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46536

	registered interest
	date	02/04/2014
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the Government's policy is on the European Commission's proposed amendments to Article 4 of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive, relating to reducing consumption of lightweight, less frequently re-used plastic bags with a thickness below 50 microns.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	194987
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p>The UK Government welcomes the flexibility the European Commission proposal offers. We will seek to limit the derogation to the single market as far as possible to what is necessary to allow measures to be taken on lightweight carrier bags.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

45556

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2014
	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
	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 civil servants in his Department spent some or all of their time working on the Hunting Act 2004 in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014 to date; and what the grade is of each such staff member.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	194164
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Since 2010 a range of civil servants in Defra from across all grades have had some responsibilities for working on the Hunting Act 2004 and have spent some of their time doing so. However, the amount of time they spend on this varies considerably according to levels of correspondence, interest and activity at any one time. As these officers also work on a range of other issues, no specific records are kept for how much of their time is spent working on the Hunting Act 2004.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

45557

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2014
	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
	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 he has allocated staff resources or established a dedicated unit in his Department to deal with proposed amendments to the Hunting Act 2004.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	194165
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Some departmental staff time has been used to look into the issues raised by Welsh farmers about lamb predation by foxes and the stalking and flushing out exemption of the Hunting Act 2004. This has not involved establishing a unit dedicated to this issue within the Department. Staff resources are allocated to look into issues as they arise on a flexible basis. The Government has no plans to bring forward legislation to make amendments to the Hunting Act 2004 this Parliament.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

47564

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2014
	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
	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 194164, how many civil servants in his Department of what grade spent some or all of their time working on the Hunting Act 2004 or matters relating to it in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	195782
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave 7 April 2014, <em>Official Report</em>, column 61W.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 15/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

47583

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2014
	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
	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 he plans to ask the Independent Expert Panel which recently reported on the first year of the pilot badger culls in Somerset and Gloucestershire to report on the second year of such culls.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	195731
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>I have no plans to ask the Independent Expert Panel to report on the second year of the pilot badger culls in Somerset and Gloucestershire.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 15/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

47584

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2014
	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
	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 he was informed that cage trapping and shooting of badgers had been implemented alongside the free shooting of badgers within two days of the beginning of the pilot badger cull in Somerset in 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	195749
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Both controlled shooting and cage trapping and shooting methods were always available to the cull companies. There was no compulsion on the contractors to use a defined proportion of cage trapping and controlled shooting. How they used these two methods was a decision for them to make. As the pilot culls progressed, cull companies decided to use more cage trapping, as this technique was found to work well under certain circumstances. Ministers were kept informed of progress during the pilot culls from an early stage.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 195747 195748 question first answered 15/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

47585

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2014
	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
	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 he plans to take to ensure that the ongoing monitoring of the pilot badger culls in Somerset and Gloucestershire is independently scientifically evaluated.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	195732
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Defra is currently working closely with Natural England and AHVLA to develop the detail of how the monitoring will be implemented, including auditing and evaluation procedures. The results and outcome of the monitoring of the pilot cull will be made publically available after they have been completed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 22/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

47586

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2014
	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
	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 he is taking to ensure that (a) the ongoing monitoring of the pilot badger culls in Somerset and Gloucestershire will be independent and (b) their effectiveness, humaneness and safety is based on rigorous scientific methodology.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	195733
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Monitoring of compliance with licence conditions will continue to be carried out by the licensing authority, Natural England. AHVLA will continue to carry out post-mortem examinations of carcases. Defra is currently working closely with Natural England and AHVLA to develop the detail of how the monitoring will be implemented, including auditing and evaluation procedures.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 22/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

47587

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2014
	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
	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 reasons cage trapping and shooting of badgers was implemented during the pilot badger culls in Somerset and Gloucestershire in 2013 when the culls were testing for effectiveness, humaneness and safety of free shooting.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	195747
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Both controlled shooting and cage trapping and shooting methods were always available to the cull companies. There was no compulsion on the contractors to use a defined proportion of cage trapping and controlled shooting. How they used these two methods was a decision for them to make. As the pilot culls progressed, cull companies decided to use more cage trapping, as this technique was found to work well under certain circumstances. Ministers were kept informed of progress during the pilot culls from an early stage.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 195748 195749 question first answered 15/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

47588

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2014
	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
	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 he was informed that cage trapping and shooting of badgers had been implemented alongside the free shooting of badgers within three days of the beginning of the pilot badger cull in Gloucestershire in 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	195748
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Both controlled shooting and cage trapping and shooting methods were always available to the cull companies. There was no compulsion on the contractors to use a defined proportion of cage trapping and controlled shooting. How they used these two methods was a decision for them to make. As the pilot culls progressed, cull companies decided to use more cage trapping, as this technique was found to work well under certain circumstances. Ministers were kept informed of progress during the pilot culls from an early stage.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 195747 195749 question first answered 15/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle