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date	01/06/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Students: Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the covid-19 outbreak and the Bank of England’s reduction in interest rates, what plans he has to reduce the interest rates applied to Plan 2 Income Contingent Repayment student loans.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	52466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2020 answer text <p>The system for setting interest rates on student loans is set out in The Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) Regulations 2009, as amended.</p><p> </p><p>Student loans have much more favourable terms than commercial loans and the Government regularly monitors the interest rates set on student loans against the interest rates prevailing on the market. The most appropriate comparators for undergraduate student loans are the effective interest rates available on unsecured personal loans, as published by the Bank of England (data series CFMBJ77 and CFMBJ94).</p><p> </p><p>We continue to monitor Covid-19 impacts on students and work to understand the issues they face.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 08/06/2020 13:53:01 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1198398

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date	01/06/2020
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	Seafood
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 his Department plans to take to assess the effectiveness of the Domestic Seafood Supply Scheme in meeting its objective to increase the supply of local seafood to domestic markets.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	52469
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2020 answer text <p>Defra and the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) will shortly tender for an independent evaluation of the Domestic Seafood Supply Scheme (DSSS), as well as of the Fisheries Response Fund (FRF). The evaluation will focus on both the implementation process and the impact of each intervention. The evaluation will be delivered in adherence to guidance issued by HM Treasury and a final report will be published on project completion following external peer review.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 08/06/2020 16:35:17 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1198402

registered interest
date	01/06/2020
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	Seafood: Marketing
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 the cost is of his Department’s Sea for Yourself campaign; what the performance indicators are for that campaign; and whether an estimate has been made by his Department of the net gain to the English fishing industry of that campaign.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	52472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2020 answer text <p>The Sea For Yourself campaign is an initiative to promote seafood species caught in UK waters delivered by Defra in partnership with Seafish. The campaign directs consumers across the UK to the Fish is the Dish (FD) website, with tips and recipes to show consumers how they can cook these species, as well as to information on online sales to help them find out where to buy local fish and shellfish.</p><p> </p><p>The campaign is funded by Defra and Seafish and has a budget of £424,000. The campaign was set up to support the fishing industry and encourage people to eat/buy UK seafood. The campaign is measured by consumer awareness of seafood species caught in UK waters, visits to the FD website and visits to the online sales page on FD, along with propensity to buy UK seafood.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 08/06/2020 16:53:01 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1198753

registered interest
date	01/06/2020
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	Veganism
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 effect of people moving to a vegan diet on levels of carbon emissions from agriculture.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	52482
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2020 answer text <p>Defra has not made a specific assessment of the impact of a vegan diet on carbon emissions from agriculture, but our evidence shows that plant-based food products are generally less carbon intensive to produce than livestock products. However, while food choices can have an impact on greenhouse gas emissions, well managed livestock also provide environmental benefits such as supporting biodiversity, protecting the character of the countryside and generating important income for rural communities.</p><p> </p><p>Achieving the net zero target is a priority for the Government, and we are developing a range of measures through the Agriculture Bill, our future farming policy, the National Food Strategy and the 25 Year Environment Plan, all with the aim of enabling farmers to optimise sustainable food production, reduce emissions from agriculture and allow consumer choices to drive those changes.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 08/06/2020 16:22:15 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard