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1171872

registered interest
date	20/01/2020
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 assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the World Health Organisation's air pollution limits on particulate matter; and what plans her Department has to adopt those targets.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	5495
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2020 answer text <p>In July 2019, the Government published a report assessing the progress that will be made towards World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines under a range of scenarios. The report concluded that while significant progress would be made, additional action would be required in large urban areas such as London. The analysis did not outline a pathway to achieve the WHO guideline level for fine particulate matter (PM<sub>2.5</sub>) across the country, and did not take into account full economic viability and practical deliverability.</p><p> </p><p>The Environment Bill, which will be introduced shortly, will establish a legally binding duty to set a target for PM<sub>2.5</sub>, demonstrating our commitment to action on the air pollutant that has the most significant impact on human health. We are committed to setting challenging targets and following an evidence based process, seeking advice from a range of experts, in addition to giving consideration to the WHO’s air quality guidelines. We need to ensure that the target is based on realistic pathways, robust science and full economic analysis to ensure that it is both ambitious and achievable, and focus on how the greatest public health benefits can be achieved.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 23/01/2020 16:15:15 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1171913

registered interest
date	20/01/2020
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	Weedkillers
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 her plans are for the future use of the Roundup 360 herbicide in the UK.
tabling member constituency	North West Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Richard Holden
uin	5571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2020 answer text <p>Pesticides are subject to strict regulation and are only permitted for use where a comprehensive scientific assessment finds that this will not harm people or have unacceptable effects on the environment. The assessment first considers the active substance. If this is approved for use, each product containing that active substance is assessed and is only authorised, subject to any necessary conditions, if the risks are acceptably low. If necessary, specific conditions of authorisation are set and are communicated to users through the product label. Approvals and authorisations are reviewed regularly to make sure that pesticides continue to meet the latest safety standards.</p><p> </p><p>Roundup is subject to this process. The active substance, glyphosate is approved until 15 December 2022 and Roundup products are authorised following scientific assessment by the Health and Safety Executive. When the approval of glyphosate and the product authorisations are reviewed, we will again consider our position based on a careful scientific assessment of the evidence and risks at that time.</p><p> </p><p>Decision-making on the use of pesticides after the UK leaves the EU will continue to be based on careful scientific assessment of the risks. Our highest priority will continue to be the protection of people and the environment.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 23/01/2020 13:18:13 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden

1171938

registered interest
date	20/01/2020
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	Fly-tipping
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 (a) guidance and (b) support her Department provides to local authorities to help tackle with fly-tipping.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	5427
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2020 answer text <p>Tackling fly-tipping is a Government priority. It blights local communities and the environment wherever it occurs and we are committed to tackling fly-tipping.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance for local authorities can be found on the Gov.uk website. It includes information and links on local authority responsibilities, investigations, penalties and prosecutions, claiming costs, keeping records and preventing fly-tipping. The guidance can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/fly-tipping-council-responsibilities" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/fly-tipping-council-responsibilities</a></p><p> </p><p>In August 2019 we published a research project on public awareness of and adherence to the household waste duty of care. We also published related publicity materials that have been provided to the Local Government Association to circulate to local authorities. They are available on the National Fly-Tipping Prevention Group’s (NFTPG) website: <a href="http://www.tacklingflytipping.com/" target="_blank">http://www.tacklingflytipping.com</a></p><p> </p><p>With the support of local authorities, the NFTPG, chaired by Defra, has published a Fly-tipping Partnership Framework outlining best practice for the prevention, reporting, investigation and clearance of fly-tipping. It has also published a series of fly-tipping prevention guides for householders, businesses and landowners.</p><p> </p><p>We have also committed to the development of a fly-tipping toolkit, hosted by the NFTPG. This will be a web-based tool to help local authorities and others work in partnership to tackle fly-tipping. It will cover, for example, the use of new technology to report fly-tipping, sharing of intelligence within and between partnerships, dealing with unauthorised encampments and promoting the duty of care to individuals and businesses.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to the above, we have given local authorities a range of powers available to tackle fly-tipping. These include the power to issue fixed penalty notices (FPNs) of up to £400 for fly-tipping offences, including to those caught fly-tipping and householders who pass their waste to a fly-tipper. Local authorities also have enhanced powers to search and seize vehicles of suspected fly-tippers. Powers to issue FPNs provide local authorities with an efficient mechanism to hold fly-tipping perpetrators to account without having to go to court, which can be a time consuming, resource-intensive and expensive process. Additionally, the ability to issue FPNs can deter potential fly-tippers from fly-tipping in the first place.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 23/01/2020 15:20:11 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1172101

registered interest
date	20/01/2020
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	Chemicals: Regulation
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 potential economic effect on the chemicals industry of regulatory divergence from the EU.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	5410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2020 answer text <p>When we leave the EU we will bring Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) into UK law. This will mean that any decision we take as an independent regime will be consistent with the fundamental aims and principles of REACH and based on rigorous assessment of the scientific evidence. We will not change what REACH sets out to achieve, including a high level of protection of human health and the environment.</p><p> </p><p>The Government published “EU Exit: Long-term economic impacts” in November 2018. This paper provides estimates of the economic impact of a range of future trading relationships with the EU. One of the drivers of this estimate of impact is the cost of potential regulatory divergence.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 23/01/2020 15:22:44 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1171642

registered interest
date	17/01/2020
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	Fireworks: 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 recent steps his Department has taken to reduce the effect of fireworks on the local environment.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	4706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2020 answer text <p>The Fireworks Act 2003 and the Fireworks Regulations 2004 govern the use of fireworks, including possession of fireworks and the use of fireworks between certain hours. The enforcement of the Fireworks Regulations is the responsibility of the police, and responsibility for the legislation lies with Department for Business, Innovation &amp; Skills.</p><p> </p><p>The Office for Product Safety and Standards has been working to develop a fact-based evidence base on the key issues that have been raised around fireworks, which includes environmental impact. The aim of the evidence base is to build a full picture of the data around fireworks in order to identify what action - if any - is appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 22/01/2020 15:35:13 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1171294

registered interest
date	16/01/2020
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	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, what the recycling rates were in (a) the City of York, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber and (c) the UK in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	4403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>The ‘household waste’ recycling measure is available for individual local authorities and regions on a financial year basis.</p><p> </p><p>For the UK, the official harmonised recycling measure is the ‘waste from households’ recycling rate. Official reporting is on a calendar year basis. The measures are similar but not the same and are not directly comparable. ‘Waste from households’ is slightly narrower in the scope of waste it includes than ‘household waste’, and counts different materials towards recycling. A specific refinement to the ‘waste from households’ recycling rate introduced in 2017/18 was the inclusion of metal recovered and recycled from waste which has been through incineration (IBA metal).</p><p> </p><p>The ‘household waste’ recycling rate for York City Council, the Yorkshire and the Humber region and the UK official ‘waste from household’ recycling rates are summarised in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Recycling Rates</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>York City Council</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Yorkshire and the Humber</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>UK (excl. IBAm)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>UK (incl. IBAm)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong> ‘Household Waste’</strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong> <em> </em>‘Waste from Households’</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p>45.1%</p></td><td><p>39.5%</p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p>40.4%</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p>46.4%</p></td><td><p>41.9%</p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p>42.9%</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p>46.0%</p></td><td><p>43.3%</p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p>43.9%</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p>43.6%</p></td><td><p>43.9%</p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>44.1%</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p>42.5%</p></td><td><p>43.6%</p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p>44.9%</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p>42.8%</p></td><td><p>42.2%</p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p>44.2%</p></td><td><p>44.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p>42.5%</p></td><td><p>42.9%</p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p>44.7%</p></td><td><p>45.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p>44.9%</p></td><td><p>42.4%</p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p>45.0%</p></td><td><p>45.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018-19</strong></p></td><td><p>43.6%</p></td><td><p>42.9%</p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 21/01/2020 12:15:56 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1171323

registered interest
date	16/01/2020
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: West Midlands
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 her Department has taken to support the food and beverage sector in the West Midlands.
tabling member constituency	Sutton Coldfield
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Mitchell
uin	4309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government works closely with the full spectrum of food and drink businesses across the country to promote growth, jobs, productivity and exports. As elsewhere, we engage with businesses in the West Midlands, both directly and through trade associations and other businesses groups, to support them in their efforts to: address economic challenges; understand and mitigate regulatory and compliance issues and; prepare successfully for EU exit. This includes recent collaboration with Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) such as the Marches LEP, with which the Government has run a number of successful industry events.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 22/01/2020 13:06:46 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell

1171415

registered interest
date	16/01/2020
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: 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 assessment she has made of the effect of climate change on the work of her Department; and what steps she is taking in response to that effect.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	4458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2020 answer text <p>Tackling climate change is a priority for the whole of Government, which is why the Prime Minister is chairing a new Cabinet Committee on Climate Change to drive action across all sectors of the economy and demonstrate the UK’s global leadership as we prepare to host the crucial COP26 talks in Glasgow in November. Defra is playing its part in achieving net zero, taking forward efforts to reduce emissions from agriculture, waste, land-use and fluorinated gases and to encourage sequestration through forestry.</p><p> </p><p>Defra, as the lead department for domestic adaptation, is responsible for delivering adaptation duties set out in the Climate Change Act 2008. These include preparing, every five years, a UK Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA), followed by a National Adaptation Programme (NAP), which sets out actions to address the risks identified in the CCRA. The second, most recent, CCRA was published in 2017 and the second NAP was published in July 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Adaptation is rightly integrated throughout the policies and programmes of Government. The NAP includes actions in a broad range of areas, including the natural environment, infrastructure, people and the built environment, business and industry, and local Government. It sets out the actions Government is taking to address the risks posed by a changing climate - including Government investment of £2.6 billion between 2015 and 2021 to better protect 300,000 homes from flooding and coastal erosion. We are also developing and implementing a Nature Recovery Network, which will create or restore 500,000 hectares of wildlife-rich habitat in England. Nature recovery can help us to mitigate and adapt to climate change, because our wetlands, forests and grasslands capture carbon and provide other environmental benefits, such as flood management and pollination. Marine Protected Areas (including the 41 new Marine Conservation Zones we designated last year) now cover 40% of English waters and will help enhance the resilience of ecosystems and wildlife to climate change.</p><p> </p><p>Defra will work with other departments through the Cabinet Committee on Climate Change, chaired by the Prime Minister.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 23/01/2020 16:23:18 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1171461

registered interest
date	16/01/2020
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	Agricultural Products: Trade Promotion
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 effectiveness of a campaign entitled Brand UK to promote British agri-food products after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Paul Girvan
uin	4473
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2020 answer text <p>Food and drink exports are a success story, increasing by 24% since 2010. The Government is determined to help showcase and promote our excellent food and drink even more in the years to come.</p><p>The UK’s growing reputation for quality food and drink, with high standards of food safety, animal welfare and sustainability is an excellent platform to increase demand for our products still further.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is already promoting UK food and drink products very effectively through Defra’s ‘Food is GREAT’ campaign. The campaign helps raise the profile and reputation of UK food and drink overseas, by building global demand and increasing positive perceptions of our food and drink products. The campaign promotes excellent food and drink products from across the four nations of the UK. Most recently, the campaign showcased Northern Irish gin, Scotch Whisky, Welsh seafood and English Sparkling Wine to Japanese consumers, trade and media in events coinciding with the Rugby World Cup. The campaign is also active in other priority markets including the USA and China, as well as within the UK.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 22/01/2020 13:02:10 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4633 label Biography information for Paul Girvan

1171487

registered interest
date	16/01/2020
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	Agricultural Products: Import Duties
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 publish a revised no-deal tariff schedule for agricultural products during a transition period after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	4329
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>After the UK leaves the EU with on 31 January 2020, we will enter a temporary implementation period which will apply until the end of December 2020. The UK will continue to import goods tariff free from within the EU and will continue to apply the EU’s Common External Tariff to goods imported from outside the EU during this period.</p><p> </p><p>At the end of the implementation period the Government will introduce a long-term tariff regime. Further information on this will be provided on GOV.UK at the appropriate time.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 21/01/2020 12:33:34 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards