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1366157

registered interest
date	04/11/2021
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: Ivory
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 ivory items owned by or collated by his Department.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	69691
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2021 answer text <p>We have not made any estimates of the number of ivory items owned by, or collated in this Department, or institutions owned or managed by the Government.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 10/11/2021 14:33:13 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1366190

registered interest
date	04/11/2021
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, pursuant to the Answer of 1 November 2021 to Question 59130, on Nature Conservation, when badger culls will be included in the Government's bovine tuberculosis eradication strategy in the event that epidemiological evidence points to a reservoir of disease in badgers.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	69685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2021 answer text <p>We are still developing our future policy of badger culling where epidemiological evidence points to a reservoir of disease in badgers. Once the policy has been developed further, we intend to consult on the proposals.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 09/11/2021 15:47:23 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1365967

registered interest
date	03/11/2021
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 steps he plans to take to help ensure the (a) progress and (b) acceleration of the tree planting strategy after the conclusion of COP26.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	69139
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2021 answer text <p>Trees are at the forefront of the Government’s plans to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, to help to bend the curve of biodiversity loss and to create thousands of green jobs while better connecting people with nature as we recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to increasing tree planting across the UK to 30,000 hectares per year by the end of this parliament. We published our ambitious England Trees Action Plan on 18 May which sets out our plans to at least treble tree planting rates in England by the end of the Parliament in support of this, using more than £500 million from the Nature for Climate Fund.</p><p> </p><p>In the recently published Net Zero Strategy, we announced we will boost the Nature for Climate Fund with a further £124 million of new money, ensuring total spend of more than £750 million by 2025 on peat restoration, woodland creation and management - above and beyond what was promised in the manifesto.</p><p> </p><p>Moving forwards, we are also exploring whether a longer-term statutory target for woodland creation in England would be appropriate, including possible interactions with other potential environmental targets being considered.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 10/11/2021 15:53:52 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1365969

registered interest
date	03/11/2021
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 steps he is taking to ensure that local authorities are (a) set and (b) reach tree planting targets.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	69140
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2021 answer text <p>We recognise the importance of local authorities (LAs) in achieving the Government's tree planting targets and delivering the vision set out in the England Trees Action Plan (ETAP).</p><p>LAs are increasingly setting their own tree planting targets to support their own net zero ambitions. A recent Forestry Commission study of 82 top tier LAs revealed that 70% (57 LAs) have included 'planting trees and woodlands' as part of their net zero strategies.</p><p>Defra supports LAs' tree planting activity through several of the Nature for Climate Fund Grant schemes, such as the England Woodland Creation Offer, the Local Authorities Treescape Fund and the Urban Tree Challenge Fund (UTCF). Whilst the latest round of applications for UTCF closed in July, over the next two years this fund will provide up to £6 million for planting around 44,000 large trees in towns and cities, plus necessary maintenance payments. We are also supporting the creation of two new Woodland Creation Partnerships in Cornwall and Northumberland, and two new Community Forests in Plymouth and South Devon and in the North East, working closely with the relevant LAs in those areas</p><p>To further support LAs that may have less capacity and capability to develop their own targets, we have committed in the ETAP to produce guidance for LAs to develop their own local tree and woodland strategies.</p><p>Finally, LAs are also expected to play a central part in the delivery of the new Local Nature Recovery Strategies (LNRSs), a new system of spatial strategies for nature, to be delivered through the Environment Bill, which will cover the whole of England. We anticipate that LNRSs will become a key mechanism through which appropriate land for woodland creation is identified at a local level which in turn will support the delivery of national tree planting targets.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 10/11/2021 15:44:42 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1365299

registered interest
date	02/11/2021
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: 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 his counterpart in the Northern Ireland Executive on the introduction of a funding scheme to ensure the use of energy-efficient machinery in the fishing industry.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	68271
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2021 answer text <p>There is regular contact between Defra ministers and their devolved administration counterparts, including in the Northern Ireland Executive, at the Inter-Ministerial Group.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is providing £57.8 million for the devolved administrations to support fisheries over the Spending Review 2021 period - of which £9.3 million has been secured for Northern Ireland. This money is to fund data collection, to deliver control and enforcement activities and to enable each of the fishing administrations to deliver their own domestic funding schemes. It is for the NI Executive to decide how it designs its domestic scheme, which could include investment into energy-efficient machinery in parts of the fishing industry. The Fisheries Act 2020 provides the NI Executive with the power to establish schemes of financial assistance in relation to commercial fishing and aquaculture in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to this, there is the £100 million UK Seafood Fund to be invested into science and innovation, infrastructure, and skills and training. The Infrastructure pillar will include criteria around reducing carbon emissions in the industry and encouraging the use of renewable energy sources. More details on the Infrastructure pillar will be announced soon. The Fund is available to applicants throughout the UK, including Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 10/11/2021 15:58:01 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1365306

registered interest
date	02/11/2021
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	Barbecues
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 assessment he has made of the effect of disposable barbeques on the environment.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	68272
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2021 answer text <p>Defra has made no specific assessment of the environmental impact of disposable barbecues.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is working with Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, National Park Authorities, and across Government departments to help inform people about the countryside including an updated Countryside Code, which advises against barbecues or fires.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 10/11/2021 16:23:32 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1365338

registered interest
date	02/11/2021
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	Forests: 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 recent steps he has taken to stop deforestation.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	68443
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2021 answer text <p>The UK continues to take a leading role working with global partners to halt and reverse deforestation. At COP26, the UK led the way on securing agreement from 128 world leaders to work together to halt and reverse forest loss by 2030 under the Glasgow Leader's Declaration on Forests and Land Use. Signatory countries account for almost 90% of the world’s forests, including first-time commitments from Brazil and China.</p><p> </p><p>Unlocking finance is a crucial element in delivering shared global objectives for preventing deforestation. This is why Defra, along with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), has secured strong financial commitments at COP26 from partner states and philanthropic organisations in the fight against deforestation. This total includes a commitment of $12 billion from 12 countries for a new Global Forest Finance Pledge for the protection, restoration and sustainable management of forests; $7.2 billion of private sector funding was mobilised for protecting forests and nature and CEOs from more than 30 financial institutions representing $8.7 trillion of global assets committed to eliminate investment in activities linked to agricultural commodity-driven deforestation.</p><p> </p><p>Defra supports several programmes which protect and restore diverse types of forests. This includes the 'Blue Forests' project in Madagascar and Indonesia, which has protected and restored over 180,000 hectares of mangrove forests and avoided 487 hectares of deforestation to date; and an investment of over £62 million to promote sustainable agriculture in Brazil, through low carbon technology, agroforestry and recovery of degraded lands with forests or pastures.</p><p> </p><p>Defra and BEIS established the Forest, Agriculture and Commodity Trade Dialogue at COP26, where we are working with other producer and consumer governments to develop a joint approach to protect forests and other ecosystems while promoting sustainable development and trade.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government has doubled its international climate finance to £11.6 billion for the period from 2021-26, of which at least £3 billion will be spent on nature and nature-based solutions, including protecting and restoring forests.</p><p> </p><p>Defra has introduced due diligence legislation through the Environment Act to tackle illegal deforestation in UK supply chains. This law will help us ensure there is no place on our supermarket shelves for commodities that have been grown on land that is illegally owned or used, and to support other countries to strengthen and enforce their forest protection measures. To maintain pace, we plan to launch a consultation to further inform the design of the law in late 2021. This is one part of a wider package of measures to improve the sustainability of our supply chains and will contribute to global efforts to protect forests and other ecosystems.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 10/11/2021 15:44:58 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1365345

registered interest
date	02/11/2021
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: UN Climate Conference 2021
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 travelled by (a) rail, (b) road or (c) air to COP26 in Glasgow.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	68450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2021 answer text <p>All delegates have been encouraged to consider low-carbon travel options to attend COP26. The Secretary of State travelled by train.</p><p> </p><p>The UK will be offsetting carbon emissions associated with running the event, including the emissions associated with travel.</p><p> </p><p>As the IPCC report underlines, COP26 is vital this November to allow world leaders to come together and set out decisive commitments to tackle climate change.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 11/11/2021 12:09:54 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1365364

registered interest
date	02/11/2021
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: Technology
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 support new technologies to advance climate adaptation, including in developing countries.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	68365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2021 answer text <p>The Government supports research in a range of technologies, spanning many sectors, which will improve our resilience to climate change. For example, in Defra we have awarded £5.5 million between 2018 and 2023 towards Genetic Improvement Networks research projects, which aim to enhance the productivity, sustainability and resilience of the main UK crops. We are also supporting the UK Research and Innovation Transforming Food Production Initiative, through which a public investment of £90 million will be made over four years to support the rapid development and deployment of advanced precision agricultural solutions. The UK Climate Resilience Programme also supports adaptive endeavours on both national and regional scales, through action-oriented research and by working directly with local communities. The UK is a world leader in climate science and the Government has developed extensive research and innovation capabilities over the past few decades to ensure policies are built upon a robust, ever-growing evidence base.</p><p> </p><p>Research excellence from world-class UK institutions is complemented by a proven track record of working collaboratively across the globe to build adaptive capacity and enhance resilience, by harnessing the power of research, evidence translation and community engagement. For example, the UK-funded Future Climate for Africa research programme, known as FCFA, has delivered major advances in the scientific understanding of African climate variability and change, improving continent-wide prediction of the impacts of climate change. Crucially, the FCFA also tackles the challenge of how to bring this new science into use to reduce the risks faced by governments, businesses, and communities on the frontline. Supporting novel, collaborative approaches between researchers and decision-makers in country has helped to build the climate resilience of cities across southern Africa, improved flood risk management in West Africa, and improved water security in East Africa.</p><p> </p><p>More broadly, the Government has doubled its international climate finance of £11.6 billion between 2021/22 and 2025/26, with an extra £1 billion in 2025 if the economy grows as forecast, supporting developing nations to access clean technology and build green infrastructure. For example, the Clean Energy Innovation Facility (CEIF) is a £50 million programme which aims to accelerate the commercialisation of clean energy technologies in developing countries, supporting clean growth and a resilient recovery from COVID-19.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 10/11/2021 16:34:38 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1365365

registered interest
date	02/11/2021
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 steps he is taking to (a) accelerate the UK's tree planting programme and (b) ensure that programme is on target to reach the Government's reforestation targets.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	68366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2021 answer text <p>After centuries of deforestation, tree cover in the UK reached its low point in 1924, with only 5% of the UK forested after the First World War. We have now brought woodland cover back up to 13% across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has committed to increasing tree planting across the UK to 30,000 hectares per year by the end of this parliament. In the England Trees Action Plan (ETAP), published in May and most recently the Net Zero Strategy, published in October, we set out commitments to improve tree planting rates, establishment and management of trees in England.</p><p> </p><p>Further, within the Net Zero Strategy, we announced that we are boosting the existing £640 million Nature for Climate Fund with a further £124 million of new money, ensuring total spend of more than £750 million by 2025 on peat restoration, woodland creation and management in England – above and beyond what was promised in the manifesto.</p><p> </p><p>Through the Nature for Climate Fund we have already provided funding to support planting in the Community Forests, including launching two new ones in Devon and Northumberland. Additionally, we have launched three woodland creation partnerships, developed the Woodlands for Water partnership, and launched the ground-breaking England Woodland Creation Offer.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to work with the Devolved Administrations to meet this UK-wide target in tree planting and establishment.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 08/11/2021 15:59:10 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell