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1007798

registered interest
date	15/11/2018
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	Tree Planting
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 he has made of the number of trees that have been planted as a result of Government policies in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	191862
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>By the end of September 2018 at least 15.2 million trees have been planted with government support since April 2010, equivalent to approximately 12,900 hectares of woodland.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s support for this woodland creation has predominantly been from the Countryside Stewardship scheme and its predecessor, the England Woodland Grant Scheme. Further Government support has been through the Environment Agency and National Forest Company.</p><p> </p><p>In the Autumn Budget the Government announced an additional £60 million for tree planting initiatives, comprising £10 million to fund urban tree planting and £50 million for a Woodland Carbon Guarantee scheme. This will add to other new planting in the pipeline, supported by the High Speed 2 Woodland Fund, the Woodland Carbon Fund and the Government’s kick start investment in the Northern Forest.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also committed to planting 11 million trees in this Parliament (2017-2022). Woodland creation is a key part of our 25 Year Environment Plan.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 20/11/2018 14:59:17 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1007801

registered interest
date	15/11/2018
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	Reindeer: 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, how many reindeer, in how many consignments and from which countries were imported into the UK in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	191857
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>The number of reindeer and the number of consignments imported into the UK in 2017 is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Country</p></td><td><p>Number of consignments</p></td><td><p>Number of reindeer</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Finland</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Czech Republic</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Netherlands</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017 Total </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>58</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Animal and Plant Health Agency is not able to provide any data regarding the number of imports from third countries, as these are covered by a commodity code in TRACES (Trade Control and Expert System) which will not allow us to break the species down as far as reindeer for third country imports.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 20/11/2018 16:39:11 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1007802

registered interest
date	15/11/2018
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	Reindeer: 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 reindeer, in how many consignments, and to which countries were exported from the UK each year from 2011 to 2017.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	191858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>The number of reindeer and the number of consignments exported from the UK from 2013 to 2017 is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Country of destination</p></td><td><p>Number of consignments</p></td><td><p>Number of reindeer</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>Ireland</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>Italy</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>France</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>Spain</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>France</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>Czech Republic</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TOTAL</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>27</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) can access information for the past five years using TRACES (Trade Control and Expert System) for species of animals that require a health certificate for movement to the EU, therefore we are unable to supply the data for the years 2011 and 2012. There are no records of reindeer movements to the EU for the year 2014.</p><p> </p><p>APHA’s records for Export Health Certificates issued for animals to third countries that do not use the TRACES system are available for the year 2015 onwards but there are no exports of reindeer to third countries recorded.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 20/11/2018 16:51:34 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1007885

registered interest
date	15/11/2018
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	Climate Change
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 impact assessment his Department has undertaken on the consequences to the UK in the event that global temperature rises are not kept within the limits of climate accords.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	191948
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>Defra publishes a UK Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA) every five years which reviews risks and opportunities associated with current and potential future climate change. The most recent CCRA was published in January 2017 and considered a range of scenarios, including global warming of 2⁰C and 4⁰C. The next CCRA will be published in early 2022.</p><p> </p><p>At the end of this month we will release updated UK and global climate projections (UKCP18). These will be available for use by all decision makers to help them build resilience to climate change into their plans, and will form an important part of the evidence base informing the next CCRA.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 20/11/2018 14:54:59 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1006887

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
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	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, what steps the Government plans to take to protect the environment after the UK leaves the EU; and whether those steps will aim to maintain existing levels of protection as required under current EU legislation.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	191300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to maintaining environmental standards after we leave the EU, and will continue to uphold international obligations through multilateral environmental agreements.</p><p> </p><p>The EU (Withdrawal) Act will ensure existing EU environmental law continues to have effect in UK law after the UK leaves the EU.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will establish a new, independent statutory body to hold Government to account on the environment, alongside a statutory statement of environmental principles to guide future Government policy making.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 21/11/2018 10:41:47 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1006908

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
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	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, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU without a deal on the delivery of the targets in the Government's 25 year environment plan.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	191367
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2018 answer text <p>The UK Government is committed to delivering the 25 Year Environment Plan and to be the first generation to leave the environment in a better state than we inherited it. These commitments remain in a deal or no deal scenario. The EU Withdrawal Act 2018 will ensure all existing EU environmental law continues to operate in UK law.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 21/11/2018 10:45:58 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1006909

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
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	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, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for the UK's environmental governance of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	191368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2018 answer text <p>The EU (Withdrawal) Act will ensure existing EU environmental law continues to have effect in UK law after the UK leaves the EU.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has committed to the creation of a new body to hold the Government to account on its compliance with environmental law. We will work to ensure that the new body is in place as soon as possible in a no deal scenario with the necessary powers to review and if necessary, take enforcement action in respect of breaches of environmental law from when the jurisdiction of the Court of Justice of the European Union has ended in a no deal scenario, from 23:00 on 29 March 2019 onwards. This will mean that the Government will be held accountable as under existing EU law from the day we leave the EU. Any further interim measures that may be necessary under a no deal scenario before the new body is established will be brought forward in due course.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 21/11/2018 12:54:54 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1006910

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
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	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, if he will make an assessment of the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU without a deal on the planned environment Bill.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	191369
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to maintaining environmental standards after we leave the EU, and will continue to uphold international obligations through multilateral environmental agreements.</p><p> </p><p>The EU Withdrawal Act 2018 will ensure all existing EU environmental law continues to operate in UK law, transferring powers from EU institutions to domestic institutions and ensuring we meet international agreement obligations.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has committed to the creation of a new body to hold the Government to account on its compliance with environmental law. We will work to ensure that the new body is in place as soon as possible in a no deal scenario with the necessary powers to review and, if necessary, take enforcement action in respect of breaches of environmental law from when the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice has ended in a no deal scenario, this will be from 23:00 on 29 March 2019 onwards. This will mean that the Government will be held accountable as under existing EU law from the day we leave the EU. Any further interim measures that may be necessary under a no deal scenario before the new body is established will be brought forward in due course.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 21/11/2018 12:26:12 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1007174

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
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	Birds: Malvern Hills
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 are in place to monitor the effect on skylarks of Natural England-funded grazing on the Malvern hills.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	191481
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2018 answer text <p>Natural England has no internal, formal monitoring programme for skylarks on the Malvern Hills, but uses the annual monitoring results from the local bird group to inform decisions on management. Natural England also takes advice from its national bird specialist on national skylark population trends.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 21/11/2018 10:50:52 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1007186

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
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	Fracking: Lancashire
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 the Environment Agency has visited the Preston New Road shale gas site since the four seismic events of greater than the red light 0.5ML threshold that occurred between 26 October 2018 and 4 November 2018.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	191382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2018 answer text <p>Yes.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 21/11/2018 10:35:59 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas