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155867

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
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: Quotas
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 international swaps were conducted by the Marine Management Organisation on behalf of the UK for (a) rays and skate and (b) plaice; and what reasons were given for the level and type of each swap.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	214436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2014 answer text <p>During 2014, the Marine Management Organisation approved 26 international swaps of ray quota. A total of 326.5 tonnes of rays were swapped out for other species, and 75.6 tonnes of ray quota were gained through international swaps.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Some 220 tonnes of plaice were swapped out during 2014, across a total of eight transactions.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>These international quota swaps were discussed with the fishing industry and approved in order to acquire stocks that UK fishermen wish to catch.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Each proposed swap is considered on its merits.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 21/11/2014 11:17:43 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

93806

registered interest
date	16/10/2014
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	Marine Protected Areas
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 she has made of the level of funding needs for marine protected areas (MPAs) in British waters in respect of (a) appropriate habitat and condition monitoring and (b) enforcement of bylaw-protected components of MPAs.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	210876
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2014 answer text <p>Natural England and the Joint Nature Conservation Committee are responsible for advising and reporting, as appropriate, on the condition of features designated in Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in waters for which the Secretary of State is responsible. Monitoring of MPAs is carried out as part of their statutory duty. The budgets provided by Government to Natural England and the Joint Nature Conservation Committee are allocated across a number of key work priorities, including MPA reporting and assessment. Responsibility for MPA enforcement rests with the appropriate regulatory bodies. Allocations of funding to enforcement activities are set out in respective corporate plans. The level of funding in future years will be finalised once budgets are confirmed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 23/10/2014 09:56:35 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

93807

registered interest
date	16/10/2014
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	Special Areas of Conservation: Plymouth
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 she expects the condition report on the Plymouth Sound Special Area of Conversation to be completed; and what guidance her Department issues on how frequently such condition reports should be completed.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	210877
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2014 answer text <p>The last site specific assessment of the Plymouth Sound and Estuaries SAC took place in 2012. Natural England is currently revising its Condition Assessment methodology for Marine Protected Areas and plans to commence feature based assessments from the next financial year on a six yearly cycle.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 23/10/2014 14:18:05 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

90469

registered interest
date	03/09/2014
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	Marine Management Organisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many confidentiality agreements the Marine Management Organisation has sought in respect of third parties in (a) 2013-14 and (b) the current year.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	208091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2014 answer text <p>One agreement was sought and concluded in the current year.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 10/09/2014 15:59:53 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

90471

registered interest
date	03/09/2014
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	Marine Management Organisation
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 instruct the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) to publish the report on the investigation into the potential misuse or misapplication by the MMO of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	208090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>I do not currently intend to ask the MMO to publish an internal report. The MMO has declared to the Office of the Surveillance Commissioner that due to a differing interpretation of the law some surveillance activity was undertaken that may have required authorisation under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act. The Commissioner recognises that the MMO has put improved procedures in place to avoid a recurrence.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 10/09/2014 16:47:40 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

58345

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
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: Crime
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 companies have been (a) given warnings because of breaches of environmental law and (b) prosecuted for such breaches in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	199354
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>a) Warnings: The table below shows the total number of written warnings issued by the Environment Agency to companies in England for breaches of environmental law for the period since 2010.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Calendar year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No of written warnings issued by the Environment Agency in England</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>16,140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>13,774</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>12,009</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>9,964</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>10,093</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total for period </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>61,980</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Due to the high volume, as recorded in the above table, it would incur disproportionate cost to collate the names of the individual companies who received such warnings.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Records of any warning or warnings issued to the operator of a permitted site are held on the Environment Agency's public registers, which can be viewed at the relevant Environment Agency Area office. Alternatively, any individual may request information from the Environment Agency National Customer Contact Centre on a particular site or sites by telephoning 03708 506 506 or emailing enquiries@environment-agency.gov.uk</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>b) Prosecutions: The Environment Agency has successfully prosecuted 760 companies in England over the last five full calendar years. A list of the companies, in each year, will be placed in the House Library.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 12/06/2014 14:38:06 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

39174

registered interest
date	21/02/2014
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
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 representations he has made to the EU Commission on the UK applying for and drawing down monies from the European Solidarity Fund following the recent flooding and storm damage; and what the deadline is for making any such bid.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	188600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>EU Solidarity Fund money is available to all Member States suffering from large-scale natural disasters, but is subject to a number of eligibility requirements, including on the level of direct damages. Comparing the damage today to the 2007 floods, and following contact with the Commission, the Government's assessment was that we had not met these conditions. The Regulation governing the EUSF sets the deadline for applications as ten weeks after the first damage caused by the disaster.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck