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1548334

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date	05/12/2022
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: Infectious Diseases
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 her Department has made of trends in the level of the spread of superbugs into water courses from farms in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
tabling member printed	Beth Winter
uin	102981
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2023 answer text <p>A cross-departmental project called Pathogen Surveillance in Agriculture, Food and the Environment (PATH-SAFE) was established in 2021. It brings together the Food Standards Agency, Food Standards Scotland, the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Environment Agency, the Department of Health and Social Care, and the UK Health Security Agency (formerly Public Health England) to understand how pathogens and Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) is spread. PATH-SAFE contains a workstream focused on AMR prevalence in three river catchments and this work will strengthen our understanding of AMR in the environment, including the relative importance of different sources, transmission routes and, the implications are for people, animals, food and ecosystems. This will enable us to increase public awareness and inform effective control measures to protect human and animal health and the ecosystem, through a better understanding of the transmission pathway by which resistance develops and  spreads.</p><p>The Environment Agency (EA) have also been working with water companies on chemicals investigations which have included a range of pharmaceuticals and veterinary medicines discharged from treated sewage effluent. The system allows the EA to sift and to screen any chemical substance nominated using, where available, hazard data and environmental monitoring data to prioritise whether a substance may be a possible chemical of concern in England. Many pharmaceuticals are included on this list. Monitoring also takes place for a wide range of pharmaceuticals within the water environment using a semi-quantitative screening methodology.</p><p>Background to the work can be found in Antimicrobial resistance surveillance pilot site selection and data-base extension - GOV.UK (<a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>) and Framework for understanding environmental antimicrobial resistance in England - GOV.UK (<a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>).</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 26/01/2023 15:45:49 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4809 label Biography information for Beth Winter

1548430

registered interest
date	05/12/2022
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	Recycling: Standards
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 she will introduce new recycling rate targets under new extended producer responsibility rules.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	102758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2023 answer text <p>Annual packaging waste recycling targets will be introduced under the new Ex-tended Producer Responsibility (EPR) regulations up until 2030. This is confirmed in the government response to the consultation on EPR, which can be found here <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fconsultations%2Fpackaging-and-packaging-waste-introducing-extended-producer-responsibility&amp;data=05%7C01%7CVicky.Burt%40defra.gov.uk%7C5d4a548f0df74349336808dad7c7842b%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638059549162732235%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=ld%2BFtELFA91XpIbz9ihjNXBIn71jmdCCdS77igBPjz0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Packaging and packaging waste: introducing Extended Producer Responsibility - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 17/01/2023 11:54:04 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1548432

registered interest
date	05/12/2022
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	Anaerobic Digestion
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 with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of introducing new anaerobic digestion plants to create energy from food waste.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	102759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2023 answer text <p>The Environment Act will require all local authorities in England to arrange for the collection of food waste for recycling. Our preference is for food waste to be separately collected for treatment by anaerobic digestion as this presents the best environmental outcome for the treatment of unavoidable food waste.</p><p>In 2021 the Department for Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy launched the Green Gas Support Scheme (GGSS) to support the construction of new anaerobic digestion plants that inject biomethane to the gas grid. Developers must ensure that at least 50% of all biomethane by energy content is produced using waste or residue feedstocks. This will ensure that energy is reclaimed from food waste collected under Defra’s Recycling Consistency reforms.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 17/01/2023 11:46:25 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1548433

registered interest
date	05/12/2022
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: 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, whether she is taking steps to work with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) local authorities to (i) reduce and (ii) remove charges for food waste services.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	102760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2023 answer text <p>Food waste collections policy is determined by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. The Environmental Protection Act 1990 places a duty on waste collection authorities to arrange for the collection of household waste in their areas. There is currently no requirement for waste collection authorities to separately collect food waste. In accordance with section 45(3) of the Environmental Protection Act, waste collection authorities should not charge for the collection of household waste, unless it is allowed in regulations. Whereas waste collection authorities can charge to collect garden waste under the Controlled Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2012, they cannot charge to collect food waste. Where local authorities co-collect food and garden waste, they should be making sure that they are only charging to collect the garden waste. Local Authorities are independent bodies and are accountable to their electorate rather than to Ministers or government departments. Constituents should contact the Local Government Ombudsman if they believe their local authority is in breach of their statutory duties. We have recently taken steps to strengthen these powers. Measures introduced by the Environment Act 2021 will require all waste collection authorities in England to collect food waste separately at least weekly for free.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 17/01/2023 12:13:11 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1548531

registered interest
date	05/12/2022
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	Cats and Dogs: Tagging
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 set up a national database for microchip companies to input data received for dogs and cats.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Giles Watling
uin	103027
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>We are not proposing to create a single cat and dog microchip database. Database operators are commercial enterprises which offer a range of services and provide choice for pet owners.</p><p><br> A consultation seeking views on changes to the Microchipping of Dogs (England) Regulations 2015 closed on 20th May 2022 and we are analysing the responses. The consultation sought views on creating a single point of access facility for approved users to quickly search compliant databases for a microchip record. We intend for this to also apply to cat microchip records.</p><p><br> This is a devolved matter and these developments relate to the situation applying in England.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 103028 question first answered 25/01/2023 13:41:46 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

1548532

registered interest
date	05/12/2022
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	Cats and Dogs: Tagging
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 take steps to set up a national database for dog and cat microchips.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Giles Watling
uin	103028
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>We are not proposing to create a single cat and dog microchip database. Database operators are commercial enterprises which offer a range of services and provide choice for pet owners.</p><p><br> A consultation seeking views on changes to the Microchipping of Dogs (England) Regulations 2015 closed on 20th May 2022 and we are analysing the responses. The consultation sought views on creating a single point of access facility for approved users to quickly search compliant databases for a microchip record. We intend for this to also apply to cat microchip records.</p><p><br> This is a devolved matter and these developments relate to the situation applying in England.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 103027 question first answered 25/01/2023 13:41:46 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling