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419992

registered interest
date	09/10/2015
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	Fly-Tipping
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 introduce legislative proposals to amend existing fly tipping offences to make it possible to attribute group responsibility or culpability to ensure local authorities can take enforcement action when illegal encampments fly tip on public land.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	10847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2015 answer text <p>Tackling fly-tipping is a priority for the Government. Our manifesto sets out our plans to give councils the power to issue fixed penalty notices for small-scale fly-tipping, as well as reviewing the existing fixed penalty notices for littering.</p><p>These steps will build on other action we have taken, including working with the Sentencing Council to strengthen its Guideline for sentencing for environmental offences, which came into force on 1 July last year; making it easier for vehicles suspected of being involved in waste crime to be stopped, searched and seized; and continuing working in partnership with others through the Defra-chaired National Fly-Tipping Prevention Group to promote and disseminate good practice in the prevention, reporting, investigation and clearance of fly-tipped waste.</p><p>Local Authorities already have enforcement powers to prosecute individuals who transport and dispose of waste illegally. There are no plans to amend fly-tipping offences to attribute group responsibility or culpability.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/10/2015 14:15:40 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

419995

registered interest
date	09/10/2015
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	EU Presidency: Malta
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 she has had with her counterpart in Malta on the chairing of the environment sessions when Malta takes up European Presidency in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	11059
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2015 answer text <p>There have not, as yet, been any discussions at ministerial level with Malta on the chairing of environment sessions during the Maltese Presidency of the European Union in 2017.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/10/2015 17:42:42 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

419998

registered interest
date	09/10/2015
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	Drinking Water: Contamination
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 she expects the Drinking Water Inspectorate to announce the findings of its investigations into the causes of the recent cryptosporidium water contamination.
tabling member constituency	South Ribble
tabling member printed	Seema Kennedy
uin	11104
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2015 answer text <p>The Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI) holds the statutory responsibility to investigate and report on drinking water quality incidents that affect public water supplies in England and Wales. It continues to carry out a detailed and thorough investigation into the recent cryptosporidium outbreak in Lancashire. Once the final report is completed, it will be made publicly available.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/10/2015 14:29:04 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy

420000

registered interest
date	09/10/2015
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	Drinking Water: Contamination
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 (a) her Department and (b) the Drinking Water Inspectorate are taking to ensure that utility companies take all reasonable measures to resolve efficiently and effectively (i) water contamination issues and (ii) cryptosporidium contamination.
tabling member constituency	South Ribble
tabling member printed	Seema Kennedy
uin	11105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2015 answer text <p>Water companies are required to provide safe supplies of drinking water to the public. Where contamination of a public water supply occurs, whether by cryptosporidium or by any other cause, the water company involved is expected to take all appropriate measures to ensure that the public remains safe, and that a safe supply of drinking water is restored. The DWI has a rigorous independent regulatory and inspection regime, and holds enforcement powers to ensure that the likelihood of such an event is minimised, and, when they do occur, that the measures taken to resolve any issues are in interests of the customer.</p><p>Defra is the sponsor department for the water industry and is responsible for setting the legal and policy framework for the regulatory regime as applied by Ofwat (the economic regulator) and the DWI (the drinking water quality regulator). When the DWI produces its report on the recent cryptosporidium incident in Lancashire, Defra will consider, with other stakeholders, what wider lessons can be learnt about the effectiveness of the current regime.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/10/2015 14:31:49 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy

420006

registered interest
date	09/10/2015
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	Drinking Water: Lancashire
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) visits to the affected area and (b) meetings with United Utilities management Ministers of her Department held respectively during the cryoptosporidium outbreak in Lancashire in summer 2015.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hendrick
uin	11081
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2015 answer text <p>The Secretary of State spoke with United Utilities (UU) Chief Executive, Steve Mogford, regularly throughout the incident, both over the phone and in person. Defra officials and Drinking Water Inspectors (DWIs) participated in regular meetings (several per day) convened by Defra and the Local Resilience Forum, all of which were attended by senior level representatives of UU. Defra Ministers were briefed similarly frequently.</p><p>The Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI) team in the area attended the relevant UU sites to liaise with company officials and to carry out their monitoring and inspection duties on behalf of the Department.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/10/2015 14:25:37 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

419517

registered interest
date	17/09/2015
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	Hunting
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 consultations her Department held with animal welfare organisations before laying the draft Hunting Act 2004 (Exempt Hunting) (Amendment) Order 2015.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Angela Smith
uin	10624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>The Government has received representations from a wide range of interested parties both for and against any repeal or amendment to the Hunting Act 2004.</p><p>The measures proposed in the draft Hunting Act 2004 (Amendment) Order 2015 would not remove the ban on hunting. Given this we judged that more consultation would not have been likely to add to the information available to us.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 10578 10621 10625 question first answered 12/10/2015 11:54:19 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

419518

registered interest
date	17/09/2015
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	Hunting Act 2004
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 representations her Department has received on amendments to the Hunting Act 2004.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Angela Smith
uin	10625
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>The Government has received representations from a wide range of interested parties both for and against any repeal or amendment to the Hunting Act 2004.</p><p>The measures proposed in the draft Hunting Act 2004 (Amendment) Order 2015 would not remove the ban on hunting. Given this we judged that more consultation would not have been likely to add to the information available to us.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 10578 10621 10624 question first answered 12/10/2015 11:54:19 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

419519

registered interest
date	17/09/2015
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	Hunting
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 her Department has had with the (a) police, (b) Crown Prosecution Service and (c) Law Commission on the draft Hunting Act 2004 (Exempt Hunting) (Amendment) Order 2015.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Angela Smith
uin	10621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>The Government has received representations from a wide range of interested parties both for and against any repeal or amendment to the Hunting Act 2004.</p><p>The measures proposed in the draft Hunting Act 2004 (Amendment) Order 2015 would not remove the ban on hunting. Given this we judged that more consultation would not have been likely to add to the information available to us.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 10578 10624 10625 question first answered 12/10/2015 11:54:19 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

419520

registered interest
date	17/09/2015
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	Hunting Act 2004
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 plans her Department has to bring forward further amendments to the Hunting Act 2004.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Angela Smith
uin	10622
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>The Government stands by its manifesto commitment to give Parliament the opportunity to repeal the Hunting Act on a free vote, with a Government Bill in Government time.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 12/10/2015 12:12:05 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

419521

registered interest
date	17/09/2015
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	Hunting
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 reason the Government withdrew the draft Hunting Act 2004 (Exempt Hunting) (Amendment) Order 2015.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Angela Smith
uin	10623
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>While the debate on the Statutory Instrument did not take place, the Government has not withdrawn the Draft Hunting Act 2004 (Amendment) Order 2015.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 12/10/2015 12:14:15 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith