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1608756

registered interest
date	29/03/2023
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	Cats: Theft
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 press release entitled New offence to tackle dog theft moves step closer, published 18 November 2021, if she intends to bring the proposed legislation forward before the end of this Parliamentary Session; if she will make it her policy to include cats in the proposed pet abduction offence at the outset of the publication of the proposed legislation; what assessment she has made of the evidence of cat theft; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	176690
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text <p>We have listened carefully to the views expressed during the passage of the Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill that the new pet abduction offence should be extended to cats. We are currently considering this issue further.</p><p> </p><p>The Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill will continue its passage as soon as parliamentary time allows and will be announced in the normal way.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 17/04/2023 09:59:51 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1606782

registered interest
date	23/03/2023
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	Octopuses: 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, whether she has had discussions with animal welfare experts on the welfare implications of farmed octopus; if she will make it her policy to prohibit the import of farmed octopus products to the UK; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	172378
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government is considering carefully the implications of recognising in law the sentience of cephalopod molluscs, such as octopus. There are currently no plans to bring forward additional legislation in this area.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 31/03/2023 10:54:56 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1605119

registered interest
date	17/03/2023
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	Environment Protection: Standards
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 representations she received from (a) Natural England, (b) the Environment Agency and (c) the Office for Environmental Protection on the preparation of the Significant Improvement Test published on 31 January 2023.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	168033
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2023 answer text <p>The preparation of the Significant Improvement Test and the Secretary of State’s conclusion that the Significant Improvement Test had been met adhered to the legislative requirements set out in the Environment Act 2021. Targets were developed using an extensive evidence base. Defra Arm’s Length Bodies were engaged during the early development of the Significant Improvement Test. Defra continues to work with the Office for Environmental Protection to enable it to carry out its monitoring and reporting functions.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison grouped question UIN 168034 question first answered 27/03/2023 09:03:39 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1605120

registered interest
date	17/03/2023
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	Environment Protection: Standards
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 14 February Question 140080 on Environment Protection: Standards, if she will publish that evidence base.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	168034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2023 answer text <p>The preparation of the Significant Improvement Test and the Secretary of State’s conclusion that the Significant Improvement Test had been met adhered to the legislative requirements set out in the Environment Act 2021. Targets were developed using an extensive evidence base. Defra Arm’s Length Bodies were engaged during the early development of the Significant Improvement Test. Defra continues to work with the Office for Environmental Protection to enable it to carry out its monitoring and reporting functions.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison grouped question UIN 168033 question first answered 27/03/2023 09:03:39 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1604527

registered interest
date	15/03/2023
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	Pigs: Animal Housing
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 6 December 2022 to Question 98724 on Pigs: Animal Housing, what steps she has taken to explore the phasing out of farrowing crates; and if she will make it her policy to end their use as soon as possible.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	166171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2023 answer text <p>It is the Government’s aim for farrowing crates to no longer be necessary and for any new systems to protect the welfare of the sow, as well as her piglets, as stated in Defra’s Code of Practice for the welfare of pigs (2020).</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 20/03/2023 15:14:11 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1603616

registered interest
date	13/03/2023
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	Neonicotinoids: EU Law
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 Plant Protection Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, whether (a) Regulation (EU) No 485/2013, (b) Regulations (EU) No. 783/784 and 785/2018 and (c) other EU laws banning neonicotinoid use are in force in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	163846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2023 answer text <p>Commission Implementing Regulations 485/2013, 783/2018, 784/2018 and 785/2018 placed restrictions on the approvals of the neonicotinoid active substance clothianidin, imidacloprid and thiamethoxam and collectively had the effect of prohibiting use of these active substances in certain circumstances. The approvals of these active substances have since lapsed and so all three active substances are not approved for use in pesticide products, either in the EU or in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Plant Protection Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (the 2019 Regulations) established a GB register of approved active substances and provided that existing EU approvals were carried over. The 2019 Regulations then also revoked the EU legal instruments relating to the approval of a large number of active substances, including the four Commission Implementing Regulations referred to above. The GB register can be viewed on the website of the Health and Safety Executive and records that clothianidin, imidacloprid and thiamethoxam remain not approved.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 21/03/2023 12:18:40 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1602875

registered interest
date	09/03/2023
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	Birds: Crime
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 the Government is taking to ensure that wildlife crimes committed against birds during the HPAI pandemic are fully investigated.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	162161
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2023 answer text <p>This government takes wildlife crime seriously. Those found guilty of crimes against our wild birds should be subject to the full force of the law. The ongoing H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreak has brought challenges in particular cases where wild birds have died in suspicious circumstances. In some situations where a wild bird carcass has tested positive for avian influenza, further post mortem examination to, for example, test for poisoning may not always be possible due to the need to handle carcases and samples very carefully, at high containment, in order to protect public health and prevent spread of avian influenza. The government seeks to minimise the number of these cases.</p><p> </p><p>For instance, the APHA Diseases of Wildlife Scheme (DoWS) is working closely with the Wildlife Incident Investigation Scheme (WIIS) run on the behalf of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) by Natural England. WIIS makes enquiries into the death or illness of wildlife that may have resulted from pesticide or rodenticide poisoning. This can lead to identifying and penalising those who deliberately or recklessly misuse such substances. Dead wild birds submitted to APHA where poisoning is suspected are investigated by DoWS in collaboration with WIIS. Investigations include post-mortem examinations where carcases can be handled bio-securely. The government and relevant partners are alive to the enforcement challenges the HPAI pandemic has brought. We continue to work closely between Defra, the National Wildlife Crime Unit (NWCU), Scottish and Welsh Governments, Natural England, APHA and the HSE to explore options and identify how all cases can be fully investigated.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 17/03/2023 12:52:50 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1602876

registered interest
date	09/03/2023
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	Wildlife: Crime
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 Department’s timeline is for responding to (a) the UN Office of Drugs and Crime’s 2021 report on the UK's approach to tackling wildlife crime and (b) the recommendation for stronger regulation to properly address raptor persecution.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	162162
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2023 answer text <p>We welcomed the UN Office of Drugs and Crime report and the fact that it recognised the UK's global leadership in fighting wildlife and forestry crime. We invited the UN to undertake this analysis and we are proud to be the first G7 country to request this assessment.</p><p> </p><p>We have carefully considered all the recommendations of the report and they are informing our work to help us build on the positive progress we have already made in tackling wildlife crime. This will include strategic engagement with our partners that have responsibilities where individual recommendations are concerned such as the devolved administrations, the Crown Prosecution Service, and the National Wildlife Crime Unit (NWCU).</p><p> </p><p>Progress has already been made in response to the report. For example, in 2022 Defra more than doubled its funding of the NWCU from a total of £495,000 over the three previous years to £1.2 million for the three year period of 2022-25. Additionally, Border Force has increased numbers in their team specialising in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). Defra is not under any obligation to formally respond to the UNODC's assessment and has no plans to do so, but we will identify where we can act, including with stakeholders, to strengthen the UK's approach to tackling wildlife and forestry crime. This includes recommendations to address raptor persecution. Where any protected birds are killed illegally the full force of the law should apply to any proven perpetrators of the crime. We already have significant sanctions for this type of wildlife crime in place which includes an unlimited fine and/or a six-month custodial sentence. To address concerns about the illegal killing of birds of prey, senior government and enforcement officers have identified raptor persecution as a national wildlife crime priority. Defra continues to be fully involved with the police-led national Bird of Prey Crime Priority Delivery Group which brings together police, government and stakeholders and the extra funding we now provide to the NWCU is also to be allocated towards wildlife crime priorities including crimes against our birds of prey.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 17/03/2023 11:14:27 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1602886

registered interest
date	09/03/2023
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	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, if she will publish a list of those policies which are still extant and feature in the 25 Year Environment Plan but are not included in the Government's new Environmental Improvement Plan.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	162163
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2023 answer text <p>Our <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/environmental-improvement-plan" target="_blank">revised Environmental Improvement P</a>lan (EIP23), published in January 2023, makes clear that we remain committed to the 25 Year Environment Plan (25YEP) by building on its 10 environmental goals.</p><p> </p><p>EIP23 sets out the progress made against the 25YEP goals, the specific targets and commitments for each goal, and our plans to continue to deliver against them. Our statutory targets complement and build on our environmental commitments and objectives that will drive improvement across the natural environment.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to track, monitor, and report annually on progress towards delivering the 25YEP goals through the published Annual Progress Report, and Outcome Indicator Framework.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 17/03/2023 12:08:10 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1601167

registered interest
date	03/03/2023
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	Land: Maps
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to set out her Department's timetable for the planned review of maps of open access land.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	157626
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2023 answer text <p>Work has already begun to plan for the review of open access maps. We are seeking to undertake the review as soon as possible, although the precise timing will depend on the availability of an appropriate legislative vehicle. As such, it is not possible to provide specific timings at this stage.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 13/03/2023 16:07:26 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas