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1401239

registered interest
date	10/01/2022
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	Clean Air Zones: Greater Manchester
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 potential merits of providing additional financial support to help businesses, organisations and individuals in Greater Manchester to move to cleaner, compliant vehicles under the plans for the introduction of a Greater Manchester Clean Air Zone.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	100530
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2022 answer text <p>The Government has provided £132 million to Greater Manchester through the Clean Air Fund to support individuals and businesses to upgrade vehicles, together with £36 million for the implementation of measures to improve local air quality including the Clean Air Zone.</p><p>The HGV support scheme supported by this funding has recently opened for applications. Schemes for those vehicles that will initially be exempted from the CAZ are due to launch later in the year. Therefore, most of the funding already provided to the relevant local authorities is yet to be allocated.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 13/01/2022 18:03:29 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

1401271

registered interest
date	10/01/2022
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	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 the Government’s policy is on the use of cages in respect of (a) pets, (b) poultry farming, (c) livestock farming and (d) game farming.
tabling member constituency	Buckingham
tabling member printed	Greg Smith
uin	100710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2022 answer text <p>The Government is delivering a series of ambitious reforms, as outlined in the Action Plan for Animal Welfare (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/action-plan-for-animal-welfare" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/action-plan-for-animal-welfare</a>). One of the ways we wish to improve the welfare of farm animals is strengthening protections against animal confinement. We are actively exploring options to phase out the use of cages in farming, including the use of enriched cages for laying hens, farrowing crates for pigs and cages for breeding pheasants and partridges. Ending the use of cages would have a significant impact on some sectors of the farming industry and so we would need to undergo a public consultation.</p><p>For pets, the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations, introduced in 2018, require businesses that carry out activities involving animals to obtain a valid licence from their local authority. Licences must meet strict statutory minimum welfare standards which are enforced by local authorities who have powers to issue, refuse or revoke licences. The 2018 Regulations are supported by statutory guidance which provides specific information about the conditions for each activity. This includes guidance on the size of cages that should be sold in the course of selling animals as pets:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/animal-activities-licensing-guidance-for-local-authorities" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/animal-activities-licensing-guidance-for-local-authorities</a></p><p> </p><p>Current requirements on how farmed livestock should be kept, including detailed provisions on accommodation, are set down in The Welfare of Farmed Animals (England) Regulations 2007 with further guidance provided in Defra’s species-specific farm animal welfare codes.</p><p> </p><p>For gamebirds, the Statutory Code of Practice for the Welfare of Gamebirds Reared for Sporting Purposes provides keepers with guidance on how to meet the welfare needs of their gamebirds as required by the Animal Welfare Act 2006. It recommends that barren cages for breeding pheasants and small barren cages for breeding partridges should not be used and that any system should be appropriately enriched.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 100711 question first answered 18/01/2022 13:57:04 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4778 label Biography information for Greg Smith

1401272

registered interest
date	10/01/2022
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	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, how his Department defines a cage for (a) pets, (b) poultry farming, (c) livestock farming and (d) game farming.
tabling member constituency	Buckingham
tabling member printed	Greg Smith
uin	100711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2022 answer text <p>The Government is delivering a series of ambitious reforms, as outlined in the Action Plan for Animal Welfare (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/action-plan-for-animal-welfare" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/action-plan-for-animal-welfare</a>). One of the ways we wish to improve the welfare of farm animals is strengthening protections against animal confinement. We are actively exploring options to phase out the use of cages in farming, including the use of enriched cages for laying hens, farrowing crates for pigs and cages for breeding pheasants and partridges. Ending the use of cages would have a significant impact on some sectors of the farming industry and so we would need to undergo a public consultation.</p><p>For pets, the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations, introduced in 2018, require businesses that carry out activities involving animals to obtain a valid licence from their local authority. Licences must meet strict statutory minimum welfare standards which are enforced by local authorities who have powers to issue, refuse or revoke licences. The 2018 Regulations are supported by statutory guidance which provides specific information about the conditions for each activity. This includes guidance on the size of cages that should be sold in the course of selling animals as pets:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/animal-activities-licensing-guidance-for-local-authorities" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/animal-activities-licensing-guidance-for-local-authorities</a></p><p> </p><p>Current requirements on how farmed livestock should be kept, including detailed provisions on accommodation, are set down in The Welfare of Farmed Animals (England) Regulations 2007 with further guidance provided in Defra’s species-specific farm animal welfare codes.</p><p> </p><p>For gamebirds, the Statutory Code of Practice for the Welfare of Gamebirds Reared for Sporting Purposes provides keepers with guidance on how to meet the welfare needs of their gamebirds as required by the Animal Welfare Act 2006. It recommends that barren cages for breeding pheasants and small barren cages for breeding partridges should not be used and that any system should be appropriately enriched.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 100710 question first answered 18/01/2022 13:57:04 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4778 label Biography information for Greg Smith

1401428

registered interest
date	10/01/2022
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	Air Pollution: Greater Manchester
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 air quality monitoring data his Department has received from (a) the Greater Manchester Combined Authority and (b) each borough within the Greater Manchester region in 2021.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	James Daly
uin	100735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2022 answer text <p>The UK Air website provides data from monitoring sites within the Greater Manchester region, including locally managed sites and sites managed by DEFRA. This data is accessible through the data selector tool, found through the following URL:</p><p><a href="https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/interactive-map?network=nondefraaqmon" target="_blank">https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/interactive-map?network=nondefraaqmon</a></p><p> </p><p>An interactive map of monitoring sites in the UK provides information on all the monitoring sites in the Greater Manchester region, and can be accessed through the following URL:</p><p><a href="https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/data/datawarehouse" target="_blank">https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/data/datawarehouse</a></p><p> </p><p>The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) submit to Defra a single Annual Status Report via The Greater Manchester Air Quality Working Group, led by Transport for Greater Manchester, representing the ten authorities that constitute the GMCA – Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, and Wigan. The Annual Status Report submitted in 2021 (covering 2020) can be viewed on the GMCA website via the URL below.</p><p><a href="https://secure.manchester.gov.uk/downloads/download/4166/air_quality_reports" target="_blank">https://secure.manchester.gov.uk/downloads/download/4166/air_quality_reports</a></p><p> </p><p>This report includes the air quality monitoring data for 2020. Data for 2021 will be submitted as part of this years’ Annual Status Report expected later this year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 17/01/2022 14:04:04 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4854 label Biography information for James Daly

1401469

registered interest
date	10/01/2022
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	Clean Air Zones: Greater Manchester
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 (a) steps the Government has taken and (b) resources have been committed to support jobs and businesses in Greater Manchester following the introduction of a clean air charge zone.
tabling member constituency	Stockport
tabling member printed	Navendu Mishra
uin	100725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2022 answer text <p>We have provided a substantial sum of £132 million from the Clean Air Fund to Greater Manchester authorities to help businesses and individuals upgrade to compliant vehicles. This is on top of providing £36 million to enable the implementation of the Clean Air Zone.</p><p>The HGV support scheme has recently opened for applications. Schemes for other vehicle types affected are due to launch later in the year. It is for Greater Manchester authorities to administer and distribute the funds according to the agreed business plan.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 18/01/2022 15:42:51 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4811 label Biography information for Navendu Mishra

1401506

registered interest
date	10/01/2022
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	Greyhounds: 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, how many greyhounds were imported (a) commercially and (b) non-respectively from the Republic of Ireland to the UK in each year between 2015 and 2021.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	100551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2022 answer text <p>The Animal and Plant Health Agency is unable to provide the data requested for greyhounds as the breed of dog is not recorded on the system for commercial and non-commercial import of dogs from the Republic of Ireland to the UK.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 18/01/2022 13:49:30 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

1400721

registered interest
date	07/01/2022
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	Avian Influenza
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 discussions he has had with the devolved Administrations on (a) the recent outbreak of bird flu and (b) the welfare and condition of the individual who has tested positive for that virus.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	99383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2022 answer text <p>The UK Government works with the devolved administrations to seek a coordinated response wherever possible to control disease. In November, the Chief Veterinary Officers for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland worked together to bring in an Avian Influenza Prevention Zone across Great Britain on 3 November 2021, and in Northern Ireland on 17 November 2021, with additional housing measures coming into force across the UK on 29 November 2021.</p><p> </p><p>All four administrations are an integral part of the UK-wide decision-making processes for animal disease outbreaks. All attend the Defra Group’s National Disease Control Centre meetings, are members of the Animal Disease Policy Group and participate in daily stocktakes to review on-going disease control strategy. Decisions on disease control measures, made through these groups, are based on <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Favian-influenza-bird-flu-in-europe&amp;data=04%7C01%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7C3a807359d478485d756308d9d9ccc125%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C637780295698045646%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=wxt8mHIUQstDQ8vRcLEa94nuAShWyEhhNw6DILXmBaM%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">risk assessments</a> containing the latest scientific and ornithological evidence and veterinary advice.</p><p> </p><p>With regard to the recent case of bird-to-human transmission, it is inappropriate for us to comment on an individual’s health. However, the UK Health Security Agency has said that avian influenza is primarily a disease of birds and the risk to the general public’s health is very low.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 17/01/2022 15:45:48 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1400310

registered interest
date	06/01/2022
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	Plastics
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 potential merits of banning all non-essential single-use plastic in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	99023
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2022 answer text <p>Plastic is an extremely useful material and when used in the right way and disposed of correctly, it can help us deliver the best environmental outcome. For example, we have seen how useful it can be for medical and clinical purposes as it is strong, flexible and light-weight. However, where the evidence supports the case, we will not hesitate to introduce bans and other measures to limit its use, as we have done with single-use plastic straws, stirrers, and cotton buds. Such an approach will continue to be applied to our upcoming policy measures, like our proposed ban of single-use plastic plates, cutlery and polystyrene food and drinks containers, to ensure we have the best overall impact on our natural environment.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 12/01/2022 13:41:03 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1400405

registered interest
date	06/01/2022
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	Air 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 the timeline is for the public consultation on the Government's new PM2.5 targets.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
tabling member printed	Jo Gideon
uin	99086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2022 answer text <p>We are preparing to launch a public consultation on proposed targets for reduction of PM<sub>2.5 </sub>early this year. Following the consultation, we will publish a Government response and then set the air quality targets in secondary legislation by 31 October 2022.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 14/01/2022 17:11:24 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4817 label Biography information for Jo Gideon

1400407

registered interest
date	06/01/2022
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	Air 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 steps the Government is taking to ensure that people (a) living with asthma and lung disease and (b) who are most vulnerable to the impacts of air pollution are prioritised in the forthcoming pollution exposure reduction target.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
tabling member printed	Jo Gideon
uin	99087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2022 answer text <p>We recognise the need to take action to reduce the impacts of air pollution on health and to particularly focus action on PM<sub>2.5</sub> - the pollutant of most significant harm to health.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside setting a new concentration target, a new population exposure reduction will help prioritise action that is most beneficial for public health and drive continuous improvement, even where concentration targets have already been met. We will be launching a consultation on the new targets early this year.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 14/01/2022 16:53:32 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4817 label Biography information for Jo Gideon