Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed grouped question UIN question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

426522

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2015
	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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: EU Law
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which regulations her Department introduced as a result of EU legislation in (a) 2013, (b) 2014 and (c) 2015 to date; which regulations her Department expects to implement as a result of EU legislation in (i) 2016 and (ii) 2017; and what estimate she has made of the cost of each such regulation to the (A) public purse and (B) private sector.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	15030
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2015 answer text <br /><p>I refer the hon. Member to the reply previously given by my Rt. Hon. Friend, the Minister for Small Business, Industry and Enterprise, Miss Anna Soubry, on 11 November 2015, PQ 15037.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 13/11/2015 10:37:25 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

707665

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2017
	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	Dangerous Dogs: Private Property
	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 estimate she has made of the number of people who have been (a) killed and (b) injured by dangerous dogs on private property since the amendment of the Anti-Social Behaviour Crime and Policing Act 2014 to include injury caused by those dogs on such property.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	66494
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2017 answer text <p><br></p><p>Nine people have been killed by dogs on private property in England and Wales since the change in the law in May 2014 to extend the scope of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 to all places.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Office of National Statistics publishes annual data on injuries by dogs, but this does not distinguish between public and private property.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 14/03/2017 16:05:56 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

886364

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2018
	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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: EU Law
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which regulations his Department (a) has introduced as a result of EU legislation from 23 June 2016 to date and (b) expects to implement as a result of EU legislation in (i) 2018 and (ii) 2019; and what estimate he has made of the cost of each such regulation to the (A) public purse and (B) private sector.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	136559
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2018 answer text <p>A total of 14 of regulations have been introduced in England as a result of EU legislation from 23 June 2016. Impact assessments were required for two of these regulations which together provide an estimated direct annual net cost to business of £560,000. A list of the regulations including those with impact assessments is provided below.</p><p> </p><p>A total of six EU directives are currently expected to require domestic legislation by Defra before we leave the EU on 29 March 2019. Assuming we continue to transpose EU law during the envisaged implementation period, we are currently aware of a further five EU regulations that would require domestic legislation before the end of 2019. A list of the EU regulations concerned is also provided below.</p><p> </p><p>List of EU related regulations introduced since June 2016</p><p> </p><p>1. The Waste (Meaning of Recovery) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2016</p><p> </p><p>2. The Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (Amendment) Regulations 2016</p><p> </p><p>3. The Single Common Market Organisation (Emergency Aid for Milk Producers) (Amendment) Regulations 2016</p><p> </p><p>4. The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2016</p><p> </p><p>5. The Detergents (Amendment) Regulations 2016</p><p> </p><p>6. The Plant Health (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2016</p><p> </p><p>7. The Plant Health (England) (Amendment) Order 2017</p><p> </p><p>8. The Water Resources (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2017</p><p> </p><p>9. The Environmental Impact Assessment (Land Drainage Improvement Works) (Amendment) Regulations 2017</p><p> </p><p>10.The Environmental Impact Assessment (Forestry) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2017</p><p> </p><p>11.The Environmental Impact Assessment (Agriculture) (England) (No. 2) (Amendment) Regulations 2017</p><p> </p><p>12.The Marketing of Fruit Plant and Propagating Material (England) Regulations 2017</p><p> </p><p>13.The Single Common Market Organisation (Emergency Aid) (England and Northern Ireland) Regulations 2017</p><p> </p><p>14.The Common Agricultural Policy (Control and Enforcement, Cross-Compliance, Scrutiny of Transactions and Appeals) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2017</p><p> </p><p>List of EU Directives due to be transposed by March 2019</p><p> </p><p>1. Directive (EU) 2016/2284 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2016 on the reduction of national emissions of certain atmospheric pollutants, amending Directive 2003/35/EC and repealing Directive 2001/81/EC.</p><p> </p><p>2. COMMISSION DIRECTIVE (EU) 2017/2096 of 15 November 2017 amending Annex II to Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on end-of life vehicles.</p><p> </p><p>3. COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DIRECTIVE (EU) 2018/100 of 22 January 2018 amending Directives 2003/90/EC and 2003/91/EC setting out implementing measures for the purposes of Article 7 of Council Directive 2002/53/EC and Article 7 of Council Directive 2002/55/EC respectively, as regards the characteristics to be covered as a minimum by the examination and the minimum conditions for examining certain varieties of agricultural plant species and vegetable species.</p><p> </p><p>4. Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2018/484 of 21 March 2018 amending Directive 93/49/EEC as regards requirements to be fulfilled by the propagating material of certain genera or species of Palmae in respect of Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier).</p><p> </p><p>5. Commission Directive (EU) 2015/996 of 19 May 2015 establishing common noise assessment methods according to Directive 2002/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council.</p><p> </p><p>6. Commission Directive (EU) 2017/845 of 17 May 2017 amending Directive 2008/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the indicative lists of elements to be taken into account for the preparation of marine strategies.</p><p> </p><p>List of EU Directives with transposition dates between April and December 2019</p><p> </p><p>1. DIRECTIVE (EU) 2017/2102 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 15 November 2017 amending Directive 2011/65/EU on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment.</p><p> </p><p>2. Commission Directive (EU) 2018/350 of 8 March 2018 amending Directive 2001/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the environmental risk assessment of genetically modified organisms.</p><p> </p><p>3. Directive (EU) 2018/410 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2018 amending Directive 2003/87/EC to enhance cost-effective emission reductions and low-carbon investments, and Decision (EU) 2015/1814.</p><p> </p><p>4. Council Directive (EU) 2017/159 of 19 December 2016 implementing the Agreement concerning the implementation of the Work in Fishing Convention, 2007 of the International Labour Organisation, concluded on 21 May 2012 between the General Confederation of Agricultural Cooperatives in the European Union (Cogeca), the European Transport Workers' Federation (ETF) and the Association of National Organisations of Fishing Enterprises in the European Union.</p><p> </p><p>5. Council Directive (EU) 2018/131 of 23 January 2018 implementing the Agreement concluded by the European Community Shipowners' Associations (ECSA) and the European Transport Workers' Federation (ETF) to amend Directive 2009/13/EC in accordance with the amendments of 2014 to the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as approved by the International Labour Conference on 11 June 2014.</p><p> </p><p><strong><br> </strong></p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 25/04/2018 14:26:48 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

457535

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2016
	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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Fringe Benefits
	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 23 February 2016 to Question 26816, what the job titles are of those people in receipt of travel expenses or paid car allowances.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	29725
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2016 answer text <p>All those within the Rural Payments Agency who receive paid car allowances have the job title of ‘RDT (Rural Development Team) Manager’.</p><p>Job titles for the staff in the other bodies listed in Question 26816 are not held centrally or stored alongside the allowance data and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 09/03/2016 12:41:52 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

926741

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2018
	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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Procurement
	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 2018 to Question 147405 on procurement, how long each of those contractors has been employed by his Department at that daily rate.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	154651
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2018 answer text <p>As at 31 March 2018, the three individuals with a contracted daily rate of £1,000 or more were engaged for 5, 19 and 19 months.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 21/06/2018 15:20:37 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

926739

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2018
	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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Procurement
	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 24 May 2018 to Question 146176 on procurement, what the daily rate of pay is of each of those contractors who have been employed by his Department for five years or more.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	154650
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2018 answer text <p>As at 31 March 2018, three contractors had been engaged by Defra for a period of five years or more. Their respective daily rates were £237, £466 and £534. This is the total daily cost to the Department of engaging the individuals and includes agency fees and VAT.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 22/06/2018 10:40:18 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

417629

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2015
	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	Agriculture: Subsidies
	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 reduce the financial penalties imposed by the European Commission on her Department relating to the Common Agricultural Policy; and what estimate she has made of the likely level of such penalties in 2016-17.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	9378
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>Complexity in CAP rules and the interpretation that EU auditors place on regulations is the root cause of many disallowance corrections. Since 2010, steps taken by Defra have allowed the disallowance penalties incurred in England to be steadily managed at around £50m per year. Throughout this period the Government has challenged claims for disallowance through mediation in the EU and since 2010 reduced the amount of disallowance levied by €285m.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department’s Annual Report and Accounts provides provisions of £64.5m for future disallowance related to historical audits. While future disallowance penalties are difficult to predict, the Government is concerned that the new Horizontal Regulation amends the way that penalty rates are calculated, introducing a ratchet effect, which could greatly increase proposed disallowance penalty corrections, even if the same standards of implementation are maintained. The UK Government believes that a proportionate penalty scheme in the Horizontal Regulation is a priority for CAP simplification and the mid-term review of CAP regulations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 16/09/2015 15:54:50 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

683371

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2017
	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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Staff
	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 former prisoners have been employed by her Department in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	62955
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2017 answer text <p>Defra is committed to offering job applicants who are former offenders equal and fair opportunities. This commitment is supported through membership and operation of the Business in the Community ‘Ban the Box’ scheme. Following the principles in this scheme, appropriate pre-appointment checks, including a basic criminal record check, are not made until later in the recruitment process.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>However, Defra does not retain details centrally that would allow us to identify former-prisoners so the information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 23/02/2017 15:49:35 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

927927

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2018
	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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Policy
	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 the main policy priority is for his Department for 2018; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	155738
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>Defra published an updated Single Departmental Plan on 23 May 2018. This set out the department’s main policy objectives and how it will achieve them. Single Departmental Plans are revised annually to reflect new priorities or changes in responsibilities.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 25/06/2018 15:44:23 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

522539

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2016
	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	Soft Drinks: Sales
	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 she has made of trends in regular soft drinks sales over the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	39229
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2016 answer text <p>Defra’s Family Food Survey estimates household average expenditure on, and purchased quantities of food and drink. The latest ten years of UK estimates for soft drinks and the proportion of spending on low calorie and regular drinks are shown below. Further estimates going back to 1992 are available in the Family Food Survey which can be found on the GOV.UK website.</p><p> </p><p><strong>UK household expenditure on soft drinks</strong></p><p><strong>Average pence per person per week</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Description</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2005-06</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2006</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2007</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2008</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Soft drinks</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>77</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>81</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>79</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>81</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>85</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>89</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>93</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>96</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>100</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>95</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Soft drinks, concentrated, not low calorie</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Soft drinks, not concentrated, not low calorie</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Soft drinks, concentrated, low calorie</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Soft drinks, not concentrated, low calorie</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Low calorie</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>25%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>28%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>29%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>28%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>27%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>30%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>37%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>39%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>40%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>40%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Not low calorie</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>75%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>72%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>71%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>73%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>73%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>70%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>63%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>61%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>60%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>60%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 39052 question first answered 08/06/2016 16:15:09 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies