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1483423

registered interest
date	27/06/2022
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: East Sussex
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 he is taking to mitigate the effects of bird flu in (a) Brighton and Hove and (b) East Sussex.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	25815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2022 answer text <p>Effective animal disease control is one of Defra’s key priorities. Defra’s approach is set out in the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/notifiable-avian-disease-control-strategy." target="_blank">Notifiable Avian Disease Control Strategy for Great Britain</a>. Following the confirmation of avian influenza in poultry at a premises near Bexhill-on-Sea, Rother, East Sussex and in other captive birds at a premises near Guestling Green, Rother, East Sussex, disease control zones were put in place surrounding the premises. To limit the risk of further spread of the disease, all birds on the infected premises have been humanely culled and preliminary cleansing and disinfection at premises undertaken by the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA). Restrictions on the movement of birds and things associated with their keeping apply to other premises within the disease control zones where either poultry or other captive birds are kept. The disease control zones will remain in force until all disease control and surveillance activities are successfully completed within the zones.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, an <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/avian-influenza-bird-flu#AIPZ" target="_blank">Avian Influenza Prevention Zone (AIPZ)</a> remains in force across Great Britain. This means it is a legal requirement for all bird keepers (whether they have pet birds, commercial flocks or just a few birds in a backyard flock) to follow strict biosecurity measures in order to limit the spread of and eradicate the disease.</p><p> </p><p>Great Britain faces a seasonal risk of avian influenza incursion associated with migratory wild birds which can then spread to other local sedentary wild bird species and/or other kept birds. The APHA carries out year-round avian influenza surveillance of dead wild birds submitted via public reports and warden patrols across Great Britain on behalf of Defra, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government. A number of herring gulls and greylag geese submitted to the surveillance programme from the Brighton and Hove and East Sussex areas have tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 during the 2021/2022 avian influenza outbreak.</p><p> </p><p>Defra together with APHA and Natural England are working closely with the Joint Nature Conservation Committee and other NGOs including the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and the British Trust for Ornithology to monitor the effect of avian influenza on wild bird species of conservation concern.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 05/07/2022 16:01:27 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1483424

registered interest
date	27/06/2022
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: Disease Control
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 he will issue clear guidance for members of the public on steps to take in the event that they suspect a wild bird is sick with avian flu.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	25816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2022 answer text <p>Advice to the public on avian influenza in wild birds is published on GOV.UK at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/avian-influenza-bird-flu#public" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/avian-influenza-bird-flu#public</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Animal and Plant Health Agency carries out year-round avian influenza surveillance of dead wild birds submitted via public reports and warden patrols across Great Britain on behalf of Defra, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government. The public are encouraged to report findings of three or more dead wild waterfowl (swans, geese or ducks) or gulls or birds of prey, or five or more dead birds of any species, to the Defra helpline (03459 335577).</p><p> </p><p>Our advice to the public is not to touch or pick up any dead or visibly sick birds that they find. Sick or injured birds should be reported in England and Wales to the RSPCA (0300 1234 999) and in Scotland to the SSPCA (0300 999 999) where an in-situ assessment and further course of action will be taken, including euthanasia and disposal if appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 05/07/2022 16:10:43 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1470753

registered interest
date	15/06/2022
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 and Plant Health Agency: Weybridge
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 report entitled Improving the UK’s science capability for managing animal diseases, published by the National Audit Office on 15 June 2022, what assessment he has made of the reasons for his Department allowing the Animal and Plant Health Agency Weybridge site to deteriorate to a state where some of the facilities were found to be no longer fit for purpose; what steps he is taking to tackle the (a) under-investment and (b) poor strategic management of the site identified by that report; what recent assessment he has made of the site’s ability to respond effectively to a major animal disease outbreak; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	18870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2022 answer text <p>We are taking all the necessary steps to secure our animal health science capability. Defra recognised that a complete redevelopment was needed to keep the site fit for purpose and since then has carried out a major programme of critical maintenance and set up the Science Capability in Animal Health (SCAH) programme - a major investment to secure the long-term future of the Weybridge facility. We have secured funding of £1.4 billion of which £200 million has been allocated for this SR Period to safeguard and enhance the laboratories at Weybridge and secure our vital scientific capability. This substantial investment recognises the Government’s commitment to the strongest possible standards of biosecurity.</p><p> </p><p>We have demonstrated our effective response to significant animal disease outbreaks. For example, Avian Influenza over the last two winter seasons have been the largest on record.</p><p> </p><p>The Animal and Plant Health Agency provides high-quality surveillance, preparedness, detection and response to biosecurity threats from animal diseases - both those that might affect our ability to trade and those which pose a threat to human health. The work which has commenced to safeguard and enhance the Weybridge site will enable its excellent scientists to continue at the forefront of science which protects the country, boosting our resilience against animal diseases.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 27/06/2022 16:53:36 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1465370

registered interest
date	24/05/2022
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	Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control
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 email dated 5 May 2022 from his Department's Bovine TB Programme to authors of a report cited in the Veterinary Record containing a correction and apology from his Department for a data error on the incidence of bovine TB in areas where badgers were not culled, if he will issue a (a) public apology for, and retraction of his Department's blog issued by his Department's press office on 18 March 2022, entitled Rebuttal of claims on TB cull effectiveness and (b) correction to all journalists and independent parties briefed on the contents of that press statement; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	7961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2022 answer text <p>The Veterinary Record has published a correction to the data error in the letter from the UK Chief Veterinary Officer and Defra’s Chief Scientific Adviser published on 19 March 2022. This does not alter the conclusions in the original letter. We have also corrected the corresponding Government Vets blog post. Thus, we have no plans to make a public apology for, or retraction of, Defra’s statements in response to the paper by Thomas Langton and others published on 18 March 2022.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 01/06/2022 15:45:16 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1463670

registered interest
date	17/05/2022
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 Products: 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, with reference to his Department’s 2021 Animal Welfare Action Plan, if he will take legislative steps to implement (a) a ban on the advertising and offering for sale in the UK of specific, unacceptable practices abroad and (b) the other legislative commitments set out in the section of the Animal Welfare Action Plan entitled International trade and advocacy; for what reasons a bill containing those policies was not contained in the Queen’s Speech 2022; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	3558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2022 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to my answer of 17 May 2022 to the hon. Member for Rotherham, <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-05-13/1511" target="_blank">PQ 1511</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 25/05/2022 11:31:02 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1458785

registered interest
date	20/04/2022
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	GM Inspectorate
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 current annual budget is for the Genetic Modification Inspectorate (GMI) and whether the Government has plans to increase Government funding for the GMI if there is an increase in plantings of experimental GMO crops, following the Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2022; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	156417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2022 answer text <p>Approximately £266,879 was spent by the Genetic Modification Inspectorate (GMI) in the 2021/22 financial year on inspection and enforcement related to the deliberate release of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) and activity supporting management of adventitious GM presence.</p><p>The GMI has a key role in supporting enforcement around the regulation of genetic technologies. We will keep this activity under review in respect of any changes in demand resulting from increased plantings of experimental GMO crops as a consequence of the Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2022.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 27/04/2022 17:17:58 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1456292

registered interest
date	31/03/2022
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	Furs: Import Controls
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 the Government will bring forward legislative proposals early in the next parliamentary session to ban the import and sale of real animal fur; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	151036
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2022 answer text <p>Now we have left the EU, the Government is able to explore potential action in relation to animal fur, in line with the Government’s commitment to improving animal welfare standards as set out in the Action Plan for Animal Welfare. We continue to gather information and speak to a range of interested parties about the issues involved.</p><p> </p><p>We are reviewing the evidence gathered both from our Call for Evidence and wider engagement with the fur trade and stakeholders, and a summary of responses will be published soon.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 151037 question first answered 20/04/2022 07:38:41 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1456293

registered interest
date	31/03/2022
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	Furs: Trade
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 the Government plans to publish the responses received to its call for evidence on the fur trade, which closed in June 2021.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	151037
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2022 answer text <p>Now we have left the EU, the Government is able to explore potential action in relation to animal fur, in line with the Government’s commitment to improving animal welfare standards as set out in the Action Plan for Animal Welfare. We continue to gather information and speak to a range of interested parties about the issues involved.</p><p> </p><p>We are reviewing the evidence gathered both from our Call for Evidence and wider engagement with the fur trade and stakeholders, and a summary of responses will be published soon.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 151036 question first answered 20/04/2022 07:38:41 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1456294

registered interest
date	31/03/2022
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 Products: 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, if the Government will bring forward legislative proposals to introduce an Animals Abroad Bill early in the next parliamentary session to deliver the commitments set out in its Action Plan for Animal Welfare; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	151038
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2022 answer text <p>As set out in the Government's Action Plan for Animal Welfare, we are committed to promoting high animal welfare standards both at home and abroad. This includes delivering a range of measures to promote the welfare of animals beyond UK borders, setting a global example for high welfare and conservation standards.</p><p> </p><p>We are moving forward with our plans to deliver one of the toughest bans in the world on the import of hunting trophies from thousands of endangered and threatened species. The Government is firmly committed to the ban, and this will be brought forward as soon as Parliamentary time allows. We are also looking at further measures to protect animals abroad, including banning the import and export of detached fins, and taking action against low welfare animal experiences. Regarding both fur and foie gras, we are continuing to review the evidence and consider next steps.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 27/04/2022 14:13:28 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1453161

registered interest
date	22/03/2022
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	Plants: Genetically Modified Organisms
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 plans to consult on forthcoming ACRE advice on qualifying higher plants in the Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2022 before implementation; whether adherence to that advice will be voluntary or obligatory.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	144873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2022 answer text <p>We have no plans to consult on the guidance prepared by the ACRE on qualifying higher plants (QHP) in the Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2022 before its implementation. Plant developers will be responsible for ensuring that the correct process is followed and will be required to confirm on the notification to Defra that they have consulted the guidance in reaching a decision about the QHP status of their plant.</p><p>We have more than thirty years of experience of GMO field trials and there is no evidence that any of these have affected commercial crops or the wider environment.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 30/03/2022 17:25:29 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas