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479157

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2016
	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	Food: 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, what the net value was of food imports from the EU in the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	31425
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2016 answer text <p>The following table shows the net value (imports minus exports) of food imports from EU countries, for the last ten years, according to HMRC trade statistics[1]:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£'million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total Exports</p></td><td><p>Total Imports</p></td><td><p><em>Net Imports</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>6,849.6</p></td><td><p>14,293.2</p></td><td><p><em>7,443.6</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>6,761.9</p></td><td><p>14,250.4</p></td><td><p><em>7,488.5</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>7,401.8</p></td><td><p>14,534.3</p></td><td><p><em>7,132.5</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>7,724.5</p></td><td><p>13,888.6</p></td><td><p><em>6,164.2</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>8,265.3</p></td><td><p>14,311.8</p></td><td><p><em>6,046.6</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>7,319.9</p></td><td><p>14,638.1</p></td><td><p><em>7,318.2</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>6,085.5</p></td><td><p>16,498.5</p></td><td><p><em>10,412.9</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>5,837.4</p></td><td><p>19,021.0</p></td><td><p><em>13,183.7</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>6,422.6</p></td><td><p>17,354.3</p></td><td><p><em>10,931.7</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>7,560.6</p></td><td><p>18,065.6</p></td><td><p><em>10,504.9</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total trade</p></td><td><p>70,229.1</p></td><td><p>156,855.9</p></td><td><p><em>86,626.8</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>[1]</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Source: HM Revenue and Customs</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Data prepared by the Food &amp; Trade Statistics team, Great British Food Unit, Defra</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>2015 data are subject to amendments</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 22/03/2016 12:04:11 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

48811

	registered interest
	date	28/04/2014
	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 progress has been made on the Lower Thames Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	196841
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Further to my answer to the hon. Member for Windsor on Monday, 24 February 2014, Official Report column 83W, the Environment Agency is continuing to work with partners to develop the River Thames Scheme (Datchet to Teddington). This includes flood channel capacity improvements, property level protection measures and the construction of three new channels.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Preparatory work, which is under way, includes establishing appropriate consents and approval needed with planning authorities, undertaking surveys needed to gain consents, and the development of a funding package with other risk management authorities. The Environment Agency is planning to submit its Strategic Outline Case for this project to Defra as part of the HM Treasury and the Cabinet Office's Major Projects Authority approvals process.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency aims to start the work on improving weir capacity in 2016.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Full appraisal and outline design of the flood channel and capacity improvements will commence this summer. It is expected that this will take three to four years to enable the proposal for the new flood channels to be submitted for planning consents and authorisations. It is estimated that the construction of the flood channel will commence in 2020 and will take five to six years to complete.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

50012

	registered interest
	date	06/05/2014
	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 recent assessment he has made of the time taken by insurance companies to compensate those affected by the current year's floods.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	197736
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Defra has funded a number of studies to investigate the potential for the absorption of contaminants by organisms that consume plastics. These studies are published in scientific literature. Defra is also currently conducting an analysis of the costs and benefits of the carrier bag charge, including on the marine environment.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) has been monitoring seabed litter since 1992 through fisheries stock assessments and marine litter surveys.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

61450

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2014
	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
	hansard heading	Floods: South East
	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 he has made of how many properties at risk of flooding in (a) Windsor constituency and (b) the Thames Valley that will not be covered by the new Flood Re scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	200307
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The assessment of the impact the scope of the Flood Re Scheme will have was done at a UK level. There was no specific assessment for individual constituencies or regions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 17/06/2014 11:03:41 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

786996

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2017
	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	Inland Waterways
	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 made an assessment of the potential benefits to waterways management of the proposals by the Inland Waterways Association to transfer management of the waterways from the Environment Agency to the Canal and River Trust.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	112204
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>Defra has not received proposals from the Inland Waterways Association for the transfer of the management of the waterways from the Environment Agency to the Canal and River Trust.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 20/11/2017 16:22:24 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

837740

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2018
	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	Heathrow Airport: Inland Waterways
	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 he has made of the effect of proposals to expand Heathrow airport on the (a) environmental and (b) financial cost to operators and owners of waterways and canals in the areas surrounding Heathrow.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	126771
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2018 answer text <p>The Environment Agency (EA) has not yet made a detailed assessment of the effect of proposals to expand Heathrow Airport.</p><p> </p><p>Heathrow Airport Ltd (HAL) is currently working on its detailed proposal and once this is submitted the EA will assess it. The EA will be responding to the first phase of HAL’s public consultation which was launched on 17 January 2018. The EA will not be able to assess the detailed proposals until HAL submit their application for a Development Consent Order, which they expect to do by the end of 2019.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 14/02/2018 11:10:56 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

1023216

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2018
	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	Agriculture: Seasonal Workers
	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 plans to respond to his Department's paper entitled, Seasonal workers pilot: request for information, published in September 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	201232
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 answer text <p>The paper entitled Seasonal workers pilot: request for information (RFI), published in September 2018, laid out the details of the Pilot explained Defra’s expectations of any potential Pilot Operators, and requested information from any organisation seeking to operate the Pilot to enable Defra to assess their suitability. The responses to the RFI were evaluated as part of the Pilot’s competitive selection process and two Pilot Operators were selected. The statement of changes to the Immigration rules laid out on 11 December 2018 names of the selected Pilot Operators.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 17/12/2018 11:00:55 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1023218

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2018
	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	Agriculture: Seasonal Workers
	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 his Department has had with representatives from the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority on the seasonal workers pilot.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	201234
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 answer text <p>Defra officials are working closely with the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA) on the Government’s seasonal workers pilot. The oversight and protection of workers was a central element of the selection process for Pilot Operators. The selected Pilot Operators were first publically announced in the Statement of changes to the Immigration Rules, which was laid on 11 December and is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/statement-of-changes-to-the-immigration-rules-hc-1779-11-december-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/statement-of-changes-to-the-immigration-rules-hc-1779-11-december-2018</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Officials will continue working closely with the GLAA over the two year operation of the Pilot. A key objective of the pilot is to ensure that migrant workers are adequately protected against modern slavery and other labour abuses. The operators of the scheme will be licensed by the GLAA. They will ensure that all workers are placed with farms who adhere to all relevant legislation, including paying the National Minimum Wage. Farmers will also be vetted to ensure that living and working conditions are of a suitable quality.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 17/12/2018 10:51:04 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1023219

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2018
	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	Agriculture: Seasonal Workers
	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 Seasonal Workers Pilot in the agricultural sector, how much time will be provided to the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority to develop a system for worker oversight and protection in the UK and overseas from the point at which Pilot Operators are chosen to the point at which the pilot starts to provide workers to growers and employers in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	201235
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 answer text <p>Defra officials are working closely with the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA) on the Government’s seasonal workers pilot. The oversight and protection of workers was a central element of the selection process for Pilot Operators. The selected Pilot Operators were first publically announced in the Statement of changes to the Immigration Rules, which was laid on 11 December and is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/statement-of-changes-to-the-immigration-rules-hc-1779-11-december-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/statement-of-changes-to-the-immigration-rules-hc-1779-11-december-2018</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Officials will continue working closely with the GLAA over the two year operation of the Pilot. A key objective of the pilot is to ensure that migrant workers are adequately protected against modern slavery and other labour abuses. The operators of the scheme will be licensed by the GLAA. They will ensure that all workers are placed with farms who adhere to all relevant legislation, including paying the National Minimum Wage. Farmers will also be vetted to ensure that living and working conditions are of a suitable quality.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 17/12/2018 11:06:31 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

806505

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2017
	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	Ritual Slaughter: 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, whether his policy on recognising animals as sentient beings encroaches on the rights of religious minorities to slaughter animals in accordance with Muslim and Jewish faith traditions.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	119581
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government’s policies on animal welfare have always been driven by the fact the animals are sentient beings. The draft Animal Welfare (Sentencing and Recognition of Sentience) Bill published on 12 December 2017 for consultation gives absolute clarity to that commitment. The draft bill does not affect the right of Jewish and Muslim communities to eat meat from animals slaughtered in accordance with religious rites. There are strict rules that govern the slaughter of animals in England and additional rules which apply to animals slaughtered in accordance with religious rites.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 20/12/2017 16:38:26 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan