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1644661

registered interest
date	14/06/2023
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	Zoos: Nature 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, whether her Department is taking steps to help promote wildlife species native to (a) Australia, (b) New Zealand and (c) Canada in British zoos.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	189515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2023 answer text <p>The Zoo Licensing Act 1981 requires zoos provide information to the public about the species of wild animals kept in the zoo and their natural habitats. It is a matter for each zoo to decide what species of wild animal they wish to keep.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 19/06/2023 13:34:51 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1639758

registered interest
date	23/05/2023
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	Inland Waterways: Sewage
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 her Department has had with Thames Water on the discharge of untreated sewage into waterways.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	186326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2023 answer text <p>Ministers and officials regularly meet with water companies to discuss a broad range of topics, including sewage discharges from storm overflows.</p><p>In February, the Secretary of State asked water and sewerage companies to set an action plan on every storm overflow in England, prioritising those that are spilling more than a certain number of times a year, and those spilling into bathing waters and high priority nature sites.</p><p>I hold a Ministerial Roundtable on the Thames Tideway Tunnel project twice a year to hear progress on the project and this is attended by Thames Water. Officials also regularly attend the Tideway Liaison Committee meeting, which is also attended by Thames Water, as well as having other informal meetings on the project direct with Thames Water.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 08/06/2023 15:51:35 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1639759

registered interest
date	23/05/2023
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	Inland Waterways: Sewage
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 is taking steps to increase detection of the discharge of sewage into waterways.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	186327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2023 answer text <p>We have increased the number of storm overflows monitored across the network from 7% in 2010 to 91% now monitored, and we will reach 100% cover by end of this year. In April, we launched our consultation on Continuous Water Quality Monitoring and Event Duration Monitoring. This outlines the government’s proposals to enhance the monitoring of storm overflow and final effluent discharges and to report on this in near-real time.</p><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency has instructed water companies to install new flow monitors on more than 2,000 wastewater treatment works to identify what is happening at those works during the sewage treatment process itself.</p><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency and Ofwat have recently launched the largest criminal and civil investigations into water company sewage discharges ever, at over 2200 treatment works, following new data coming to light as a result of increased monitoring.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 01/06/2023 15:51:22 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1639761

registered interest
date	23/05/2023
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	Nature 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 steps her Department is taking to protect critically endangered species in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	186328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/05/2023 answer text <p>Legal protection for our most threatened native species is already provided by the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulation 2017.</p><p> </p><p>Defra is committed to taking action to recover our endangered native species. Through the Environment Act 2021, we have set four legally binding targets for biodiversity in England : to halt the decline in species abundance by 2030; then to reverse declines by 2042; to reduce the risk of species extinction by 2042; and restore or create more than 500,000 hectares of wildlife-rich habitat, also by 2042. We have set out our plan to deliver on these ambitious targets, along with our other environmental targets, in the revised Environmental Improvement Plan published 31<sup>st</sup> January 2023.</p><p> </p><p>Our new Environmental Land Management schemes will pay for sustainable farming practices, creating and preserving habitat such as woodland, heathland, and species-rich grassland, as well as making landscape-scale environmental changes, all of which support species recovery. Additionally, Natural England recently launched the Species Recovery Programme Capital Grant Scheme which will provide targeted funding to reversing the decline of England’s most threatened species.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 30/05/2023 14:20:24 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1639768

registered interest
date	23/05/2023
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	Fisheries: Falkland Islands
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 her Department is taking to support the Falkland Islands to maintain a healthy fishing stock in surrounding sovereign waters.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	186335
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/05/2023 answer text <p>The Falkland Islands Government is responsible for managing the Exclusive Economic Zone of the Falkland Islands, including managing fisheries in a way that maintains healthy fish stocks. Defra officials have a good working relationship with the Falkland Islands Government on issues of mutual interest, including the fishing occurring in international waters near to the Falkland Islands Exclusive Economic Zone.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 31/05/2023 11:05:08 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1639340

registered interest
date	22/05/2023
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	Hunting: Enforcement
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 is taking steps to monitor the effectiveness of police enforcement of the ban on live hunting under the Hunting Act 2004.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	186043
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/05/2023 answer text <p>The enforcement of the Hunting Act is an operational matter for the police. This is in line with their duties to keep the peace, protect communities and prevent the commission of offences, working within the provisions of the legal framework set by Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>It is for individual Chief Constables to determine how their resources are deployed and it is for locally elected Police and Crime Commissioners to hold their forces to account. This includes consideration of how the police tackle the crimes that matter most to residents and businesses in rural and urban areas alike.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 31/05/2023 12:05:00 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1610321

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	Animals: Exports
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 her Department is taking to end the export of live animals.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	180454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2023 answer text <p>There have been no exports of livestock for slaughter or fattening since 2020.</p><p> </p><p>Exports of cattle, sheep, pigs and goats by sea to mainland Europe have not been viable since 1st January 2021, due to the lack of Border Control Post facilities designated to accept this trade in receiving EU Member States.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst exports of equines have continued, this has been for the purpose of leisure, competition or breeding only; none have been exported for slaughter.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 20/04/2023 14:57:31 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1610322

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	Flowers: 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, whether her Department is taking steps to help tackle the depletion of wildflowers.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	180455
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2023 answer text <p>In England we have set four legally binding targets for biodiversity including to halt the decline in species abundance by 2030 then reverse declines by 2042 and restore or create more than 500,000 hectares of wildlife-rich habitat, such as wildflower meadows, also by 2042.</p><p> </p><p>We have set out our plan to deliver on these ambitious targets, along with our other environmental targets, in the revised Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP23) published 31 January 2023. Here we link the different objectives, plans and mechanisms for recovering nature.</p><p> </p><p>Our agri-environment schemes provide incentives for creation and management of wildlife-rich habitat. Since 2011, over 130,000 hectares of wildlife-rich habitat, including wildflower meadows, have been created. Our new Environmental Land Management schemes will reward farmers and land managers for delivering environmental outcomes such as conserving and restoring such habitats.</p><p>Furthermore, our Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) provide protection for many species-rich grasslands. Additional sites are included in Natural England’s designation programme published on GOV.UK. The EIP23 confirms our commitment to delivering the 25 Year Environment Plan goal to restore 75% of our SSSIs to favourable condition by 2042. It also sets two interim targets on protected sites which support the delivery of that 2042 goal and contribute to the achievement of statutory species targets.</p><p> </p><p>We are supporting grassland creation and restoration, including through our Green Recovery Challenge Fund. For example, Plantlife’s ‘Meadow Makers’ project, which was awarded over £700,000 in the first round, has restored 500 hectares of species-rich grassland at over 100 sites across seven landscapes.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 19/04/2023 11:32:17 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1607849

registered interest
date	27/03/2023
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	Pets: Travel
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 she has had with her EU counterparts on the reintroduction of pet passports for UK citizens wishing to take their pets abroad to EU countries.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	174238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2023 answer text <p>We are continuing to seek agreement from the European Commission on awarding Great Britain 'Part 1' listed status. Achieving this would allow pet owners and assistance dog users to use pet passports when travelling to the EU.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 30/03/2023 16:13:35 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1604032

registered interest
date	14/03/2023
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	Nature Conservation: British Overseas Territories
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 support her Department is providing to help safeguard and support vulnerable species in the British Overseas Territories.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	165239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2023 answer text <p>Defra is committed to improving outcomes for biodiversity in the UK Overseas Territories through initiatives such as the Darwin Plus programme. Darwin Plus is a competitive UK Government grants scheme that provides funding for biodiversity and conservation projects in the Territories. Since 2012, Darwin Plus has invested more than £44 million in over 200 projects in the Overseas Territories.</p><p> </p><p>We have further committed to make available £10 million each year until 2025 for Darwin Plus, and to improve and expand the Darwin Plus programme so that it better meets the needs of the Overseas Territories. In January, we introduced Darwin Plus Local, which is a new scheme to support small scale environmental projects exclusively in the Territories, with the aim of building capacity and contributing to local economies. Later this year, we will publish more information on our plans to develop Darwin Plus Strategic: this will be a new scheme for larger, more ambitious projects, aimed at driving transformative and long-lasting results for OT biodiversity.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government is working closely with Governments of the Overseas Territories to develop a new, shared UK Overseas Territories Biodiversity Strategy. The Strategy is being designed as a tool to guide and attract long-term investment in supporting the Territories’ biodiversity. Supported by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Defra is currently engaging stakeholders in-territory, online and in the UK, to ensure the Strategy will meet the needs and priorities of all fourteen Territories. The Strategy is due to be published in 2024.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 21/03/2023 13:20:52 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell