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1135382

registered interest
date	27/06/2019
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	Pets: Vaccination
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 promote the vaccination of pets.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
uin	270450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2019 answer text <p>Pet owners are strongly advised by the chief veterinary officer to consider vaccinating their pets to prevent diseases which can prove to be fatal. They should consult their private vet for advice based on the individual pet’s risk and circumstances. General advice on vaccination can be obtained from a number of sources including from the <a href="https://www.noah.co.uk/focus-areas/vaccines-and-vaccination/vaccination-for-animal-health-an-overview/" target="_blank">National Office of Animal Health</a>.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 05/07/2019 12:36:46 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1135383

registered interest
date	27/06/2019
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	Fires: Yorkshire and the Humber
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 reduce the risk of wildfire in Yorkshire.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
uin	270451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2019 answer text <p>The risk of severe damage from wildfire on wet, well functioning peatlands is relatively low. Natural England is working with landowners and land managers through its uplands programme to develop long term management plans to bring and keep moorlands and peatlands, including those in Yorkshire prone to wildfire, in favourable condition. We are also currently undertaking a wildfire review to ensure that our future land management policies minimise the risks of wildfire.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 05/07/2019 11:07:06 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1110373

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
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	Horse Racing: Animal Welfare
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 bring forward proposals to ban (a) starting stalls and (b) other forms of dangerous equipment in horse racing.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
uin	242198
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government is keen that the welfare needs of racehorses are well met, both during their racing lives and afterwards and any racehorse fatality is one too many. We are in regular discussions with the British Horseracing Authority (BHA), who are responsible for safety at racetracks, about how we can look at ways in which we can make horseracing safer and further reduce fatalities at tracks.</p><p> </p><p>The Government considers that whilst the BHA have made improvements to the welfare of racehorses, there is still more work to be done. That is why I will be meeting with the BHA soon, and pressing them for an action plan on improving the safety at starting stalls, and safety relating to other equipment. There are strict rules around the use of whip with stiff penalties for those riders who breach them. The Animal Welfare Act 2006 makes it an offence for anyone to cause unnecessary suffering to an animal and this includes racehorses on racetracks.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley grouped question UIN 242199 242200 question first answered 16/04/2019 13:26:34 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1110374

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
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	Horse Racing: Animal Welfare
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 limit or reduce the number of fatalities in horse racing.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
uin	242199
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government is keen that the welfare needs of racehorses are well met, both during their racing lives and afterwards and any racehorse fatality is one too many. We are in regular discussions with the British Horseracing Authority (BHA), who are responsible for safety at racetracks, about how we can look at ways in which we can make horseracing safer and further reduce fatalities at tracks.</p><p> </p><p>The Government considers that whilst the BHA have made improvements to the welfare of racehorses, there is still more work to be done. That is why I will be meeting with the BHA soon, and pressing them for an action plan on improving the safety at starting stalls, and safety relating to other equipment. There are strict rules around the use of whip with stiff penalties for those riders who breach them. The Animal Welfare Act 2006 makes it an offence for anyone to cause unnecessary suffering to an animal and this includes racehorses on racetracks.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley grouped question UIN 242198 242200 question first answered 16/04/2019 13:26:34 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1110376

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
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	Horse Racing: Animal Welfare
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 discussions he had with whom on ensuring that jockeys follow guidelines in respect of the use of the whip in horseracing; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
uin	242200
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government is keen that the welfare needs of racehorses are well met, both during their racing lives and afterwards and any racehorse fatality is one too many. We are in regular discussions with the British Horseracing Authority (BHA), who are responsible for safety at racetracks, about how we can look at ways in which we can make horseracing safer and further reduce fatalities at tracks.</p><p> </p><p>The Government considers that whilst the BHA have made improvements to the welfare of racehorses, there is still more work to be done. That is why I will be meeting with the BHA soon, and pressing them for an action plan on improving the safety at starting stalls, and safety relating to other equipment. There are strict rules around the use of whip with stiff penalties for those riders who breach them. The Animal Welfare Act 2006 makes it an offence for anyone to cause unnecessary suffering to an animal and this includes racehorses on racetracks.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley grouped question UIN 242198 242199 question first answered 16/04/2019 13:26:35 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1054758

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
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	Agriculture: Ammonia
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 Government's press release entitled Government launches world leading plan to tackle air pollution, published in 14 January 2019, what the evidential basis is for the statement that agriculture is responsible for 88% of ammonia emissions.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
uin	216410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>The data used in compiling this statistic are 2016 figures from the UK National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory (NAEI) which is available via the uk-air.defra.gov.uk website. The NAEI reports emissions of air pollutants from all sources including the agriculture sector.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 11/02/2019 09:56:34 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

994302

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
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	Rabies: Blood Tests
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 he has to bring forward proposals to reintroduce a requirement for a rabies blood test and wait period in order to regulate pet travel and commercial pet movements after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
uin	183521
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>Defra takes the threat to public and animal health posed by animals entering the United Kingdom (UK) very seriously and requires rabies vaccination for pet animals (cats, dogs and ferrets) entering the country, as well as other high risk species entering zoos or pets destined for the pet trade.</p><p> </p><p>Pet travel between EU member states and from some other lower risk third countries requires a rabies vaccination followed by a 21 day waiting period. A quantitative risk assessment was carried out in 2011, which assessed the risk of a pet animal with rabies entering the UK under the EU Pet Travel Scheme (PTS) as very low. Defra continues to monitor the disease situation but has no plans to introduce a requirement for a rabies antibody titration test.</p><p> </p><p>For third countries with higher rabies risk, stricter rules do apply involving a rabies antibody titration test and waiting period. When the UK leaves the EU it will be a third country for the purposes of the EU Pet Travel Scheme (PTS). On 24 September 2018 a Technical Notice ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/taking-your-pet-abroad-if-theres-no-brexit-deal/taking-your-pet-abroad-if-theres-no-brexit-deal" target="_blank">Taking your pet abroad if there’s no Brexit deal</a>’ was published. For pet animals entering the UK from the EU we propose that we maintain the current pet travel entry health requirements after exit though additional controls could be considered at a later date. This would mean that the UK government is not introducing any new requirement immediately following EU exit. The notice advised that should the UK become an unlisted third country under PTS pet owners intending to travel with their pet from the UK to EU countries would need to prove animals are effectively vaccinated against rabies before they could travel with their pet to EU countries. This would require a blood titre test to demonstrate sufficient levels of rabies antibody. Once a blood titre test shows sufficient levels of antibody, there would need to be a three-month waiting period between the date the blood sample is taken and the date of travel.</p><p>Defra is working with a range of stakeholders to review the risks to animal health and welfare that illegal imports of dogs pose, and are considering a range of possible long-term measures to tackle these risks.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 05/11/2018 10:05:17 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

942470

registered interest
date	16/07/2018
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	Pets: Transport
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 the status of the Post Implementation Review of the Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals Order 2011 is.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
uin	164477
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>The Post Implementation Review (PIR) will evaluate the effectiveness of the Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals Order 2011. A public consultation to inform the review was conducted and responses published in June 2017. Defra is very grateful to all those who took the time to respond to this consultation. We intend to publish the review in the autumn.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Defra will also use the many comments made by respondents that directly related to the requirements of Regulation (EU) No 576/2013 (the EU Pet Travel Scheme) to inform any future policy development regarding pet travel that may be undertaken as a consequence of the UK’s June 2016 decision to leave the European Union.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 23/07/2018 11:55:36 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

942694

registered interest
date	16/07/2018
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	Dogs: Smuggling
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 report Puppy smuggling, a tragedy ignored, published by Dogs Trust in July 2017, whether his Department has made representations to the countries cited in that report.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
uin	164478
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>This Department takes puppy smuggling extremely seriously.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Chief Veterinary Officer (CVO) has raised cases of abuse of the Pet Travel Scheme, based on evidence from UK enforcement bodies, with those authorities in the relevant Member States. This includes writing to the CVO’s Polish counterpart in October 2016 and Hungarian counterpart in November 2016 to notify them of the identification of several non-complaint puppies originating from their countries, which had been seized on entry to the UK. The CVO at the time of publication also had a number of exchanges with his Lithuanian counterpart.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 23/07/2018 14:08:52 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

897188

registered interest
date	03/05/2018
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: Cats
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 kittens and cats entered the UK under the EU Pet Travel Scheme in 2016 and 2017.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
uin	141045
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2018 answer text <p>The numbers of cats imported to Great Britain under the Pet Travel Scheme in 2016 and 2017 are as follows:</p><p> </p><p>2016 – 24,145</p><p>2017 – 26,480</p><p> </p><p>The data regarding the Pet Travel Scheme is taken from the Animal and Plant Health Agency’s system for recording pets’ throughput based on information provided by checkers employed by approved carriers of pet animals.</p><p> </p><p>This information does not record the age of the animal. As such the data above will include both cats and kittens which were old enough to be fully compliant with the requirements of the scheme at the time of entry to Great Britain.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 09/05/2018 12:22:04 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns