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167478

registered interest
date	02/12/2014
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	Avian Influenza: Yorkshire and the Humber
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 reports she has received on the outbreak of H5N8 avian flu in Yorkshire.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	216872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>The Secretary of State receives daily updates on the outbreak of avian flu in East Ridings, Yorkshire.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As at 3 December 2014, the number of confirmed cases remains at one and Defra continues to take robust action to control this outbreak and to prevent a further spread of the disease.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 05/12/2014 14:01:07 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

167481

registered interest
date	02/12/2014
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	Bees
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 her Department is taking to tackle the bee disease foulbrood.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	216754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>The Healthy Bee Plan sets out the Government’s approach to tackling our highest risks to bee health, which includes foulbrood. It is published at <a href="http://www.nationalbeeunit.com/index.cfm?sectionid=41" target="_blank">http://www.nationalbeeunit.com/index.cfm?sectionid=41</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The National Bee Unit has an extensive risk-based surveillance programme in place to check for bee pests and diseases, including American and European foulbrood. The programme targets apiaries that are at a higher risk of disease. Both American foulbrood and European foulbrood are notifiable. Where a case of European foulbrood is identified, the colony is destroyed or treated. For American foulbrood, the colony is destroyed and the hive boxes are sterilised. After treatment, beekeepers are not allowed to move bees from their apiary until a Bee Inspector has visited and confirmed the apiary is free of foulbrood.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government is working with beekeeping associations to deliver guidance, advice and training on American foulbrood and European foulbrood prevention measures (such as biosecurity and barrier management), good husbandry and disease recognition. We are also working with professional bee farmers to establish an accreditation scheme which allows beekeepers with the appropriate training and practices to take greater responsibility for identification and control of foulbrood in their hives.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>One of the projects funded under the Insect Pollinators Initiative developed modelling systems for managing bee disease by studying the epidemiology of European foulbrood. The final report for this project was recently submitted. Defra has previously funded research on European foulbrood, including the shook swarm method for managing European foulbrood. Final reports are available for these projects.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 05/12/2014 14:00:31 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

167482

registered interest
date	02/12/2014
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	Farms: Waste Disposal
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 she is taking to ensure that green waste disposed on farmland does not contain plastic bags and other non-biodegradable material.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	216750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>The Environment Agency regulates the recovery and disposal of green waste on farmland through a system of environmental permits or registered exemptions issued under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010. The permit stipulates the types and quantities of waste that may be handled and imposes other conditions in order to protect human health and the environment.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Quality Protocols, supported by Publicly Available Standards such as those for compost (PAS 100) and the digestate from anaerobic digestion (PAS 110) are also in place. If these standards are met, the output is considered to be completely recycled and is no longer subject to waste management controls. These specifications allow only ‘source-segregated biodegradable’ inputs and this includes biodegradable garden and kitchen wastes collected from households. PAS 100 specifications include stringent limits on physical contaminants - such as metal, plastic and glass - that can be present in the finished composts.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 05/12/2014 13:58:52 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

167013

registered interest
date	01/12/2014
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	Dairy Farming
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 she is taking to reduce price volatility in the dairy industry; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	216514
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text <p>I had a constructive discussion on the prospects for introducing futures markets for skimmed milk powder at the Dairy Supply Chain Forum on 19 November. Members are exploring how this could be achieved and the NFU will report on progress in the New Year.</p><p>Through the joint Defra/industry Farming Resilience Group, which I chair, we are also considering the potential for the use of futures markets to manage volatility and risk. The next meeting will take place in January 2015.</p><p>On its website, DairyCo provides domestic dairy farmers with a range of educational materials and guidance on futures markets and other forms of price risk management.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 04/12/2014 11:16:17 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

167020

registered interest
date	01/12/2014
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	Milk: Prices
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 her estimate is of the (a) Actual Milk Price Equivalent and (b) Intervention Milk Price Equivalent for the first quarter of 2015.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	216503
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text <p>The Actual Milk Price Equivalent and Intervention of Milk Price Equivalent indicators capture historic market trends and cannot be used to estimate future prices.</p><p>The EU Milk Market Observatory (MMO) provides a range of information on price trends and short-term analysis. Intervention prices for skimmed milk powder and butter are set out in EU Regulation 1370/2013.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 04/12/2014 16:44:52 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

167023

registered interest
date	01/12/2014
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	Dairy Products: Marketing
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 much her Department spent on marketing support for (a) milk and (b) other dairy products in financial years (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13 and (iv) 2013-14; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	216512
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text <p>The Government offers no direct financial support to marketing of milk and other dairy products. The industry is doing its own work on promoting milk consumption across all age groups through campaigns such as “Make Mine Milk” which is part funded by the EU.</p><p>DairyCo is the levy funded body for the dairy sector. Their total annual budget is approximately £8m and £500,000 of this is spent on marketing development.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 04/12/2014 17:05:25 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

166733

registered interest
date	28/11/2014
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	Bivalve Molluscs: Non-native Species
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 the Contingency Invasive Species Action Plan for the Quagga mussel will be published and considered for implementation.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	216378
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text <p>A Contingency Invasive Species Action Plan was being developed prior to the arrival of the quagga mussel in Great Britain. However, once the mussel was detected, immediate contingency measures were considered and put in place. These included communicating its presence to water sport users and Thames Water to help prevent further spread of the species via the ‘Check, Clean, Dry ‘campaign. All involved have been working constructively together. The Environment Agency continues to monitor for further quagga mussel populations. The development of an Invasive Species Action Plan to manage this and other similar species will now be considered for development.</p><p><br></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 04/12/2014 11:01:50 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

166734

registered interest
date	28/11/2014
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	Inspections
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 options for improved efficiency, burden reduction and information and intelligence sharing under the (a) Disease Surveillance - Tuberculosis, (b) Disease Surveillance - Brucellosis (Sheep and Goats), (c) Disease Surveillance - Salmonella National Control Plan, (d) Disease Surveillance - Avian Influenza, (e) Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) Inspection, (f) Animal Health and Welfare Cross Compliance Inspection, (g) Poultry Meat Marketing Terms Inspection, (h) Veterinary Medicine Residue Inspection, (i) Welfare on Farms (WOFAR) Inspection, (j) Egg Marketing Inspection, (k) Egg Hygiene Inspection, (l) National Feed Audit Inspection, (m) EFUs and other Tuberculosis-Related Inspection, (n) Animal By-Products Incinerators Inspection, (o) Imported Animals Inspection, (p) Animal Gatherings Inspection, (q) Plant Health and Seed Control - Surveillance, (r) Plant Health and Seed Control - Export Certification, (s) Control of Notifiable Pests and Diseases in Honeybees, (t) Inspections for Environmental Protection - Planned, (u) Inspections for Environmental Protection - Responsive, (v) Permit Inspection for Intensive and Poultry Farms, (w) Inspection for Water Resource Protection, (x) Dairy Hygiene Inspection, (y) Local Authority Farm Inspection - Planned, (z) Local Authority Farm Inspection - Responsive, (aa) Integrated Site Assessment (SSSI and HLS), (bb) Wildlife Licensing Inspection, (cc) Animal Poisoning Inspection, (dd) Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Inspection, (ee) Injurious Weeds Inspection, (ff) Cross Compliance Inspection, (gg) RDPE Compliance Monitoring Inspection, (hh) Single Payment Scheme Land Eligibility Inspection, (ii) Sheep and Goat (SAG) Identification Inspection, (jj) Cattle Identification Inspection, (kk) Veterinary Medicines Regulations Inspections, (ll) Felling Licence Inspections, (mm) Checks for Illegal Tree Felling, (nn) EIA for Forestry Projects: Pre-Approval and Compliance Visits, (oo) SPHN: Farm Visits for Phytopthora spp., (pp) Checks for Chalara Infection, (qq) Grant Inspections - Title I and Title I Ex-Post, (rr) Grant Inspections Title II and (ss) Aquaculture Production Business Inspection inspection regimes.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	216443
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2014 answer text <p>Under the Government’s Red Tape Challenge Defra undertook to develop a more targeted approach to farm inspections. The aims are to reduce the burden of inspections on farmers with a good track record of compliance and to ensure that farm inspections are carried out as efficiently as possible whilst maintaining animal health and welfare, food safety and environmental standards. Changes under consideration include combining more inspections, allowing more farmers to benefit from “earned recognition” and improving the planning and co-ordination of inspections by regulators. An announcement will be made early next year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 216444 216445 216446 216447 question first answered 03/12/2014 15:03:08 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

166735

registered interest
date	28/11/2014
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	Inspections
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 her policy is on combining (a) Disease Surveillance - Tuberculosis, (b) Disease Surveillance - Brucellosis (Sheep and Goats), (c) Disease Surveillance - Salmonella National Control Plan, (d) Disease Surveillance - Avian Influenza, (e) Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) Inspection, (f) Animal Health and Welfare Cross Compliance Inspection, (g) Poultry Meat Marketing Terms Inspection, (h) Veterinary Medicine Residue Inspection, (i) Welfare on Farms (WOFAR) Inspection, (j) Egg Marketing Inspection, (k) Egg Hygiene Inspection, (l) National Feed Audit Inspection, (m) EFUs and other Tuberculosis-Related Inspection, (n) Animal By-Products Incinerators Inspection, (o) Imported Animals Inspection, (p) Animal Gatherings Inspection, (q) Plant Health and Seed Control - Surveillance, (r) Plant Health and Seed Control - Export Certification, (s) Control of Notifiable Pests and Diseases in Honeybees, (t) Inspections for Environmental Protection - Planned, (u) Inspections for Environmental Protection - Responsive, (v) Permit Inspection for Intensive and Poultry Farms, (w) Inspection for Water Resource Protection, (x) Dairy Hygiene Inspection, (y) Local Authority Farm Inspection - Planned, (z) Local Authority Farm Inspection - Responsive, (aa) Integrated Site Assessment (SSSI and HLS), (bb) Wildlife Licensing Inspection, (cc) Animal Poisoning Inspection, (dd) Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Inspection, (ee) Injurious Weeds Inspection, (ff) Cross Compliance Inspection, (gg) RDPE Compliance Monitoring Inspection, (hh) Single Payment Scheme Land Eligibility Inspection, (ii) Sheep and Goat (SAG) Identification Inspection, (jj) Cattle Identification Inspection, (kk) Veterinary Medicines Regulations Inspections, (ll) Felling Licence Inspections, (mm) Checks for Illegal Tree Felling, (nn) EIA for Forestry Projects: Pre-Approval and Compliance Visits, (oo) SPHN: Farm Visits for Phytopthora spp., (pp) Checks for Chalara Infection, (qq) Grant Inspections - Title I and Title I Ex-Post, (rr) Grant Inspections Title II and (ss) Aquaculture Production Business Inspection inspections with any others of these inspections.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	216444
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2014 answer text <p>Under the Government’s Red Tape Challenge Defra undertook to develop a more targeted approach to farm inspections. The aims are to reduce the burden of inspections on farmers with a good track record of compliance and to ensure that farm inspections are carried out as efficiently as possible whilst maintaining animal health and welfare, food safety and environmental standards. Changes under consideration include combining more inspections, allowing more farmers to benefit from “earned recognition” and improving the planning and co-ordination of inspections by regulators. An announcement will be made early next year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 216443 216445 216446 216447 question first answered 03/12/2014 15:03:08 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

166736

registered interest
date	28/11/2014
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	Inspections
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 her policy is on implementing improved risk-based selection for the (a) Disease Surveillance - Tuberculosis, (b) Disease Surveillance - Brucellosis (Sheep and Goats), (c) Disease Surveillance - Salmonella National Control Plan, (d) Disease Surveillance - Avian Influenza, (e) Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) Inspection, (f) Animal Health and Welfare Cross Compliance Inspection, (g) Poultry Meat Marketing Terms Inspection, (h) Veterinary Medicine Residue Inspection, (i) Welfare on Farms (WOFAR) Inspection, (j) Egg Marketing Inspection, (k) Egg Hygiene Inspection, (l) National Feed Audit Inspection, (m) EFUs and other Tuberculosis-Related Inspection, (n) Animal By-Products Incinerators Inspection, (o) Imported Animals Inspection, (p) Animal Gatherings Inspection, (q) Plant Health and Seed Control - Surveillance, (r) Plant Health and Seed Control - Export Certification, (s) Control of Notifiable Pests and Diseases in Honeybees, (t) Inspections for Environmental Protection - Planned, (u) Inspections for Environmental Protection - Responsive, (v) Permit Inspection for Intensive and Poultry Farms, (w) Inspection for Water Resource Protection, (x) Dairy Hygiene Inspection, (y) Local Authority Farm Inspection - Planned, (z) Local Authority Farm Inspection - Responsive, (aa) Integrated Site Assessment (SSSI and HLS), (bb) Wildlife Licensing Inspection, (cc) Animal Poisoning Inspection, (dd) Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Inspection, (ee) Injurious Weeds Inspection, (ff) Cross Compliance Inspection, (gg) RDPE Compliance Monitoring Inspection, (hh) Single Payment Scheme Land Eligibility Inspection, (ii) Sheep and Goat (SAG) Identification Inspection, (jj) Cattle Identification Inspection, (kk) Veterinary Medicines Regulations Inspections, (ll) Felling Licence Inspections, (mm) Checks for Illegal Tree Felling, (nn) EIA for Forestry Projects: Pre-Approval and Compliance Visits, (oo) SPHN: Farm Visits for Phytopthora spp., (pp) Checks for Chalara Infection, (qq) Grant Inspections - Title I and Title I Ex-Post, (rr) Grant Inspections Title II and (ss) Aquaculture Production Business Inspection inspection regimes.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	216445
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2014 answer text <p>Under the Government’s Red Tape Challenge Defra undertook to develop a more targeted approach to farm inspections. The aims are to reduce the burden of inspections on farmers with a good track record of compliance and to ensure that farm inspections are carried out as efficiently as possible whilst maintaining animal health and welfare, food safety and environmental standards. Changes under consideration include combining more inspections, allowing more farmers to benefit from “earned recognition” and improving the planning and co-ordination of inspections by regulators. An announcement will be made early next year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 216443 216444 216446 216447 question first answered 03/12/2014 15:03:08 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner