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418811

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
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 Feed: Residues
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the report published in March by the WHO Cancer Panel on the carcinogenicity of glyphosate, what steps they are taking to encourage the home production of proteins which have not been sprayed with Roundup as a pre-harvest desiccant in order to reduce the dependence of the animal feed industry on imported genetically modified Roundup-ready soy.
tabling member printed	The Countess of Mar
uin	HL2246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2015 answer text <p>Glyphosate is currently approved for use as a herbicide in the EU. Products such as Roundup which contain glyphosate are authorised in the UK for a range of uses including pre-harvest uses in protein crops. Decisions on approval and authorisation are based on an assessment of risks to health and the environment.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>All pesticide approvals are subject to regular review to ensure that they meet modern safety standards. The review of glyphosate is currently being carried out by the European Food Safety Authority. If the review were to provide new evidence to show that the use of glyphosate is no longer safe, the EU Commission has the power to withdraw its approval. As part of the overall evidence, the review is considering the Monograph on glyphosate published by the International Agency for Research on Cancer on 29 July 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The regulatory system for pesticides is designed to ensure that there are no unacceptable risks arising from their use. The controls include residue limits in EU and imported food, including soy. If produce from third countries contains residues at above the levels permitted, import will not be allowed.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government supports research on sustainable protein production, which includes increasing the domestic supply of sustainably produced vegetable protein for farmed animals. In part, this is carried out under the Sustainable Agriculture and Food Innovation Platform, run by Innovate UK.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 22/09/2015 15:39:06 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	1861 label Biography information for The Countess of Mar

418611

registered interest
date	14/09/2015
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: Pollution
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the current state of the monitoring in the United Kingdom of the industrial chemicals present in groundwater and river water, in particular pseudo-oestrogens (xenoestrogens) and those substances itemised in Directive 2008/105/EC.
tabling member printed	Viscount Hanworth
uin	HL2203
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2015 answer text <p>In England, the Environment Agency has an extensive monitoring network over both surface and groundwaters, to comply with European groundwater legislation (2006/118/EC) and requirements under the EU Priority Substances Directive (2008/105/EC and its update, 2013/39/EU). It monitors surface waters for priority substances (set at EU level), and also certain other chemicals of a national, but not European, concern.</p><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency are developing a programme to monitor priority substances that accumulate in biota (e.g. in fish or shellfish) at a number of freshwater sites in England.</p><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency is shortly to start contributing to the European-wide surveillance of a number of emerging substances of concern (the watch list) required under Directive 2013/39/EU.<strong> </strong>This monitoring will include the xenoestrogen ethinyloestradiol.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 22/09/2015 16:01:07 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	2648 label Biography information for Viscount Hanworth

418379

registered interest
date	11/09/2015
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	Birds: Conservation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to reverse the decline in wild bird populations in the United Kingdom and the Overseas Territories.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL2173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2015 answer text <p>The UK is committed to protecting wildlife in accordance with the EU Habitats and Birds Directives through domestic legislation and the designation of Special Sites of Scientific Interest, Special Protection Areas and Special Areas of Conservation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Biodiversity is a devolved matter. In England, we will take forward our manifesto commitment to produce a 25 year strategy for the environment, which will include biodiversity. Over the next five years we will be investing more than £3 billion in environmental outcomes as part of the Rural Development Programme for England (2014-2020). This funding will enhance England’s countryside, enabling us, among other things, to clean up our rivers and lakes, protect drystone walls and hedges, and help birds, bees and other species to thrive.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Biodiversity is one of the main objectives in the new Countryside Stewardship Scheme, to be funded under the Rural Development Programme. The Wild Pollinator and Farm Wildlife Package options within the scheme will be of particular benefit to wild pollinators, farmland birds and other species.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We will ensure that our public forests and woodland are kept in trust for the nation and plant another 11 million trees.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since 2010, we have created over 67,000 hectares of priority habitats such as arable field margins, wetlands and woodlands. We have also maintained over 95% of our Sites of Special Scientific Interest – our most important sites for wildlife – in favourable or recovering condition and put in place Marine Conservation Zones to supplement the stretches of our sea that are already marine protected areas.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>UK Overseas Territory (OT) Governments are constitutionally responsible for the protection and conservation of their natural environments. The UK Government cherishes the environmental assets of the OTs and we work in partnership with OT Governments to identify where our support can be most effective, including through access to expertise, technical advice and training and through the Overseas Territory Environment and Climate Fund (Darwin Plus).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Through Darwin Plus, the UK Government has committed approximately £5.2 million since 2012 to help protect the natural environment in the OTs. Projects currently being funded range from conserving four keystone tree species in St Helena, to an assessment of the conservation status of the endangered Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross on Tristan da Cunha.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Joint UK Government and South Atlantic OTs funding also supports a co-ordinating post based in the Falkland Islands to help meet obligations arising from the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels and to assist with the planning and implementation of albatross and petrel conservation work.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble grouped question UIN HL2174 question first answered 22/09/2015 10:55:48 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

418380

registered interest
date	11/09/2015
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	Nature Conservation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to protect and conserve all forms of wild flora and fauna in the United Kingdom and the Overseas Territories, including rare and endangered species.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL2174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2015 answer text <p>The UK is committed to protecting wildlife in accordance with the EU Habitats and Birds Directives through domestic legislation and the designation of Special Sites of Scientific Interest, Special Protection Areas and Special Areas of Conservation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Biodiversity is a devolved matter. In England, we will take forward our manifesto commitment to produce a 25 year strategy for the environment, which will include biodiversity. Over the next five years we will be investing more than £3 billion in environmental outcomes as part of the Rural Development Programme for England (2014-2020). This funding will enhance England’s countryside, enabling us, among other things, to clean up our rivers and lakes, protect drystone walls and hedges, and help birds, bees and other species to thrive.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Biodiversity is one of the main objectives in the new Countryside Stewardship Scheme, to be funded under the Rural Development Programme. The Wild Pollinator and Farm Wildlife Package options within the scheme will be of particular benefit to wild pollinators, farmland birds and other species.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We will ensure that our public forests and woodland are kept in trust for the nation and plant another 11 million trees.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since 2010, we have created over 67,000 hectares of priority habitats such as arable field margins, wetlands and woodlands. We have also maintained over 95% of our Sites of Special Scientific Interest – our most important sites for wildlife – in favourable or recovering condition and put in place Marine Conservation Zones to supplement the stretches of our sea that are already marine protected areas.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>UK Overseas Territory (OT) Governments are constitutionally responsible for the protection and conservation of their natural environments. The UK Government cherishes the environmental assets of the OTs and we work in partnership with OT Governments to identify where our support can be most effective, including through access to expertise, technical advice and training and through the Overseas Territory Environment and Climate Fund (Darwin Plus).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Through Darwin Plus, the UK Government has committed approximately £5.2 million since 2012 to help protect the natural environment in the OTs. Projects currently being funded range from conserving four keystone tree species in St Helena, to an assessment of the conservation status of the endangered Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross on Tristan da Cunha.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Joint UK Government and South Atlantic OTs funding also supports a co-ordinating post based in the Falkland Islands to help meet obligations arising from the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels and to assist with the planning and implementation of albatross and petrel conservation work.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble grouped question UIN HL2173 question first answered 22/09/2015 10:55:48 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

418381

registered interest
date	11/09/2015
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	Penguins: British Overseas Territories
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the population trends of penguins in the Overseas Territories.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL2175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2015 answer text <p>UK Overseas Territory (OT) Governments are constitutionally responsible for the protection and conservation of their natural environments. Through the UK Government-funded Overseas Territory Environment and Climate Fund (Darwin Plus) we have committed approximately £5.2 million since 2012 to supporting environment projects in the OTs. A number of these have helped to conserve penguins.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Darwin Plus has funded projects to create a regional database of penguin tracking data, population analysis and modelling and to deploy autonomous camera units to monitor penguin populations in the British Antarctic Territory and South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office recently funded a project led by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds to carry out the first ever stocktake of species in the OTs. The study, completed between January 2013 and March 2014, with further work in 2015, brought together all known species records and conservation assessments. Although only a few OTs have permanent penguin populations, it found that the islands of the OTs include more penguins than any other nation on earth, holding an estimated 36% of the world’s population of southern rockhopper penguins and 34% of gentoo penguins.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 22/09/2015 10:56:10 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

418382

registered interest
date	11/09/2015
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what has been the cost of operational and policing requirements for each badger killed under the culling programme.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL2176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p>Defra has published on gov.uk the total operational and policing costs to Defra for the licensed culls in Somerset and Gloucestershire in 2013 and 2014, and total number of badgers culled. We do not have a breakdown of operational or policing costs for each individual badger killed.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 17/09/2015 16:28:51 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

418192

registered interest
date	10/09/2015
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	Dolphins: Japan
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they are making to the government of Japan to discourage the annual killing of dolphins in the town of Taiji in Japan.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Goss Moor
uin	HL2163
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>The UK Government raises its opposition to the annual coastal dolphin hunts that take place in Taiji, Japan, at every appropriate opportunity.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In July 2015, Minister of State for Farming, Food and Marine Environment, George Eustice MP, wrote to the Japanese Government to raise the UK’s opposition to their on-going coastal hunts and continued programme of lethal scientific research on cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Prior to this, the UK Commissioner to the International Whaling Commission (IWC) met the Japanese Commissioner to the IWC in May 2015 and officials from the Japanese Embassy in March 2015, where he strongly re-iterated the UK Government’s opposition to their continued hunting of cetaceans. Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Japan has also written previously to the Japanese Government on this issue.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 16/09/2015 12:48:33 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	228 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Goss Moor

418193

registered interest
date	10/09/2015
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	Cetaceans: Faroe Islands
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they are making to the government of the Faroe Islands to discourage the annual killing of dolphins and pilot whales in the Faroe Islands.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Goss Moor
uin	HL2164
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p>The UK Government continues to raise its opposition to the hunting of dolphins and pilot whales with the Government of the Faroe Islands at every appropriate opportunity.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Most recently, in June 2015 the UK Commissioner to the International Whaling Commission (IWC) wrote to the Danish and Faroese Governments to re-iterate our concerns over the welfare and sustainability of their hunts. This follows a visit to the Faroe Islands in March, during which the [then] Secretary of State for Scotland raised the UK’s concerns with the Faroese Prime Minister. Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Denmark has also previously visited the Faroe Islands and raised the issue in a meeting with the Faroese Prime Minister and Fisheries Ministry officials. Further, in his address to the International Whaling Commission meeting in September 2014, the Minister of State for farming, food and marine environment, George Eustice, stressed the UK's strong support for finding alternatives to hunting and for improving the conservation and welfare of cetaceans globally.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 17/09/2015 16:26:46 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	228 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Goss Moor

417483

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
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	Independent Rural Proofing Implementation Review
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress they have made in implementing the recommendations of the Independent Rural Proofing Implementation Review; and when they expect to report fully on that progress.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL2079
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p>Ministers are currently carefully considering the recommendations made in the review. The Government response will be published in the autumn.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 17/09/2015 11:15:40 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

417509

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
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	Hen Harriers: Conservation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, of the 12 hen harrier nesting attempts in England in 2015, how many of (1) the six failed nests, and (2) the six successful nests, were on land in an area where the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds had primary control over access to the nests.
tabling member printed	Viscount Ridley
uin	HL2105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p>The table below sets out monitoring arrangements and outcomes for the 12 hen harrier nesting attempts in England in 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Nest</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Landowner</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Nest monitored by</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Outcome</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Private landowner</p></td><td><p>Local raptor workers</p></td><td><p>Chicks Fledged</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>Private landowner</p></td><td><p>Local raptor workers</p></td><td><p>Chicks Fledged</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>Natural England</p></td><td><p>Natural England</p></td><td><p>Chicks Fledged</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>Forestry Commission</p></td><td><p>Forestry Commission/</p><p>RSPB/Natural England</p></td><td><p>Chicks Fledged</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>Forestry Commission</p></td><td><p>Forestry Commission/</p><p>RSPB/Natural England</p></td><td><p>Chicks Fledged</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>United Utilities</p></td><td><p>RSPB</p></td><td><p>Chicks Fledged</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>United Utilities</p></td><td><p>RSPB</p></td><td><p>Nest failed</p></td><td><p>Male disappeared</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>United Utilities</p></td><td><p>RSPB</p></td><td><p>Nest failed</p></td><td><p>Male disappeared</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>United Utilities</p></td><td><p>RSPB</p></td><td><p>Nest failed</p></td><td><p>Male disappeared</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>United Utilities</p></td><td><p>RSPB</p></td><td><p>Nest failed</p></td><td><p>Male disappeared</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>United Utilities</p><p> </p></td><td><p>RSPB</p></td><td><p>Nest failed</p></td><td><p>Predation</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>RSPB</p></td><td><p>RSPB</p></td><td><p>Nest failed</p></td><td><p>Male disappeared</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 17/09/2015 16:25:25 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	4272 label Biography information for Viscount Ridley