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809581

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date	19/12/2017
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	Microplastics
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 has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending the microbeads ban to include sunscreen and deodorants.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	120239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/12/2017 answer text <p>Microbeads used in rinse-off products end up in the marine environment and damage marine life. The microbead ban will therefore cover the manufacture and sale of all rinse-off personal care products containing microbeads. While some countries have opted to ban only those plastic particles added for exfoliating and cleansing purposes, our objective is to minimise marine microplastic pollution, and therefore our ban covers all microplastic particles in rinse-off personal care products. It is one of the toughest bans in the world.</p><p> </p><p>We are aware that microplastics enter the marine environment from other sources, so we have engaged the Hazardous Substances Advisory Committee (HSAC) to review evidence on microplastics in other products, and their chances of reaching our seas and causing harm to marine life. The microbead consultation also asked for evidence on other sources of marine plastic pollution. We will use these responses and evidence from HSAC to develop future UK action to protect the marine environment.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 29/12/2017 11:26:44 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

809583

registered interest
date	19/12/2017
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	Washing Machines: Standards
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 regulatory standards for filters in washing machines are; and whether he has any plans to review those standards.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	120241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/12/2017 answer text <p>Product standards are usually a matter for BEIS.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 29/12/2017 12:56:55 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

809666

registered interest
date	19/12/2017
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	Fly-tipping: Sentencing
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 increase the length of sentences for repeat fly-tipping offenders; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Wealden
tabling member printed	Ms Nusrat Ghani
uin	120286
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling fly-tipping at all levels. The maximum penalty on indictment for fly-tipping is imprisonment of up to five years or a potentially unlimited fine. It is for local authorities to use the full range of powers available to them and ensure they prioritise resources to tackling this issue.</p><p> </p><p>We worked with the Sentencing Council to strengthen Guidelines for environmental offences in 2014. We will continue to work with the appropriate people in the court system to ensure sentencing levels act as an effective deterrent.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 29/12/2017 11:41:55 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani

809667

registered interest
date	19/12/2017
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	Fly-tipping: Reoffenders
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 information his Department holds on the reoffending rate for people convicted of fly-tipping.
tabling member constituency	Wealden
tabling member printed	Ms Nusrat Ghani
uin	120287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/12/2017 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice records details of reoffending, which can be found at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/proven-reoffending-statistics-october-2015-to-december-2015" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/proven-reoffending-statistics-october-2015-to-december-2015</a>.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 29/12/2017 11:36:51 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani

809679

registered interest
date	19/12/2017
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: Northern Ireland
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 his Department has had with the representatives of the Northern Ireland Assembly on soil and water pollution from intensive pig and poultry farms.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Paul Girvan
uin	120299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/12/2017 answer text <p>None. This is a devolved matter.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 29/12/2017 11:19:55 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4633 label Biography information for Paul Girvan

809728

registered interest
date	19/12/2017
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	Public Footpaths
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 11 October 2017 to Question 106302, what funding he plans to allocate to national trails for 2018-19; and how much funding has been allocated to maintain the Pennine Way.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	120348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/12/2017 answer text <p>Natural England (NE) has not yet finalised the allocation of funding for national trails for 2018/19.</p><p> </p><p>NE has recently written to each of the national trail partnerships making an interim offer of 50 percent of the funding made to each of the national trails in 2017/18. The offer is an advance contribution towards the costs the partnerships would incur in 2018/19 in the absence of NE currently being able to confirm its overall funding position for 2018/19. NE’s interim offer for the Pennine Way in 2018/19 totals £99,626.50.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 29/12/2017 11:14:41 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

809743

registered interest
date	19/12/2017
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	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, what further steps the Government is taking to reduce food waste in UK supermarkets.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	120363
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/12/2017 answer text <p>The Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP), which receives funding from Defra, launched the Courtauld Commitment 2025 in March 2016. This is an ambitious voluntary agreement that brings together organisations across the food system. Retailer signatories represent up to 95% of the UK food retail market. It is a ten-year commitment to identify priorities, develop solutions and implement changes at scale, both within signatory organisations and by spreading new best practice across the UK. The commitment goes further than ever before with ambitious industry targets to be reached by 2025. One of these is a 20% per capita reduction in food and drink waste in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>On 21st December the Secretary of State announced that we will set up a new fund through the WRAP to ensure charities get additional resources to help redistribute food to those who need it rather than letting it go to waste. WRAP will make £0.5 million available to charities and other organisations. The new Food Waste Reduction Fund will provide grants to finance specific projects: fridges or vehicles, IT systems and software, or for training staff and volunteers about food safety skills.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 29/12/2017 14:47:18 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy