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416206

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre: Martin Narey
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his permission was (a) sought and (b) granted for Sir Martin Narey's access to Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	8757
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Secretary of State discussed the Ofsted Rainsbrook inspection with Sir Martin Narey and fully supported his proposed visit to the Secure Training Centre. The Secretary of State discussed his assessment of the Centre when he visited Rainsbrook on 10 July.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 8758 question first answered 09/09/2015 11:19:34 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

416432

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education Funding Agency: Birmingham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the Education Funding Authority first (a) had an interest in the Maddox offices property located in Birmingham Northfield, (b) entered negotiations with the site owners about purchasing that site and (c) agreed the sale of that site.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	9063
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2015 answer text <p>The Education Funding Agency first became aware of the property on 26 November 2014 and negotiations began on 27 November 2014.</p><p> </p><p>The conditional contracts were exchanged on 13 March 2015 and completion of the sale occurred on 1 July 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 09/09/2015 10:15:41 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

416433

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education Funding Agency: Birmingham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much the Education Funding Authority paid for the Maddox offices site located in Birmingham Northfield.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	9062
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2015 answer text <p>The Secretary of State purchased, in the name of the Edge Academy Trust, 946 Bristol Road Northfield Birmingham B31 2LQ for the sum of £1,650,000 (exclusive of VAT).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 09/09/2015 10:14:19 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

416468

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
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	Porpoises: 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 she has made of the implications for her policies of the non-inclusion of Swansea Bay as an identified breeding site of harbour porpoise and Special Area of Conservation in the Joint Nature Conservation Committee Report Number 544, published in March 2015; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	8969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2015 answer text <p>Predicted porpoise density at or above the 90<sup>th</sup> percentile (i.e. areas that had the top 10% of predicted porpoise density) was chosen as the threshold to define ‘high density’ based on a method used by Embling et al. (2010)[i]. This method considered boundary placement to delineate protected areas for harbour porpoise using a perimeter length to area ratio approach. By comparing areas with the top 1%, 5% and 10% of porpoise densities, the perimeter–area ratio was lowest (desirable) and its confidence interval was narrowest (greater certainty) for areas defined by the top 10% threshold (i.e. equivalent to the 90<sup>th</sup> percentile). The Inter-Agency Marine Mammal Working Group therefore considered it appropriate to adopt this published approach for the analyses undertaken in Report 544. Both Embling et al. (2010) and Report 544 have been subject to peer review by experts.</p><p>Member States, including the UK, use Annex III of the Habitats Directive and additional EU Guidance in the identification of Special Areas of Conservation (SACs), but decisions on implementation are taken at the national level. This includes the determination of appropriate thresholds.</p><p>The identification of breeding sites for porpoise is not a requirement of Annex III of the EU Habitats Directive. A representative large-scale picture of porpoise calve distribution could not be attained from the data set that informed Report 544, and therefore was unable to support the identification of breeding areas.</p><p>The CCW Atlas of Marine Mammals of Wales included data collected and reported on in Pierpoint 2006 and 2008. All data from the Atlas were submitted to the Joint Cetacean Protocol, which provided the dataset that informed Report 544 where consents from the data providers were given.</p><p>The designation of SACs is a devolved responsibility, and decisions with regards to the Swansea Bay area are for the Welsh Government.</p><p>Report 544 is one step in wider assessment of information towards the identification of possible SACs for harbour porpoise, carried out by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee and Country Statutory Nature Conservation Bodies. Full information on the assessment process and other key documentation would be made available in a public consultation, providing an opportunity to comment on the scientific process undertaken.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[i] Embling, C. B., Gilibrand, P. A., Gordon, J., Shrimpton, J., Stevick, P. T. &amp; Hammond, P. S. 2010. Using habitat models to identify suitable sites for marine protected areas for harbour porpoises (<em>Phocoena phocoena</em>). <em>Biological Conservation</em> <strong>143</strong>, 267–279.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 8773 8774 8775 question first answered 09/09/2015 10:37:02 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

416472

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
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	Porpoises: 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, whether Report No. 544 of the Joint Nature Conservation Committee, on the identification of discrete and persistent areas of relatively high harbour porpoise density in the wider UK marine area, published in March 2015, takes into account data on the presence of harbour porpoise identified in the 2nd edition of the CCW Atlas of Marine Mammals of Wales and the Pierpoint Reports of 2006 and 2008; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	8774
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2015 answer text <p>Predicted porpoise density at or above the 90<sup>th</sup> percentile (i.e. areas that had the top 10% of predicted porpoise density) was chosen as the threshold to define ‘high density’ based on a method used by Embling et al. (2010)[i]. This method considered boundary placement to delineate protected areas for harbour porpoise using a perimeter length to area ratio approach. By comparing areas with the top 1%, 5% and 10% of porpoise densities, the perimeter–area ratio was lowest (desirable) and its confidence interval was narrowest (greater certainty) for areas defined by the top 10% threshold (i.e. equivalent to the 90<sup>th</sup> percentile). The Inter-Agency Marine Mammal Working Group therefore considered it appropriate to adopt this published approach for the analyses undertaken in Report 544. Both Embling et al. (2010) and Report 544 have been subject to peer review by experts.</p><p>Member States, including the UK, use Annex III of the Habitats Directive and additional EU Guidance in the identification of Special Areas of Conservation (SACs), but decisions on implementation are taken at the national level. This includes the determination of appropriate thresholds.</p><p>The identification of breeding sites for porpoise is not a requirement of Annex III of the EU Habitats Directive. A representative large-scale picture of porpoise calve distribution could not be attained from the data set that informed Report 544, and therefore was unable to support the identification of breeding areas.</p><p>The CCW Atlas of Marine Mammals of Wales included data collected and reported on in Pierpoint 2006 and 2008. All data from the Atlas were submitted to the Joint Cetacean Protocol, which provided the dataset that informed Report 544 where consents from the data providers were given.</p><p>The designation of SACs is a devolved responsibility, and decisions with regards to the Swansea Bay area are for the Welsh Government.</p><p>Report 544 is one step in wider assessment of information towards the identification of possible SACs for harbour porpoise, carried out by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee and Country Statutory Nature Conservation Bodies. Full information on the assessment process and other key documentation would be made available in a public consultation, providing an opportunity to comment on the scientific process undertaken.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[i] Embling, C. B., Gilibrand, P. A., Gordon, J., Shrimpton, J., Stevick, P. T. &amp; Hammond, P. S. 2010. Using habitat models to identify suitable sites for marine protected areas for harbour porpoises (<em>Phocoena phocoena</em>). <em>Biological Conservation</em> <strong>143</strong>, 267–279.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 8773 8775 8969 question first answered 09/09/2015 10:37:02 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

416473

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
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	Porpoises: 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, whether Report No. 544 of the Joint Nature Conservation Committee, on the identification of discrete and persistent areas of relatively high harbour porpoise density in the wider UK marine area, published in March 2015, identifies breeding sites for harbour porpoise as required by the 1992 EU Habitats Directive; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	8775
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2015 answer text <p>Predicted porpoise density at or above the 90<sup>th</sup> percentile (i.e. areas that had the top 10% of predicted porpoise density) was chosen as the threshold to define ‘high density’ based on a method used by Embling et al. (2010)[i]. This method considered boundary placement to delineate protected areas for harbour porpoise using a perimeter length to area ratio approach. By comparing areas with the top 1%, 5% and 10% of porpoise densities, the perimeter–area ratio was lowest (desirable) and its confidence interval was narrowest (greater certainty) for areas defined by the top 10% threshold (i.e. equivalent to the 90<sup>th</sup> percentile). The Inter-Agency Marine Mammal Working Group therefore considered it appropriate to adopt this published approach for the analyses undertaken in Report 544. Both Embling et al. (2010) and Report 544 have been subject to peer review by experts.</p><p>Member States, including the UK, use Annex III of the Habitats Directive and additional EU Guidance in the identification of Special Areas of Conservation (SACs), but decisions on implementation are taken at the national level. This includes the determination of appropriate thresholds.</p><p>The identification of breeding sites for porpoise is not a requirement of Annex III of the EU Habitats Directive. A representative large-scale picture of porpoise calve distribution could not be attained from the data set that informed Report 544, and therefore was unable to support the identification of breeding areas.</p><p>The CCW Atlas of Marine Mammals of Wales included data collected and reported on in Pierpoint 2006 and 2008. All data from the Atlas were submitted to the Joint Cetacean Protocol, which provided the dataset that informed Report 544 where consents from the data providers were given.</p><p>The designation of SACs is a devolved responsibility, and decisions with regards to the Swansea Bay area are for the Welsh Government.</p><p>Report 544 is one step in wider assessment of information towards the identification of possible SACs for harbour porpoise, carried out by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee and Country Statutory Nature Conservation Bodies. Full information on the assessment process and other key documentation would be made available in a public consultation, providing an opportunity to comment on the scientific process undertaken.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[i] Embling, C. B., Gilibrand, P. A., Gordon, J., Shrimpton, J., Stevick, P. T. &amp; Hammond, P. S. 2010. Using habitat models to identify suitable sites for marine protected areas for harbour porpoises (<em>Phocoena phocoena</em>). <em>Biological Conservation</em> <strong>143</strong>, 267–279.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 8773 8774 8969 question first answered 09/09/2015 10:37:02 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

416670

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
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	Dairy Products: Exports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which countries do not allow imports of dairy products from the UK; what steps she is taking to reduce the number of countries which do not allow such imports; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	8782
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2015 answer text <p>The UK has access to 79 non-EU countries for dairy products. The Government works in partnership with industry to identify new markets and conducts negotiations with the importing authorities to agree certification conditions. Access to new markets such as Morocco and Serbia supported growth of 25% in UK dairy exports to non-EU countries in 2014. Exports to non-EU markets now account for 23% of UK dairy exports</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 09/09/2015 10:12:41 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

416671

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
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	Supermarkets: Farmers
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 assessments she has made of the fairness of contracts between supermarkets and farmers; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	8783
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government believes it is in everyone’s interest that all operators in the supply chain should receive a fair price for their goods. That means sharing the risk across the supply chain and I am pleased that some supermarkets already do this. To help improve the resilience of the British dairy industry and provide a firmer footing for businesses to take advantage of the growing demand for British produce, the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board will be facilitating an urgent industry-led review of best practice in the dairy supply chain.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 09/09/2015 11:05:52 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

416672

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
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	Milk: 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, what support she is giving to dairy farmers who are receiving less for their milk products than the cost of production; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	8784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2015 answer text <p>The European Commission listened to our calls for urgent action at Agriculture Council on 7 September by responding with a comprehensive support package for EU farmers of €500million which will focus on i) addressing the cash-flow difficulties farmers are facing, ii) stabilising market, and iii) addressing the functioning of the food chain. We will be pushing the Commission to urgently present more details to flesh out these proposals and to deliver the support in a way that provides the best outcome for British farmers.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>We have also set out a series of initiatives to help improve the resilience of the British dairy industry, by:</p><p /> <p> </p><p /><ul><li>Working with the food industry on more consistent labelling and branding of British dairy products.</li><li>Work on our new commitment to encourage public bodies to buy British Using the Food is GREAT brand to showcase high quality British produce at home and overseas.</li></ul><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>We have already introduced a fairer tax system for farmers, cut burdensome red tape, launched a £24million Growth programme to help rural businesses, including dairies, expand and diversify and opened 600 new export markets for dairy since 2010.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 09/09/2015 10:21:38 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

391808

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Iran: Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Iranian counterpart on the human rights situation in that country.
tabling member constituency	Aberconwy
tabling member printed	Guto Bebb
uin	8299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2015 answer text The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond) most recently raised concerns about the Iranian human rights situation during his visit to Tehran on 23-24 August. The Foreign Secretary raised human rights issues during his meetings with President Rouhani, Foreign Minister Zarif and Iranian Parliamentary Speaker Larijani. answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 09/09/2015 11:01:12 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb