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1124173

registered interest
date	01/05/2019
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 steps he is taking to support the fishing industry in (a) Northern Ireland and (b) the rest of the UK.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
uin	249860
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>Leaving the EU will mean the UK will become an independent coastal state for the first time in 40 years. The UK will be able to control access to UK waters and secure a fairer share of fishing opportunities, for the benefit of the whole of the UK fishing industry, including Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>Our vision for future fisheries policy is set out in the Fisheries White Paper: Sustainable Fisheries for Future Generations. The Fisheries Bill provides the powers necessary to manage our fisheries as an independent coastal state.</p><p> </p><p>On 10 December 2018, the Secretary of State announced £37.2 million of extra funding for the UK seafood sector for projects approved during 2019 and 2020 to boost the industry as we become an independent coastal state. In line with the existing allocation of European Maritime and Fisheries Fund funds, £3.6 million of this additional funding will be allocated to Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 09/05/2019 15:25:20 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

1124180

registered interest
date	01/05/2019
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	Utilities: Older People
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 discussions hisw Department has had with the Northern Ireland executive on ensuring the affordability of essential services such as energy and water for older people in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
uin	249863
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2019 answer text <p>Energy policy is the responsibility of the Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy.</p><p>Responsibility for water supply and charging is devolved to the Northern Ireland Executive. No discussions about the issue of affordability of water services for older people in Northern Ireland have therefore taken place.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 10/05/2019 10:31:02 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

1077371

registered interest
date	25/02/2019
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: Finance
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 discussions he has had with the devolved administrations on the new £70 million flood defences scheme.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
uin	225422
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>Flood defence spending is a devolved matter, so questions about flood management spending and policy should be directed to the devolved administration as Defra does not have information on devolved administration spending. The Barnett formula is applied in the normal way to any new funding provided to UK Government Departments, when the funding is allocated to those Departments’ budgets. ‘Barnetted’ funding to devolved administrations is not ring fenced.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 04/03/2019 12:05:41 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

1064054

registered interest
date	19/02/2019
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	BSE: Poland
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 discussions he has had with the Polish Government on the implications for the UK of the recent incidents of BSE in Poland.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
uin	223252
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2019 answer text <p>We have not had any discussions with the Polish Government on this matter. The case of BSE confirmed in Poland on 4 February was atypical BSE, which can occur spontaneously in all cattle populations at a very low rate. Under the rules of the World Organisation for Animal Health, atypical BSE does not have any influence upon a country’s official BSE risk status.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 27/02/2019 17:28:44 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

1017181

registered interest
date	29/11/2018
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	Animal Products: Overseas Trade
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 list the veterinary agreements which have been concluded between the UK and international trade partners in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
uin	197348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>International veterinary agreements that cover trade arrangements fall within the competence of the EU. The EU has not concluded any new veterinary trade agreements over the last five years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As the EU holds competence for trade, the UK would not have concluded any independent trade deals in line with its status as a Member State.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Additionally, the UK currently has around 1,600 Export Health Certificates (EHCs) to support exports to some 154 countries outside the EU. These are templates accepted by the importing country to provide technical assurances on public and animal health. They cover certain live animals and products of animal origin, such as food. They differ from the more formal, wide-ranging veterinary agreements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 11/12/2018 11:53:00 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

999547

registered interest
date	01/11/2018
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	Agriculture Bill: Northern Ireland
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 discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland civil service on the (a) parliamentary timetable for the Agriculture Bill and (b) potential effect of its provisions on Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
uin	186971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2018 answer text <p>There have been three Defra and devolved administration ministerial meetings in the past six months with a Senior Civil Servant from Northern Ireland in attendance.</p><p> </p><p>There have been twenty official-level meetings between Defra and all of the devolved administrations prior to the introduction of the Bill to discuss draft provisions and joint working. Since the introduction of the Bill, official-level meetings have continued on a regular basis with weekly contact between Defra and the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) to discuss both the timetable for the Agriculture Bill and the potential effect of its provisions on Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>We have been working constructively with officials in DAERA to discuss provisions for Northern Ireland in the Agriculture Bill. Agriculture policy is devolved and it will be for a future Northern Ireland Executive to determine its own policy. However in the absence of an Assembly, Northern Ireland officials’ approach to the Bill is to ensure that the status quo can continue and that future Executive Ministers have the flexibility to develop future policy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 09/11/2018 11:13:43 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

928703

registered interest
date	21/06/2018
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	Bovine Tuberculosis: 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, whether his Department has had any discussions with counterparts in the devolved administrations on the outcome of the Bovine TB consultation on proposals to introduce licensed badger control in the Low Risk Area (England).
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
uin	156366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2018 answer text <p>We regularly meet and engage with Devolved Administrations to discuss bovine TB. The outcome of the bovine TB consultation on proposals to introduce licensed badger control in the Low Risk Area of England has been discussed with Devolved Administrations and with Devolved Administration Chief Veterinary Officers.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 26/06/2018 11:28:59 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

886259

registered interest
date	18/04/2018
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	Livestock: Exports
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 authorised live animal export centres there are in each region and constituent part of the UK; and whether there are differences between them in respect of the process for inspection and certification for EU and non-EU exports.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
uin	136454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2018 answer text <p>The number of approved assembly centres within Great Britain can be found in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>Wales</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>All assembly centres within the UK are required to follow the same guidance and instruction as set out in Council Directives 64/432/EEC (as amended) and 91/68/EEC (as amended).</p><p> </p><p>Northern Ireland data is not included in this data, as responsibility for assembly centres rests with the <em>Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs</em> (DAERA).</p><p><br> Exports from assembly centres to non-EU third countries are not permitted.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 26/04/2018 16:18:51 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

872585

registered interest
date	27/03/2018
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	Agriculture
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 bring forward legislative proposals for the Agriculture Bill.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
uin	134399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2018 answer text <p>On 27 February the Government launched the consultation document ‘Health and Harmony: the future for food, farming and the environment in a Green Brexit’. The consultation includes a chapter on the scope of the Agriculture Bill. We have announced that an Agriculture Bill will be introduced in the current session of Parliament.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 09/04/2018 10:40:06 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

438642

registered interest
date	15/12/2015
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	Pet Travel Scheme
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 discussions her Department has had with UK Border on the effectiveness of the implementation of the pet travel scheme.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Dodds
uin	20283
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2015 answer text <p>Defra is working closely with Border Force to agree a framework for co-operation to ensure the effective enforcement of legislation relating to biosecurity risks, including the illegal importation of animals.</p><p>My officials have advised Border Force that we will be seeking their support in planned discussions with the Animal and Plant Health Agency and local authorities to explore ways in which we can improve enforcement of these controls at the border.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 21/12/2015 17:19:52 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn