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1005662

registered interest
date	12/11/2018
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	Food
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 the Government plans to take to increase food (a) production and (b) security when the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	190380
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>As we leave the EU we want to support farmers to grow more, sell more and export more great British food. Productivity is the key driver of long-term economic growth and prosperity. Our future agriculture policy will allow farmers to provide a supply of healthy, home-grown produce made to high environmental and animal welfare standards. The future policy will be underpinned by measures to increase productivity and invest in new technology. This will help farmers become more profitable and reduce their environmental footprint. Leaving the EU is an opportunity to boost domestic productivity through research, adoption of best practice, investment in new tools and technologies and adoption of new business models.</p><p>Further preparation for our withdrawal is continuing to be undertaken across the whole of government to consider how we best manage checks and controls in a range of scenarios. We have been very clear that when we leave the EU, we will categorically not dilute our world-leading set of standards on food safety and quality. We are committed to upholding these with robust and independent scientific and technical advice. Any products entering the UK market must meet our high standards of quality and safety.</p><p>The UK has a high degree of food security, built on access to a range of sources including strong domestic production and imports from third countries. Consumers will continue to have access to a range of different products when we leave the EU.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 15/11/2018 11:05:03 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1005700

registered interest
date	12/11/2018
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	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 steps he is taking to ensure that there is adequate veterinary capacity to meet the demand for (a) rabies (i) vaccinations and (ii) testing and (b) the issuing of health certificates for pets travelling to the EU in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	190334
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government is working with the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) and the British Veterinary Association (BVA) to ensure there is sufficient veterinary capacity in the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p><p>Currently all pet dogs, cat and ferrets leaving the UK for other EU countries are required to have rabies vaccinations, therefore leaving the EU is unlikely to significantly impact on veterinary capacity to carry out vaccinations.</p><p> </p><p>In the unlikely event that the United Kingdom leaves the EU without a deal and the UK is an unlisted third country under the EU Pet Travel Scheme (PTS) there would be some additional requirements that veterinarians would need to carry out to so that their clients’ pets could travel to the EU. These would be taking a blood sample for rabies antibody testing at an approved blood testing laboratory. However, provided a pet has an up-to-date rabies vaccination there would be no need to repeat the blood test during the animal’s lifetime. Should the UK become an unlisted third country after leaving the EU there may be an impact on demand for rabies serology tests in UK laboratories. We are preparing for an increase in demand on laboratories for these tests to enable pet owners to continue to visit the EU with their animals under all exit scenarios.</p><p> </p><p>For each trip a pet animal makes from the UK to the EU its owner would need a health certificate. Both the blood sample and health certificate would need to be completed by an Official Veterinarian (OV) authorised to issue pet travel documents. There are currently over 9,600 OVs authorised to issue pet travel documents in England, Scotland and Wales. In Northern Ireland the Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs are responsible for pet travel documentation.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 15/11/2018 17:59:36 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1005701

registered interest
date	12/11/2018
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	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, whether pet owners will be compensated for following Government advice on preparing for the UK leaving the EU without a deal by paying for blood titre testing of rabies antibody levels ahead of travelling to the EU after 29 March 2019 in the event that an agreement is then reached.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	190335
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>We recognise the uncertainty for owners and vets regarding pet travel requirements after the UK leaves the EU. This is why we have issued practical advice to pet owners. On 6 November Defra issued advice on Pet travel to Europe after the UK leaves the EU, which can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/pet-travel-to-europe-after-brexit" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/pet-travel-to-europe-after-brexit</a></p><p>This gives advice to pet owners planning to take their pet to any EU country on the rules they would need to follow in the unlikely event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.</p><p>It is important that owners understand any potential changes to pet travel after our departure from the EU to help inform their decision on whether to incur veterinary costs. To make sure a pet is able to travel from the UK to the EU after 29 March 2019 in any scenario, owners should contact their vet at least four months before travelling to get the latest advice.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 15/11/2018 17:58:14 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1005895

registered interest
date	12/11/2018
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 Welfare: Licensing
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 received on the implementation by local authorities of (a) the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities involving animals) (England) Regulations 2018 and (b) the statutory guidance on home boarding and dog stay care; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	New Forest West
tabling member printed	Sir Desmond Swayne
uin	190324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department has received representations from local authorities, businesses and welfare charities on these matters. Officials worked closely with the Canine and Feline Sector Group and local authorities to draft the guidance and to identify any potential issues with implementation. We have continued to engage with all interested parties, including individual home boarding businesses, and will make necessary amendments to the guidance in due course.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley grouped question UIN 190325 question first answered 15/11/2018 14:46:00 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne

1005898

registered interest
date	12/11/2018
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 Welfare: Licensing
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 received on the implementation of (a) the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities involving animals) (England) Regulations 2018 and (b) the statutory guidance on home boarding and dog day care; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	New Forest West
tabling member printed	Sir Desmond Swayne
uin	190325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department has received representations from local authorities, businesses and welfare charities on these matters. Officials worked closely with the Canine and Feline Sector Group and local authorities to draft the guidance and to identify any potential issues with implementation. We have continued to engage with all interested parties, including individual home boarding businesses, and will make necessary amendments to the guidance in due course.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley grouped question UIN 190324 question first answered 15/11/2018 14:46:00 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne

1003589

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
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	Squirrels: Conservation
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 increase the red squirrel population over the next five years.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	189605
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to protecting and expanding red squirrel populations and tackling the threats that grey squirrels pose to them. This is a devolved matter. In England, the Forestry Commission works with Natural England and other conservation organisations and projects to help protect red squirrel enclaves and to allow the populations to expand.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Forestry Commission also undertakes a number of actions to protect red squirrels from the impact of grey squirrels as outlined in the grey squirrel action plan for England. These actions include Countryside Stewardship funding for landowners who choose to help protect red squirrels within designated reserves.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Defra, in partnership with the United Kingdom Squirrel Alliance (UKSA), also provided funding for work by the Animal and Plant Health Agency for the development of a fertility control method for grey squirrels. This research, now in its third year, continues to show promise as one potentially effective method to control grey squirrel numbers in the longer term.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 14/11/2018 11:23:49 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1003598

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
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	Beef: 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, if he will hold discussions with the US Administration on the importation of American hormone-free beef products for when the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	189609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>The UK currently receives imports of hormone-free beef, which meets our standards, from the US and a range of other non-EU countries under the autonomous grain-fed beef quota, the high-quality beef or Hilton quota, and under World Trade Organisation (WTO) most favoured nation rates. When we leave the EU we will maintain our high standards for products being imported in to the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government will discuss the tariff rate quotas set out in the UK’s Schedule of Concessions on Goods under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade with the US and other countries as part of establishing its independent WTO membership.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 14/11/2018 16:59:49 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1003630

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
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	Bovine Tuberculosis: Cumbria
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 5 November to Questions 185481 and 185482 on Bovine Tuberculosis: Cumbria, what criteria Natural England uses to specify minimum effort in culling badgers in Cumbria; and how does Natural England measure the effectiveness and success of that effort.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	189534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>Effort is defined as culling activity on a parcel of land, both cage trapping and controlled shooting. The area must deploy at least the same amount of effort as an effective High Risk Area (HRA) and Edge Area cull where 22 traps are equal to 1 night of shooter activity. The effectiveness of the cull in Cumbria is being analysed and will be published alongside the assessments of all other culls in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 14/11/2018 17:14:38 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1003632

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
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	Bovine Tuberculosis: Cumbria
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 5 November to Question 185483 on Bovine Tuberculosis: Cumbria, how many of the 14 County Parish Holdings in Cumbria that submitted samples for gamma tests are in the badger cull zone.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	189535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>Of the 14 County Parish Holdings in Cumbria that submitted samples for gamma tests, five fall within the badger cull zone.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 14/11/2018 16:56:38 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1003840

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
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	Paper: Waste Disposal
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 plans to (a) ban the sale of unrecyclable wrapping paper or (b) introduce a tax on such products.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	189590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>We have no plans to ban “non-recyclable” wrapping paper. Retailers are encouraged to provide information on whether their wrapping paper can be recycled or whether it should be disposed of in residual waste.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Packaging materials, including wrapping paper sold with the product, are covered by the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations which place a legal obligation on businesses that make or use packaging to ensure that a proportion of the packaging they sell is recovered and recycled.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This creates an incentive for companies to use less packaging and to ensure that their packaging can be recycled at end of life as it will reduce their costs in complying with the Regulations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have committed to exploring changes to the packaging producer responsibility scheme. This will look at all aspects of the regime, including mechanisms to encourage increased recyclability. More detail will be announced in the Resources and Waste Strategy, which will be published shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 15/11/2018 11:09:34 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick