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1608932

registered interest
date	30/03/2023
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	Deposit Return Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on new deposit return schemes in England.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	904416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government recently published its response to the 2021 consultation on introducing a Deposit Return Scheme for drinks containers in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. The Deposit Return Scheme will launch in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland from 1 October 2025. Cabinet discusses a range of issues and those discussions are confidential.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 30/03/2023 11:52:19 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1608933

registered interest
date	30/03/2023
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	Flood Control: North Devon
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps her Department has taken to reduce storm overflows in North Devon constituency.
tabling member constituency	North Devon
tabling member printed	Selaine Saxby
uin	904418
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2023 answer text <p>We are requiring water companies to deliver their largest ever infrastructure investment worth £56 billion over 25 years. South West Water are now required to undertake improvements to storm overflows in your constituency for example by increasing capacity of storm storage. I have also asked every water and sewerage company in the country to provide an action plan for every storm overflow, including South West Water.</p><p> </p><p>We are driving increases in monitoring across the country with coverage increasing from 7% in 2010 under Labour to around 90% today, and 100% by the end of this year.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 30/03/2023 11:51:08 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4863 label Biography information for Selaine Saxby

1608166

registered interest
date	28/03/2023
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 steps the Government is taking to reduce litter in (a) Watford constituency and (b) nationally.
tabling member constituency	Watford
tabling member printed	Dean Russell
uin	175687
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2023 answer text <p>Our new Anti-social Behaviour Action Plan sets out how we will support councils to take tougher action against those who litter. This includes significantly raising the upper limit on fixed penalty notices from £150 to £500, and measures to help councils issue more penalties.</p><p> </p><p>Our Litter Strategy for England sets out our aim to deliver a substantial reduction in litter and littering within a generation. It contains a number of commitments and progress reports are available at: <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Flitter-strategy-for-england-progress-reports&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cpqtransfers%40defra.gov.uk%7C64cf9ba0c8f34444355f08db3066d71e%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638156990468520681%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=kqRhZVgbYo%2BKXpCuEPYDBfp5rX5PppSw2KGlTChA5ok%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/litter-strategy-for-england-progress-reports</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Since publishing the Litter Strategy, we have published guidance on the provision of litter bins and provided nearly £1 million across 44 councils to help councils purchase new bins. Watford Borough Council were one of the recipients of this grant funding.</p><p> </p><p>We have also announced our plans for a Deposit Return Scheme for drinking containers. We estimate that where the rate of return reaches 90% in year 3 of the scheme there will be an equivalent 90% reduction of in-scope containers discarded as litter.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 04/04/2023 11:23:12 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell

1608175

registered interest
date	28/03/2023
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	Cats and Dogs: Tagging
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 in analysing the responses to the Consultation on cat and dog microchipping legislation in England.
tabling member constituency	Watford
tabling member printed	Dean Russell
uin	175696
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2023 answer text <p>We will shortly issue the summary of responses and the Government’s response to the ‘Consultation on cat and dog microchipping legislation in England’ which was launched in Spring 2022.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 31/03/2023 08:34:33 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell

1608179

registered interest
date	28/03/2023
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	Canaries: Transport
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 canaries can be transported without paperwork between Northern Ireland and mainland Britain and the return journey.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Paula Barker
uin	175699
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2023 answer text <p>Owners should continue to follow existing arrangements with regards to the movement of canaries.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 05/04/2023 12:55:14 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker

1608201

registered interest
date	28/03/2023
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	Pesticides
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 her Department plans to publish the National Action Plan for the Sustainable Use of Pesticides.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	175562
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2023 answer text <p>We will publish the updated National Action Plan for the Sustainable Use of Pesticides in 2023.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 03/04/2023 13:42:39 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1608237

registered interest
date	28/03/2023
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	Labour Shortages in the Food Supply Chain Independent Review
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 she plans to publish the findings of the independent review into labour shortages in the food supply chain.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Holly Mumby-Croft
uin	175713
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2023 answer text <p>The Government has commissioned an independent review that will consider how automation, domestic labour and migrant labour can contribute to tackling labour shortages in the food supply chain. The review will focus on farming, processing, and food and drink manufacturing as sectors that are critical for food production and food security. The final report will be published by summer 2023 and the Government response will follow thereafter.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 03/04/2023 13:37:12 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4867 label Biography information for Holly Mumby-Croft

1608240

registered interest
date	28/03/2023
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 Abstraction: Teddington
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 adequacy of water abstraction plans by Thames Water at Teddington.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
uin	175584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2023 answer text <p>Teddington Direct River Abstraction is a water recycling scheme considered in Thames Water’s draft Water Resources Management Plan 2024 (dWRMP24) and Water Resources South East’s (WRSE) Regional Plan as a supply option for 2030/31.</p><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency has scrutinised WRSE’s plan and has responded to Thames Water’s dWRMP24. Any scheme developed will have to meet environmental requirements, and where possible enhancements. The scheme will need environmental permits that the Environment Agency regulate, and planning consents where the Environment Agency is a statutory consultee.</p><p> </p><p>The scheme is being developed through the ‘Regulators Alliance for Progressing Infrastructure Delivery’ (RAPID) gated process and has undergone environmental assessment largely meeting the Regulators’ expectations for Gate 2. Risks have been identified in the Gate 2 submission. There is a risk to scheme feasibility if environmental impacts cannot be mitigated. The Environment Agency has asked Thames Water to undertake further investigations and studies to address these risks by 31 August 2023.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 04/04/2023 11:10:21 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1608284

registered interest
date	28/03/2023
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	Convention on Biological Diversity
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 16 March 2023 to Question 164001 on the Convention on Biological Diversity, when her Department plans to publish the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan to bring it into line with the new Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework agreed at COP16.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	175732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2023 answer text <p>At COP15 all Parties committed to reviewing and updating their National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plans to bring them into line with the new Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework by COP16 in 2024. The UK will honour this commitment and will publish the relevant documentation ahead of the next meeting of the COP.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 05/04/2023 12:44:55 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1608343

registered interest
date	28/03/2023
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	Convention on Biological Diversity
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 she has made on Target 14 of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	175751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2023 answer text <p>The package agreed at COP15, including the Kunming Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, represents a historic step forward towards addressing the biodiversity crisis.</p><p> </p><p>Internationally, the UK has committed in our latest International Development Strategy to taking steps to ensure our bilateral Official Development Assistance becomes ‘nature positive’ in alignment with the Framework.</p><p> </p><p>To help drive action by businesses, the UK Government supports the market-led Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) initiative, which is on track to launch a clear, user-friendly risk management and reporting framework on nature-related impacts, dependencies, and risks by September 2023. The TNFD will support the realignment of financial flows towards nature-positive outcomes by integrating biodiversity into economic decision-making.</p><p> </p><p>In England, we have set four legally binding targets for biodiversity: to halt the decline in species abundance by 2030; then to reverse declines by 2042; to reduce the risk of species extinction by 2042; and restore or create more than 500,000 hectares of wildlife-rich habitat, also by 2042. We have set out our plan to deliver on these ambitious targets, along with our other environmental targets, in the revised Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP23) published 31 January 2023.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 04/04/2023 11:17:34 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford