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1664498

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
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	Anaerobic Digestion: Subsidies
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 hold discussions with the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero on the impact of subsidies to the anaerobic digestion industry on the sale of surplus food to charitable organisations.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	202351
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2023 answer text <p>Defra and DESNZ officials continue to work closely to coordinate anaerobic digestion (AD) policy, working with ministers where required.</p><p> </p><p>The Green Gas Support Scheme (GGSS) launched in 2021, provides tariff-support for biomethane produced via AD and injected into the gas grid. Under the GGSS, at least 50% of all biomethane (by energy content) must be produced using waste or residue feedstocks. In line with scheme guidance, AD site operators should ensure that the waste hierarchy has been applied and alternative markets have been considered before using any waste feedstocks for AD. DEFRA will continue to work closely with other government departments to deliver the best environmental policy outcomes which align with the food surplus and waste hierarchy.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 20/10/2023 11:08:42 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1654873

registered interest
date	20/07/2023
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	Canal and River Trust: 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, with reference to the written statement entitled Future funding for the Canal and River Trust of 10 July 2023, HCWS924, for what reason she plans to reduce funding for the Canal and River Trust relative to the funding announced in 2012.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	195525
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2023 answer text <p>When the Canal and River Trust (C&amp;RT) was set up in 2012 to replace British Waterways, the Government agreed to provide an annual grant totalling around £740 million over a 15-year period up to 2027 as the charity established itself. At the time the Government and the C&amp;RT agreed in a Memorandum of Understanding on 28 June 2012 that the C&amp;RT would progressively reduce reliance on Government grant funding.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recently agreed to provide the C&amp;RT with a further £400 million grant over ten years from 2027, while encouraging the C&amp;RT to increase income from alternative sources and reduce reliance on taxpayer funding as an independent charity, consistent with the original strategic intent. There have been incorrect claims made that this new grant represents a £300 million cut to the C&amp;RT’s funding.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has been discussing with the C&amp;RT for some time how the C&amp;RT can increase income from other sources and has been offering support on this.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 08/09/2023 07:39:25 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1628455

registered interest
date	17/05/2023
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	Foie Gras
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 20 March 2023 to Question 165497 on Foie Gras, when his Department intends to finish building its evidence base to inform future decisions on the import and sale of foie gras.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	185613
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2023 answer text <p>No end date has been set for building the evidence base in relation to foie gras.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 23/05/2023 13:46:25 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1626788

registered interest
date	10/05/2023
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	Deposit Return Schemes: Glass
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 she has made an assessment of the potential merits of including glass in the Deposit Return Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	184463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2023 answer text <p>UK Government, Welsh Government and the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland consulted in 2019 and 2021 on the detail of introducing a DRS in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. In January 2023 we published the government response to the 2021 consultation, setting out policy decisions and next steps for introducing the scheme (link <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fconsultations%2Fintroduction-of-a-deposit-return-scheme-in-england-wales-and-northern-ireland&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7C422c69672d1543a3da9208db5210bd30%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638194004100292964%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=0ktMeEtg2IZfiQgLDdyI1e%2FoGB%2BqQtdWq9nAE2AOue8%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">here</a>).</p><p> </p><p>As outlined in the government response, glass bottles will not be captured by DRS in England and Northern Ireland as the respective governments believe the addition of glass will add additional complexity and challenges to delivery of DRS in particular to the hospitality and retail sectors, as well as additional consumer inconvenience. Given concerns raised on managing glass in a DRS, delivery of the scheme will focus on plastic bottles and aluminium/steel cans in England and Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst not in-scope of the DRS in England and Northern Ireland, glass drinks bottles will be covered by the Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging scheme in both nations, which will place targets on producers in relation to glass recycling. The proposed recycling target for glass packaging under EPR is 83% by 2030. Producers will also be responsible for the costs of managing glass packaging in household waste and disposed in street bins provided by local authorities.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 17/05/2023 08:36:53 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1624172

registered interest
date	26/04/2023
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: Packaging
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 make an estimate of the quantity of single use plastics used in food packaging in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	182918
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2023 answer text <p>Defra does not hold the data to calculate the quantity of single use plastics used in food packaging in each of the last five years in England. The Waste and Resources Action Programme has however reported in the Plastics Market Situation Report 2021, that 948,000 tonnes of plastic packaging for grocery products was placed on the UK market in 2017 and 987,000 tonnes in 2019.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 09/05/2023 08:20:08 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1611804

registered interest
date	18/04/2023
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, whether the National Adaptation Programme will be updated to include new government funding commitments for investment in adaptation over the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	181348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>The third National Adaptation Programme (NAP3) will be published in summer 2023 and will update on the Government’s planned actions to address risks and opportunities set out in the third Climate Change Risk Assessment. Adaptation is ‘mainstreamed’ across Government, which means that all Government spending should account for the risks posed by the impacts of climate change.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 24/04/2023 13:29:45 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1611806

registered interest
date	18/04/2023
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: Private Sector
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 her Department will take steps through the national adaptation programme to increase the level of (a) guidance and (b) support for private sector organisations on the use of nature-based solutions to climate change.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	181350
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>The third National Adaptation Programme (NAP3) will set out the whole of the Government’s planned actions to address the risks and opportunities set out in the third Climate Change Risk Assessment and will include nature-based solutions as part of the response to a range of risks. Separately, the Government is taking a range of actions to support the uptake of nature-based solutions across the public and private sector through the Green Infrastructure Framework. This sets out clear national standards providing a consistent way to assess the need for, design and delivery of good green infrastructure which supports adaptation to the effects of climate change.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 24/04/2023 13:26:03 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1611807

registered interest
date	18/04/2023
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 delivery mechanisms she plans to include within the National Adaptation Programme to ensure that climate adaptation commitments are adopted across Government departments.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	181351
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>The third National Adaptation Programme (NAP3) report will mark the beginning of a five-year implementation period. The report will include a clear set of objectives for adaptation, with policies and accompanying delivery mechanisms to meet those objectives. Progress indicators, aligned to risks and opportunities set out in our third Climate Change Risk Assessment will also be developed as part of the NAP programme and will help the programme have a more targeted and effective approach to monitoring. In addition, programme governance will include monitoring of actions and reporting as required.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 24/04/2023 13:33:12 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1609902

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
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, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring quantitative assessments under the adaptation reporting power in the Climate Change Act 2008.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	180035
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>The Government consultation on proposals for the fourth round of climate adaptation reporting under the Adaptation Reporting Power closed 5th April. It included consideration of guidance to support reporting organisations and whether to make reporting voluntary or mandatory. A summary of consultation responses will be available on gov.uk shortly. Consultation feedback will inform the final strategy, to be published alongside the third National Adaptation Programme (NAP3) this year.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 24/04/2023 07:41:45 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1610474

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
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	Packaging: Recycling
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 reason the introduction of modulated fees for Extended Producer Responsibility has been put back until 2025.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	180607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2023 answer text <p>The Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging (pEPR) summary of consultation responses and Government response published in March 2022 states that modulated fees will be introduced from 2025. As producer fees rates are set based on the tonnages of packaging they supplied in the previous year, introducing fee modulation in the first year of pEPR implementation would not have been technically feasible and would not have left enough time for producers to make more sustainable decisions when designing or purchasing packaging. The introduction of modulated fees in 2025 will ensure that producers and the Scheme Administrator are fully prepared for the introduction of this measure.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 04/05/2023 14:27:47 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse