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819930

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
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	Agriculture: Subsidies
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 steps his Department is taking to support schemes which provide non-basic payment funding for farmers through the Common Agricultural Policy after the UK leaves the EU and during the time basic payments are to be maintained until 2022.
tabling member constituency	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
tabling member printed	John Lamont
uin	122002
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government understands the importance of providing stability to farmers as we leave the European Union.</p><p> </p><p>The same cash total in funds for farm support has been committed for the duration of this Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>We have also committed to fund Pillar II agreements, including agri-environment schemes, signed from within the current Multi-Annual Financial Framework (MFF) allocation before the UK leaves the EU. These will be funded for their lifetime, as long as they are in line with domestic priorities and are good value for money.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 22/01/2018 18:25:24 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4608 label Biography information for John Lamont

819932

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
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	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 his Department has had with (a) the Scottish Government and (b) Scottish representative organisations about the replacement of common agricultural policy payments when the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
tabling member printed	John Lamont
uin	122004
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>Since taking office the Secretary of State has met the Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Rural Economy and Connectivity, Fergus Ewing, five times. I have also met Mr Ewing. Defra officials talk regularly to the Scottish Government, along with their counterparts in Wales and Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>Ministers and officials are in regular contact with stakeholders from all of the devolved administrations. In September last year, the Secretary of State attended a roundtable with representatives from key agricultural stakeholders in Aberdeen, and meetings between Ministers and Scottish stakeholders took place in December.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has committed to work closely with the devolved administrations and stakeholders to deliver an approach that works for the whole of the UK and reflects the individual needs of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 16/01/2018 14:10:20 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4608 label Biography information for John Lamont

819966

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
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	Furs: Imports
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 response to e-petition 200888, whether he plans to extend the existing fur trade restrictions to cover products derived from all commercially farmed and trapped fur-bearing species.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	122038
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government shares the British public’s high regards for animal welfare and after we leave the EU the Government plans to retain the current regulations banning the import of cat and dog fur and products, and the regulations concerning seal skins and products.</p><p> </p><p>The Government believes that the best way of phasing out cruel and inhumane farming and trapping practices in other parts of the world which are banned here is to press for higher animal welfare standards worldwide.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is not proposing a wider unilateral national ban on the import or sale of fur. This might have a limited impact worldwide and we should also be mindful of the need to comply with obligations under both EU and international trade rules.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 16/01/2018 14:33:56 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

819990

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
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	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, what plans he has to establish a national database of convicted animal abusers; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	122062
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>Persons convicted of animal cruelty or animal abuse are already captured on the Police National Computer (PNC). If anyone has concerns about another individual, they can approach the police who can check their records on the PNC. The police may then take the most appropriate action. In addition, there are currently arrangements in place between the police and the RSPCA.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 18/01/2018 18:00:58 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

819055

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
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	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 herds have been subject to interferon gamma testing in each of the (a) low, (b) edge and (c) high-risk bovine tuberculosis control areas in 2017; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	121732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The number of holdings in England subject to interferon gamma testing is set out below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>TB Risk Area</p></td><td><p>Low</p></td><td><p>Edge</p></td><td><p>High</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of holdings(CPH) to which IFN-γ test applied</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>228</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>In response to the question, ‘herd’ has been interpreted to mean ‘holding (County Parish Holding - CPH)’.</p><p> </p><p>Please note that this is unpublished data and has been provided from the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) laboratory records.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 15/01/2018 14:21:04 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

819056

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
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	Bovine Tuberculosis: South West
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 herds in (a) Gloucestershire, (b) Somerset and (c) Dorset were subject to interferon gamma testing in each of the (i) three years prior to badger culls commencing and (ii) subsequent years since badger culls commenced in those areas.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	121733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The number of holdings subject to interferon gamma testing is set out below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="8"><p><strong>Number of CPHs tested</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Dorset</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0*</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Gloucestershire </strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2*</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>N Somerset &amp; S Glouc </strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2*</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Somerset Excluding North</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2*</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* These figures reflect the year in which authorised badger culling commenced in the specific counties - 2013 for Gloucester and Somerset and 2015 for Dorset.</p><p> </p><p>‘Herd’ has been interpreted to mean ‘holding (County Parish Holding - CPH)’.</p><p> </p><p>APHA laboratories record the information based on the split counties for Gloucester and Somerset and so this is the only way that the information can be readily supplied.</p><p> </p><p>Please note that this is unpublished data and has been provided from the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) laboratory records.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 15/01/2018 14:26:36 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

819067

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
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, whether he plans to investigate the potential spread of disease caused by packs of hunting hounds.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	121744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>All hunts which feed fallen stock to hounds are registered and regularly inspected by the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), to ensure they are operating in accordance with animal by–products regulations and handling carcases in a biosecure way, with only meat which is safe being fed to dogs. Following recent investigations into the risks of feeding fallen stock to dogs, controls have been strengthened to stop the feeding of offal to dogs, which may present a greater risk of disease such as bovine TB. Hunt kennel staff are undergoing training in co-operation with APHA on how to safely remove and dispose of offal when preparing material for feeding to hounds.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, new rules are in place requiring that hounds fed on fallen stock are regularly treated for Echinococcus sp (tapeworm) in accordance with the recommendations of a veterinary professional, and that records are kept of such treatment for a period of at least two years and made available for inspection by APHA. These measures should reduce the risk of disease spread from feeding of fallen stock to hounds, and we have no plans for further investigations.</p><p> </p><p>Specifically in relation to the potential spread of TB, dogs pose a very low risk of transmitting TB to cattle herds and, overall, they play an insignificant role in the persistence of the disease in England. Nevertheless, APHA has offered advice to hunt kennels on options for managing this very low risk. As part of its normal investigation into all culture-confirmed cases of TB in domestic animals other than cattle, APHA seeks to identify the various ways that those animals could have become infected. No further investigations are planned.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 16/01/2018 13:09:11 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

819068

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
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	Livestock: Waste Disposal
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 make an assessment of the effectiveness of current bio-security measures for the disposal of dead stock on farms.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	121745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>The collection and disposal of fallen stock from farms is subject to strict rules under animal by–products regulations to ensure it is carried out in a biosecure way. All fallen stock collection and disposal operators are subject to approval or registration under those regulations and regular inspection by the Animal and Plant Health Agency to ensure compliance with those rules. An effective system is therefore in place to ensure that fallen stock are collected and disposed of safely.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 16/01/2018 13:15:47 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

819077

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
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	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 reference to the Written Statement of 21 December 2017, HCWS386, if he will publish a list of the 44 stocks of interest to the UK for which Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY)assessments have been made; and which 30 of those 44 stocks of interest to the UK will be fished at or below MSY in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Halifax
tabling member printed	Holly Lynch
uin	121754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>Further to my written statement of 21 December 2017, the final agreement means that 31 stocks of interest to the UK will be fished at or below their maximum sustainable yield (MSY) rate in 2018. This is out of 45 such stocks of interest for which MSY assessments have been completed by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES). A list of stocks is set out below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Stocks of interest to the UK that have a MSY assessment and will be fished at their MSY rate in 2018.</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Blue ling: Union and international waters of Vb, VI, VII</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blue whiting: Norwegian waters of II and IV</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cod VII b,c,e-k, VIII, IX, X, Cecaf 34.1.1(EC)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cod VIIa</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cod: IV; Union waters of IIa; that part of IIIa not covered by the Skagerrak and Kattegat</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cod: VIId</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Common sole VIId</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Common sole VIIe</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Common sole: Union waters of IIa and IV</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Haddock EC waters of Vb and VIa</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Haddock VIIa</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Haddock: IV; Union waters of IIa</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Haddock: Union and international waters of VIb, XII and XIV</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hake EC waters of IIa and IV</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hake VI and VII; EC waters of Vb, international waters of XII and XIV</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Herring VIIa</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Herring VIIg,h,j,k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Herring: By-catches in IV, VIId and in Union waters of IIa</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Herring: IVc and VIId</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Herring: Union and Norwegian waters north of IV north of 53o30'N</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Horse mackerel and associated by-catches: Union waters of IIa, IVa, VI, VIIa-c, VIIe-k, VIIIabde; Union and international waters of Vb; international waters of XII and XIV</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Megrim EC waters of IIa and IV</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norway lobster (Nephrops) VI; EC waters of Vb</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norway lobster (Nephrops) VII</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Picked dogfish EC and international waters of I, V, VI, VII, VIII, XII and XIV</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Plaice VIIa</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Plaice VIId,e</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Saithe: IIIa and IV; Union waters of IIa, IIIb, IIIc and Subdivisions 22-32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Saithe: VI; Union and international waters of Vb, XII and XIV</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Roundnose grenadier Vb, VI and VII</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Sea sprat</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Stocks of interest to the UK that have a MSY assessment and will not be fished at their MSY rate in 2018.</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Blue whiting: Union and international waters of I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId, VIIIe, XII and XIV</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cod VIa; EC waters of Vb</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Common sole VIIa</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Common sole VIIfg</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Haddock VII b-k, VIII, IX, X, EC waters of Cecaf 34.1.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Herring: Union and international waters of Vb, VIb and VIaN</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mackerel: NE Atlantic</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Megrim VII</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norway lobster (Nephrops) EC waters of IIa, IV</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Plaice: IV; Union waters of IIa; that part of IIIa not covered by the Skagerrak and the Kattegat</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Whiting VI; EC waters of Vb; international waters of XII and XIV</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Whiting VIIa</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Whiting VIIbcdefhk</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Whiting: IV; Union waters of IIa</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 16/01/2018 13:26:14 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4472 label Biography information for Holly Lynch

819079

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
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	Sea Bass: 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, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the (a) Marine Maritime Organisation and (b) Association of Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Association to enforce compliance of fishing regulations in relation to sea bass fishing by commercial netters.
tabling member constituency	South West Devon
tabling member printed	Mr Gary Streeter
uin	121756
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>There are eleven ongoing formal MMO investigations into bass related infringements. Some IFCAs are also currently undertaking work to introduce netting restriction byelaws in their Districts, intended to protect a wide variety of marine resources including juvenile fish, which will include bass.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 16/01/2018 13:51:13 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter