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600632

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date	12/10/2016
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: Antibiotics
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 the Government has made of the public health danger posed by the use of antibiotics for agricultural purposes.
tabling member constituency	Belfast South
tabling member printed	Dr Alasdair McDonnell
uin	48312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>Representatives from Defra sit on the European Medicines Agency’s ad hoc Antimicrobial Expert Group (AMEG). The group is comprised of experts on human and animal health.</p><p> </p><p>In 2013, AMEG assessed the risk posed to human health by the use of antibiotics in veterinary medicine. Their assessment was revised in 2016 following the discovery of bacteria resistant to colistin, a last resort antibiotic in human medicine. They recommended that colistin was classified as a critically important antibiotic to human health and called for a reduction of its use in veterinary medicine.</p><p> </p><p>AMEG will continue to assess emerging evidence and bring recommendations where necessary.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 17/10/2016 17:01:10 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1596 label Biography information for Dr Alasdair McDonnell

600633

registered interest
date	12/10/2016
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	Livestock: Antibiotics
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 minimise the use of antibiotics in livestock management.
tabling member constituency	Belfast South
tabling member printed	Dr Alasdair McDonnell
uin	48313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>On 16 September 2016 the Government published its response to the final report and recommendations of the Independent Review on Antimicrobial Resistance.</p><p> </p><p>The response includes clear commitments to reducing the need for antibiotics in livestock. We have committed to work closely with different individual sectors to ensure that appropriate sector specific reduction targets are agreed by 2017. This will ensure that future reductions are greatest where there is most scope, and that they are underpinned by improvements which focus on encouraging best practice and responsible use of antibiotics.</p><p> </p><p>This work aligns with the actions already set out in the Government’s Five-Year Antimicrobial Resistance Strategy, including improving the stewardship of existing antibiotics, improving infection prevention and control and optimising prescribing practice.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 17/10/2016 17:02:05 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1596 label Biography information for Dr Alasdair McDonnell

600634

registered interest
date	12/10/2016
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	Farming Regulation Task Force
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 recommendations from the report of the independent farming regulation task force on better regulation in farming and food businesses have been implemented since that report was published in May 2011.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	48384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>The Government (Defra, the Department for Transport, Food Standards Agency and the Home Office) accepted 137 of more than 200 recommendations made by the Farming Regulation Task Force in 2011.</p><p> </p><p>The Farming Regulation Task Force Implementation Group published a final assessment of our delivery in April 2014 in which they concluded that we had completed or made progress against the vast majority of the accepted recommendations. The remaining 27 recommendations are currently being reviewed as part of the ‘Cutting Red Tape: Review of the Information managements in the Agricultural Sector’. A report on the findings of this review will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 17/10/2016 17:03:06 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

599440

registered interest
date	11/10/2016
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	Rice: Industry
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 she has made of the potential implications of UK withdrawal from the EU for the rice milling industry.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Riverside
tabling member printed	Mrs Louise Ellman
uin	48046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>We are preparing for negotiations to exit the EU. As part of these preparations, we will consider future global trading relationships and the impacts on different agricultural sectors</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 17/10/2016 17:03:11 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	484 label Biography information for Dame Louise Ellman

599678

registered interest
date	11/10/2016
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: UK Trade with EU
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 her Department has made of the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU on the export of meat from the UK to other EU member states.
tabling member constituency	Clwyd South
tabling member printed	Susan Elan Jones
uin	48206
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>Defra is assessing impacts on the meat sector from EU Exit and is committed to ensuring continued access to vital markets in Europe on the basis of the UK’s high standards of welfare and animal health. In addition, good progress is being made in extending access to international markets such as China, USA and Japan.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 17/10/2016 17:01:43 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	3956 label Biography information for Susan Elan Jones

598235

registered interest
date	10/10/2016
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	Water: Exclusive Economic Zone
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 her Department has to reform management of the waters in the UK's Exclusive Economic Zone.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	47674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2016 answer text <p>Exit from the European Union presents us with an opportunity to improve the way waters in the UK’s Exclusive Economic Zone are managed. No decisions have yet been taken, although the Government remains committed to sustainable fisheries and eliminating discards, as set out in its manifesto.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 13/10/2016 16:06:54 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

598236

registered interest
date	10/10/2016
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	Environmental 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 make it her policy to maintain or enhance the UK's environmental protection standards following an exit from the EU.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	47784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2016 answer text <p>We remain fully committed to delivering our manifesto commitment to be the first generation to leave the natural environment of England in a better state than we found it. We are developing a 25 Year Environment Plan to deliver this.</p><p> </p><p>Earlier this month, the Prime Minister announced our plans for a Repeal Bill that will convert current EU law into domestic British law. This will give consumers, workers and businesses as much certainty as possible by maintaining the existing laws wherever practicable and desirable. Any future changes in the law will be subject to full scrutiny and proper Parliamentary debate. The decision to leave the EU means we now have a unique opportunity, in future, to design a set of policies tailored to the needs of the UK, its species and habitats.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 13/10/2016 11:19:15 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

598372

registered interest
date	10/10/2016
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	Goats: Milk
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 plans to negotiate with the Chinese government to seek concessions for UK companies affected by the recent decision of the Chinese General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine to delay an update to the UK Health Certificate to allow UK exports of goat milk products.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	47653
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs and the British Embassy in Beijing are working closely with the Chinese Authorities to take forward these negotiations and review options for accelerating progress on an ongoing basis.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 13/10/2016 16:01:39 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

598407

registered interest
date	10/10/2016
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: Employment
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 she has made of the implications of the outcome of the EU referendum for future employment levels in the agricultural sector.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	47895
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2016 answer text <p>The Government has manifesto commitments to develop a 25 year plan to grow more and sell more British food and to treble the number of apprentices in food and farming. These commitments are unaffected by the EU referendum result.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 13/10/2016 16:35:12 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

600885

registered interest
date	10/10/2016
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	Food: Trade Promotion
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 she has made of the effectiveness of the Great British Food Unit in opening up new markets for British food and drink exports.
tabling member constituency	Colchester
tabling member printed	Will Quince
uin	906553
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2016 answer text <p>In the last year, the Great British Food Unit has opened 24 new export markets and secured improved conditions for an additional 14 markets. It has supported UK companies around the world to secure new exports worth hundreds of millions of pounds. In addition, we have made good progress opening the US and Japanese markets to British beef and lamb.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 13/10/2016 16:49:03 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4423 label Biography information for Will Quince