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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

1149901

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2019
	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	Agriculture: Northern Ireland
	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 (a) advice and (b) guidance his Department has issued to agri-food (i) farmers and (b) producers in Northern Ireland on that industry.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	1027
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2019 answer text <p>Implementing the outcome of the referendum to leave the EU raises significant issues for farmers and agrifood businesses. Whilst the Government’s preference is to leave with an agreement, we have been working hard taking steps to ensure people and businesses are prepared in the event that this is not possible. This includes: publishing numerous pieces of communications since August 2018, including technical notices explaining to businesses and citizens across the UK what they need to do to prepare; and contacting thousands of businesses who trade with the EU, telling them to start getting ready for no-deal customs procedures.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 25/10/2019 09:51:19 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

798629

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2017
	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	African Swine Fever
	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 spread of African swine fever; and if he will make a statement
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	117023
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>An updated Preliminary Outbreak Assessment on African Swine Fever in Eastern Europe was published on 4 December 2017. The assessment takes into account the wild boar infection identified in an unrestricted area of Poland and associated risks to the UK. It is available on GOV.UK:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/african-swine-fever-in-pigs-in-poland-lithuania-and-latvia" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/african-swine-fever-in-pigs-in-poland-lithuania-and-latvia</a></p><p> </p><p>Defra, the Scottish Government, the Welsh Government and DAERA in Northern Ireland are currently working on a joint media campaign with the pig industry and veterinary bodies to remind the public and food producers of the illegality of feeding kitchen and catering waste to all pigs. This is due to the risk of introducing potentially devastating notifiable diseases, including African Swine Fever and Foot and Mouth Disease. Messaging will also highlight what pig keepers can feed their pigs.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 13/12/2017 14:04:12 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

798630

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2017
	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	Pigmeat: UK Trade with EU
	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 discussions his Department has had with the Secretary of State for International Trade on assessing current EU non-tariff barriers on pig products.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	117024
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>Ministers and officials meet their counterparts in the Department for International Trade on a regular basis to discuss a range of issues in trade policy. Leaving the EU is a golden opportunity to secure bold and ambitious trade agreements that work for consumers, farmers and businesses in the UK. We will not water down our standards as part of any future trade deals.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 07/12/2017 18:49:31 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

798631

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2017
	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	Pigs: Antibiotics
	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 discussions his Department has had with the Veterinary Medicines Directorate on retaining the use of antibiotics in medicated feed for the prevention of disease in the pig sector.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	117025
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>Defra, through its Executive Agency, the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD), is working with the livestock industry and the animal feed sector to ensure good stewardship of antibiotics, regardless of the administration route, notably through the Responsible Use of Medicines in Agriculture Alliance (RUMA). In the pig sector, the VMD is a member of the Pig Health and Welfare Council’s antimicrobial usage subgroup and provides the secretariat.</p><p> </p><p>In October, RUMA published sector specific antibiotic use reduction targets. The targets for the pig sector noted that the need for targeted prophylaxis will remain to protect the health and welfare of pigs but that habitual or routine prophylaxis (a “just in case” approach) should be rapidly phased out. The Government endorses these antibiotic use reduction targets.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 07/12/2017 18:52:51 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon