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77615

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
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
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 number of water treatment facilities in the UK capable of processing waste water from shale gas extraction; and what the (a) name, (b) location and (c) capacity is of each such site.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	205582
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>There are a large number of waste treatment facilities across the UK that could potentially treat flow-back fluid, including water produced from shale exploration and hydraulic fracturing, subject to holding the relevant permits.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Currently, in England there are three facilities with permits that would allow for the treatment of such waste water:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- Castle Environmental in Stoke-on-Trent;</p><p> </p><p>- FCC Environment at Knostrop in Leeds; and</p><p> </p><p>- Bran Sands in Middlesbrough (owned by Northumbrian Water).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Core Defra does not hold information on the treatment capacity of these facilities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 17/07/2014 12:28:13 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

77616

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
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 Supply Networks Review
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 8 July 2014, Official Report, column 178W, on food supply networks review, and with reference to the statement in the terms of reference for the Elliot review published on 4 June 2013 that the final report of that review would be published in Spring 2014, for what reasons that final review has not been published.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Huw Irranca-Davies
uin	205615
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Professor Elliott's final report of the Review into the integrity and assurance of food supply networks is being finalised and will be published soon.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 17/07/2014 14:29:31 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1476 label Biography information for Huw Irranca-Davies

77618

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
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	Ground Water: Methane
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 she has made of the concentration of methane in groundwater in mg/l in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) England, (d) Wales and (e) Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	205586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The British Geological Survey (BGS) is surveying the current distribution of methane concentrations in UK groundwater, focusing on areas where aquifers are underlain by shale units that may be exploited for shale gas. The BGS website provides a summary of the methane baseline results up to April 2014 and links to regional summaries:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.bgs.ac.uk/research/groundwater/shaleGas/methaneBaseline/results.html" target="_blank">www.bgs.ac.uk/research/groundwater/shaleGas/methaneBaseline/results.html</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Depending on the geology of a particular site and the pre-existing data available, the environmental regulator (the Environment Agency in England) could also require such monitoring by the operator before a site became operational.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 17/07/2014 12:31:32 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

77619

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
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	Rodents
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 representations she has received on increased numbers of infestations of rats in a domestic setting; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
tabling member printed	Annette Brooke
uin	205590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>I have not received any recent representations on the number of rat infestations in a domestic setting. Rats have no special legal protection and people are free to control them by legal means.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 17/07/2014 10:12:55 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1431 label Biography information for Annette Brooke

78630

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
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
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 she is taking to reduce levels of air pollution.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	904933
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Government has invested heavily in measures that will help reduce air pollution from transport, energy and industrial sources. We are providing over two billion pounds to promote the use of ultra-low emission vehicles and sustainable transport, and are funding clean bus technology and modal shift programmes to encourage cycling and walking.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Nationally we support local authorities in England to deliver local measures and work with Devolved Administrations to improve air quality across the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 17/07/2014 14:19:52 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

78631

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
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	Rural Areas: Cost of Living
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 she has to reduce the cost of living in rural communities.
tabling member constituency	Ynys Môn
tabling member printed	Albert Owen
uin	904935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Labour presided over the longest and deepest recession since the war.</p><p> </p><p>We have taken action to elevate the impact on households.</p><p> </p><p>For example, rural households spend a large proportion of their income on travel.</p><p> </p><p>We have reduced fuel duty meaning pump prices are 13p per litre lower than they would have been under Labour's plans.</p><p> </p><p>This means it is £7 cheaper for motorists every time they fill their tank.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 17/07/2014 14:47:37 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	1474 label Biography information for Albert Owen

78632

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
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	Fishing Catches: EU Action
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 progress she has made in implementing the EU discard ban.
tabling member constituency	South East Cornwall
tabling member printed	Sheryll Murray
uin	904931
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The landing obligation will come into force in January 2015 for pelagic fisheries, and for other fisheries beginning in 2016. Much progress has been made on implementation.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has now agreed discard plans for pelagic fisheries with other Member States in both the North Sea and North West Waters, and these were recently submitted to the European Commission. Work is also underway with the fishing industry and others on the demersal landing obligation, with a consultation to be launched early in 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 17/07/2014 13:50:25 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4100 label Biography information for Mrs Sheryll Murray

78633

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
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	Whales: Japan
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 she is taking following the International Court of Justice's ruling that Japan's Antarctic whaling activity was not conducted for the purpose of scientific research.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Iain McKenzie
uin	904934
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>We will continue to make it clear at every appropriate opportunity that we see no justification for lethal scientific research on whales.We are now working within the EU and with other key parties to try to ensure that the findings of the International Court of Justice are reflected in the working practices of the International Whaling Commission, as the competent body for the conservation of whales.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 17/07/2014 12:08:52 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4246 label Biography information for Iain McKenzie

77392

registered interest
date	11/07/2014
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	Mass Media: Subscriptions
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 subscriptions to (a) magazines and (b) television channels his Department funds.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	205341
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>a) Core Defra subscribes to the following magazines. Please note that these subscriptions are for the Private Office, Press Office and the Core Defra Library only.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Amateur Gardening</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Angling Times</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Country Life</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Country Living</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Economist</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Farmers Guardian</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Farmers Weekly</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Field</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fishing News</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grocer</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Harvard Business Review</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Horticulture Week</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>House Magazine</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ITI Bulletin</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Material Recycling World</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Meat Trades Journal</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poultry World</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ranger</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Research Fortnight</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Science</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Spectator</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Veterinary Record</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Veterinary Times</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Waste Management &amp; Research</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>b) Core Defra does not hold any subscriptions to television channels except for the Houses of Parliament TV channel; non-terrestrial television is received via Freeview.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 17/07/2014 12:05:28 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

77393

registered interest
date	11/07/2014
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	Beavers: Devon
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 26 June 2014, Official Report, column 330W, whether he considers the population of wild beavers in Devon to be a non-native species.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	205378
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>European beavers were once present in the British Isles and are considered a previously native species. However, the species has not been ordinarily resident for several hundred years, since it was hunted to extinction in the sixteenth century.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 17/07/2014 14:08:09 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle