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917345

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date	05/06/2018
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	Litter
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 progress has been made on implementing the 36 tasks in the Litter Strategy for England, published in April 2017.
tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
tabling member printed	Laura Smith
uin	150233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2018 answer text <p>We have made good progress in delivering the actions set out in the Litter Strategy, including bringing into force new Regulations to improve local authority enforcement powers, launching the Litter Innovation Fund, and consulting on improved guidance on enforcement.</p><p> </p><p>We have committed to reporting annually to Parliament on our progress with the actions set out in the Strategy: the first report is in preparation and will be published shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 13/06/2018 10:41:56 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4648 label Biography information for Laura Smith

917422

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
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	Forests
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 prevent deforestation in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	149985
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2018 answer text <p>As forestry is a devolved matter this answer relates to England only.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to accelerating new woodland planting and has a number of manifesto commitments to support afforestation in England, including the planting of eleven million trees and a further one million trees in our towns and cities by 2022.</p><p> </p><p>The Government also has a number of schemes to support afforestation including the Woodland Creation Grant under Countryside Stewardship, the Woodland Carbon Fund, and the Woodland Creation Planning Grant.</p><p> </p><p>In January the Prime Minister announced through the 25 Year Environment Plan the support of the new Northern Forest, which will see 50 million trees planted by 2042.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 18/06/2018 11:15:23 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

917466

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
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	Plastics: Waste
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 review the packaging recovery note system to reduce the export of (a) plastic and (b) other waste.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	150083
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2018 answer text <p>We have committed to exploring changes to the packaging producer responsibility scheme. This will look at all aspects of the regime, including mechanisms to incentivise better design, encourage the use of recycled material and make better use of materials at the end of life.</p><p> </p><p>More detail will be announced in the Resources and Waste Strategy, which will be published later this year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley grouped question UIN 150084 question first answered 13/06/2018 10:29:24 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

917640

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
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	Dartford-Thurrock Crossing: 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, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of air pollution on the southern approach to the Dartford Crossing.
tabling member constituency	Dartford
tabling member printed	Gareth Johnson
uin	150011
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2018 answer text <p>We model air pollution along the A282 which includes the southern approach to the Dartford Crossing. Our 2017 UK plan for tackling roadside nitrogen dioxide (NO<sub>2</sub>) concentrations was informed by our modelling which uses the latest available evidence, which indicates that all modelled sections of the A282 were compliant by 2017.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 13/06/2018 16:23:13 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	3970 label Biography information for Gareth Johnson