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1687859

registered interest
date	06/02/2024
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	Import Controls: 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, with reference to the introduction of the Border Target Operating Model, what estimate his Department has made of the cost per consignment of acquiring health certificates for sanitary and phyto-sanitary controls.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	13303
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>We will publish the Economic Impact Assessment of the legislative measures required to enable the Border Target Operating Model<del class="ministerial"> (BTOM)</del> in due course and no later than the Statutory Instruments<del class="ministerial"> (Sis)</del> are laid. This will contain summary data tables and they will include the requested information.</p><p><del class="ministerial">Under the new BTOM, consignments can undergo various types of checks depending on the type of product and the level of risk presented. Low risk consignments will not undergo documentary, ID or physical checks. All medium risk products of animal origin (POAO) will undergo documentary checks with an estimated cost to business of £10-£25 per check. 1% of medium risk consignments of POAO will undergo physical and ID checks, with an estimated cost to business of £250-£750 per check. The check rates on high risk consignments of POAO are unchanged. For plant and plant products, the cost of documentary checks is expected to be around £5 per check for high and medium risk goods and the cost of risk-based inspections is expected to be £20-£80 per check. Low risk plant and plant products are not charged for checks. Plans to amend fees for documentary checks will occur under future SIs for the BTOM.</del></p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 12/03/2024 14:06:51 question first ministerially corrected 19/03/2024 13:36:28 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer previous answer version 22905 answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1687861

registered interest
date	06/02/2024
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	Import Controls
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 she will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse for the direct administration of each consignment checked through the Border Target Operating Model.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	13305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>We will publish the Economic Impact Assessment of the legislative measures required to enable the Border Target Operating Model<del class="ministerial"> (BTOM)</del> in due course and no later than the Statutory Instruments<del class="ministerial"> (Sis)</del> are laid. This will contain summary data tables and they will include the requested information.</p><p><del class="ministerial">Under the new BTOM, consignments can undergo various types of checks depending on the type of product and the level of risk presented. Low risk consignments will not undergo documentary, ID or physical checks. All medium risk products of animal origin (POAO) will undergo documentary checks with an estimated cost to business of £10-£25 per check. 1% of medium risk consignments of POAO will undergo physical and ID checks, with an estimated cost to business of £250-£750 per check. The check rates on high risk consignments of POAO are unchanged. For plant and plant products, the cost of documentary checks is expected to be around £5 per check for high and medium risk goods and the cost of risk-based inspections is expected to be £20-£80 per check. Low risk plant and plant products are not charged for checks. Plans to amend fees for documentary checks will occur under future SIs for the BTOM.</del></p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 12/03/2024 14:06:51 question first ministerially corrected 19/03/2024 13:36:08 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer previous answer version 22906 answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1687900

registered interest
date	06/02/2024
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	Import Controls
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 estimate the average cost to businesses of each consignment checked through the Border Target Operating Model.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	13319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>We will publish the Economic Impact Assessment of the legislative measures required to enable the Border Target Operating Model<del class="ministerial"> (BTOM)</del> in due course and no later than the Statutory Instruments<del class="ministerial"> (Sis)</del> are laid. This will contain summary data tables and they will include the requested information.</p><p><del class="ministerial">Under the new BTOM, consignments can undergo various types of checks depending on the type of product and the level of risk presented. Low risk consignments will not undergo documentary, ID or physical checks. All medium risk products of animal origin (POAO) will undergo documentary checks with an estimated cost to business of £10-£25 per check. 1% of medium risk consignments of POAO will undergo physical and ID checks, with an estimated cost to business of £250-£750 per check. The check rates on high risk consignments of POAO are unchanged. For plant and plant products, the cost of documentary checks is expected to be around £5 per check for high and medium risk goods and the cost of risk-based inspections is expected to be £20-£80 per check. Low risk plant and plant products are not charged for checks. Plans to amend fees for documentary checks will occur under future SIs for the BTOM.</del></p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 12/03/2024 14:06:51 question first ministerially corrected 19/03/2024 13:35:56 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer previous answer version 22907 answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1683465

registered interest
date	18/01/2024
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	Inland Border Facilities: Ashford
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 (a) purchase of and (b) construction works on Sevington Internal Border Facility.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	10516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2024 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The £366 million figure referred to in the National Audit Office report covered a specific set of activities within Defra’s overall 2021 Spending Review digital investment. At least £149.3 million has been spent on these activities as of 31 December 2023, alongside other digital investment.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Sevington BCP is operated from a site owned by DFT.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Department considers that this information is commercially sensitive and should be withheld.</ins></p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 16/02/2024 11:39:55 question first ministerially corrected 01/03/2024 10:32:51 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer previous answer version 17758 answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1678523

registered interest
date	18/12/2023
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
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 the Chemicals Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	7408
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2024 answer text <p>Our strategy for chemicals is under careful consideration and will be relayed <ins class="ministerial">this </ins><del class="ministerial">next</del> year.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 08/01/2024 14:31:12 question first ministerially corrected 19/01/2024 09:28:32 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore previous answer version 9895 answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1672762

registered interest
date	23/11/2023
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	Climate Change Convention: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will include experts on migratory species from the Joint Nature Conservation Committee among the UK delegation to the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28 UAE).
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">We set out how we will deliver outcomes for food, farming and the environment through our Environmental Land Management (ELM) schemes in an update in January. This can be found at <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fenvironmental-land-management-update-how-government-will-pay-for-land-based-environment-and-climate-goods-and-services%2Fenvironmental-land-management-elm-update-how-government-will-pay-for-land-based-environment-and-climate-goods-and-services&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7C201c47f9efa24747abb008dbeba4c92b%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638362865203198588%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=O29IdmFHlWuXGzFt0XYQrmyrUT9G2729wAf3bdoPLhg%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Environmental Land Management (ELM) update: how government will pay for land-based environment and climate goods and services</a>. This includes our plans to expand and refine the schemes to contribute more to our environmental targets, including on nature recovery, and to target funding towards actions in places where they can have the biggest impacts, in ways that are joined up across larger areas, and that are designed to deliver the required results.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">Since then we have launched the 2023 Sustainable Farming Incentive and further rounds of Countryside Stewardship and Landscape Recovery. We will publish more details on the 2024 offer in due course.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Joint Nature Conservation Committee staff, including experts on migratory species, are not part of the UK Government delegation to United Nations Climate Change Conference COP28. Joint Nature Conservation Committee staff will remotely provide scientific advice in advance and in real time as requested by the delegation and support side events online in the US Pavilion and the Virtual Ocean Pavilion. Joint Nature Conservation Committee staff have also provided pre-recorded videos to the UK Overseas Territories Association to support their side event in the UK Pavilion.</ins></p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 04/12/2023 12:11:56 question first ministerially corrected 20/12/2023 15:28:27 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon previous answer version 4749 answering member printed Lord Benyon answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

1661859

registered interest
date	19/09/2023
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 steps she is taking to (a) monitor and (b) restrict as necessary fur imports from European countries, in the context of outbreaks of avian flu in Europe.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Giles Watling
uin	200399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2023 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Further details will be provided ahead of the tabling of the legislation later this year. Dog owners do not need to take any action at this stage.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">While fur cannot be farmed in this country, and some fur from particular species is prohibited from import and sale, it is still possible to import and sell other types of fur from abroad. It is also possible to re-export fur and fur products that have been imported. </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">We have committed to explore potential action in relation to animal fur, as set out in the Action Plan for Animal Welfare, and have since conducted a Call for Evidence on the fur sector. We are continuing to build our evidence base on the fur sector, which will be used to inform any future action on the fur trade. However, currently we are not seeking to restrict fur imports based on avian influenza. </ins></p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 16/10/2023 16:13:10 question first ministerially corrected 18/10/2023 15:30:59 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison previous answer version 97782 answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

1651144

registered interest
date	07/07/2023
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	Reptiles: Import Controls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason live reptiles imports from the EU have been moved from Low to High Risk under the Target Operating Model method.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	192991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2023 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Under the new model SPS commodities are categorised based on the inherent risk (high, medium or low) that the commodity poses to biosecurity, combined with any specific risk from the country of origin.</del> Live animals are inherently high risk; they cannot be kept in sealed consignments and some of them pose not only a potential animal health risk but also a risk <ins class="ministerial">for</ins> <del class="ministerial">to</del> the environment in the case of non-native species or invasive pests, and a risk to the trade on endangered species. <ins class="ministerial">Later in 2024 we expect all checks on live animals (except pet animals) to be carried out at a live animal Border Control Post, as they become operational.</ins><del class="ministerial">Under the Target Operating Model we will apply the same rules to the EU that currently apply to Rest of World imports of live animals including reptiles and amphibians.</del></p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 12/07/2023 09:34:52 question first ministerially corrected 19/07/2023 09:45:04 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer previous answer version 87089 answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1642672

registered interest
date	07/06/2023
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	Rivers: Pollution 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, if her Department will take steps to work with water companies to explore (a) the management of microplastics in sewage sludge and (b) options for protecting chalk streams; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North East Hertfordshire
tabling member printed	Sir Oliver Heald
uin	188171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2023 answer text <p>Last year the Government launched the most ambitious plan to reduce sewage discharges from storm overflows in water company history. The Environment Agency <del class="ministerial">are</del> <ins class="ministerial">is </ins>currently developing a microplastics monitoring <ins class="ministerial">plan</ins> <del class="ministerial">strategy</del> for <ins class="ministerial">English rivers</ins> <del class="ministerial">river all catchments in England</del>. The Government has prioritised chalk streams in policy and legislation. In the Plan for Water, we reaffirmed our commitment to protecting chalk streams and recognised them as having a special natural heritage.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 23/06/2023 14:37:37 question first ministerially corrected 06/07/2023 13:15:07 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow previous answer version 83477 answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald

1642675

registered interest
date	07/06/2023
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	Rivers: Microplastics
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 she is taking steps to improve methods of measuring the (a) amount and (b) types of (i) microplastic and (ii) microfibres in chalk streams; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North East Hertfordshire
tabling member printed	Sir Oliver Heald
uin	188172
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2023 answer text <p>The Environment Agency <del class="ministerial">are</del> <ins class="ministerial">is </ins>currently developing a microplastics monitoring <del class="ministerial">strategy</del> <ins class="ministerial">plan </ins>for <ins class="ministerial">English rivers </ins><del class="ministerial">all river catchments in England</del>. The Government has prioritised chalk streams in policy and legislation. In the Plan for Water, we have reaffirmed our commitment to protecting chalk streams and recognised them as having a special natural heritage.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 23/06/2023 14:41:35 question first ministerially corrected 06/07/2023 13:14:52 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow previous answer version 83478 answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald