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1386055

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2021
	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	Air Pollution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of bringing forward a standalone clean air Bill.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	uin	904675
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2021 answer text <p>We know that air pollution is the greatest environmental hazard to health, and we have taken significant action to clean up our air. Emissions of nitrogen oxides are now at their lowest levels since records began. But there is more to do. The landmark Environment Act includes a clear duty to set new targets for air quality.</p><p> </p><p>The Environment Act ensures local authorities have strengthened powers to tackle air pollution and more. This builds on our Clean Air Strategy.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 09/12/2021 08:03:58 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1143540

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Infant Foods
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To as the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 14 May 2019 to Question 247997 on Infant Foods, if he will publish the (a) content discussed and (b) decisions made in the meetings his Department has had with representatives of the formula milk industry in (i) 2018 and (ii) 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	284948
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The content discussed at the meetings is set out in the following table. No decisions were taken at any of these meetings.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Date</p></td><td><p>Organisation</p></td><td><p>Content discussed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>26 February 2018</p></td><td><p>Nestle</p></td><td><p>Presentation on action on sustainable diets</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>28 March 2018</p></td><td><p>Singapore Government and trade delegation</p></td><td><p>General discussion on Infant formula</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>25 April 2018</p></td><td><p>Danone and Nutrica</p></td><td><p>Early Years Nutrition Partnership</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6 June 2018</p></td><td><p>British Specialist Nutrition Association (BSNA), Nestle, Nutrica</p></td><td><p>Notifications for Foods for Special Medical Purposes</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>22 June 2018</p></td><td><p>Nestle</p></td><td><p>Planning for visit</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4 July 2018</p></td><td><p>Nestle</p></td><td><p>Visit</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11 July 2018</p></td><td><p>Danone</p></td><td><p>Aptamil</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30 July 2018</p></td><td><p>Danone</p></td><td><p>Childhood Obesity Chapter 2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>14 August 2018</p></td><td><p>Nestle</p></td><td><p>Childhood Obesity Chapter 2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>22 August 2018</p></td><td><p>BSNA</p></td><td><p>EU exit preparation</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10 September 2018</p></td><td><p>Danone and Nestle</p></td><td><p>Advertising roundtable</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>14 November 2018</p></td><td><p>BSNA</p></td><td><p>Nutrition legislation meeting</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15 November 2018</p></td><td><p>Danone</p></td><td><p>Reformulation, Brexit pressure, and Chapter 2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>22 November 2018</p></td><td><p>BSNA</p></td><td><p>Forthcoming CODEX CCNFSDU40</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 09/09/2019 15:45:03 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1382612

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2021
	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	Plastics
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government plans to take to reduce the use of plastics during the remainder of the UK's COP presidency.
	tabling member constituency	Don Valley
	tabling member printed	Nick Fletcher
	uin	904502
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2021 answer text <p>Tackling plastic pollution was a priority before our COP presidency, and will continue to be after it concludes. The single-use carrier bag charge has led to a 95% reduction in the consumption of these bags in the main supermarkets- and earlier this year we extended it to all retailers. We are consulting right now on plans to go further, and extend restrictions on single-use plastics to plates, cutlery and expanded and extruded polystyrene food and drinks containers. In April 2022, we will introduce the plastic packaging tax – significantly incentivising plastic recycling. The world-leading Environment Act will allow us to do more still – with Extended Producer Responsibility schemes to ensure polluters pay, Deposit Return schemes to cut littering and boost plastic bottle recycling, and Consistent Collections to make recycling plastic, and other materials, easier for householders. Taken together, this is an exciting and comprehensive package of measures to make a real and lasting difference.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 01/12/2021 17:08:10 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4832 label Biography information for Nick Fletcher

1694562

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Child Benefit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State Work and Pensions, whether he made an assessment of the potential merits of lifting the two child benefit cap during the preparation of the Spring Budget.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	17655
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>There are no plans to change the existing policy.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 12/03/2024 11:30:26 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1388275

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2021
	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, with reference to the Commercial and Non Commercial movement of pets into Great Britain consultation, when the Government plans to increase the minimum age at which dogs can be brought into Great Britain.
	tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
	tabling member printed	Alex Davies-Jones
	uin	93920
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2022 answer text <p>The Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill was introduced in Parliament on 8 June and completed committee on the 18 November. The Bill allows us to protect the welfare of pets by introducing restrictions to crack down on the low welfare movements of pets into Great Britain and includes powers to introduce new restrictions on pet travel and the commercial import of pets on welfare grounds, via secondary legislation.</p><p> </p><p>In August 2021, the Government launched an eight-week consultation on our proposed restrictions to the commercial and non-commercial movement of pets, including rescue pets, into Great Britain. This included proposals to ban the commercial and non-commercial movement into Great Britain of puppies under the age of six months, heavily pregnant dogs and dogs which have been subjected to low welfare practices such as ear cropping or tail docking. We are currently analysing the responses to the consultation and will publish a summary response in due course. This will allow us to take onboard the views of the public and interested groups on puppy smuggling and low welfare imports in order to shape our future policy.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 05/01/2022 09:09:58 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4849 label Biography information for Alex Davies-Jones

1418043

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2022
	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	Paper: Recycling
	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 to support and promote the recycling of paper.
	tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
	tabling member printed	Sarah Green
	uin	115013
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2022 answer text <p>All local authorities in England currently offer a kerbside collection service for paper and card.</p><p> </p><p>To ensure that we recycle more paper and card, as well as other materials, we are seeking to make recycling easier by ensuring that there is a comprehensive, consistent service across England.</p><p> </p><p>Following support at public consultation, the Environment Act 2021 stipulates that all local authorities, and other waste collectors, in England must make arrangements for a core set of materials to be collected for recycling from households, businesses and non-domestic premises (including paper and card). These measures will improve the quality and quantity of materials collected for recycling and increase public confidence in the recycling system.</p><p> </p><p>In 2021 we published a second consultation on consistency recycling collections. This consultation closed on 4 July and sought views on increasing consistency in recycling, including the specific materials that are in scope of collection in the paper and card waste stream. We are currently analysing responses to the consultation and intend to publish our response in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 03/02/2022 10:07:24 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4918 label Biography information for Sarah Green

1358051

	registered interest
	date	23/09/2021
	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	Incinerators: Health Hazards
	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 has been given to the (a) precautionary principle and (b) potential harmful effect on local residents’ health from the release of particulate fumes from incineration, when permission has been granted to build new incinerators.
	tabling member constituency	Islington North
	tabling member printed	Jeremy Corbyn
	uin	53829
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2021 answer text <p>(a) The Environment Agency is responsible for issuing permits to allow new incinerators to operate in England. The Health Protection Agency’s (now the UK Health Security Agency or UKHSA) response to the 2005 British Society for Ecological Medicine report on the health effects of waste incinerators states “there are no grounds for adopting the ‘precautionary principle’ to restrict the introduction of new incinerators”. The Environment Agency consults UKHSA on every permit application it receives for a new incinerator and is satisfied that this advice remains appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>(b) As part of the permitting process, the Environment Agency carries out a thorough environmental impact assessment of emissions from the proposed plant, including particulate matter, and strict emission limits are included in permits for particulate matter and other pollutants. The Environment Agency will not grant a permit if the proposed plant could give rise to any significant pollution of the environment or harm to human health.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 18/10/2021 13:44:02 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	185 label Biography information for Jeremy Corbyn

1357439

	registered interest
	date	22/09/2021
	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	Incinerators
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, (a) what recent discussions the Government has had with the Environment Agency on tightening standards under the BAT Conclusions for Waste Incineration issued by the European Commission in 2019; (b) how many permits of existing facilities have been revised in particular for Nitrogen Oxide pollution; and (c) and whether all permits for new facilities reflect these updated limit values and require the use of selective catalytic reduction to abate Nitrogen Oxide pollution.
	tabling member constituency	Swansea West
	tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
	uin	53159
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2021 answer text <p>(a) Defra meets regularly with the Environment Agency to discuss the implementation of Best Available Techniques (BAT) at regulated facilities. One such meeting was held in July 2021 when the UK Interpretation guidance for the Waste Incineration BAT Conclusions was agreed, including tightening of relevant emission limits.</p><p> </p><p>(b) The Environment Agency has not yet revised any permits for existing facilities in respect of emissions of oxides of nitrogen (NOx). All permits will be revised by the legally required implementation date for the BAT Conclusions for existing plants which is 3 December 2023.</p><p> </p><p>(c) All new permits issued by the Environment Agency since 3 December 2019 reflect the updated limit values for NOx for new plants, but not all of them require the use of selective catalytic reduction.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 18/10/2021 13:39:22 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1383338

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2021
	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	Aviation: Tetraethyllead
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, by what date he expects the substance tetraethyllead to be banned from use by all sectors of the UK aviation industry.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
	uin	84445
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2021 answer text <p>Annex 14 of UK REACH (the Authorisation List) lists substances of very high concern that cannot be used after a specified ‘sunset date’ unless an authorisation has been applied for and been granted. As part of its recent draft recommendation for substances that are a priority for adding to Annex 14, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) recommended that no action on tetraethyllead is needed under UK REACH at the moment. The HSE set out that it may be appropriate to revisit the regulatory approach to tetraethyllead when technical evaluations of potential alternatives are completed, as none are currently available. This is expected to happen by the mid-2020s. As the process for recommending substances for Annex 14 prioritisation is a regular one, the regulatory approach to tetraethyllead will be reassessed in future prioritisation rounds.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport is working to encourage industry to transfer to cleaner aviation fuels where possible. In December 2020, the Secretary of State for Transport asked officials to speed up work on encouraging the aviation sector to use unleaded fuels such as UL91 which it is believed a significant proportion of the piston engine aviation fleet can use.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 08/12/2021 17:24:51 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1379528

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2021
	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	Aviation: Fuels
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason AVGAS 100 was not placed on the very high concern substance list.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	76825
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2021 answer text <p>The aviation fuel AVGAS 100 is not listed on the UK REACH Candidate list as a substance of very high concern (SVHC) because it is a mixture of substances. One of these substances is tetraethyllead (TEL), which is listed on the UK REACH Candidate list as an SVHC. This places certain obligations on companies or individuals that use or place TEL on the market in GB. This includes its use in aviation fuel.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 23/11/2021 14:59:54 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard