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708492

registered interest
date	06/03/2017
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	Trapping
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 her Department has had with shooting organisations on the banning of run-through traps.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	66759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2017 answer text <p>Defra has not had any recent discussions with shooting organisations on banning run through traps. However, there is clear evidence that certain run through traps, such as the Fenn Mk VI, do not meet international trapping standards for stoats. Defra officials are in discussion with shooting organisations to identify suitable replacement traps for stoats as part of our work to implement the Agreement on International Humane Trapping Standards.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 09/03/2017 15:20:28 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

708495

registered interest
date	06/03/2017
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	Vegetables
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 her Department is taking to encourage farmers to grow vegetables.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	66751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2017 answer text <p>Our horticultural sector produces a wide range of excellent, healthy products. The sector continues to innovate and use new technologies which have enabled it to take advantage of market opportunities both at home and overseas. The Government is keen to work with the horticulture sector to build on this success and help it flourish.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 09/03/2017 15:17:02 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

708496

registered interest
date	06/03/2017
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, what assessment she has made of the potential effect on livestock exports of the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	66719
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government continues to undertake a range of analyses to inform the UK’s position for the upcoming EU exit negotiations. We are determined to get the best possible deal for the UK in our negotiations to leave the EU, which allows frictionless trade in goods and services and the opportunity to reach new agreements with countries around the world.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 09/03/2017 15:08:08 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

708498

registered interest
date	06/03/2017
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: Senior Civil Servants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2017 to Question 65555, how many senior civil servants were employed by her Department as at 31 December 2016.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	66734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2017 answer text <p>Pursuant to the answer of 6 March 2017 to question 65555, the number of Senior Civil Servants that were employed by Defra as at 31 December 2016 was 77.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 09/03/2017 13:45:37 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

708499

registered interest
date	06/03/2017
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	Eggs: Avian Influenza
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 estimate the loss of sales to free range egg producers since the imposition of avian influenza prevention zones.
tabling member constituency	Berwick-upon-Tweed
tabling member printed	Mrs Anne-Marie Trevelyan
uin	66735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2017 answer text <p>Following the announcement on 24 February of a more targeted approach, most egg producers in England can now let their birds outside, provided they meet the additional biosecurity measures that we have put in place. Producers in the higher risk areas can market their eggs as free-range if they come from birds which meet all the other requirements for free-range and are allowed into fully-fenced areas which are fully covered by netting. A number of retailers have said that they remain committed to their free range egg producers and will continue to support them during this time. On this basis, we do not anticipate any significant disruption to sales. We will continue to monitor market developments in conjunction with the industry.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 09/03/2017 15:46:54 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan

708501

registered interest
date	06/03/2017
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, for what reasons she is unable to give a specific date for publication of her Department's 25-year plan for the environment.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	66632
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2017 answer text <p>The plan has not yet been written but it is a manifesto commitment to publish in the course of this parliament. We aim to publish a consultation on our ambitions for the 25 year environment plan in due course.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 09/03/2017 17:27:34 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

708506

registered interest
date	06/03/2017
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	Air Pollution: North West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in how many years since 2010 (a) St Helens, (b) Merseyside and (c) the North West have been in breach of EU air pollution levels.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	66574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2017 answer text <p>Defra assesses compliance against EU air quality limit values for 43 regional zones and agglomerations across the UK. This monitoring covers five key pollutants: particulate matter (PM<sub>10</sub> and PM<sub>2.5</sub>), sulphur dioxide (SO<sub>2</sub>), ozone (O<sub>3</sub>) and nitrogen dioxide (NO<sub>2</sub>). We do not hold compliance data at a local authority level.</p><p> </p><p>Monitoring data is available up to 2015. Details of compliance in each year since 2010 that data is available for is set out in the table below. The Liverpool Urban Area agglomeration encompasses St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Performance against the EU limit values for PM<sub>10</sub> and PM<sub>2.5</sub>, SO<sub>2</sub>, O<sub>3</sub> and NO<sub>2</sub> between 2010 and 2015.</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Zone </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Year NO</strong><strong><sub>2</sub></strong><strong> hourly limit value exceeded</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Year NO</strong><strong><sub>2</sub></strong><strong> annual mean value exceeded</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>SO<sub>2</sub>, PM<sub>10</sub>, PM<sub>2.5</sub> and O<sub>3</sub> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool Urban Area</p></td><td><p>No exceedances</p></td><td><p>2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015</p></td><td><p>No exceedances</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West &amp; Merseyside zone</p></td><td><p>No exceedances</p></td><td><p>2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015</p></td><td><p>No exceedances</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 09/03/2017 13:20:36 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

708507

registered interest
date	06/03/2017
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, what process is in place to select which culled badger carcasses are forensically examined; and who is responsible for selecting which carcasses will be sent to the cull monitors.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	66626
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2017 answer text <p>Natural England, as the licensing authority, monitors the culls to assess compliance with licence conditions and Best Practice Guides. If, as part of this, Natural England identifies a compliance issue then Natural England may request that a carcass is subject to a post-mortem examination by exception. This was done on one occasion in 2016.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, during 2013 to 2015, the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) carried out post-mortem examinations of badger carcasses that were dispatched by controlled shooting. Carcasses were selected for examination at random. Further details on monitoring and post-mortem examinations are published on GOV.UK</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 09/03/2017 15:41:34 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

707663

registered interest
date	03/03/2017
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	Organophosphates
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 the Government has to limit the use of glyphosate by farmers.
tabling member constituency	Newark
tabling member printed	Robert Jenrick
uin	66452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to limit the currently authorised uses of glyphosate. Like all pesticides, glyphosate is subject to restrictions to ensure that its use will not harm people or have unacceptable effects on the environment. UK experts agree with the recent assessment of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) that the use of glyphosate does not raise safety concerns.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 09/03/2017 14:26:16 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick

707664

registered interest
date	03/03/2017
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: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2017 to Question 65348, on badgers: vaccination, what assessment she has made of (a) evidence from Ireland on the effectiveness of oral vaccine baits to vaccinate badgers against TB and (b) the potential effect on the incidence of TB of accelerating the deployment of such vaccines in England.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	66430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2017 answer text <p>Defra works on the development of an oral bovine TB vaccine for badgers in partnership with the Irish and French governments, as well as the Devolved Administrations in Wales and Northern Ireland. This is through the form of a joint project board. The study in Ireland, which involved the administering of vaccine directly to anaesthetised badgers, contributed to that partnership work. Work is now being done in preparation for a further study by Defra’s Animal and Plant Health Agency later this year to assess the protection from infection that may be achieved through consumption by badgers of a candidate oral vaccine in bait, the results of which will help determine the extent to which such a vaccine may play a part in national TB programmes.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 08/03/2017 17:48:47 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy