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533583

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date	07/07/2016
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
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 changes her Department has made to licensing criteria for badger control in England.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	42129
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2016 answer text <p>Following a public consultation, the following changes to licensing conditions were published on 17 December 2015:</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>Enabling Natural England to keep the duration of annual badger control operations under review rather than limiting them to six weeks.</p><p> </p></li><li><p>Reducing the minimum size of an area from 150km<sup>2 </sup>to 100km<sup>2</sup>.</p><p> </p></li><li><p>Removing the requirement for at least 70% of the land in candidate areas to be accessible but retaining a requirement that approximately 90% of the land in the control area be either accessible, or within 200m of accessible land.</p><p> </p></li></ul> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 12/07/2016 15:32:13 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

533584

registered interest
date	07/07/2016
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: 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 she has had with her Northern Ireland counterpart on control of bovine TB in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	42130
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>Bovine TB policy is a devolved matter. The UK Chief Veterinary Office and other Defra officials have regular discussions with their counterparts in Northern Ireland on the eradication of bovine TB.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 13/07/2016 11:30:43 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

533585

registered interest
date	07/07/2016
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	Avian Influenza
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 cases of avian influenza there were in the UK in 2016.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	42131
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>There has been one confirmed case of notifiable avian influenza in poultry during 2016 to date; Low Pathogenic H5N1 at a poultry farm near Dunfermline, Scotland.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 13/07/2016 11:56:08 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

533586

registered interest
date	07/07/2016
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 recent discussions she has had with the Rural Payments Agency to resolve the backlog of 2015 Basic Payment Scheme payments.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	42132
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2016 answer text <p>I have regular discussions with the Rural Payments Agency on the progress of Basic Payment Scheme payments.</p><p>As of 3 July 86,760 (99.6%) farmers have received a payment on their 2015 BPS claim. The Rural Payments Agency continues to focus on making top up payments to those farmers who have already received a bridging payment.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 14/07/2016 10:57:20 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

533587

registered interest
date	07/07/2016
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, how her Department plans to encourage more farmers to submit their Basic Payment Scheme payments applications online.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	42133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>For the Basic Payment Scheme 2016 over 80% of farmers chose to apply online.</p><p> </p><p>For the Basic Payment Scheme 2017 the Rural Payments Agency will have a planned campaign of activity to encourage as many as possible of the remaining 20% of customers that applied on paper to apply online.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 13/07/2016 11:59:06 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

533589

registered interest
date	07/07/2016
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
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 her Department has amended its draft of the 25 year plan on food and farming as a result of the outcome of the EU referendum.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	42145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2016 answer text <p>Following the result of the EU Referendum, we now have an opportunity to consider our long term vision for food and farming outside of the EU.</p><p> </p><p>It remains essential that the UK has a thriving food and farming industry with high animal welfare and environmental standards, access to international markets and a long term commitment to boosting productivity through innovation and skills. We are now focused on taking forward the actions that support these objectives, in order to develop our long term vision. To do this, we will continue to work with a wide range of interests to develop that vision, and to work together to deliver it.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 42231 question first answered 12/07/2016 16:56:46 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

533590

registered interest
date	07/07/2016
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	Dairy Farming: 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 she has had with her Northern Ireland counterparts on assistance for dairy farmers in Northern Ireland; and what assistance her Department is giving such farmers.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	42197
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2016 answer text <p>The Secretary of State is writing to the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland to outline the steps we are taking to help our hard-pressed dairy farmers. These include: securing a £26.2 million aid package from the European Commission, introducing a new system of extended tax averaging, and working with the Treasury to assess whether improved access to risk management tools can contribute to the resilience of the dairy industry.</p><p> </p><p>I regularly meet representatives of the dairy industry from across the UK, including from Northern Ireland, to discuss issues of mutual interest and Defra officials maintain regular contact with their counterparts in the devolved administrations on a range of dairy issues.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 14/07/2016 11:07:13 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

533591

registered interest
date	07/07/2016
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 assessment she has made of the potential merits of imposing fines on the Rural Payments Agency for late Basic Payment Scheme payments to farmers.
tabling member constituency	North Cornwall
tabling member printed	Scott Mann
uin	42188
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>2015 has been a challenging year for a number of well documented reasons. We understand the importance of Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) payments for farmers and their particular frustration in the first year of this new scheme.</p><p> </p><p>From 1 December 2015, the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) made full and accurate 2015 BPS payments which continued throughout the payment window. As of 3 July, some 85,852 (98.6%) of 2015 BPS claims have now been completed and 86,760 have received a payment amounting to some £1.3billion.</p><p> </p><p>The RPA remain focused on making full and accurate payments as promptly as possible. They are also committed to improving payment performance in 2016, and 2016 should be easier as we will have both the systems and data already in place. Ministers have regular meetings with the RPA and closely monitor its performance.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 13/07/2016 16:09:59 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4496 label Biography information for Scott Mann

533594

registered interest
date	07/07/2016
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: Regulation
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 she has made of the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU on the amount of regulation on farming.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	42212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>Until we leave the EU, current arrangements for farming, fisheries, food and drink and our environment remain in place.</p><p> </p><p>The negotiation for Britain's future relationship with Europe will need to begin under the next Prime Minister.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 13/07/2016 11:49:36 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

533660

registered interest
date	07/07/2016
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	Environment Protection
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 she has made on publishing the Natural Environment Plan.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	42235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2016 answer text <p>Government remains committed to developing a long term, 25 year plan for the environment. Following the decision to leave the EU, we now have a real opportunity to shape a long-term vision for the type of environment we want in this country. To deliver this vision, we will develop a fresh and striking new approach that includes a fundamental review of our environmental policy framework.</p><p>Development of this new approach to the environment will need to be informed by significant input from interested parties across many sectors. Everyone’s input into this process will be vital. Further information on the next steps and timings will be provided in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 12/07/2016 16:54:51 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell