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930934

registered interest
date	25/06/2018
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: Seasonal Workers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what effect Brexit has had on seasonal workers in the fruit picking industry; and what measures they are taking to address the labour shortages reported by the British Summer Fruits trade body.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL8934
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2018 answer text <p>The Government recognises the concerns of stakeholders about the impact of the UK’s departure from the EU on the seasonal workforce in horticulture. We understand the importance of seasonal labour in supporting a successful and effective agricultural sector, and we are considering how best to support the needs of the sector both before and after we leave the EU.</p><p>Defra considers the latest data and works closely with industry to understand labour demand and supply, including on the seasonal workforce. The data provided by British Summer Fruits is a welcome addition to our evidence base.</p><p> </p><p>To give businesses and citizens certainty, the UK and EU have reached agreement on the terms of an implementation period that will start on 30 March 2019 and last until 31 December 2020. Until the end of December 2020, employers in the agricultural and food processing sectors can recruit EU citizens to fill vacancies, and those arriving to work will be able to stay in the UK afterwards.</p><p>Whilst the UK prepares to leave the EU, Defra is working closely with the Home Office to ensure that there is a long term strategy for agricultural labour as part of our future immigration policy.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 29/06/2018 10:24:09 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

930993

registered interest
date	25/06/2018
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	Flowers: UK Trade with EU
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 assessment of the cost to florists of border delays for the import of flowers after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
uin	157086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to securing a deep and special partnership with the EU and wants to secure the freest trade possible in goods and services between the UK and the EU. We are confident we can achieve this, supporting trade and the smooth flow of goods across the border.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 29/06/2018 11:29:40 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil

931092

registered interest
date	25/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army Cadet Force
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people from the Army Cadet Force joined the British Army in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	157107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2018 answer text <p>This information is not routinely recorded by the Department.</p><p>The Army Cadet Force is sponsored and supported by the Ministry of Defence, to help young people develop important life skills and assist them in reaching their full potential at school and beyond. Some cadets subsequently choose to join the Armed Forces based on this positive experience, although there is no obligation for them to do so.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 29/06/2018 13:30:12 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

931119

registered interest
date	25/06/2018
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: Imports
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 he has made of the annual revenue from the import and sale of real fur into the UK.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	157157
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2018 answer text <p>In 2017 the UK imported £63 million worth of fur and articles with fur. In the same year the UK exported £33 million worth of fur and articles with fur, suggesting that around £30 million was for UK use<sup>1</sup>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government shares the British public’s high regard for animal welfare. The UK continues to support higher animal welfare standards worldwide as the best way of phasing out cruel and inhumane fur farming and trapping practices that are banned here.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government is planning that after we leave the EU, we will retain all the current regulations banning imports of cat and dog fur and seal products from commercial hunts, as well as controls on products from endangered species and humane trapping. It will be open to Governments in future, once the UK has left the EU, to consider whether they wish to go further than current EU arrangements.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government is not preparing a report on the fur trade.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 157158 157159 question first answered 29/06/2018 11:04:17 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

931120

registered interest
date	25/06/2018
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: Sales
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 his Department's policy is on the sale of real fur.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	157158
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2018 answer text <p>In 2017 the UK imported £63 million worth of fur and articles with fur. In the same year the UK exported £33 million worth of fur and articles with fur, suggesting that around £30 million was for UK use<sup>1</sup>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government shares the British public’s high regard for animal welfare. The UK continues to support higher animal welfare standards worldwide as the best way of phasing out cruel and inhumane fur farming and trapping practices that are banned here.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government is planning that after we leave the EU, we will retain all the current regulations banning imports of cat and dog fur and seal products from commercial hunts, as well as controls on products from endangered species and humane trapping. It will be open to Governments in future, once the UK has left the EU, to consider whether they wish to go further than current EU arrangements.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government is not preparing a report on the fur trade.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 157157 157159 question first answered 29/06/2018 11:04:17 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

931121

registered interest
date	25/06/2018
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: Trade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to publish his Department's report into the fur trade.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	157159
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2018 answer text <p>In 2017 the UK imported £63 million worth of fur and articles with fur. In the same year the UK exported £33 million worth of fur and articles with fur, suggesting that around £30 million was for UK use<sup>1</sup>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government shares the British public’s high regard for animal welfare. The UK continues to support higher animal welfare standards worldwide as the best way of phasing out cruel and inhumane fur farming and trapping practices that are banned here.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government is planning that after we leave the EU, we will retain all the current regulations banning imports of cat and dog fur and seal products from commercial hunts, as well as controls on products from endangered species and humane trapping. It will be open to Governments in future, once the UK has left the EU, to consider whether they wish to go further than current EU arrangements.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government is not preparing a report on the fur trade.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 157157 157158 question first answered 29/06/2018 11:04:17 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

928633

registered interest
date	21/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has identified all the privately-owned tower blocks that have aluminium composite cladding systems which needs to be replaced.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	156336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Rt Hon Member to my Written Ministerial Statement entitled Building Safety Update, made on 28 June 2018 (HCWS811).</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 29/06/2018 16:48:35 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

928638

registered interest
date	21/06/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Erasmus+ Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much has been allocated in EU funding to the Erasmus+ programme by region and constituent part of the UK in each of the last four years.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
uin	156357
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2018 answer text <p>The European Commission allocates funding for decentralised actions of the Erasmus+ programme to the UK. Details of spending in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland for the first three years of the programme (2014-16) are available at <a href="https://www.erasmusplus.org.uk/statistics" target="_blank">https://www.erasmusplus.org.uk/statistics</a> under ‘Projects funded’ ‘Data Tables’. Data by English region is not available. Data for 2017 is expected to be published on that site in November.</p><p>The European Commission does not not publish a breakdown of centralised funding (administered by the Commission) below Member State level.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 29/06/2018 13:26:14 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

928642

registered interest
date	21/06/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, which countries with which the UK has an international trade agreement in its capacity as a member state of the EU include provisions on protection against discrimination.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
uin	156359
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2018 answer text <p>All EU free trade agreements (FTA) signed since the EU-South Korea FTA (2009) have contained a trade and sustainable development chapter. These chapters include reference to the International Labour Organization (ILO) fundamental conventions which, amongst other things, provide for the elimination of discrimination at work. Other trade agreements which contain these provisions are Georgia (2014), Moldova (2014) and Ukraine (2014), Canada (provisionally applied since 2017), and recently negotiated but yet to be applied agreements with Japan, Singapore and Vietnam. All Economic Partnership Agreements signed with developing countries also reference these conventions.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to ensuring continuity for our existing EU trade agreements as we leave the European Union. Under the terms of the draft Withdrawal Agreement, the UK is to be treated as a Member State for the purposes of international agreements for the duration of the Implementation Period.</p><p> </p><p>This provides certainty and confidence that there will be no disruption to existing relationships underpinned by international agreements as we move into the Implementation Period. Indeed many of our trading partners have already issued public statements in support of it.</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 29/06/2018 10:26:51 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

928645

registered interest
date	21/06/2018
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	Cattle: 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, whether he has plans to bring forward legislative proposals to prohibit the export of unweaned calves for fattening after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	156469
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2018 answer text <p>The Government recognises there are concerns over the export of unweaned calves for fattening. The Government launched a call for evidence on improving animal welfare during transport after the UK leaves the EU, which included seeking information and evidence on the transport of unweaned animals. The call for evidence was issued on behalf of the UK Government and the Devolved Administrations. The call for evidence has now closed and we are currently analysing the responses. We will be discussing the evidence with the Devolved Administrations.</p><p> </p><p>The Government and the Devolved Administrations have also asked the Farm Animal Welfare Committee (FAWC) to look at what improvements could be made to the transport regulatory regime for all animals. We hope to receive the recommendations from the FAWC later in the year.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 156470 question first answered 29/06/2018 09:36:28 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day