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1697236

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2024
	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: Waste
	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 his Department has made an assessment of the potential (a) economic and (b) environmental impact of mandatory food waste reporting in Battersea.
	tabling member constituency	Battersea
	tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
	uin	19458
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2024 answer text <p>The 2022 public consultation on improved food waste reporting by large food businesses in England included an Impact Assessment which assessed the economic and environmental impacts of the of the voluntary and mandatory approaches to reporting. These assessments were made at the national level. No regional or local assessments have been made.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 22/03/2024 13:40:32 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
	tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1664890

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2023
	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	Water: Sewage
	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 statutory inquiry into alleged dumping of raw sewage by the water industry.
	tabling member constituency	Battersea
	tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
	uin	202584
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2023 answer text <p>The Government has been consistently clear that the volume of sewage discharged by water companies into our waters is unacceptable, and they must significantly reduce how much sewage they discharge as a priority.</p><p> </p><p>Our Storm Overflows Discharge Reduction Plan sets stringent targets for water companies to reduce the use of storm overflows and will drive the largest infrastructure programme in water company history - £60 billion capital investment over 25 years.</p><p>Furthermore, the Government is working to hold the water industry to account on a scale never seen before.</p><p> </p><p>Our regulators, the Environment Agency (EA) and Ofwat, have launched the largest criminal and civil investigation into water company sewage discharges ever, at over 2200 treatment works, following new data coming to light as a result of increased monitoring.</p><p> </p><p>The EA will continue to investigate and take action against any water companies that are suspected of breaching legal requirements in line with their enforcement and sanctions policy.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 20/10/2023 11:23:50 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1646105

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2023
	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 (Kept Animals) Bill
	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 6 June 2023 to Question 187162 on Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill, by what other means her Department plans to take forward measures in the Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill individually.
	tabling member constituency	Battersea
	tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
	uin	190480
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2023 answer text <p>On 20 June 2023 we launched a consultation on the proposed licensing scheme for private primate keepers in England and the draft standards for care and management of primates. We will be taking forward other measures in the Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill individually through other means during the remainder of this Parliament. This will be a combination of legislative and non-legislative approaches where appropriate. Parliamentary business will be announced in the usual way.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 27/06/2023 13:32:06 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
	tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1646106

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2023
	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 (Kept Animals) Bill
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, to what timescale her Department is working to bring forwards measures from the Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill through other legislative means.
	tabling member constituency	Battersea
	tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
	uin	190481
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2023 answer text <p>On 20 June 2023 we launched a consultation on the proposed licensing scheme for private primate keepers in England and the draft standards for care and management of primates. We will be taking forward other measures in the Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill individually through other means during the remainder of this Parliament. Parliamentary business will be announced in the usual way.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 27/06/2023 10:16:02 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
	tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1644288

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2023
	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 (Kept Animals) Bill
	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 6 June 2023 to Question 187162, what other means her Department plans to use to take forwards the provisions of the Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill.
	tabling member constituency	Battersea
	tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
	uin	189384
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2023 answer text <p>We will be taking forward measures in the Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill individually through other means during the remainder of this Parliament. This will be a combination of legislative and non-legislative approaches where appropriate. Parliamentary business will be announced in the usual way</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 15/06/2023 12:24:10 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
	tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1641236

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2023
	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	Deposit Return Schemes
	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 her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of excluding products that sell fewer than 5,000 containers a year from the Deposit Return Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Battersea
	tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
	uin	187270
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2023 answer text <p>In our 2021 consultation response, we set out the DRS scheme administrator (the Deposit Management Organisation) should consider the size of the producer when setting the producer fees. We will continue to review the impact on small businesses and consider further mitigations or support they might need as we move into implementation. Through relevant DRS sub-groups my officials engage with a wide range of stakeholders, and that includes small businesses such as small producers and small retailers.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 187272 187273 question first answered 07/06/2023 15:42:27 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1641237

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2023
	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	Deposit Return Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to publish the impact assessment for the Deposit Return Scheme in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	Battersea
	tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
	uin	187271
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2023 answer text <p>Defra published the first impact assessment on DRS in 2019 and a subsequent update to the consultation analysis with a further iteration to the consultation impact assessment was published in 2021. The 2021 consultation impact assessment can be found at: <a href="https://consult.defra.gov.uk/environment/consultation-on-introducing-a-drs/supporting_documents/Impact%20Assessment.pdf" target="_blank">https://consult.defra.gov.uk/environment/consultation-on-introducing-a-drs/supporting_documents/Impact%20Assessment.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>A final Impact Assessment will be published in alignment with the next phase of the DRS work to allow us to update the analysis to accurately reflect what is set out in the Government response with the most recent data available.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 09/06/2023 11:44:01 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1641238

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2023
	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	Deposit Return Schemes
	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 plans she has to review the impact of the Deposit Return Scheme in England, Wales and Northern on small businesses.
	tabling member constituency	Battersea
	tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
	uin	187272
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2023 answer text <p>In our 2021 consultation response, we set out the DRS scheme administrator (the Deposit Management Organisation) should consider the size of the producer when setting the producer fees. We will continue to review the impact on small businesses and consider further mitigations or support they might need as we move into implementation. Through relevant DRS sub-groups my officials engage with a wide range of stakeholders, and that includes small businesses such as small producers and small retailers.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 187270 187273 question first answered 07/06/2023 15:42:27 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1641239

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2023
	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	Deposit Return Schemes
	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 is taking to help ensure that the Deposit Management Organisation takes into account the challenges facing small producers.
	tabling member constituency	Battersea
	tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
	uin	187273
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2023 answer text <p>In our 2021 consultation response, we set out the DRS scheme administrator (the Deposit Management Organisation) should consider the size of the producer when setting the producer fees. We will continue to review the impact on small businesses and consider further mitigations or support they might need as we move into implementation. Through relevant DRS sub-groups my officials engage with a wide range of stakeholders, and that includes small businesses such as small producers and small retailers.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 187270 187272 question first answered 07/06/2023 15:42:27 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1583284

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2023
	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	Livestock Worrying
	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 incidents of livestock worrying by dogs were (a) reported, (b) investigated and (c) resulted in charges in England in 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Battersea
	tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
	uin	138398
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2023 answer text <p>The Government takes the issue of livestock worrying very seriously, recognising the distress this can cause farmers and animals, as well as the financial implications. Individual police forces record the number of incidents of livestock worrying per year and Defra does not hold a central record.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 09/02/2023 11:36:05 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
	tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova