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1064774

registered interest
date	21/02/2019
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	Pets: Travel
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 plans his Department has to publish further guidance on pet travel to Europe after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	224490
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>Whatever the outcome of negotiations, when the UK leaves the EU, owners of pet dogs, cats and ferrets will be able to continue to travel to the EU with their pets but there may be changes to the system.</p><p> </p><p>We want owners to continue to be able to travel with their animals with the minimum of disruption, whilst maintaining our high biosecurity and welfare standards. However, it’s our duty as a responsible Government to prepare for all eventualities, including a ‘no deal’ scenario.</p><p> </p><p>On 6 November 2018, Defra published guidance on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/pet-travel-to-europe-after-brexit" target="_blank">Pet Travel to Europe after Brexit</a> in preparation for the possibility of leaving the EU without a deal. The guidance also contains advice on the documents and health preparation required for pets to return to the UK from the EU.</p><p> </p><p>The Department will continue to keep this guidance up to date as the arrangements that allow pet owners to travel to and from the EU with pets after the UK leaves the EU are confirmed.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 26/02/2019 16:52:14 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1063918

registered interest
date	19/02/2019
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	Salmon: Scotland
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 officials in his Department have had with their counterparts in the Scottish Government on trends in mortality rates for farmed salmon.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	223058
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government is aware of concerns about trends in mortality rates for Scottish farmed salmon. Aquaculture is a devolved matter. The issue is therefore a matter for the Scottish Government, which we understand is taking action, including through the Farmed Fish Health Framework. Officials are in regular discussions with Scottish Government counterparts on a wide range of issues related to fishing and aquaculture.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 26/02/2019 11:08:36 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1064012

registered interest
date	19/02/2019
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 steps he is taking to ensure the (a) maintenance and (b) transparency of information in relation to farm payments after the UK leaves the EU; whether his Department's CAP Payments Search website will be used to hold that information; and whether it will link recipients of payments to company and directorship registers kept by Companies House.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	223210
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>It is right that the public are informed of how and where public funds are spent. We intend that information currently made available through our CAP Payments Search pages will continue to be published after the UK leaves the EU. This will apply in relation to payments made in England under the legacy CAP schemes, using retained CAP legislation, until the planned end of our agricultural transition period in 2027, or until the legacy schemes have ended, if earlier.</p><p> </p><p>Clause 2 of the Agriculture Bill contains powers to enable information to be published in relation to the new system of payments that will replace CAP schemes. This includes information on who receives payments and for what purpose. The exact nature of that information will be determined during the design process and in close discussion with stakeholders and across government. We will need to ensure a balance between transparency of public expenditure and commercial sensitivities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 26/02/2019 10:52:52 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1064015

registered interest
date	19/02/2019
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	Rural Payments Agency: Geospatial Commission
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 the Rural Payments Agency is participating in the work of the Geospatial Commission; and whether there are plans to publish the Rural Land Register as part of the work of that Commission.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	223213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) has made initial contact with the Geospatial Commission (GC) and is looking to have a productive working relationship.</p><p> </p><p>Outside of the work of the GC, Defra’s data sharing platform and data.gov already allow private sector organisations and the public access to many of Defra’s geospatial open datasets. The RPA is working alongside the Ordnance Survey, the Environment Agency, Digital Data and Technology Services and the agri-tech sector to develop the IT, control and licence protocols to enable more of the RPA’s land data to be more openly accessible using the data sharing platform.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 26/02/2019 11:00:11 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1064017

registered interest
date	19/02/2019
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	Non-native Species: EU Law
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 competent authority or authorities are responsible for ensuring compliance with the restrictions under Article 7 of EU Regulation No 1143/2014 on invasive alien species.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	223215
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>The enforcement bodies for Article 7 will include UK Border Force, the Police, Natural England and Natural Resources Wales.</p><p>The Government has no plans to publish a list of recorded non-compliance prior to Order coming into force. Where breaches of the EU Regulation have been reported, the Government has taken the appropriate action including liaising with online sales platforms to facilitate the removal of online listings that contravened the restrictions laid out in the EU Regulation.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 223216 question first answered 26/02/2019 14:50:55 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1064018

registered interest
date	19/02/2019
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	Non-native Species: EU Law
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 publish a list of incidents recorded of non-compliance under under Article 7 of EU Regulation No 1143/2014 on invasive alien species.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	223216
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>The enforcement bodies for Article 7 will include UK Border Force, the Police, Natural England and Natural Resources Wales.</p><p>The Government has no plans to publish a list of recorded non-compliance prior to Order coming into force. Where breaches of the EU Regulation have been reported, the Government has taken the appropriate action including liaising with online sales platforms to facilitate the removal of online listings that contravened the restrictions laid out in the EU Regulation.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 223215 question first answered 26/02/2019 14:50:55 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1064050

registered interest
date	19/02/2019
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	Tyres: Recycling
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 due diligence his Department undertakes relating to used tire exports to India for recycling purposes.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	223248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>The UK and India are both parties to the Basel Convention which provides the system for controlling movements of hazardous and other wastes between countries. It is fully implemented in UK law through Regulation (EC) 1013/2006 on the shipment of waste and the UK Transfrontier Shipment of Waste Regulations 2007. Under Regulation (EC) 1013/2006, most exports of non hazardous wastes destined for recycling to non-Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries are subject to light touch international export controls known as ‘green-list’ controls. The European Commission asks non-OECD countries, including India, to indicate where more stringent controls are required. India has indicated that exports of tyres from the UK can be exported under green-list controls and must also meet the requirements of Indian regulations.</p><p> </p><p>The UK environmental regulators take an intelligence led approach to checking compliance with waste export regulations. They carry out proactive and intelligence led inspections to stop waste shipments that breach these regulations before they leave our ports. Where concerns are raised about a recycling facility in other countries, further information is requested from the relevant authorities in that country to confirm sites are permitted and regulated according to their national laws.</p><p> </p><p>In our recently published Resources and Waste Strategy, we set out plans to introduce Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for more waste streams, including tyres. This will increase the responsibility on tyre producers regarding their end of life. We are also further developing a range of measures including: increased monitoring of international waste shipments, improved provision for waste repatriation, and charging higher fees to improve compliance. These changes aim to ensure any waste we do send abroad is fit for recycling, and that it is recycled to equivalent standards as required in the UK. This should create a more level playing field for domestic recyclers as well as reducing the chances of exported tyres being mishandled.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 26/02/2019 14:27:21 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1063713

registered interest
date	18/02/2019
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	Equine Flu: Disease Control
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 steps he has taken to minimise the spread of the equine flu.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	222810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government has been monitoring the situation and maintaining close contact with the Animal Health Trust (AHT) and British Horseracing Authority (BHA) as well as the Equine Disease Coalition.</p><p> </p><p>Equine flu is a contagious disease of horses, donkeys, mules and all equidae. Clinical signs include a raised temperature, cough and nasal discharge, lethargy and loss of appetite. In otherwise healthy horses cases typically resolve within 1-2 weeks. It is not a public health risk. Vaccination is the main control measure, alongside isolation of infected cases and minimising the mixing of horses during an outbreak. Equine flu is not a notifiable disease in the UK, which means that the industry takes responsibility for surveillance, testing and vaccination. The Horserace Betting Levy Board, which is a Government arm’s length body, provides funds to the AHT, which is an internationally approved reference laboratory for equine flu.</p><p> </p><p>Horse owners are urged to contact their private vet if they suspect respiratory illness and to practice good biosecurity and isolate suspected or confirmed cases.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 26/02/2019 15:45:08 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1063714

registered interest
date	18/02/2019
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
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 steps he has taken to support dairy farmers to obtain a fair price from supermarkets for their produce.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	222814
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>We want all farmers to get a fair price for their products and the Government is committed to tackling the unfairness that exists in the dairy supply chain.</p><p> </p><p>There are a number of possible options for achieving this, including using new powers in our Agriculture Bill to introduce Statutory Codes of Practice, and using existing powers on Mandatory Written Contracts.</p><p> </p><p>The approach taken will need to take account of the outcome of EU negotiations, and a wide range of stakeholder views. We will launch a full consultation in due course.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 26/02/2019 10:54:43 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1063727

registered interest
date	18/02/2019
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: Children
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 steps he has taken to promote jobs in (a) agriculture and (b) horticulture to children.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	222776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>It is a key priority of this government to enable an innovative, productive and competitive agricultural and horticultural sector.</p><p>Attracting young talent into agricultural and horticultural careers and having a skilled workforce in place is vital for the future of UK food and farming.</p><p>The Government is working with industry bodies, such as the Food and Drink Sector Council, to raise awareness of agriculture as an exciting and attractive career path and to improve access to the talent and skills required by the industry.</p><p>The Government is reforming post-16 technical education to provide clear routes to skilled employment in agriculture and other sectors. A key part of this is the introduction of new T levels programmes, which alongside apprenticeships, will sit within 15 routes, including an Agriculture, Environmental and Animal Care route.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 26/02/2019 14:47:50 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes