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436746

	registered interest
	date	09/12/2015
	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	Zoonoses
	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 risk to the UK of (a) rabies, (b) the Echinococcus multilocularis tapeworm and (c) other zoonotic diseases.
	tabling member constituency	Cambridge
	tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
	uin	19290
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <br /><p>The quantitative rabies risk assessment carried out prior to harmonisation with the EU pet travel rules in 2012 took into account, amongst other things, a number of variables including a doubling in the number of cats and dogs entering the country. Pets entering on a UK pet passport (i.e. returning from an overseas visit) were not included in this analysis as they must be fully protected against rabies before leaving the UK. We are continuing to monitor the factors considered in the risk assessment and are content that the risk remains very low. The risk assessment was published in 2011 and is available here:</p><p><a href="http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.395.143&amp;rep=rep1&amp;type=pdf" target="_blank">http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.395.143&amp;rep=rep1&amp;type=pdf</a></p><p><br></p><p>In 2010 we carried out an assessment of risk from the tapeworm <em>Echinococcus Multilocularis</em> in readiness for harmonisation and which confirmed continuing risk through the movement of pet dogs. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/animal-diseases-international-monitoring" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/animal-diseases-international-monitoring</a> As a result, the UK continues to maintain its controls against <em>Echinococcus multilocularis</em>. Since 1 January 2012 import controls relating to this tapeworm have been implemented under EU Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1152/2011. This Regulation lays down the tapeworm import conditions which pet dogs must comply with when being moved into the UK from other countries. The European Food Safety Authority is currently assessing how the new regulation has been implemented in the free countries (Ireland, Malta, Finland and the UK) and this includes a new assessment of any change in risk. Experts from the UK as well as other Member States have been part of this working group and the opinion will be published in 2016 prior to the review of the legislation required in December 2016. We are continuing to monitor the factors considered in the risk assessment as we do for any notifiable disease and will take the EFSA opinion into account when it is finalised.</p><br /><p>Officials from the Department work closely with colleagues from public health and food safety to assess the risk posed to people by zoonotic diseases. While a number of mechanisms exist for this purpose depending on the specific disease, the main cross – Government group that identifies and assesses emerging infection risks to human health (non-food borne disease) is the HAIRS (Human Animal Infections and Risk Surveillance) group which meets on a monthly basis and includes veterinary experts from the APHA:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/human-animal-infections-and-risk-surveillance-group-hairs.%0d" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/human-animal-infections-and-risk-surveillance-group-hairs.</a></p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 15/12/2015 13:41:44 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

519686

	registered interest
	date	19/05/2016
	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	Yeast
	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 research has her Department undertaken on the effect of the use of increasing levels of yeast and yeast extracts in food.
	tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
	tabling member printed	Mrs Cheryl Gillan
	uin	37598
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2016 answer text <p>Historically Defra has funded research on yeast under the Food LINK Programmes in relation to its use in brewing, in food and drink spoilage and to develop predictive food microbiological modelling tools. Since 2010 we have engaged with Innovate UK on collaborative R&amp;D with industry supporting a range of issues on food quality.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 26/05/2016 11:24:49 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

348082

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2015
	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	World Milk Day
	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 took to celebrate World Milk Day on 1 June 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	uin	736
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>Defra issued a number of supportive statements through social media to promote World Milk Day and highlight some of the key features of the UK milk industry, including the scale of UK production and the latest information on dairy exports. In particular, we celebrated the important contribution of UK dairying to the economy and as a key source of calcium in UK diets.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 08/06/2015 11:12:41 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

451488

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2016
	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	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
	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 commission a study into the effect on bird and marine life of off-shore windfarms; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
	tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
	uin	26456
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p>The Planning Inspectorate is responsible for examining development consent applications for nationally significant infrastructure projects, including offshore renewable energy installations over 100MW in English and Welsh waters and their adjacent offshore waters, and then making a recommendation to the Secretary of State at Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) for the final decision.</p><p>As part of the planning process, the environmental impacts of offshore renewable energy installations are considered through the requirement to undertake project level Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) and Habitats Regulations Assessments (HRAs). In order to improve the evidence on the extent of the environmental impacts of offshore renewable energy installations, the Offshore Renewables Joint Industry Programme (ORJIP) was initiated by DECC, Marine Scotland and The Crown Estate. ORJIP includes a longer-term project to improve empirical evidence on the impacts of offshore renewables on marine species, such as birds and marine mammals. Further information is available at <a href="http://www.carbontrust.com/client-services/technology/innovation/offshore-renewables-joint-industry-programme-orjip/" target="_blank">http://www.carbontrust.com/client-services/technology/innovation/offshore-renewables-joint-industry-programme-orjip/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 22/02/2016 12:58:08 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

451590

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2016
	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	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
	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 information her Department holds on the effects of offshore windfarms on the national habitats of migrating whales, seals and porpoises.
	tabling member constituency	Morecambe and Lunesdale
	tabling member printed	David Morris
	uin	26512
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p>The Joint Cetacean Protocol (JCP) is the most comprehensive information source available on whales and porpoises in the UK. Information from the JCP is used to inform assessments of the effects of offshore windfarms on marine mammals. The information was also used to help assess the status of marine mammals as set out in the UK’s Marine Strategy Part One in 2012.</p><p>The assessment brought together a significant body of information on the distribution, abundance, trends, and status of whales, porpoises, and seals in UK waters, and a consideration of the pressures they face, including from renewable energy development. The Marine Strategy Part One concluded that the status for the five most abundant cetacean species in UK waters was ‘favourable’. Seals face a number of pressures in the UK, although where localised declines have been identified these have not been attributed to offshore wind farms. Further information can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/marine-strategy-part-one-uk-initial-assessment-and-good-environmental-status" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/marine-strategy-part-one-uk-initial-assessment-and-good-environmental-status</a>.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 22/02/2016 13:14:10 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4135 label Biography information for David Morris

175073

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2015
	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	Wildlife: Smuggling
	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 progress has been made on the implementation of commitments made by (a) the UK and (b) partner nations at the London Conference on the illegal wildlife trade in February 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
	uin	221605
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2015 answer text <p>The UK is committed to playing its part in ending the scourge of the global illegal wildlife trade, which is why we hosted the London Conference on the illegal wildlife trade in February 2014. The London Conference Declaration contained 25 commitments to action on enforcement and criminal justice, eradicating the market for illegal wildlife products and sustainable livelihoods.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A report describing the UK’s progress on delivering the commitments made in the London Conference Declaration will be published this spring. We have also designed a £10 million package, over four years, to support international action to tackle the illegal wildlife trade, focused on the themes discussed at the London Conference. As part of this package, 19 projects around the world will receive over £5.3 million through the Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK is producing a progress report on behalf of all the countries and Intergovernmental Organisations which adopted the London Conference Declaration. This report will be based on their contributions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 28/01/2015 17:46:01 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

224701

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2015
	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	Wildlife: Smuggling
	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 recommendations the Government plans to propose to the Conference on the Illegal Trade in Wildlife in Botswana in March 2015.
	tabling member constituency	North Swindon
	tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
	uin	225972
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2015 answer text <p>The Government is working with other countries and international organisations to develop an ambitious set of outcomes for the Conference on the Illegal Wildlife Trade that is taking place in Botswana on 25 March 2015. These will build on and complement the 25 commitments to action on enforcement and criminal justice, demand reduction and sustainable livelihoods set out in the Declaration from the London Conference on the Illegal Wildlife Trade.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 06/03/2015 11:28:45 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

426206

	registered interest
	date	04/11/2015
	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	White Fish: Irish 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 discussions she has had with the fisheries Minister in the Northern Ireland Executive on the level of cod stocks in the Irish Sea.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	14753
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2015 answer text <br /><p>Defra holds regular discussions on a wide range of fisheries issues, including cod stocks, with counterparts in the Northern Ireland Executive. We are currently working together to prepare for the annual European fisheries negotiations that will take place in Brussels on 14-15 December 2015.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 10/11/2015 15:11:38 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

173771

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2015
	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	White Fish: 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, whether she has received the report Bass Discards published by the Irish Bass Group; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Meon Valley
	tabling member printed	George Hollingbery
	uin	220774
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2015 answer text <p>I met the Irish Minister in the margins of the European Union Agriculture and Fisheries Council of 15-16 December to discuss key fisheries items on the Council agenda including management of sea bass stocks.</p><p>Under longstanding Irish national measures to protect bass stocks their commercial fishing vessels are not permitted to land bass for sale, which means a degree of discarding of bass by-catch from mixed fishing activity will occur. I have not, however, seen the Bass Discards report published by the Irish Bass Group.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 220767 220768 220773 220775 question first answered 22/01/2015 11:21:10 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery

173772

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2015
	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	White Fish: 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 reports she has received on the Irish government's views on a total ban on commercial fishing for sea bass.
	tabling member constituency	Meon Valley
	tabling member printed	George Hollingbery
	uin	220775
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2015 answer text <p>I met the Irish Minister in the margins of the European Union Agriculture and Fisheries Council of 15-16 December to discuss key fisheries items on the Council agenda including management of sea bass stocks.</p><p>Under longstanding Irish national measures to protect bass stocks their commercial fishing vessels are not permitted to land bass for sale, which means a degree of discarding of bass by-catch from mixed fishing activity will occur. I have not, however, seen the Bass Discards report published by the Irish Bass Group.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 220767 220768 220773 220774 question first answered 22/01/2015 11:21:10 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery