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919194

registered interest
date	07/06/2018
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: Smuggling
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 he has to include online trading companies as participants in the Illegal Wildlife trade conference planned for October 2018.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	151131
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Bristol East, Kerry McCarthy, on 14 March 2018, PQ UIN 131446.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 13/06/2018 10:45:17 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

918430

registered interest
date	06/06/2018
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	Food: Waste
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 his Department's resources and waste strategy due to be published later this year is planned to include policies to achieve greater transparency on the reporting by retailers of food waste produced (a) in their operations and (b) throughout their supply chains.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	150618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2018 answer text <p>Food waste has a financial and environmental cost and is an issue requiring urgent action. Through our work with the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP), the UK has taken concerted action since 2007 and we are leading the way in the EU and internationally.</p><p> </p><p>The Courtauld Commitment 2025 is an ambitious ten-year voluntary agreement that brings together organisations across the food system to identify priorities, develop solutions and implement changes at scale, both within signatory organisations and by spreading new best practice across the UK. A core part of Courtauld 2025 is the measurement of food waste as this is vital to record progress towards meeting national and international targets.</p><p> </p><p>As part of Courtauld 2025 the Institute of Grocery Distribution and WRAP have worked with a wide range of business representatives to develop a set of principles on how to measure food that goes to waste. We support the actions of several retailers in measuring and publishing their food surplus and waste data and encourage other food businesses to follow their lead. The Resources and Waste Strategy will set out further policies on food waste later in the year.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 13/06/2018 10:58:14 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

918509

registered interest
date	06/06/2018
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 estimate he has made of the number of foxes that have been killed as part of the hunt season in the UK in the last five years (a) nationally, (b) in Lancashire, (c) in Cumbria and (d) in Cheshire.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	150578
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2018 answer text <p>No estimate has been made of the number of foxes that have been killed, as part of the hunt season in the UK, since the Hunting Act 2004 came into effect.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 13/06/2018 10:48:58 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

918593

registered interest
date	06/06/2018
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	Fracking: 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 discussions he and his officials have had with the Environment Agency on the adequacy of how frequently it monitors processes for groundwater at fracking sites across Lancashire.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	150574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2018 answer text <p>Defra’s shale gas team works closely with Environment Agency colleagues on the environmental aspects of fracking, including the protection of groundwater.</p><p> </p><p>The environmental permit issued by the Environment Agency, such as the one issued to Cuadrilla for the Preston New Road site in Lancshire, sets out the pre-operational and operational monitoring requirements according to environmental risk. The type and period of monitoring may vary between sites, according to the sensitivity of the environment and the type and scale of activities. When a site is decommissioned, the operator continues to be held to the monitoring requirements of the environmental permit until the Environment Agency is satisfied that the site has been returned to a satisfactory condition.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 13/06/2018 14:38:25 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

917345

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
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	Litter
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 progress has been made on implementing the 36 tasks in the Litter Strategy for England, published in April 2017.
tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
tabling member printed	Laura Smith
uin	150233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2018 answer text <p>We have made good progress in delivering the actions set out in the Litter Strategy, including bringing into force new Regulations to improve local authority enforcement powers, launching the Litter Innovation Fund, and consulting on improved guidance on enforcement.</p><p> </p><p>We have committed to reporting annually to Parliament on our progress with the actions set out in the Strategy: the first report is in preparation and will be published shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 13/06/2018 10:41:56 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4648 label Biography information for Laura Smith

917466

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
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	Plastics: Waste
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 his Department has to review the packaging recovery note system to reduce the export of (a) plastic and (b) other waste.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	150083
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2018 answer text <p>We have committed to exploring changes to the packaging producer responsibility scheme. This will look at all aspects of the regime, including mechanisms to incentivise better design, encourage the use of recycled material and make better use of materials at the end of life.</p><p> </p><p>More detail will be announced in the Resources and Waste Strategy, which will be published later this year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley grouped question UIN 150084 question first answered 13/06/2018 10:29:24 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

917467

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
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	Packaging: Recycling
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 25 Year Environment Plan, what steps his Department is taking to include reform of the packaging recovery note system within the strategy for plastics recycling.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	150084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2018 answer text <p>We have committed to exploring changes to the packaging producer responsibility scheme. This will look at all aspects of the regime, including mechanisms to incentivise better design, encourage the use of recycled material and make better use of materials at the end of life.</p><p> </p><p>More detail will be announced in the Resources and Waste Strategy, which will be published later this year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley grouped question UIN 150083 question first answered 13/06/2018 10:29:24 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

917640

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
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	Dartford-Thurrock Crossing: 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, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of air pollution on the southern approach to the Dartford Crossing.
tabling member constituency	Dartford
tabling member printed	Gareth Johnson
uin	150011
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2018 answer text <p>We model air pollution along the A282 which includes the southern approach to the Dartford Crossing. Our 2017 UK plan for tackling roadside nitrogen dioxide (NO<sub>2</sub>) concentrations was informed by our modelling which uses the latest available evidence, which indicates that all modelled sections of the A282 were compliant by 2017.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 13/06/2018 16:23:13 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	3970 label Biography information for Gareth Johnson

917663

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
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	River Thames: 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, what recent assessment he has made of levels of water pollution in the River Thames.
tabling member constituency	Dartford
tabling member printed	Gareth Johnson
uin	150024
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2018 answer text <p>The Environment Agency responds to reports of pollution via its National Incident hotline. It also proactively identifies pollution to water bodies by carrying out targeted ecological and water quality monitoring.</p><p> </p><p>Monitoring under the European Union Water Framework Directive involves assessing the water environment for its ecological and water quality status. The River Thames currently has a Moderate rating, an improvement on the 2009 baseline. The next round of classifications are due to be released in 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency is in the process of updating the River Basin Management Plan which will develop further measures to improve the habitat, water quality and diversity of the river. This will be delivered through partnerships with industry, land owners, community groups and Defra.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 13/06/2018 10:37:48 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	3970 label Biography information for Gareth Johnson

917664

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
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: Dartford
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 assessment he has made of the level of air pollution in Dartford.
tabling member constituency	Dartford
tabling member printed	Gareth Johnson
uin	150025
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2018 answer text <p>We model air pollution in Dartford. Our 2017 UK plan for tackling roadside nitrogen dioxide (NO<sub>2</sub>) concentrations was informed by our modelling which uses the latest available evidence, which indicates that all modelled roads in Dartford are expected to be compliant with the NO<sub>2</sub> limit value by 2018.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 13/06/2018 16:23:22 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	3970 label Biography information for Gareth Johnson