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391774

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
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	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, with reference to the Supreme Court judgment in the case of R (on the application of ClientEarth) v Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, by what date she plans to publish an updated consultation on local air quality management.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	8335
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government intends to publish an updated consultation on local air quality management this autumn.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 07/09/2015 10:30:00 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

391775

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
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	Forests: 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 the total value was of public forest estate land sold in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14 and (e) 2014-15; and what estimate she has made of the likely value of such land sold in each of the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	8325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>The values of public forest estate land sold in:</p><p> </p><p>· 2010-11 was £12.7m</p><p> </p><p>· 2011-12 was £5.6m</p><p> </p><p>· 2012-13 was £0.4m</p><p> </p><p>· 2013-14 was £0.43m and,</p><p> </p><p>· 2014-15 was £0.28m</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We expect a broadly similar pattern of land disposal and acquisition to continue. This has resulted in a small net gain of public forest estates in recent years. No estimate of any future sales of any part of the Public Forest Estate has been made.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 07/09/2015 10:32:04 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

391777

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
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	Floods
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 the potential effect of the six-year flood and coastal erosion investment programme on risk of loss of life from flooding.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	8330
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>Assessments of the impact of flood and coastal erosion defence investments on risk to life from flooding are made on an individual project basis. Defra has provided guidance on how this should be done based on factors, such as the vulnerability of the population; the depth and speed of onset of a flood; and the timeliness of flood warnings.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 07/09/2015 10:34:30 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

391780

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
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	National Parks: 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 the total value was of land owned by National Park authorities that was sold in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14 and (e) 2014-15; and what estimate she has made of the likely value of such land in each of the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	8326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>National Park and the Broads Authorities are independent bodies operating within the local government framework. They are provided with powers to dispose of land under the 1972 Local Government Act and review their landholdings and liabilities from time to time as part of good financial management practice. The information requested is not held centrally by Her Majesty’s Government and the National Park and Broads Authorities have provided the following information on the value of land sales:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2010/11 £60,000</p><p> </p><p>2011/12 £344,400</p><p> </p><p>2012/13 £180,500</p><p> </p><p>2013/14 £1,557,000*</p><p> </p><p>2014/15 £45,700</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>No estimate of the likely value of such land in each of the next five years has been made.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>*includes the sale of Blencathra field study centre. The sale to the Field Studies Council enabled the Lake District NPA to re-invest part of the receipts in the development and opening of a new Northern Area Office in Threlkeld, from which all NPA activity in the northern part of the Park is now based. The remainder was re-invested in other projects across the National Park and the sale of the field study centre has provided the Field Studies Council, a registered charity, with an asset.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 07/09/2015 10:39:47 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

391782

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
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	Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981
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 payments have been made under Schedule 9A, Part 5, Paragraph 25(1) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 as amended by the Infrastructure Act 2015 to date.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	8328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>To date, no thresholds for these discretionary payments have been set and no funds have been allocated or paid. In accordance with paragraph 26 of Schedule 9A, guidance on such matters will be provided to environmental authorities through a code of practice. No species control orders are expected to be made until the code is produced.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 8327 8329 question first answered 07/09/2015 10:43:12 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

391783

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
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	Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981
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 threshold is for compensation payments under Schedule 9A, Part 5, Paragraph 25(2) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 as amended by the Infrastructure Act 2015.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	8329
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>To date, no thresholds for these discretionary payments have been set and no funds have been allocated or paid. In accordance with paragraph 26 of Schedule 9A, guidance on such matters will be provided to environmental authorities through a code of practice. No species control orders are expected to be made until the code is produced.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 8327 8328 question first answered 07/09/2015 10:43:12 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

391784

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
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	Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981
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 much has been allocated for the payment of compensation in respect of species control agreements and orders under Schedule 9A, Part 5, Paragraph 25(1) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 as amended by the Infrastructure Act 2015.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	8327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>To date, no thresholds for these discretionary payments have been set and no funds have been allocated or paid. In accordance with paragraph 26 of Schedule 9A, guidance on such matters will be provided to environmental authorities through a code of practice. No species control orders are expected to be made until the code is produced.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 8328 8329 question first answered 07/09/2015 10:43:12 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

391792

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
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	Carbon Emissions: Peat
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 is taking to reduce carbon emissions from England's upland and lowland peatlands.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	8153
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>We recognise the significance of peat as a natural carbon store and are undertaking a series of measures to reduce carbon emissions from peatlands. These include: the pilot Peatland Code, negotiating the implementation of management objectives in designated areas for peatland restoration through agri-environment schemes, and targets for the reduction of peat use in horticulture. Between 2003 and 2013 the number of peatland Sites of Special Scientific Interest in “unfavourable but recovering” condition, increased from 16% to 85%, illustrating a major step forward in the restoration of degraded peat habitats.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK has chosen to report and account for the carbon emissions from wetland drainage and rewetting, including peatlands, as part of our international climate change commitments. To inform this reporting, Government is funding research on the carbon mitigation potential of improved peatland management. This will help to identify how resources might best be targeted to reduce carbon emissions from both upland and lowland peat soils.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 07/09/2015 10:57:10 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

391428

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
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	Biodiversity
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 (a) publish separate 25-year plans to restore biodiversity and to grow more, buy more and sell more British food and (b) take steps to ensure that each such plan will contribute to the other's objectives.
tabling member constituency	Ynys Môn
tabling member printed	Albert Owen
uin	8095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>We are putting in place an ambitious 25-year plan to promote and grow our world-leading food and farming industry, encouraging enterprise and boosting productivity right across the food chain.</p><p>In addition, Defra is currently investing £4.2 million over three years in the Sustainable Intensification research Platform (SIP). This is designed to investigate integrated approaches for farmers to produce more food whilst simultaneously protecting and enhancing biodiversity, and the natural environment in general. The SIP will also develop tools to enable decision-makers to balance our need to produce more British food with the need to protect our natural resources.</p><p>The Government is currently developing the framework that will guide the development of a 25-year environment plan for England, which will include biodiversity. Biodiversity policy is a devolved issue, but we will maintain a constructive dialogue with the Devolved Administrations throughout the development of the plan, through the Four Countries Biodiversity Group.</p><p>The Government will, of course, ensure that these two long-term approaches complement each other.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 07/09/2015 10:23:56 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1474 label Biography information for Albert Owen

391429

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
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	Game: 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 discussions her Department has with shooting organisations before adding a specific bird or mammal to the protected list.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	8034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>No animal or bird species have been added to the list of protected species for England since 2011. There have been no direct discussions with shooting organisations on any possible additions.</p><p>All wild birds are protected in accordance with the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (as amended).</p><p>In accordance with the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, the Joint Nature Conservation Committee is required to review the protected animals (other than birds) listed in Schedule 5 of the Act every five years and to advise Ministers whether species of animals should be added to or removed from the Schedule. Defra undertakes a public consultation exercise on the proposed amendments to the Schedule and shooting organisations have an opportunity to respond.</p><p>Nature conservation is a devolved matter and such issues are a matter for the devolved administrations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 07/09/2015 10:10:59 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon