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1177371

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2020
	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
	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 ensure that the UK can enforce its fishing rights after the end of the transition period.
	tabling member constituency	Banff and Buchan
	tabling member printed	David Duguid
	uin	14762
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government has taken significant steps to ensure the UK can enforce its fishing rights. These include, with respect to England via the Marine Management Organisation, increasing the number of frontline warranted officers by 50% (35 people) for 2019/2020; putting in place a framework to increase aerial surveillance by a maximum of two surveillance aircraft as risk and intelligence demands; and chartering two additional commercial vessels to enable an increase in routine sea-based inspections to supplement provision from the Royal Navy Fisheries Protection Squadron.</p><p> </p><p>Fisheries control and enforcement is a devolved matter. As such, it will continue to be for each Devolved Administration to decide how best to control and enforce its waters, and what new arrangements may be needed. We continue to work closely with the Devolved Administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to ensure a coordinated approach to fisheries control and enforcement across UK waters.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 13/02/2020 13:53:40 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4606 label Biography information for David Duguid

1176749

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2020
	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: Software
	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 3 February 2020 to Question 7676, on Fishing Catches: Computer Software, what volume of data the catch recording app will generate in a year; how the data are hosted; and whether the data from that app will be cross checked with (a) sales notes and (b) other data on the fisheries activity database (i) automatically as part of an integrated system or (ii) manually.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	13560
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>When fully operational, it is expected that the catch recording system will generate data on approximately 200,000 fishing trips per year. This data will be hosted by the Centre for Fisheries, Environment and Aquaculture Science using Microsoft Azure. Data collected will be cross checked with sales notes and other data on the fisheries activity database using both automatic checks and manual checks.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 13/02/2020 13:40:28 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1176750

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2020
	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: Software
	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 7 January 2020 to Question 238, on Fishing Catches: Computer Software, whether the figure of £1.8 million includes the cost of (a) providing training to fishers on how to use the catch recording app, (b) providing training and guidance to staff of the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) on the use of that app, (c) hosting and managing the data generated and (d) further hardware and software developments to ensure the MMO can compile a single record of fish caught and landed.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	13561
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>The figure of £1.8 million includes the development of guidance and training for both fishers and staff of the Marine Management Organisation (MMO). Costs associated with hosting and managing the data as well as further hardware and software developments to ensure the MMO can compile a single record of fish caught are not included.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 13/02/2020 13:36:50 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1176755

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2020
	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: Software
	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 ensure the effectiveness of the catch recording app.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	13564
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>The catch recording service was developed using input from and testing with users. A ‘soft launch’ was also undertaken in 2019 where the app was tested by under-10 metre fishing vessel owners who submitted data from over 100 individual fishing trips.</p><p> </p><p>During the full roll out phase of the service, further feedback is being used to make additional improvements to both the guidance and system functionality. The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) will continue to provide further support to the English fleet to help them adapt to the new digital solution.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 13/02/2020 13:35:31 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1176771

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2020
	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	Food: Origin Marking
	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 make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a geographical indication scheme for UK food and drink after the transition period.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	13500
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>At the end of the transition period, we will launch UK Geographical Indication (GI) schemes, as part of our strategy to protect regional and traditional foods. Collectively, GI products like Scotch Whisky, Melton Mowbray Pork Pies and Welsh Lamb represent 25% of the UK’s food and drink export value and are highly valued by the communities that produce them. We are committed to celebrating the success of these products and ensuring they are fully protected from imitation and evocation in the UK from 1 January 2021.</p><p> </p><p>The new UK GI framework will fully comply with the WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights. As we establish new trade relationships around the world, we will seek to promote GI products as exemplars of quality British food and drink through campaigns like Food is Great.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 13/02/2020 13:08:00 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1176844

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2020
	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	Forests
	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 has taken to help the UK's forests and woodlands recover from Ash Dieback; and what steps her Department is taking to prevent new diseases being imported.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	13514
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>Since ash dieback was first detected in the UK, the Government has invested more than £6 million to advance our scientific understanding of this disease. We have conducted the world’s largest screening trials for tolerant trees and last month planted 3,000 trees in the first UK archive of tolerant ash. This will provide the basis for a breeding programme of tolerant ash over time and is a major step towards landscape recovery.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance for landowners on managing diseased ash has been published, including a toolkit for local authorities which has been downloaded over 18,500 times. Defra also provides restoration grants to support replanting with alternative species where ash dieback is present.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has robust controls in place to prevent new diseases being imported, including a comprehensive system of inspections and surveillance and a statutory notification scheme for certain tree species. Thirty-five high risk host species, including many native tree species such as ash, oak, beech, willow and birch, are now provisionally prohibited from import to the UK from outside the EU, until a full risk assessment has been carried out.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 13/02/2020 13:10:45 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1176472

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2020
	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	Dogs: Imports
	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 dogs were imported using the Balai Directive in 2019; and from which countries those dogs were so imported.
	tabling member constituency	East Lothian
	tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
	uin	13019
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>The number of dogs that were imported to the UK using the Balai Directive in 2019 was 44,563.</p><p> </p><p>The breakdown of this figure by country is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Country of Origin</p></td><td><p>Dogs</p></td><td><p>Country of Origin</p></td><td><p>Dogs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Antigua and Barbuda</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>Latvia</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Argentina</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>Lebanon</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Australia</p></td><td><p>275</p></td><td><p>Lithuania</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Austria</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Macao</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Azerbaijan</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>Malaysia</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bahrain</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>Malta</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barbados</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Mauritius</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bermuda</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>Mexico</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bosnia and Herzegovina</p></td><td><p>174</p></td><td><p>Namibia</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brazil</p></td><td><p>201</p></td><td><p>Netherlands</p></td><td><p>70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bulgaria</p></td><td><p>220</p></td><td><p>New Zealand</p></td><td><p>73</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Canada</p></td><td><p>82</p></td><td><p>Nigeria</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cayman Islands</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>Norway</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chile</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Oman</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>China</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>Peru</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Colombia</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>Philippines</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Costa Rica</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>Poland</p></td><td><p>1160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Croatia</p></td><td><p>153</p></td><td><p>Portugal</p></td><td><p>47</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cyprus</p></td><td><p>3457</p></td><td><p>Puerto Rico</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Czech Republic</p></td><td><p>73</p></td><td><p>Qatar</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Denmark</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>Romania</p></td><td><p>19487</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Egypt</p></td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p>Russia</p></td><td><p>70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Estonia</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Saudi Arabia</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Falkland Islands</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Serbia</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fiji</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Singapore</p></td><td><p>42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Finland</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Slovakia</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>France</p></td><td><p>78</p></td><td><p>Slovenia</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>French Polynesia</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>South Africa</p></td><td><p>529</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Germany</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>Spain</p></td><td><p>4891</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greece</p></td><td><p>294</p></td><td><p>Sweden</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hong Kong</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>Switzerland</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hungary</p></td><td><p>2145</p></td><td><p>Taiwan</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>India</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>Tanzania</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Iran</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>Thailand</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ireland (Rep. of)</p></td><td><p>7368</p></td><td><p>Turkey</p></td><td><p>76</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Israel</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>Turks and Caicos</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Italy</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>UAE</p></td><td><p>292</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Japan</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>Uganda</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jordan</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>Ukraine</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kazakhstan</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>Uruguay</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kenya</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>USA</p></td><td><p>2604</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Korea (North)</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Vietnam</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Korea (South)</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>Zimbabwe</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kuwait</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The data for commercial imports covers the number of animals imported to the UK and was extracted from the Trade Control and Expert System (TRACES) through the Qlikview facility by searching for imports of <em>Canis familiaris</em> in 2019 to the United Kingdom. These figures cover all commercially imported dogs, including commercial puppies, rescue dogs, research dogs and unaccompanied pets.</p><p> </p><p>The information that the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) have provided is a true reflection of the information that is held. The APHA cannot guarantee the accuracy of this data, as the information that has been entered into TRACES by a third party.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 13/02/2020 13:43:01 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1176117

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2020
	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: Animal Housing
	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 and what proportion of sows in organic farming environments are kept in (a) (i) outdoor and (ii) indoor farrowing systems and (b) farrowing crates; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	12249
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and to obtain it would incur disproportionate costs as gathering the information would require each individual Control Body to contact each producer.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The main principles of organic farming are that animal health and welfare are primarily promoted by good management and care of animals.</p><p> </p><p>Organic production employs a system that ensures animals have access to pasture (when weather and ground conditions permit) and are truly free range, that they have plenty of space – which helps to reduce stress and disease - and that they can graze and forage naturally on organic pasture (grasses and other crops) where only natural fertilisers are used and pesticides are severely restricted.</p><p> </p><p>There were approximately 37,400 organic pigs raised in the UK in 2018, approximately 10% of which were breeding sows (3,800). Farrowing crates are prohibited in organic production and organic regulations require farrowing sows to have at least 7.5 m<sup>2</sup> of indoor space per sow and 2.5 m<sup>2</sup> of outdoor space per sow.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 13/02/2020 11:13:38 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1175682

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2020
	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: 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, how many and what proportion of sows are kept in (a)(i) outdoor and (ii) indoor farrowing systems and (b) farrowing crates; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	11510
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>The UK is ahead of most other pig producing countries in that an estimated 40% of breeding sows in the UK are kept outdoors and farrow freely. Of the 60% of sows kept in indoor group housed systems the majority will use farrowing crates, of which there are many different designs. I believe the aim should be for farrowing crates not to be necessary. It is important that we make progress towards a system which both safeguards the welfare of the sow as well as the piglets and also works commercially, and that we do so as quickly as possible so that crates can be consigned to history.</p><p> </p><p>A new statutory welfare code for pigs was laid in Parliament on 9 September 2019 and includes guidance on farrowing to protect the welfare of both sows and piglets. The code will come into force shortly.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 13/02/2020 09:43:11 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1175683

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2020
	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: 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, how many and what proportion of growing pigs are (a) free range having been born outside with access to a field throughout life, (b) outdoor-reared having been born and reared outdoors for approximately half their life and then brought inside, (c) outdoor-bred having been born outdoors and brought indoors at weaning and (d) permanently indoors; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	11511
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>Defra does not hold statistics on how many pigs are reared outside or indoors. The terms free range, outdoor-reared and outdoor-bred are industry-owned marketing terms and Defra does not hold data on this type of information. To the best of our knowledge, this data is not available elsewhere.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 13/02/2020 09:41:18 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy