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789043

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date	14/11/2017
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	Primates: Pets
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 take steps to prohibit the sale and keeping of primates as pets; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	113003
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2017 answer text <p>Under the Animal Welfare Act 2006, it is already against the law to keep primates in the same sort of environment you would keep a domesticated pet animal. In addition, the statutory Code of Practice for the Welfare of Privately Kept Non-human Primates provides keepers with advice on how to meet the welfare needs of their animals, as required under the 2006 Act.</p><p> </p><p>Defra is working closely with the Pet Advertising Advisory Group to apply minimum standards to online pet advertising on five of the main websites. The standards include a requirement to remove any adverts for primates.</p><p>In the meantime, if anyone has any concerns about the welfare of a particular primate they should report it to the relevant local authority who have powers to investigate such matters, or to the RSPCA who can also investigate.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 21/11/2017 13:59:09 question first ministerially corrected 21/11/2017 14:54:18 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice previous answer version 23991 answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

789045

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
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	Agriculture: Scotland
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 officials of his Department have had with officials from the Scottish Government on UK common agricultural frameworks after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Dumfries and Galloway
tabling member printed	Mr Alister Jack
uin	112800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>Ministers and officials are in regular discussion with their Scottish counterparts on future agriculture policy after the UK leaves the EU. Meetings were held over the summer between Defra and Scottish Government officials, along with their counterparts from Wales and Northern Ireland, on UK common agricultural frameworks. Further discussions have taken place on 14 and 15 November.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State met Fergus Ewing, the Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Rural Economy and Connectivity, on 6 November to discuss future agricultural policy, along with Lesley Griffiths, the Welsh Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning and Rural Affairs and Noel Lavery, the Permanent Secretary in the Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to delivering an approach that works for the whole of the UK and reflects the needs and individual circumstances of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 112802 question first answered 20/11/2017 12:23:22 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack

789046

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
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	Agriculture: Scotland
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 his counterparts in the Scottish Government on designing a new agricultural subsidy system for Scotland after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Dumfries and Galloway
tabling member printed	Mr Alister Jack
uin	112802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>Ministers and officials are in regular discussion with their Scottish counterparts on future agriculture policy after the UK leaves the EU. Meetings were held over the summer between Defra and Scottish Government officials, along with their counterparts from Wales and Northern Ireland, on UK common agricultural frameworks. Further discussions have taken place on 14 and 15 November.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State met Fergus Ewing, the Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Rural Economy and Connectivity, on 6 November to discuss future agricultural policy, along with Lesley Griffiths, the Welsh Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning and Rural Affairs and Noel Lavery, the Permanent Secretary in the Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to delivering an approach that works for the whole of the UK and reflects the needs and individual circumstances of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 112800 question first answered 20/11/2017 12:23:22 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack

789047

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
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
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 priority his Department accords to animal sentience when setting its policies on animal welfare standards.
tabling member constituency	The Cotswolds
tabling member printed	Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
uin	112827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2017 answer text <p>The Secretary of State set out the Government’s position in a Written Ministerial Statement on 23 November:</p><p> </p><p>http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2017-11-23/HCWS267/</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 04/12/2017 17:44:06 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	249 label Biography information for Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

789050

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
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	Community Plant Variety Office
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 the Government plans to seek observer status of the Community Plant Variety Office after the UK has left the EU.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	112843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>Leaving the EU presents a major opportunity for UK agriculture. We are working towards achieving the best possible deal for the UK agricultural industry and we want to ensure a deep and lasting agreement with the European Union. For plant variety rights and testing, as with all other areas, future arrangements are subject to negotiation with the EU. We are aware that Article 39 of the Community Plant Variety Rights Regulation offers the possibility of observer status in CPVO’s Administrative Council, which is currently available to accession states and organisations representing the plant breeding industry. The Administrative Council’s main role concerns finance, budgets and management.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 27/11/2017 12:53:40 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

789051

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
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 Breeding
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 recent discussions he has had with representatives of the devolved administrations on animal breeding and vending.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	112871
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>Defra has kept the Devolved Administrations of Wales and Scotland informed of our proposals for replacing the existing laws, as they apply to England, on dog breeding and pet vending.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 20/11/2017 15:38:20 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

789294

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
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: Convictions
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 animal cruelty offences and convictions there have been in Romford in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	113043
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2017 answer text <p>The number of offenders found guilty of offences under Sections 4 to 8 of the Animal Welfare Act 2006, in the Metropolitan Police Force area, from 2010 to 2016, can be viewed in the table.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Force / Local Justice Area <sup>(4)</sup></strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Proceeded against</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Found guilty</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proceeded against</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Found guilty</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proceeded against</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Found guilty</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Metropolitan</p></td><td><p>97</p></td><td><p>67</p></td><td><p>122</p></td><td><p>102</p></td><td><p>107</p></td><td><p>79</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>of which</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Havering</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East London</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Proceeded against</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Found guilty</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proceeded against</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Found guilty</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proceeded against</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Found guilty</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proceeded against</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Found guilty</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>112</p></td><td><p>82</p></td><td><p>63</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>'-' = Nil</p><p>(1) Defined as SS4-8 Animal Welfare Act 2006.</p><p>(2) The figures given in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.</p><p>(3) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.</p><p>(4) Havering Local Justice Area, which included Romford, merged into North East London Local Justice Area from 1 January 2012.</p><p> </p><p>Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice.</p><p>Ref: PQ 113043</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 21/11/2017 13:51:06 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell