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167019

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2014
	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: Thames Valley
	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 has taken to improve flood defences in the Thames Valley in 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	216492
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2014 answer text <p>Since the 2013/14 winter flooding, over £3 million has been spent on work to restore flood defence assets in the Thames Valley and Surrey areas to help reduce the risk of flooding to communities. This has included completing eight flood defence repair projects and capital works on two weirs (Molesey and Godstow). The Environment Agency has also carried out repairs to damage on three Thames weirs, including removal of trees and blockages, and shoal clearance works across twenty sites through the Lower Thames.</p><p>During this year, the Environment Agency has also made progress in developing two large-scale flood alleviation schemes:</p><p>- The Oxford to Abingdon scheme, reducing flood risk to over 1,000 properties; and</p><p>- The River Thames scheme, reducing flood risk to over 15,000 homes and businesses and significant local infrastructure around Teddington to Datchet.</p><p>An indicative allocation of £297m of Grant in Aid has been allocated to projects within the Thames RFCC are over the next 6 years. These projects will better protect at least 25,000 households by 2021. It is planned to start the construction of 36 projects by April 2016 with a further 126 projects in development and the pipeline for construction in future years.</p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 08/12/2014 17:51:29 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

173185

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2015
	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	Rivers: Repairs and Maintenance
	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 progress has been made in deregulating the consent process for river maintenance pilots; and what plans she has to start new pilot schemes (a) along the Thames in Berkshire and (b) elsewhere.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	220494
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2015 answer text <p>On 10 December 2014, Defra launched a consultation on proposals to integrate flood defence consents into the Environmental Permitting framework. The new scheme will simplify the application process while removing unnecessary costs and burdens for those who wish to carry out construction works or other activities in, or near, main rivers.</p><p>The River Maintenance Pilots (which explore how red tape could be reduced for landowners who wish to undertake maintenance in man-made ditches, land drains or previously straightened watercourses that had been dredged in the last ten years) were launched by the Environment Agency in October 2013 and were scheduled to last for one year. In response to interest shown by local farmers, the pilots were expanded in May 2014 to include two new pilot areas, and expand an existing area. To allow those affected by the 2013/14 floods extra time to carry out their work, the pilots were also extended until mid-March 2015. We will consider the evidence from the pilots when they are complete.</p><p>In addition, the Environment Agency and National Farmers Union are launching a new local initiative across rural Oxfordshire to help landowners along tributaries of the River Thames with the consenting process. This initiative will start in 2015/16 and it is likely to expand into Berkshire and Buckinghamshire.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 19/01/2015 15:41:20 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

172771

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2015
	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	Fishing Catches
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which fish species have been overfished in 2013-14.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
	tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
	uin	220169
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>In 2013, four stocks from over 100 were overfished as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Stock Landings as percentage of quota</strong></p><p> </p><p>North Sea herring 100.2%</p><p> </p><p>Celtic Sea sole 105.2%</p><p> </p><p>Celtic Sea plaice 112.1%</p><p> </p><p>Western Approaches plaice 118.7%</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Data for 2014 are not yet available as international quota trading, which may be used to cover initial overfishing, is permitted until the end of January 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 13/01/2015 13:43:13 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

172774

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2015
	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	Fishing Catches
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the announcement by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) on 7 January 2015, on January 2015 catch limits, from which industry bodies the MMO received feedback; which fisheries representatives contacted the MMO; and how many members each such organisation represents.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
	tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
	uin	220194
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has discussed catch limits with representatives of the New Under Ten Fishermen's Association, the National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations, the North Devon Fishermen’s Association and many individual fishermen. The Government does not hold detailed information on the membership of these organisations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 13/01/2015 13:46:38 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

172780

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2015
	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	Marine Management Organisation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November 2014 to Question 214438, when she plans to publish the triennial review of the Maritime Management Organisation.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
	tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
	uin	220243
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>The Triennial Review of the Marine Management Organisation is now in the final stages of the clearance process.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 13/01/2015 14:57:17 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

173073

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2015
	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	Waste Disposal
	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 encourage the use of green waste as compost.
	tabling member constituency	Pendle
	tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
	uin	220327
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2015 answer text <p>The Government supports recycling of green waste, including work to develop markets for quality compost. For example, the Government has supported the Waste and Resource Action Programme (WRAP) to facilitate the development of the British Standard Institution’s Publicly Available Standard 100 (BSI PAS 100), working with industry to deliver a robust specification which provides national standards for quality of compost. In addition, the Environment Agency has revised its Quality Protocol for compost, which sets out when compost is no longer treated as “waste”. These standards provide confidence in composted materials for end users and help producers ensure their products are safe, reliable and perform well.</p><p>The Government is also helping fund a four year research project undertaking large scale field trials and demonstration projects into the use of quality anaerobic digestate (biofertiliser) and compost in agriculture. This includes an extensive knowledge exchange programme to support the use of green waste as compost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 19/01/2015 14:01:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

173074

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2015
	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	Bees
	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 she has made of efforts to reintroduce the short-haired bumblebee Bombus subterraneus to the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Pendle
	tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
	uin	220328
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2015 answer text <p>The reintroduction of <em>Bombus subterraneus</em> (the short-haired bumblebee) to the UK has been underway since 2012 through a partnership between Natural England, the Bumblebee Conservation Trust, the RSPB and Hymettus. There have been annual releases of queen bees from Sweden in the Dungeness and Romney Marsh area of Kent. A number of landowners in the area are supporting the reintroduction by restoring the habitat that the species depends on using agri-environment schemes. The partnership project officer and a team of volunteers have been monitoring this habitat every summer and in 2013 and 2014 worker short-haired bumblebees were seen in the area. This provides direct evidence that at least some of the released queens have successfully formed colonies. Queen releases and monitoring of habitat will continue through to 2016 at which point it is hoped that there will be evidence that a self-sustaining population is becoming established.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 19/01/2015 15:32:37 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

169481

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2014
	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	Game: Gun Sports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish a consultation on a licensing scheme for commercial game shooting.
	tabling member constituency	Corby
	tabling member printed	Andy Sawford
	uin	217998
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>Landowners are free to run commercial shoots on their land, provided they are carried out appropriately and legally. We have no plans to introduce a licensing system for commercial shoots, or to consult on the matter.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 17/12/2014 11:07:37 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4265 label Biography information for Andy Sawford

169482

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2014
	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	Game: Gun Sports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will (a) discuss with her counterpart in the Scottish Government the effect of the Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2011 and (b) publish a consultation on vicarious liability for landowners who host commercial game shooting in England.
	tabling member constituency	Corby
	tabling member printed	Andy Sawford
	uin	217999
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>The introduction of new legislation requires evidence that it will be effective. We are not yet aware of any successful prosecutions or of any compelling evidence that the introduction of the provisions of vicarious liability in Scotland has had a significant deterrent on those who commit wildlife crime.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We will continue to monitor the situation in Scotland and to consider whether this or a similar offence is necessary and proportionate to assist in tackling wildlife crime in England.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 17/12/2014 16:59:06 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4265 label Biography information for Andy Sawford

169483

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2014
	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: Subsidies
	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 she has made of the value for money of payments to farmers under the Common Agricultural Policy.
	tabling member constituency	Corby
	tabling member printed	Andy Sawford
	uin	218000
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>The following documents have been placed in the Library.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In October 2013, alongside the public consultation, Defra published an evidence paper which assessed the impact of the new Common Agricultural Policy and the costs and benefits of payments made to farmers.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://consult.defra.gov.uk/agricultural-policy/cap-consultation" target="_blank">https://consult.defra.gov.uk/agricultural-policy/cap-consultation</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since then a number of more technical implementation decisions were announced and on 11 December 2014 the Common Agricultural Policy Basic Payment and Support Schemes (England) Regulations 2014 No. 3259 were laid in Parliament. Included in the explanatory memorandum to the legislation is a further evidence paper updating some of the analysis and providing further analysis of the impact of some of the more technical decisions.</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/3259/memorandum/contents" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/3259/memorandum/contents</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, an impact assessment of the new Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE) was published in June 2014 setting out the evidence base on the costs, benefits and value for money.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/strategic-environmental-assessment-of-the-proposed-new-rural-development-programme-in-england" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/strategic-environmental-assessment-of-the-proposed-new-rural-development-programme-in-england</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 17/12/2014 12:16:45 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4265 label Biography information for Andy Sawford