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1626357

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2023
	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
	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 discussions she has had with representatives of the RSPCA on preventing the practice of ear cropping.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	184013
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2023 answer text <p>Under the Animal Welfare Act 2006, it is an offence in England and Wales to carry out a non-exempted mutilation (e.g., where it is not carried out for medical purposes) including the cropping of a dog's ears. The Secretary of State for Environment, Food &amp; Rural Affairs has not met with representatives of the RSPCA to discuss the cropping of dogs’ ears</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 15/05/2023 13:24:25 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1610481

	registered interest
	date	14/04/2023
	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 Supply: Drug Resistance
	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 a recent assessment of the potential impact of water sanitation on antibiotic resistance.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	180614
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2023 answer text <p>The Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Environment Agency (EA) have been working with the water industry to research the occurrence and transport of bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics through wastewater treatment works as part of the industry funded Chemical Investigations Programme. The results were recently published by UK Water Industry Research (<a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fukwir.org%2Fthe-national-chemical-investigations-programme-2020-2022-volume-1-investigations-into-changes-to-antimicrobial-resistance-through-wastewater-and-sludge-treatment-processes-0&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cpqtransfers%40defra.gov.uk%7C5dd1ef5f910d4774eb2b08db40076dbc%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638174172863276604%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=ILyuUDBNXoCeYS%2FLQItjXvSqB0GMqNK12Ldo6n5a2u8%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">The National Chemical Investigations Programme 2020-2022 Volume 1 - Investigations into changes to Antimicrobial Resistance through wastewater and sludge treatment processes (ukwir.org)</a>) and next steps are being considered.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 20/04/2023 15:47:50 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1581202

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2023
	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	Fireworks: Animals
	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 made a recent assessment of the potential benefits for vulnerable animals of introducing firework control zones.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	133537
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2023 answer text <p>Defra has not made an assessment of the benefits of introducing firework control zones. However, the Government takes the issues associated with the sale and use of fireworks seriously. There is a comprehensive regulatory framework already in place for fireworks which aims to strike the right balance for people to enjoy fireworks, while aiming to reduce risks and disturbances to the welfare of animals.</p><p> </p><p>It is an offence under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 to cause an animal unnecessary suffering - and this includes through the misuse of fireworks. Users of fireworks need to use them responsibly and be aware of animals close by, and those found guilty of causing animals unnecessary suffering can face up to five years’ imprisonment.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 02/02/2023 16:21:30 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1568715

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2023
	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	Air Pollution: West Yorkshire
	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 levels of air particulate matter (PM2.5) pollution at drive-thru points in (a) Huddersfield and (b) West Yorkshire.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	127700
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2023 answer text <p>Defra has not made an assessment of the levels of air particulate matter (PM2.5) pollution at drive-thru points in Huddersfield or West Yorkshire. Data on the location of monitoring sites, as well as the air pollutant concentrations recorded by these sites, is available on the UK Air website.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 26/01/2023 18:22:24 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1568717

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2023
	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	Air Pollution: West Yorkshire
	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 levels of air particulate matter (PM10) pollution at drive-thru points in (a) Huddersfield and (b) West Yorkshire.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	127701
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2023 answer text <p>Defra has not made an assessment of the levels of air particulate matter (PM10) pollution at drive-thru points in Huddersfield or West Yorkshire. Data on the location of monitoring sites, as well as the air pollutant concentrations recorded by these sites, is available on the UK Air website.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 26/01/2023 18:25:38 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1568720

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2023
	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: Pollution
	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 on the impact of tyre wear on water pollution in (a) West Yorkshire and (b) England.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	127702
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2023 answer text <p>No assessment has been being carried out specifically in West Yorkshire. However, more widely in 2020, Defra published the findings from research (<a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdeframedia.blog.gov.uk%2F2020%2F05%2F28%2Ftyre-particles-reach-rivers-and-ocean%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7C687e7cb93baf428b79fe08dafb07a347%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638098307482137283%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=BGqqjwttwYHO0cPuTrZpNgcFKJIrJlu7rOFR5LtndcE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Tyre particles reach rivers and ocean - Defra in the media (blog.gov.uk)</a> it has funded with Plymouth University and others investigating the sources and pathways of synthetic fibre and vehicle tyre wear contamination into the marine and river environment. Researchers are also currently undertaking work for Defra to develop and test a new methodology to analyse vehicle tyre ware products in river sediments.</p><p><br> In addition, the Environment Agency contributed to research (<a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fnews%2Ffirst-phase-of-research-paves-the-way-for-further-studies-on-microplastics-pollution&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7C687e7cb93baf428b79fe08dafb07a347%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638098307482293526%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=4KsdkeOfFU39l%2BzQdAyiC%2F32cNVWlrwK9Q60qv6iq0g%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">First phase of research paves the way for further studies on microplastics pollution - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>) undertaken by Highways England and industry experts on the extent of microplastic pollution from run-off from the major road network.</p><p><br> The outcomes from these research projects will be used in the development of policy options to help mitigate the impact of microplastics on the aquatic environment and provide design guidance for the major road network.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 26/01/2023 18:12:38 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1551133

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2022
	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	Pollution: Research
	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 conducted any research into the relationship between air and water pollution in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	109441
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2023 answer text <p>Defra assesses the relationship between air and water pollution pathways across a range of policy areas. For example, the impact assessment for the proposed Environment Act targets on water quality took into account possible air quality benefits and the newly launched slurry infrastructure grant schemes considered the impact on both water and air quality in the targeting of the scheme. Moreover, Defra has supported projects that improve the evidence base on these pollution pathways. This includes Defra funding for the Uplands Water Monitoring network which delivers a long-term data set on water quality and biodiversity in upland water bodies threatened by air pollution, climate change and land use, and the development of and updates to the Farmscoper tool which has the ability to look at impacts on both water and air quality as well as greenhouse gas emissions.</p><p>We annually publish emissions data for all key air pollutants on a 1km grid square for all the UK in our National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory (NAEI). We also assess the concentrations of air pollutants across the whole UK and publish this information in our Air Pollution in the UK report (https://naei.beis.gov.uk/https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/library/annualreport/viewonline?year=2021_issue_1#report_pdf).</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 17/01/2023 13:08:35 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1551134

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2022
	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	Pollution: West Yorkshire
	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 conducted any research into (a) air pollution, (b) water pollution and (c) potential relationships between different types of pollution in West Yorkshire in the past five years.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	109442
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2023 answer text <p>Defra assesses the relationship between air and water pollution pathways across a range of policy areas. For example, the impact assessment for the proposed Environment Act targets on water quality took into account possible air quality benefits and the newly launched slurry infrastructure grant schemes considered the impact on both water and air quality in the targeting of the scheme. Moreover, Defra has supported projects that improve the evidence base on these pollution pathways. This includes Defra funding for the Uplands Water Monitoring network which delivers a long-term data set on water quality and biodiversity in upland water bodies threatened by air pollution, climate change and land use, and the development of and updates to the Farmscoper tool which has the ability to look at impacts on both water and air quality as well as greenhouse gas emissions.</p><p>We annually publish emissions data for all key air pollutants on a 1km grid square for all the UK in our National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory (NAEI). We also assess the concentrations of air pollutants across the whole UK and publish this information in our Air Pollution in the UK report (https://naei.beis.gov.uk/https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/library/annualreport/viewonline?year=2021_issue_1#report_pdf).</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 17/01/2023 13:11:19 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1551136

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2022
	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	Pollution: Research
	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 consider the potential merits of establishing a commission on (a) air pollution, (b) water pollution and (c) potential relationships between different types of pollution.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	109443
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2023 answer text <p>Defra takes an evidence-led approach to policy development, and engages with the academic community on an ongoing basis. This includes Defra’s Air Quality Expert Group and the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology. Defra does not consider that a commission on air and water pollution is necessary at this time.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 17/01/2023 13:21:59 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1551178

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2022
	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	Pollution: Research
	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 allocating funds for research on the relationship between air and water pollution.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	109444
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2023 answer text <p>Defra continue to keep our research needs under review to ensure a robust, evidence-based approach to policy. At present Defra has not made an assessment of the potential merits of allocating funds for further research on the relationship between air and water pollution.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 17/01/2023 13:22:50 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman