>On 3 July, the UK gave notice to withdraw from the London Fisheries Convention.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 31/10/2017 17:07:40 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

788496

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2017
	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	Bovine Tuberculosis
	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 bovine tuberculosis there have been in the UK in the last two months.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	112776
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>Bovine TB statistics for England, Wales and Scotland are published monthly and can be found on the GOV.UK website. However, incidence rates for the last two months are not yet available since data for England, Wales and Scotland is published three months in arrears and data for Northern Ireland is published two months in arrears.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 20/11/2017 12:13:06 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon