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788481

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
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	Neonicotinoids
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 timetable is for the implementation of the full ban on the use of neonicotinoid insecticides announced on 9 November 2017.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
uin	112535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government has stated that it supports further restrictions on neonicotinoids based on recent advice from the UK Expert Committee on Pesticides</p><p> </p><p>The European Commission has made a proposal which is under EU consideration. Any changes are likely to take effect in 2018 and to affect crops harvested from 2019.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 16/11/2017 16:48:08 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

788484

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
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	Angling
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 which organisations within the recreational fishing sector on which dates Ministers of his Department have had meetings since the 2017 General Election.
tabling member constituency	Workington
tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
uin	112589
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>Departments routinely publish details of Ministers meetings' which contain the names of external organisations.</p><p> </p><p>The data is available here and the next set will be published in due course:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministers-hospitality-gifts-meetings-overseas-travel" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministers-hospitality-gifts-meetings-overseas-travel</a>.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 112588 112591 question first answered 16/11/2017 15:42:49 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

788485

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
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	Fisheries
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 which organisations within the commercial fishing sector on which dates Ministers of his Department have had meetings since the 2017 General Election.
tabling member constituency	Workington
tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
uin	112588
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>Departments routinely publish details of Ministers meetings' which contain the names of external organisations.</p><p> </p><p>The data is available here and the next set will be published in due course:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministers-hospitality-gifts-meetings-overseas-travel" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministers-hospitality-gifts-meetings-overseas-travel</a>.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 112589 112591 question first answered 16/11/2017 15:42:49 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

788487

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
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	Fishing for Leave
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 times and on which dates Ministers of his Department have met representatives from Fishing for Leave since the 2017 General Election.
tabling member constituency	Workington
tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
uin	112591
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>Departments routinely publish details of Ministers meetings' which contain the names of external organisations.</p><p> </p><p>The data is available here and the next set will be published in due course:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministers-hospitality-gifts-meetings-overseas-travel" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministers-hospitality-gifts-meetings-overseas-travel</a>.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 112588 112589 question first answered 16/11/2017 15:42:49 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

788488

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
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	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, how many cattle slaughtered as a result of severe interpretation skin tests were subsequently found to be clear of bovine TB in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	112635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>It is not possible to conclude that any bovine animal which is positive to the tuberculin skin test, whether at normal or severe interpretation, is clear of the disease. It is very likely that those cattle are infected with bovine TB, even if no visible TB lesions are found at post-mortem meat inspection. This is because the skin test used in the UK and Ireland is very specific, meaning it is very unlikely to generate a false positive result. TB researchers have estimated this likelihood to be approximately one false positive result for every 5,000 TB-free cattle tested using the standard interpretation of the skin test, and one for every 1,200 using the severe interpretation. Reactors to the skin test may therefore not have any visible lesions because they are either in the early stages of the disease, or the lesions are too small to be detected by the naked eye.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 16/11/2017 15:49:11 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

788494

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
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	Pet Travel Scheme
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 pet passports have been issued in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	112762
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2017 answer text <p>The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) issue blank pet passports to approved Official Veterinarian (OV) practices who then issue these for cats, dogs and ferrets to move under the Pet Travel Scheme. The below data is for numbers of blank pet passports issued to OV practices by APHA. We do not record the number of pet passports issued by OV practices to individual animals, however carriers do record the number of times pets travel.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total number of pet passports issued to OV practices</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>64000</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>68175</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>72325</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>119704</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>95449</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017 (to date)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>81461</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>In December 2014 new model pet passports were introduced as a result of a new EU Regulation covering pet movements. This will account for the increase in the number of pet passports issued to OV practices in 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 17/11/2017 11:25:01 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

786915

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	Animal Welfare Act 2006
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 people were (a) charged and (b) convicted of an offence under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 in each police force area, broken down by type of offences in 2016.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	112374
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2017 answer text <p>The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates’ courts and found guilty of offences under the specific sections of the Animal Welfare Act 2006 for which data was reported, by police force area, in 2016, can be viewed in the attached table. Charging data is not held by the Ministry of Justice.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 15/11/2017 17:25:44 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice attachment 1 file name Defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts and found guilty at all courts for offences under the Animal Welfare Act 2006.docx title Offences under the Animal Welfare Act 2006
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

786963

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	Glyphosate: EU Action
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 his Department's policy is on the use of glyphosate, with particular reference to the EU's position.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	112358
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2017 answer text <p>Pesticides are highly regulated in the UK and can only be used if scientific assessment establishes that they pose no unacceptable risks to people or the environment.</p><p> </p><p>UK specialists participated in the European Food Safety Authority’s assessment of glyphosate and support its conclusions that glyphosate meets the safety requirements for approval. The Government therefore supports the continuing approval of glyphosate.</p><p> </p><p>If glyphosate is approved, we will review the authorisations of glyphosate products to ensure they meet current standards.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 15/11/2017 17:23:30 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

786964

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	Meat Products: Labelling
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 his Department's policy is on supermarkets and food producers being required to display methods of slaughter on meat products; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	112359
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2017 answer text <p>There is no national or EU requirement to display the method of slaughter on meat products but where this is included it must be accurate. The Government believes that consumers should have the necessary information available to them to make an informed choice about their food, and this is something we can consider in the context of leaving the EU.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 15/11/2017 17:39:03 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

786207

registered interest
date	07/11/2017
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	Sugar Beet
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 UK beet sugar farmers on the effect of the UK leaving the EU on the UK beet sugar industry.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	112011
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>The Secretary of State recently met representatives of sugar beet growers. The Secretary of State and I have also both discussed the sector with Associated British Foods, of which British Sugar is a subsidiary. Over the next few months Defra Ministers will continue to visit the British countryside and working farms to hear the views of industry and the public first hand. We want to support farmers to grow more, sell more and export more great British food. We have a once in a generation opportunity to transform our food and farming policies and improve our environment and it is vital we are all part of this process.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 112012 question first answered 13/11/2017 17:17:38 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin