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1669840

registered interest
date	14/11/2023
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	Dangerous Dogs
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 his Department considered alternative measures to the ban on the XL Bully breed of dog.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Tahir Ali
uin	2009
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>We considered the ban on XL Bully type dogs carefully and we firmly believe that it is necessary to reduce the risks to the public by this type. This is why we have taken urgent action to ban XL Bully type dogs by the end of the year.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 04/12/2023 16:45:39 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4747 label Biography information for Tahir Ali

1669841

registered interest
date	14/11/2023
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	Public Lavatories: Men
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 take steps to improve the availability of sanitary bins in male toilets.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	1965
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2023 answer text <p>This is an important issue which impacts many people, including those affected by prostate cancer treatment. The Government encourages local authorities to consider such provision in public toilets to support those with this need but does not have powers to compel the provision of sanitary bins in public toilets. I would encourage the hon. Member to raise the issue locally.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 30/11/2023 14:39:08 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1669885

registered interest
date	14/11/2023
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	Bluetongue Disease
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 potential risks posed by the recently identified case of Bluetongue disease.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	1884
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>The risk of BTV entry into Great Britain is currently assessed as medium (event occurs regularly). These assessments are published on the ‘<a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fanimal-diseases-international-monitoring&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7C0675a6a374e34996e71608dbe6979380%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638357310911189951%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=sTmq%2F2H%2FRLUWdFFzv5pBs7mmpu1CLORkQIO2PwRQG%2FY%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Animal diseases: international and UK monitoring’</a> collection on Gov.uk. Following the confirmed case in a single animal in Kent, epidemiological assessments will be undertaken to inform surveillance and disease control options.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 20/11/2023 14:23:05 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1670029

registered interest
date	14/11/2023
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	River Thames: Sewage
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 potential impact of sewage discharges into the River Thames on the health of (a) dogs and (b) other pets.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	1976
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2023 answer text <p>The Government is clear that the volume of sewage being discharged into our waters in unacceptable. That is why our Plan for Water sets out more investment, stronger regulation, and tougher enforcement to tackle pollution and clean up our water.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside this, our <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6537e1c55e47a50014989910/Expanded_Storm_Overflows_Discharge_Reduction_Plan.pdf" target="_blank">Storm Overflows Discharge Reduction Plan</a> sets clear and specific targets for water companies, regulators and the Government, to work towards the long-term ambition of eliminating ecological harm from storm overflows.</p><p> </p><p>No specific assessment has been undertaken on the impact of sewage discharges on dogs and pets.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 30/11/2023 14:31:29 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1670034

registered interest
date	14/11/2023
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	Fly-tipping
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 taken steps to assist local authorities to tackle illegal dumps in (a) general and (b) Havering.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	1829
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling waste crime, and it is an offence to dump waste on land without appropriate authorisation. The Prime Minister’s Anti-Social Behaviour Action Plan set out how we will support councils to take tougher action against those who fly-tip. We have raised the upper limit for fixed penalties for fly-tipping to £1,000 and taken steps to encourage councils to issue more of these penalties.</p><p> </p><p>We are developing a toolkit with the National Fly-Tipping Prevention Group, to help councils and others tackle fly-tipping. This includes a guide on how to present robust cases to court and a new framework on setting up and running effective local partnerships.</p><p> </p><p>We have also awarded nearly £1.2m to help more than 30 councils purchase equipment to tackle fly-tipping at known hot-spots. We have recently launched another grant opportunity that could see a further £1m handed out in grants next year to help even more councils tackle the issue.</p><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency (EA) investigates fly tipping if the incidents are large-scale, serious, organised illegal dumping or if it immediately threatens human health or the environment. They work in partnership with other local partners such as the police, local authorities, the fire service and United Kingdom Health Security Agency (UKHSA) as needed. This includes seeking advice from UKHSA about public health risks from illegal waste activities if necessary.</p><p> </p><p>As part of its partnership work the EA has provided advice and guidance to the London Borough of Havering to help deal with a specific site in Havering and will continue to do so. The council is the lead authority on regulating this particular site and for monitoring air quality. Its work will take into account any advice on public health matters that it might receive from UKHSA.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore grouped question UIN 1828 question first answered 30/11/2023 14:41:31 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1670051

registered interest
date	14/11/2023
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	Water: Standards
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 improve the (a) water quality and (b) biodiversity of (i) lakes, (ii) rivers and (iii) waterways (A) nationally and (B) in Romford constituency.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	1841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2023 answer text <p>In April, we published our landmark Plan for Water, to deliver clean and plentiful water for people, businesses and nature. The Plan for Water set out a suite of policy actions to tackle every source of pollution and increase our resilience to drought. This is essential to provide habitats for biodiversity to thrive. The Plan is underpinned by three things:</p><ol><li>Increased investment for improvements, including £2.2 billion from water companies to spend on new and better infrastructure in the next two years, more funding for catchment-scale groups, and almost tripling slurry grant funding for farmers to £34 million (up from £13 million).</li><li>Stronger regulation, which includes more EA inspections of wastewater treatment works, banning plastic wet wipes (subject to consultation), and new restrictions of ‘forever’ chemicals that damage our waters.</li><li>Tougher enforcement including bigger penalties for water companies and tighter control over water company dividend payments.</li></ol><p> </p><p><strong>(A) </strong><strong>In Romford constituency</strong></p><p> </p><p>As a member of the Roding, Beam and Ingrebourne (RBI) Catchment Partnership, the Environment Agency is working with local partners to improve the water quality and biodiversity of waterbodies within Romford. Examples of current projects within Romford are:</p><p> </p><p><strong>Yellowfish and Junior River Wardens Project - </strong>The Environment Agency is working with Groundwork East to deliver a combined Yellowfish and Junior River Wardens project working with schools along the River Ingrebourne and River Rom. This unique new approach will help embed and sustain local learning, education and messaging around surface water and river health. Junior River Wardens helps participants experience the valuable role they can have monitoring water quality. Yellow Fish is shown to increase public awareness of issues affecting local rivers and the wider environment and how everyone can play a part.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Mink Eradication - </strong>The RBI Catchment Partnership is working collaboratively to deliver a catchment wide approach to Mink Eradication, building on the Mink Eradication project Essex Wildlife Trust have been running across Essex. Mink are a problematic invasive species in this location who pose a threat to water voles and other native species. Thames Chase Trust have applied for funding from the Environment Agency next financial year to further build on this catchment wide approach and deliver a project to trap Mink on the River Rom.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, as a statutory consultee in the planning process, the Environment Agency comments on development proposals that could potentially impact main rivers in Romford. They make sure that where possible developments comply with the Water Framework Directive as embedded within the river basin management plan. This ensures that they secure benefits for biodiversity and river geomorphology.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 28/11/2023 17:05:36 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1670068

registered interest
date	14/11/2023
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	Members: Correspondence
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 reply to the letters of 7 September and13 October 2023 from the hon. member for Weston-super-Mare on behalf of a constituent about the Dangerous Dogs Act 2014 and XL Bullies.
tabling member constituency	Weston-super-Mare
tabling member printed	John Penrose
uin	1853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/12/2023 answer text <p>A reply was sent to the hon. Member on 15 December 2023. I apologise for the delay in responding to the hon. Member.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 27/12/2023 15:18:11 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	1584 label Biography information for John Penrose

1669393

registered interest
date	13/11/2023
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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: China
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 senior officials from his Department have travelled to China since January 2019.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	1419
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2023 answer text <p>Yes, senior officials have travelled to China since January 2019.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 30/11/2023 14:28:07 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1669401

registered interest
date	13/11/2023
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	Cannabidiol
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 had recent discussions with (a) the Food Standards Agency and (b) its advisory committees on its guidance on the acceptable daily intake of cannabidiol (CBD) for consumers, published on 12 October 2023.
tabling member constituency	Reigate
tabling member printed	Crispin Blunt
uin	1416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2023 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has regular discussions with the Government’s arm’s-length bodies, including the Food Standards Agency, on a range of issues.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 17/11/2023 16:24:39 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	104 label Biography information for Crispin Blunt

1669403

registered interest
date	13/11/2023
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	Cats: Coronavirus
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 is taking to tackle the reported threat of the hybrid of an existing feline coronavirus arriving in the UK.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	1464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2023 answer text <p>We are aware of this case of Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP) in an imported kitten from Cyprus and the subsequent diagnostic testing and sequencing carried out at Edinburgh University and the Roslin Institute.</p><p> </p><p>Feline Infectious Peritonitis is caused by a mutation in a common feline coronavirus (FeC). This strain of virus is unrelated to those which cause SARS, SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19 in humans) or MERS. Most infections with feline coronavirus cause a mild diarrhoea but sometimes, if the virus mutates within the cat, it can cause a severe infection and in vulnerable kittens can cause high mortality. FeC is often found in multiple cat households, cat shelters and feral cat colonies, as is the case in Cyprus where many cats have died of FIP.</p><p> </p><p>At present, we understand this is an isolated case and there has been no transmission to other cats in contact with the kitten, but we are following the work closely through APHA’s Small Animal Expert Group to understand whether this has the potential to become an issue for the UK cat population. FeC is not a notifiable or reportable pathogen in the UK and there are no trade rules or quarantine rules for cat imports relating to FeC or FIP.</p><p><br> There are guidelines provided by the British Small Animal Veterinary Association for how to deal with outbreaks in cat shelters, where spread can happen quickly and with certain highly pathogenic strains, can lead to high fatality rates.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 16/11/2023 09:06:53 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell