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1052213

registered interest
date	31/01/2019
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	Meat: 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, whether promoting the export of meat from non-stunned animals (a) requires a specific derogation and (b) must clearly state that it is only for consumption by religious communities.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	215076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>Domestic legislation enables religious slaughter to be undertaken here by Muslims and Jews for the consumption by Muslims and Jews. Neither European nor domestic legislation requires specific additional approvals to be granted, or derogations to be secured, in respect of the export of meat from non-stunned animals.</p><p> </p><p>There are no domestic or European Regulations that require the labelling of Halal or Kosher meat, but where any information of this nature is provided, it must be accurate and must not be misleading to the consumer.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 05/02/2019 10:46:33 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1051349

registered interest
date	30/01/2019
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	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, how many holdings were tested for bovine tuberculosis using interferon gamma testing; how many animals were tested in each of those holdings using interferon gamma tests; and of those animals tested, how many tested positive in each county of England in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	214456
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>The number of holdings in English counties that were subject to interferon gamma testing is set out in the attached table. This includes the number of animals that were tested and the number of samples that were positive.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 04/02/2019 16:37:28 question first ministerially corrected 07/02/2019 10:22:17 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice attachment 1 file name Gamma testing - all counties.docx title Gamma testing data for England previous answer version 99444 answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice attachment 1 file name PQ 214456 - Gamma testing - all counties.docx title Gamma testing - all counties
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1050060

registered interest
date	29/01/2019
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	Incinerators
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 he made an assessment of the implications for his policies of the results of the study entitled Characterisation of elemental in PM2.5 in a medium sized Swedish city dominated by a modern waste incinerator plant published in X-Ray Spectrometry in 2006 which showed that between 17 per cent and 32 per cent of PM2.5 emissions landed within 1km of the site.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	213204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2019 answer text <p>No such assessment has been made.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 01/02/2019 13:37:51 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1050414

registered interest
date	29/01/2019
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	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, for what reasons the Clean Air Strategy 2018 does not discuss PM1 and PM0.1; and what evidence his Department has on the safety to human health of (a) those particles and (b) urban air quality.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	213914
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>The Clean Air Strategy 2019 sets out our proposals for meeting our legally binding emissions ceilings for five key pollutants – fine particulate matter (PM<sub>2.5</sub>), nitrogen oxides (NO<sub>x</sub>), sulphur dioxide (SO<sub>2</sub>), ammonia (NH<sub>3</sub>) and non-methane volatile organic compounds.</p><p> </p><p>The pollutant with the strongest evidence for impacts on human health is PM<sub>2.5</sub>. Many of the sources of PM<sub>2.5</sub> are also responsible for PM<sub>1</sub> and PM<sub>0.1</sub>, and so our actions to reduce emissions of fine particulate matter will have positive benefits for the emissions of even smaller particles. The other four pollutants also often undergo chemical reactions in the air, becoming PM<sub>1</sub> or PM<sub>0.1</sub> particles. The reductions in the emissions of these pollutants will result in less pollution to undergo these reactions, and therefore fewer PM<sub>1</sub> or PM<sub>0.1</sub> particles formed in the air.</p><p> </p><p>a) While we have not made an assessment of the impact on health of PM<sub>1</sub>, the independent Air Quality Expert Group published a report into PM<sub>0.1</sub> particles (known as ultrafine particulate matter) which is available on Defra’s UK-AIR website.</p><p> </p><p>b) Defra does not report on the health effects of urban air quality specifically, but we do carry out assessments of air quality nationally. The quality of our air is improving nationwide, with lower emissions and lower concentrations, and much of the decrease in emissions has been in urban areas. Our Clean Air Strategy is emission-source focused, and as urban areas are often where there are most sources, these are the areas that will experience the biggest benefits from the Strategy.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 04/02/2019 17:46:56 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1050415

registered interest
date	29/01/2019
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	Incinerators
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 he has made of the effectiveness of filter bags in waste incinerators in safely capturing pollutants (a) PM 0.1 and (b) PM1.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	213915
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>Bag filters are recognised by the European Best Available Techniques (BAT) reference notes (BREF notes) to be one of the best techniques for abating dust emissions from incinerators, where dust means particulate matter of all sizes, including PM<sub>1.0 </sub>and PM<sub>0.1</sub>. This is reflected in both the current BREF note for Waste Incineration, and the final draft of the new BREF note which is due to be published later this year.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to a requirement to use BAT to abate their dust emissions, operators of all incinerators are required to carry out air quality modelling as part of their application for an environmental permit, which is then checked and assessed by the Environment Agency to ensure that the plant will not have an unacceptable impact on the environment or human health. This includes modelling to determine the highest concentration of ground-level PM<sub>10</sub> and PM<sub>2.5 </sub>concentrations. PM<sub>10</sub> means all particulate matter with a diameter of 10 micrometres (μm) or less, and PM<sub>2.5 </sub>means 2.5 μm or less. Therefore both PM<sub>10</sub> and PM<sub>2.5 </sub>include PM<sub>1</sub> and PM<sub>0.1</sub>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 04/02/2019 17:26:19 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1050004

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
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	Invasive Non-native Species (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
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 the draft Invasive Non-native Species (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (a) makes policy changes, (b) will lead to a change in operational delivery, (c) will impose additional costs on (i) business, (ii) individuals, or (iii) the public sector, (d) makes changes to primary legislation, (e) will result in any additional environmental impacts compared with the legislation being amended or replaced, and (f) is only required in the event the UK leaves the EU with no deal.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	213194
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>The Invasive Non-native Species (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 were considered by the Delegated Legislation Committee on 29 January.</p><p> </p><p>a) No.</p><p>b) No.</p><p>c) i) No.</p><p>ii) No</p><p>iii) The costs on the public sector will be low.</p><p>d) A minor amendment is made to Section 11 of the Destructive Imported Animals Act 1932.</p><p>e) No.</p><p>f) No. This instrument is needed when the UK leaves the EU: it will be deferred to the end of an implementation period if no longer needed on 29 March 2019.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 31/01/2019 16:42:28 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1050005

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
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	Fisheries (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
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 the draft Fisheries (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (a) makes policy changes, (b) will lead to a change in operational delivery, (c) will impose additional costs on (i) business, (ii) individuals, or (iii) the public sector, (d) makes changes to primary legislation, (e) will result in any additional environmental impacts compared with the legislation being amended or replaced, and (f) is only required in the event the UK leaves the EU with no deal.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	213195
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>The published Explanatory Memorandum to this statutory instrument provides the information requested. To summarise, the instrument only contains simple and technical changes to pieces of domestic fisheries legislation to ensure they operate correctly after EU withdrawal.</p><p> </p><p>This means that it:</p><p> </p><p>(a) Does not make changes to policy;</p><p> </p><p>(b) Will not lead to a change in operational delivery;</p><p> </p><p>(c) Will not impose any additional costs (as there are no changes to what businesses, individuals or the public sector will have to do under the regulations);</p><p> </p><p>(d) Makes minor technical corrections to the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967, the Fisheries Act 1981 and the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009, in order to give effect to EU measures forming part of the CFP; and</p><p> </p><p>(e) Will not result in any additional environmental impacts.</p><p> </p><p>This statutory instrument will be required on EU withdrawal, but if there is an implementation period we expect to defer, revoke or amend the SI in time for the end of that period.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 31/01/2019 11:42:47 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1050041

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
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	African Swine Fever
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 he has made contingency plans for an outbreak of African swine flu in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	213196
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>Defra has robust contingency plans in place for dealing with outbreaks of exotic notifiable disease, including African swine fever, and these are regularly tested.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/contingency-plan-for-exotic-notifiable-diseases-of-animals-in-england" target="_blank">Contingency plan for exotic notifiable diseases of animals in England 2018</a> is published and describes how government and operational partners prepare for and respond to an exotic notifiable disease outbreak or incident.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Disease Control Strategy for African and Classical Swine Fever in Great Britain is published on GOV.UK and describes the actions that would be taken in the event of an outbreak of African swine fever.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 04/02/2019 11:21:19 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1050219

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
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	Government Departments: Rural Areas
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 Departments have submitted rural proofing reports to his Department in each of the last three years for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	213207
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>In the Government’s response to the House of Lords’ report on the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act, the Government reiterated its commitment to rural proofing policies from the earliest stages across all departments.</p><p> </p><p>There is a continuous dialogue between Defra and other Government Departments on rural proofing policies.</p><p> </p><p>There is no requirement for departments to submit rural proofing reports to Defra and none have been submitted.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 213208 question first answered 31/01/2019 14:07:56 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1050220

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Rural Areas
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 staff of his Department are responsible for overseeing rural proofing reports submitted to his Department.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	213208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>In the Government’s response to the House of Lords’ report on the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act, the Government reiterated its commitment to rural proofing policies from the earliest stages across all departments.</p><p> </p><p>There is a continuous dialogue between Defra and other Government Departments on rural proofing policies.</p><p> </p><p>There is no requirement for departments to submit rural proofing reports to Defra and none have been submitted.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 213207 question first answered 31/01/2019 14:07:56 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew