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823128

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
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	Food Poverty
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 18 December 2017 to Question 119088, how his Department measures food insecurity.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	122811
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>The Family Food module of the Living Costs and Food Survey (LCFS) is the priority indicator of household food security. It collects information on food expenditure and purchased quantities of food. Over the past 20 years the proportion of household income spent on food by the poorest 20% of households has remained constant at around 16%. In addition, an experiential indicator of household food insecurity (based on US Department of Agriculture methodology) is currently included in the Food Standards Agency’s (FSA) Food and You survey.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 18/01/2018 13:23:35 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

821480

registered interest
date	12/01/2018
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: Israel
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 cooperation programmes his Department has with the Government of Israel for research and trade in the agricultural sector and what assessment he has made of the potential for future collaboration in that sector after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
uin	122398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>The UK, as part of the EU, is currently a member of around 40 EU trade agreements covering over 55 countries; one such country is Israel. After leaving the EU, the UK will be able to implement an independent trade policy. This would make it possible to revisit and improve existing agreements where appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>Defra does not currently cooperate on agricultural research programmes with Israel bilaterally. We do cooperate with Israel through multilateral research programmes such as the Joint Programming Initiative on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change (FACCE-JPI) and the STAR-IDAZ International Research Consortium on Animal Health and we intend to continue to do so after we have left the EU.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 17/01/2018 12:07:47 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

821515

registered interest
date	12/01/2018
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	Food Poverty: Surveys
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 is taking steps to include a measure on household food insecurity in the new harmonised living costs and living conditions survey.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	122433
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>Defra sponsors the Family Food module of the Living Costs and Food Survey which collects information on expenditure and purchased quantities of food. There are currently no plans to commission further questions within this module, as an experiential indicator of household food insecurity (based on US Department of Agriculture methodology) is already included in the Food Standards Agency’s (FSA) Food and You survey. The results are published on the FSA website (<a href="https://www.food.gov.uk/science/research-reports/ssresearch/foodandyou" target="_blank">https://www.food.gov.uk/science/research-reports/ssresearch/foodandyou</a>).</p><p> </p><p>The Office for National Statistics is currently reconfiguring its Household Finance Surveys (Living Costs and Food Survey, Survey of Living Conditions, Wealth and Assets Survey). This involves, in part, some questionnaire improvements and harmonisation around a core set of questions, covering demographics, economic activity, income, pensions, education, tenure and health amongst others. The individual surveys continue to focus on their particular areas of inquiry. This is part of a series of planned methodological improvements.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 18/01/2018 13:26:23 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

820725

registered interest
date	11/01/2018
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	Food: Prices
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 estimate of the effect on food price inflation in (a) 2019-2020, (b) 2020-2021 and (c) 2021-2022 of (i) the UK leaving the EU customs territory on 29 March 2019 and (ii) the UK leaving the EU customs territory on 29 March 2019 and levying most-favoured nation tariffs on foodstuffs imported from the EU after that date.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	122143
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>Currently the most important drivers of change in the cost of food are commodity prices, exchange rate and oil prices. This will not change when we leave the EU. The UK Government does not directly control these factors. However, leaving the EU gives us the chance to decide our trade policies, enabling us to take control of more levers to help facilitate competitive and frictionless trade.</p><p>We are seeking to negotiate a unique and ambitious economic partnership with the EU, as well as future trade deals with the rest of the world.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 122144 question first answered 17/01/2018 13:14:58 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

820726

registered interest
date	11/01/2018
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	Food: Prices
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 estimate of the distributional effect per income decile of the population of food price inflation in (a) 2019-2020, (b) 2020-2021 and (c) 2021-2022 in the event that (i) the UK leaves the EU customs territory on 29 March 2019 and (ii) the UK leaves the EU customs territory on 29 March 2019 and levies most-favoured nation tariffs on foodstuffs imported from the EU after that date.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	122144
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>Currently the most important drivers of change in the cost of food are commodity prices, exchange rate and oil prices. This will not change when we leave the EU. The UK Government does not directly control these factors. However, leaving the EU gives us the chance to decide our trade policies, enabling us to take control of more levers to help facilitate competitive and frictionless trade.</p><p>We are seeking to negotiate a unique and ambitious economic partnership with the EU, as well as future trade deals with the rest of the world.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 122143 question first answered 17/01/2018 13:14:58 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

820738

registered interest
date	11/01/2018
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: Import Controls
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 make an assessment of the effect on animal welfare of banning the import of furs.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	122156
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 a number of furs such as cat and dog fur, and seal skins and furs from commercial hunts.</p><p> </p><p>The Government believes that the best way of phasing out cruel and inhumane fur 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> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 16/01/2018 11:47:32 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

820745

registered interest
date	11/01/2018
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: Health Hazards
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 given to the potential risks to human and animal health posed by packs of hounds and hunting activities.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	122163
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>There is no evidence to suggest that packs of hounds and hunting activities carry significant risks to human or animal health.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 17/01/2018 13:27:18 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

820746

registered interest
date	11/01/2018
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: Livestock
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 his Department will make an assessment of the effect of the spread of disease by hunting hounds on livestock on farms.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	122164
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>We have carried out assessments for some specific diseases. There is no evidence to suggest that hunting dogs play a significant role in the spread of disease on livestock farms. We do not therefore propose to carry out any further assessment.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 16/01/2018 17:55:29 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

820747

registered interest
date	11/01/2018
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: Livestock
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 whether the feeding of fallen stock to hunting hounds in the absence of routine post-mortems is compliant with Commission Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	122165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>EU Regulations 1069/2009 and 142/2011 on Animal by–products provide for competent authorities in member states to authorise the feeding of fallen stock to hounds under conditions which ensure the control of risks to public and animal health provided the material comes from animals which were not killed or did not die as a result of the presence or suspected presence of a disease communicable to humans or animals. Farmers have a legal responsibility to regularly check the health of their animals and report any suspicion of notifiable diseases such as TB and BSE to the Animal and Plant Health Agency. Therefore there is no requirement for routine post mortems to ensure compliance with the regulations.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 16/01/2018 18:05:39 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

820748

registered interest
date	11/01/2018
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: Livestock
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 bring forward legislative proposals to ban feeding fallen stock to hounds in light of the risks of infection from potentially diseased carcasses.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	122166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>Following recent investigations into the risks of feeding fallen stock, controls available within existing legislation have already been strengthened to stop feeding of offal, which may present a greater risk of diseases such as TB, and hunt kennel staff are undergoing training in co-operation with the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) on how to safely remove and dispose of offal when preparing material for feeding to hounds.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, new requirements are also 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 records are kept of such treatment for a period of at least two years and made available for inspection by the APHA. Therefore we do not propose to bring forward legislative proposals as controls under existing legislation are sufficient to ensure feeding of fallen stock to hounds takes place in a way which effectively mitigates the risk of infection and spread of diseases.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 16/01/2018 17:59:58 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy