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943973

registered interest
date	18/07/2018
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	Water Supply
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 assessment his Department has made of water security for farmers and growers as a result of the closure of the European Agricultural Fund's Water Resource Management grant.
tabling member constituency	Chichester
tabling member printed	Gillian Keegan
uin	165713
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>Defra keeps water security for farmers and growers under review. However, as the Countryside Productivity Water Resource Management offer was a relatively small scheme offering localised support for individual farmers and growers, we have no plans to undertake a detailed assessment of its impact on national water security.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government’s abstraction plan sets out how the Environment Agency will develop strong local partnerships with abstractors, including farmers, and catchment groups. The partnerships will work to agree local solutions that improve water security and protect the environment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 23/07/2018 11:12:38 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan

943982

registered interest
date	18/07/2018
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	Wetlands: Conservation
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 16 July 2018 to Question 163204 on Wetlands: Conservation, what duties are placed on local authorities to assess the effect of a proposed development on the listed features of a Ramsar site.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	165697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>It is government policy that competent authorities need to make sure that their assessment of the impacts of plans and projects takes into account the full range of Ramsar interests for which the listed or proposed site has been designated and the site’s vulnerabilities to any effects of the proposed development.</p><p> </p><p>Where an adverse effect on the integrity of a Ramsar site cannot be ruled out, alone or in combination with other plans and projects, the competent authority can only consent, in the absence of feasible alternatives, on grounds of overriding public interest and where compensatory measures are secured.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 165698 question first answered 23/07/2018 14:14:47 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

943983

registered interest
date	18/07/2018
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	Wetlands: Conservation
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 16 July 2018 to Question 163204 on Wetlands: Conservation, whether local authorities are required to consider alternative solutions when determining a planning proposal with potential damaging effects on a Ramsar site.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	165698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>It is government policy that competent authorities need to make sure that their assessment of the impacts of plans and projects takes into account the full range of Ramsar interests for which the listed or proposed site has been designated and the site’s vulnerabilities to any effects of the proposed development.</p><p> </p><p>Where an adverse effect on the integrity of a Ramsar site cannot be ruled out, alone or in combination with other plans and projects, the competent authority can only consent, in the absence of feasible alternatives, on grounds of overriding public interest and where compensatory measures are secured.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 165697 question first answered 23/07/2018 14:14:47 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

944055

registered interest
date	18/07/2018
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	Ofwat
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 assessment he has made of the implications for water company debt equity structure, interest payments and dividends of Qfwat recommendations on company borrowing for PR19.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	165563
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>On 9 April, Ofwat announced a package of reforms for the water sector, which push companies to share benefits of their financial arrangements with customers, increase their financial resilience, and ensure greater transparency in dividends and executive pay.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government fully supports Ofwat’s reforms to the upcoming price review process to make water companies work as diligently for customers as for their shareholders.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 23/07/2018 14:01:22 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

942920

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
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	Fly-tipping
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 page 51 of the Government's 2017 Litter Strategy, what progress his Department has made on working with HM Prison and Probation Service to involve fly tipping offenders in clearing fly tipped waste.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	164927
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>The initial meetings of the roadside litter working group agreed on the need to improve councils’ enforcement powers against littering from vehicles as a priority. With effect from April 2018, we have given district councils in England outside London (London boroughs already have similar powers) new powers to hold the keeper of a vehicle responsible for littering offences committed from it.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>During 2017-18, Defra has prioritised work to deliver the Government’s commitments relating to enforcement. As part of that work, we have proposed an amendment to the Code of Practice to incorporate the improved guidance on enforcement.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>During 2018-19, we will take forward a broader update and review of the Code of Practice, and will work with HM Prison &amp; Probation Service to explore opportunities to promote activities involving clearing litter and fly-tipped waste as part of Community Payback schemes, in circumstances in which community volunteers are unlikely to be operating.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>As set out in the Litter Strategy, we are committed to providing an annual report on our progress for the rest of this Parliament. Our first annual report on delivery of the Litter Strategy will be published shortly, providing an update on our progress to date, and setting out some of the further activities we intend to take forward over the next year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 164931 164938 question first answered 23/07/2018 11:37:04 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

942946

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
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	Cycleways and Public Footpaths: Rural Areas
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 assessment his Department has made of the quality of (a) footpaths and (b) cycle-paths in rural areas throughout England.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	165023
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>Public rights of way are a local matter and are handled by individual local highway authorities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is up to local authorities to assess the quality of the rights of way network in their area and perform maintenance accordingly. They are also required to keep a Rights of Way Improvement Plan (ROWIP) to plan improvements to their network, which is usually available on the authority’s website. I would hope local authorities, whenever possible, would look at the needs of all users, including walkers, cyclists and horse-riders.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 23/07/2018 14:04:08 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

943013

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
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	Balloons and Sky Lanterns: 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 assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the legislation regulating the release of helium-filled balloons and sky lanterns.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	164844
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>There is no legislation that specifically regulates the release of helium-filled balloons and sky lanterns.</p><p> </p><p>The National Association of Balloon Artists and Suppliers, the trade association for the balloon industry, has published a code of conduct to minimise the environmental impact of balloon releases. The Chartered Trading Standards Institute has published a code of practice for sky lanterns to help ensure that they are manufactured to be safe and are sold responsibly.</p><p> </p><p>Local councils have powers to restrict or regulate the release of balloons and sky lanterns on land that they control. Councils can also take an individual to court, or issue a fixed penalty notice, if they believe them to be guilty of a littering offence.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 23/07/2018 15:19:47 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

943165

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
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	Roads: 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 the outcome has been of the activities of the working group on roadside litter referred to on page 56 of the 2017 Litter Strategy for England.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	164931
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>The initial meetings of the roadside litter working group agreed on the need to improve councils’ enforcement powers against littering from vehicles as a priority. With effect from April 2018, we have given district councils in England outside London (London boroughs already have similar powers) new powers to hold the keeper of a vehicle responsible for littering offences committed from it.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>During 2017-18, Defra has prioritised work to deliver the Government’s commitments relating to enforcement. As part of that work, we have proposed an amendment to the Code of Practice to incorporate the improved guidance on enforcement.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>During 2018-19, we will take forward a broader update and review of the Code of Practice, and will work with HM Prison &amp; Probation Service to explore opportunities to promote activities involving clearing litter and fly-tipped waste as part of Community Payback schemes, in circumstances in which community volunteers are unlikely to be operating.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>As set out in the Litter Strategy, we are committed to providing an annual report on our progress for the rest of this Parliament. Our first annual report on delivery of the Litter Strategy will be published shortly, providing an update on our progress to date, and setting out some of the further activities we intend to take forward over the next year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 164927 164938 question first answered 23/07/2018 11:37:05 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

943183

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
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, with reference to page 60 of the 2017 Litter Strategy for England, what progress the Government has made in reviewing the mechanism by which councils and other land-managers are held to account for maintaining their land to the standards set out in the Code of Practice on Litter and Refuse.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	164938
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>The initial meetings of the roadside litter working group agreed on the need to improve councils’ enforcement powers against littering from vehicles as a priority. With effect from April 2018, we have given district councils in England outside London (London boroughs already have similar powers) new powers to hold the keeper of a vehicle responsible for littering offences committed from it.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>During 2017-18, Defra has prioritised work to deliver the Government’s commitments relating to enforcement. As part of that work, we have proposed an amendment to the Code of Practice to incorporate the improved guidance on enforcement.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>During 2018-19, we will take forward a broader update and review of the Code of Practice, and will work with HM Prison &amp; Probation Service to explore opportunities to promote activities involving clearing litter and fly-tipped waste as part of Community Payback schemes, in circumstances in which community volunteers are unlikely to be operating.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>As set out in the Litter Strategy, we are committed to providing an annual report on our progress for the rest of this Parliament. Our first annual report on delivery of the Litter Strategy will be published shortly, providing an update on our progress to date, and setting out some of the further activities we intend to take forward over the next year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 164927 164931 question first answered 23/07/2018 11:37:05 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

942436

registered interest
date	16/07/2018
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 estimate he has made of the amount of plastic waste from Coventry that is sent abroad for recycling in each year for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	164269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2018 answer text <p>Data on exports of waste materials generally is published by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs and is available at:<a href="https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Pages/Home.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Pages/Home.aspx</a>.</p><p>This data is collected at a UK level and data relating specifically to Coventry is not available.</p><p>Data on the collection and disposal and recycling of waste for Coventry will be held by Coventry City Council, and is reported separately through the WasteDataFlow system (<a href="http://www.wastedataflow.org/home.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.wastedataflow.org/home.aspx</a>).</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 19/07/2018 16:31:08 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham