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1289943

registered interest
date	25/02/2021
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	Hunting: Foxes
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 his Department has made of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to amend the Hunting Act 2004 to prohibit trail hunt organisers from (a) organising trail hunts in close proximity to areas of high density fox populations and (b) using animal-based scents to set trail hunts.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	159045
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2021 answer text <p>This government will not amend the Hunting Act 2004 and therefore we have not made any assessment of any potential amendments.</p><p> </p><p>The Hunting Act 2004 makes it an offence to hunt a wild mammal with dogs except where it is carried out in accordance with the exemptions in the Act, and completely bans hare coursing. The full details of the Hunting Act 2004 exemptions are available online at: <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/37/schedule/1" target="_blank">www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/37/schedule/1</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Those found guilty under the Act are subject to the full force of the law. Enforcement of the Hunting Act is an operational matter for the police.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 02/03/2021 15:35:02 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1290094

registered interest
date	25/02/2021
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	Dogs: Licensing
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 introduce requirements for criminal record checks to the dog licensing process.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	158924
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2021 answer text <p>Under <em>The Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018</em> (the 2018 Regulations) anyone who is in the business of breeding and selling dogs requires a valid licence from their local authority. The local authority is responsible for enforcing the 2018 Regulations and has powers to grant, refuse or revoke a licence. Regulation 11 and Schedule 8 of the 2018 Regulations set out restrictions as to who may not hold a licence under the 2018 Regulations and this includes people who have animal related criminal offences under certain legislation, across Great Britain. As required by the 2018 Regulations, we will be reviewing them five years after they came into force (2023). The review of the 2018 Regulations would be a suitable time to consider whether or not background criminal record checks should be included in the licensing process. In the meantime, if anyone suspects a licencee should not be operating because they fall within Regulation 11 and Schedule 8 of the 2018 Regulations, they should report the matter to the relevant local authority which has powers to investigate.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis grouped question UIN 158925 question first answered 02/03/2021 12:05:11 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1290095

registered interest
date	25/02/2021
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	Dogs: Licensing
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 his Department has made of the potential effect of excluding criminal record checks from the dog licensing process on the safety of (a) animals and (b) local communities.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	158925
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2021 answer text <p>Under <em>The Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018</em> (the 2018 Regulations) anyone who is in the business of breeding and selling dogs requires a valid licence from their local authority. The local authority is responsible for enforcing the 2018 Regulations and has powers to grant, refuse or revoke a licence. Regulation 11 and Schedule 8 of the 2018 Regulations set out restrictions as to who may not hold a licence under the 2018 Regulations and this includes people who have animal related criminal offences under certain legislation, across Great Britain. As required by the 2018 Regulations, we will be reviewing them five years after they came into force (2023). The review of the 2018 Regulations would be a suitable time to consider whether or not background criminal record checks should be included in the licensing process. In the meantime, if anyone suspects a licencee should not be operating because they fall within Regulation 11 and Schedule 8 of the 2018 Regulations, they should report the matter to the relevant local authority which has powers to investigate.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis grouped question UIN 158924 question first answered 02/03/2021 12:05:12 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1290132

registered interest
date	25/02/2021
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	Flood Control: Maghull
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to Answer of 25 February to Question 156364, when the Minister for flooding will meet the hon. Member for Sefton Central.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	158922
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2021 answer text <p>A meeting has been scheduled for 25 March.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 02/03/2021 14:41:17 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1289710

registered interest
date	24/02/2021
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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Staff
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 number of additional full-time equivalent employees employed by his Department who were temporarily allocated to EU Exit preparation work in the areas of (a) fisheries, (b) farming and (c) chemicals will leave his Department in 2021-22.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	158199
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2021 answer text <p>Since April 2018, 176.9 were recruited as full time equivalent on fixed term or temporary appointment to work on EU exit preparation work. 97.9 will leave the department in 2021-22.</p><p> </p><p>Defra is unable to provide information on how many of the 176.9 recruited work in the areas of (a) fisheries, (b) farming and (c) chemicals as this information is not recorded.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 02/03/2021 09:51:29 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1288755

registered interest
date	23/02/2021
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	Environment Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Government’s policy statement on environmental principles published in December 2018, what plans the Government has to publish a public consultation on those principles.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	157065
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2021 answer text <p>It is our intention to launch a 12-week consultation this March on a draft policy statement on environmental principles. This will outline how to interpret and proportionately apply the five internationally recognised environmental principles, plus a new duty which will embed these principles in policy making across government. We welcome feedback on the draft statement once published.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 02/03/2021 15:10:52 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1288756

registered interest
date	23/02/2021
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	Environment Protection
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 he has to implement the policy statement on environmental principles published in December 2018.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	157066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2021 answer text <p>It is our intention to share the draft policy statement on the environmental principles through public consultation this March. We will ensure awareness, and support understanding of the duty across government through workshops, training and integration within relevant guidance documents.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 02/03/2021 15:30:38 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1288989

registered interest
date	23/02/2021
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	Fisheries
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 his Department has taken to (a) tackle the decline of freshwater fish and (b) restore freshwater habitats in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	157051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2021 answer text <p>As fisheries is a devolved matter, this information relates to England only. In England, the Environment Agency (EA) is responsible for ensuring conservation and maintaining the diversity of freshwater fish and conserving their aquatic environment. In order to achieve this, last year the EA worked with over 150 partners and invested nearly £27m in fisheries projects. This work has included improving fish passage, fish stocking, river restoration and improving water quality in line with the Water Framework Directive. In total, around 15,000km of river has been protected or improved since 1995 to benefit fisheries and nature conservation.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 02/03/2021 15:07:15 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

1289056

registered interest
date	23/02/2021
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	Chemicals: Regulation
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 that the UK REACH chemicals regulation complies with the terms of the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	157072
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2021 answer text <p>UK REACH retains both the fundamental approach and key principles of REACH with its aims of ensuring a high level of protection of human health and the environment and enhancing competitiveness and innovation. These principles include the &quot;no data, no market&quot; principle, the &quot;last resort&quot; principle on animal testing, access to information for workers and the precautionary principle.</p><p>Now we have left the EU we have the freedom to take our own independent regulatory decisions that respond quickly to the circumstances in the UK and globally. For example, we have the ability to take proactive action on the levels of exposure or environmental conditions in the UK. Under UK REACH the ongoing responsibility to demonstrate understanding of hazards and risks and effective risk management lies with industry.</p><p>A number of organisations in the chemicals and downstream user sectors have recently written to us about the data provision requirements of UK REACH given the potential costs involved. We are looking into the detail of that proposal very carefully. In doing so we will take account of the benefits and risks of making any changes to the arrangements that are in place now, including the impact it would have in our commitment to maintaining high standards of protection for public health and the environment. We will also consider the impact on our international obligations.</p><p>We will involve the devolved administrations in this work as competence for the environment and public health is devolved. As well as discussing the proposal with industry we will also want to hear the views of other interested parties, including public health and environmental organisations.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 157073 157074 157075 157076 157077 question first answered 02/03/2021 14:56:12 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1289057

registered interest
date	23/02/2021
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	Chemicals: Regulation
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 he has made of the compatibility of chemical industry proposals to curtail provision of chemical safety data for UK REACH with the Government’s commitment to maintain high environmental standards.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	157073
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2021 answer text <p>UK REACH retains both the fundamental approach and key principles of REACH with its aims of ensuring a high level of protection of human health and the environment and enhancing competitiveness and innovation. These principles include the &quot;no data, no market&quot; principle, the &quot;last resort&quot; principle on animal testing, access to information for workers and the precautionary principle.</p><p>Now we have left the EU we have the freedom to take our own independent regulatory decisions that respond quickly to the circumstances in the UK and globally. For example, we have the ability to take proactive action on the levels of exposure or environmental conditions in the UK. Under UK REACH the ongoing responsibility to demonstrate understanding of hazards and risks and effective risk management lies with industry.</p><p>A number of organisations in the chemicals and downstream user sectors have recently written to us about the data provision requirements of UK REACH given the potential costs involved. We are looking into the detail of that proposal very carefully. In doing so we will take account of the benefits and risks of making any changes to the arrangements that are in place now, including the impact it would have in our commitment to maintaining high standards of protection for public health and the environment. We will also consider the impact on our international obligations.</p><p>We will involve the devolved administrations in this work as competence for the environment and public health is devolved. As well as discussing the proposal with industry we will also want to hear the views of other interested parties, including public health and environmental organisations.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 157072 157074 157075 157076 157077 question first answered 02/03/2021 14:56:12 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas