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1041575

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date	15/01/2019
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	Immigration Controls: Ports
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 ports with regular ferry services to the UK he plans to designate as EU Border Inspection Posts by 29 March 2019.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	208742
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>Border Inspection Posts (BIPs) are commercial ventures set up by ports and airports which are inspected and approved for operation by the relevant Competent Authority and the Commission. Any BIPs at ports with regular ferry services to the UK would be approved by the Competent Authority of that EU Member State, not the Secretary of State.</p><p>As explained in the Technical Notice on <em>“Importing animals and animal products if there’s no Brexit deal”, </em>consignments originating in the EU will not initially be required to enter the UK through a BIP. For this reason we are not anticipating a significant increase in demand for BIPs at UK ports receiving ferries coming from the EU and have not received any applications for approvals of new BIPs.</p><p>A full list of current BIP facilities across the EU can be found here: <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/food/animals/vet-border-control/bip-contacts_en" target="_blank">https://ec.europa.eu/food/animals/vet-border-control/bip-contacts_en</a></p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 21/01/2019 16:26:39 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1041608

registered interest
date	15/01/2019
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 Welfare: Sentencing
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 he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to introduce maximum five-year sentences for the worst cases of animal cruelty.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	208811
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government will introduce the necessary legislation to increase the maximum penalty for animal cruelty from 6 months’ imprisonment to 5 years’ imprisonment, as soon as Parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 22/01/2019 13:24:46 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1041671

registered interest
date	15/01/2019
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	Recycling: 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, pursuant to the Answer of 19 November 2018 to Question 190926 on Recycling: EU Law, if he will publish the (a) timetable (b) scope of the proposed consultation on the implementation of the 2018 EU Circular Economy Package.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	208895
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>The government will be consulting during 2019 on many of the measures connected to the Circular Economy Package and our Resources and Waste Strategy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 21/01/2019 11:55:11 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1041672

registered interest
date	15/01/2019
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	Environment Protection: 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 plans his Department has to ensure that environmental regulations remain equal to those set by the EU after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	208896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government has been clear that we will not only maintain but enhance environmental standards as we leave the EU.</p><p> </p><p>The EU Withdrawal Act 2018 will ensure existing EU environmental law continues to operate in UK law once we have left the EU.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The UK Government and devolved administrations will amend current legislation to correct references to EU legislation, transfer powers from EU institutions to domestic institutions and ensure we meet international agreement obligations.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The UK Government will then have the opportunity, over time and with Parliamentary scrutiny, to ensure the legislative framework for England (and environmental matters that are not devolved) delivers high regulatory standards for the environment and our aim to be the first generation to leave the natural environment in a better state than we inherited it.</p><p> </p><p>New primary legislation beyond the EU Withdrawal Act will be required to implement new policies or institutional arrangements that go beyond replicating current EU arrangements in UK law. Any future regulatory alignment with EU law will be dependent on the outcome of future negotiations with the EU.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 21/01/2019 10:01:37 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1041673

registered interest
date	15/01/2019
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	Manufacturing Industries: 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 plans his Department has to promote the increased use of (a) recyclable and (b) repairable components in manufacturing.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	208897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>As set out in our recently published Resources and Waste Strategy, we want the UK to be a world leader in resource efficiency. We want to move away from being a ‘throw-away’ society. A crucial part of that is making products last longer by ensuring they can be readily recycled, repaired or reused.</p><p>We are supporting measures in the Ecodesign Directive product regulations to encourage repair and re-use of a range of products and have committed to match or where economically practicable exceed this ambition once we leave the EU. We will use similar mechanisms to the current system to drive change in product standards by gradually removing from the market the least repairable products and demanding a certain level of repairability and looking to cover more product groups than those in the EU Ecodesign Directive.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 21/01/2019 16:34:41 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1041674

registered interest
date	15/01/2019
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	Recycling: 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, what steps his Department is taking to (a) increase recycling to 65 per cent of waste and (b) reduce landfill to 10 per cent of waste in conformity with the 2018 EU Circular Economy Package.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	208898
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>As announced in the Resources and Waste Strategy, the Government will shortly be consulting on measures to increase recycling from households and businesses, reforms to the packaging regulations and the introduction of a deposit return scheme for drinks containers. Together these measures will allow us to achieve 65% recycling by 2035.</p><p> </p><p>The Circular Economy Package target is to achieve 10% or less of municipal waste to landfill by 2035. The above package of measures to increase the quality and quantity of recycling will, together with alternative treatments for residual waste, deliver the reduction we need to see in municipal waste being disposed of to landfill.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 21/01/2019 16:31:29 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1041675

registered interest
date	15/01/2019
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	Electrical Goods: Repairs and Maintenance
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 his Department has to maintain consumer protections in relation to the right to repair of electrical products after the UK has left the EU.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	208899
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>As set out in our recently published Resources and Waste Strategy, we want the UK to be a world leader in resource efficiency. We want to move away from being a ‘throw-away’ society. A crucial part of that is making products last longer by ensuring they can be readily repaired or reused.</p><p> </p><p>We have committed to match or, where economically practicable, exceed the ambition of the EU’s Ecodesign standards in relation to resource efficiency, by looking to legislate to set product standards for other resource intensive product groups over and above those in the EU Ecodesign Directive. We will explore the role that consumer information, as well as guarantees and warranties, can play in ensuring products stay in use longer and maintain their value.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 21/01/2019 12:05:12 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1041701

registered interest
date	15/01/2019
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	Japan: Whales
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 the Government has made to the government of Japan to support the international ban on whaling.
tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
tabling member printed	Bill Wiggin
uin	208785
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>During the Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzō Abe’s, visit to the UK on the 9 January, the Prime Minister expressed her disappointment at Japan’s decision to leave the International Whaling Commission (IWC) and encouraged the Government to reconsider.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 22/01/2019 13:22:53 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

1041731

registered interest
date	15/01/2019
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	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, if the Government will ban live animal exports from UK ports in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Canterbury
tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
uin	208934
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>Our manifesto commitment made clear that we would take early steps to control the export of live farm animals for slaughter once we leave the European Union (EU). We are considering all options in the context of our exit from the EU and as part of our broader commitment to further strengthen animal welfare.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 21/01/2019 16:07:46 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield

1041777

registered interest
date	15/01/2019
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	Gun Sports: Licensing
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 licences to shoot protected wild bird species were issued in each of the last ten years.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	208946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2019 answer text <p>This is a devolved matter and the information refers to England only. The table below shows the number of licences to permit the killing of wild birds for purposes permitted under Section 16 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 issued between 2009 and 2018. These figures include licences to permit shooting, shooting to reinforce scaring, and other methods such as round up and cull as these are all recorded together. Due to a change of IT systems and reporting of data, we are unable to provide reliable, accurate data for 2014.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of licences issued</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>640</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>614</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>719</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>556</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>828</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>UNAVAILABLE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>644</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>738</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>850</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>859</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 23/01/2019 16:19:32 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock