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1150664

registered interest
date	18/10/2019
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	Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control
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 Answer of 7 October 2019 to Question 290620 on Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control, whether it is her Department's policy that a marked badger from the Woodchester study area found in a cull zone would be shot.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	1886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>The Animal and Plant Health Agency’s ongoing study of the wild badger population at Woodchester Park can adapt to assess any new impacts on the badger population, including from licensed badger culling taking place across Gloucestershire, which is in the Bovine TB High Risk Area of England. Woodchester Park’s work will continue to support policy and research in line with our TB strategy’s adaptive and evidence-based approach.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 1885 1887 question first answered 28/10/2019 10:51:21 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1150665

registered interest
date	18/10/2019
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	Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control
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 Answer of 7 October 2019 Question 290620 on Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control, whether she has made an assessment of the potential effect on research outcomes of the culling of animals that are part of that research programme.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	1887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>The Animal and Plant Health Agency’s ongoing study of the wild badger population at Woodchester Park can adapt to assess any new impacts on the badger population, including from licensed badger culling taking place across Gloucestershire, which is in the Bovine TB High Risk Area of England. Woodchester Park’s work will continue to support policy and research in line with our TB strategy’s adaptive and evidence-based approach.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 1885 1886 question first answered 28/10/2019 10:51:21 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1150341

registered interest
date	17/10/2019
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: Seasonal Workers
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 outcomes of the seasonal workers pilot scheme since that scheme opened; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	1778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>Defra and the Home Office have established a regime to monitor and evaluate the Pilot against its objectives and expected benefits. We will publish the outcomes of the Pilot evaluation process for both the first year and the second year of the Pilot once those evaluations are complete.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 22/10/2019 15:40:13 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1150343

registered interest
date	17/10/2019
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: Seasonal Workers
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 workers have (a) entered and (b) left the UK under the seasonal workers pilot scheme.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	1779
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>As of June 2019, Pilot operators had recruited all 2,500 workers and the majority of these workers have entered the UK. Visa applications will continue throughout the year and some workers will be required for later in the season for the harvesting of winter vegetables. Return rates will be carefully monitored as part of the ongoing evaluation of this Pilot.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 22/10/2019 15:02:19 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1150344

registered interest
date	17/10/2019
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: Seasonal Workers
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 geographical distribution by region is of workers that have entered the UK under the seasonal workers pilot scheme.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	1780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>This is a nationwide Pilot, with a nationwide quota. We have placed a specific duty on the selected scheme operators to ensure that all regions of the UK benefit from this Pilot and we are monitoring the distribution of workers across the four regions of the UK: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The Pilot monitoring information that we have received to date shows that the spread across these regions is proportionate with regional demand.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 22/10/2019 15:57:49 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1150345

registered interest
date	17/10/2019
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: Seasonal Workers
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 has received all information that operators are required to provide from the Seasonal Workers Pilot Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	1781
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>The collation of information and data to monitor the Pilot is ongoing. The Pilot operators are working cooperatively with Defra and the Home Office to provide information for the effective monitoring and evaluation of the Pilot and have to date provided all required information.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 22/10/2019 16:23:18 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1150346

registered interest
date	17/10/2019
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: Seasonal Workers
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 inspections the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority has undertaken on farms employing workers under the seasonal workers pilot scheme.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	1782
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office are best placed to answer any queries about the requirements and obligations on the scheme operators to safeguard Pilot workers including the number of inspections performed by the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 22/10/2019 16:00:47 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1150387

registered interest
date	17/10/2019
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	Imports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the preparedness of the Import of Products, Animals, Food and Feed System (IPAFFS) to replace the EU’s Trade Control and Expert System; and what discussions she has had with representatives of port health authorities on contingency planning for IPAFFS after the UK has left the EU.
tabling member constituency	Cities of London and Westminster
tabling member printed	Mark Field
uin	1600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2019 answer text <p>The Import of Products, Animals, Food and Feed System (IPAFFS) was ready for use in advance of the last withdrawal date of 12 April. Since then, work on IPAFFS has continued to further develop and stabilise the system, improving the user experience and increasing functionalities for imports from countries outside the EU.</p><p> </p><p>IPAFFS is currently available for businesses to register and begin familiarising themselves with the system. Businesses importing goods from outside the EU are able to use the system from Day 1. IPAFFS replicates the same functionality as the Trade Control and Expert System (TRACES) currently used by importers to notify authorities about imports of animal products, high-risk food and feed from non-EU countries.</p><p> </p><p>For an interim period, businesses importing goods from the EU will follow a separate process whilst this functionality is built into IPAFFS.</p><p> </p><p>As part of our programme’s nationwide business readiness activities we have been engaging with businesses, stakeholders and users of IPAFFS (including Port Health Authorities) to ensure they can familiarise themselves with the system ahead of 31 October.</p><p> </p><p>The current IPAFFS contingency process is mostly unchanged from the one proposed for the previous departure date in March and follows a similar process to that used by TRACES if it were to stop working today. The National Clearance Hub has accepted the contingency as workable.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 29/10/2019 12:19:35 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1405 label Biography information for Mark Field

1150389

registered interest
date	17/10/2019
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	Animal Feed and Food: Imports
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 UK ports will be required to undertake sanitary and phytosanitary controls of high-risk food and feed from the EU in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a withdrawal agreement; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Cities of London and Westminster
tabling member printed	Mark Field
uin	1601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2019 answer text <p>The process for importing feed and food from the EU to the UK will not change after Brexit. There will be no additional controls or checks. Full guidance has been published on Gov.uk and this includes new arrangements for the notification only of certain imports.</p><p> </p><p>Options for a new, long term imports regime for animals and animal products are under consideration. The sanitary and phytosanitary conditions for trade between the UK and the EU will also be a matter for negotiation as part of our Future Relationship with the EU.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 29/10/2019 11:46:22 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1405 label Biography information for Mark Field

1150424

registered interest
date	17/10/2019
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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which public appointments she is responsible for.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	1573
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2019 answer text <p>The public appointments that the department is responsible for making are set out in the Schedule to the Public Appointments Order in Council 2019. <a href="https://publicappointments.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/2019-Public-Appointments-Order-In-Council.pdf" target="_blank">https://publicappointments.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/2019-Public-Appointments-Order-In-Council.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 29/10/2019 11:33:24 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett