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753632

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
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: Manufacturing Industries
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 3 July 2017 to Question 1825, what financial support he plans to give to companies in the food manufacturing sector to secure jobs in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	5848
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2017 answer text <p>Food and drink is the UK’s largest manufacturing sector employing 400 000 people. The success of the industry is crucial to driving growth across the country.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to support the sector through raising the profile and reputation of British food and drink overseas through the Food is GREAT campaign. Defra and DIT are also opening new markets and supporting exports in priority markets such as China, USA and India. We are opening up public procurement to more SMEs and local producers and funding the Food Innovation Network to help the spread of innovation.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 21/07/2017 16:04:26 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

752469

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the state of the dairy sector in England.
tabling member printed	Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
uin	HL915
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2017 answer text <p>The dairy sector in England is recovering after 2 years of low prices caused largely by global factors. The UK average farm-gate milk price for May 2017 is 26.78 pence per litre, which is 31% higher than the same month in 2016, but a little lower than in March and April. Production in May of 1322 million litres is around the same level as last year.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 24/07/2017 10:36:57 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

752622

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
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	Rowanoak Waste Services: Dudley
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 Environment Agency has met HM Revenue and Customs to discuss the business dealings of the landowners of the site operated by Rowan Oak Waste at Shaw Road in Dudley.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	5394
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2017 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Environment Agency have met Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council Environmental Health and Planning Departments four times between November 2016 and July 2017 to discuss Rowan Oak Waste. At each meeting the Environment Agency have provided the latest information on their action against the clearance of the site and their enforcement action against the operator. The Environment Agency have also discussed and agreed how amenity complaints from the site would be dealt with.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Councillor Steve Waltho and Councillor Ali Shaukat have also attended these meetings. They have taken the information shared back to their local communities to keep them updated.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Environment Agency has spoken with HM Revenue and Customs on this matter. The Environment Agency have provided them with details regarding the criminal investigation into the site. The investigation is ongoing and we cannot, at this stage, provide the details of what information was shared as this could undermine our enforcement action.</ins></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 21/07/2017 12:23:13 question first ministerially corrected 25/07/2017 16:12:03 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey previous answer version 6714 answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

752623

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
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	Rowanoak Waste Services: Dudley
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 Environment Agency has met HM Revenue and Customs to discuss the business dealings of the operators of Rowan Oak Waste site at Shaw Road in Dudley.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	5395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2017 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Environment Agency have met Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council Environmental Health and Planning Departments four times between November 2016 and July 2017 to discuss Rowan Oak Waste. At each meeting the Environment Agency have provided the latest information on their action against the clearance of the site and their enforcement action against the operator. The Environment Agency have also discussed and agreed how amenity complaints from the site would be dealt with.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">Councillor Steve Waltho and Councillor Ali Shaukat have also attended these meetings. They have taken the information shared back to their local communities to keep them updated.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Environment Agency has spoken with HM Revenue and Customs on this matter. The Environment Agency have provided them with details regarding the criminal investigation into the site. The investigation is ongoing and we cannot, at this stage, provide the details of what information was shared as this could undermine our enforcement action.</ins></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 21/07/2017 12:25:39 question first ministerially corrected 25/07/2017 16:11:43 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey previous answer version 6718 answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

752626

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
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	Rowanoak Waste Services: Dudley
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 discussions the Environment Agency has had with West Midlands Police on (a) the site operated by Rowan Oak Waste at Shaw Road in Dudley and (b) Rowan Oak Waste Services Limited.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	5396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2017 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Environment Agency have met Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council Environmental Health and Planning Departments four times between November 2016 and July 2017 to discuss Rowan Oak Waste. At each meeting the Environment Agency have provided the latest information on their action against the clearance of the site and their enforcement action against the operator. The Environment Agency have also discussed and agreed how amenity complaints from the site would be dealt with.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Councillor Steve Waltho and Councillor Ali Shaukat have also attended these meetings. They have taken the information shared back to their local communities to keep them updated.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">We have made all Emergency Services, including West Midlands Police, aware of the site through the West Midlands Local Resilience Forum (WM LRF) meeting. We have advised West Midlands Police that we are undertaking a criminal investigation into the company.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">We have shared information and raised awareness of this site, along with other sites within the West Midlands Conurbation, to all the partners of the WM LRF detailing the high risk of fire from these sites and what action we have taken to reduce this risk. </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">We have separately met with West Midlands Fire Service to ensure that fire risk has been appropriately assessed and a suitable incident response plan has been produced for this site.</ins></p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 21/07/2017 12:26:09 question first ministerially corrected 27/07/2017 14:58:24 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey previous answer version 6722 answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

752629

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
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 Supply
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 discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union on ensuring that there will be no risk to the UK food supply when the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	5130
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>We continue to work across government and with industry to shape the priorities and interests for the UK agri-food sector.</p><p>We want to grow more, sell more and export more British food, supported by the Industrial Strategy. This will allow the food and drink sector to become even more resilient, competitive and profitable. It is our priority to enable an innovative, productive and competitive food supply chain from farm and sea to fork, which invests in people and skills.</p><p>We are prioritising securing the freest trade possible with the EU, including an ambitious and comprehensive trade agreement and a new customs agreement. We work to promote transparency and open global markets internationally, as well as a competitive domestic market to help producers and retailers offer the best prices, quality and choice to consumers.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 20/07/2017 14:25:54 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

752630

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
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 and Food: Migrant Workers
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 discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union on ensuring the availability of migrant workers for the agriculture and food manufacturing sectors when the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	5131
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>Defra Ministers have ongoing discussions with a range of government departments, including the Department for Exiting the European Union, about securing the workforce that the agriculture and food manufacturing industries need for the future.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 20/07/2017 15:21:43 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

752631

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
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: North Sea
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 he will publish the scientific advice used to inform the development of the North Sea Multi Annual Plan.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Angela Smith
uin	5216
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2017 answer text <p>Advice used to inform the development of the proposed North Sea multi-annual plan has been published by the European Commission. This can be viewed at:</p><p><a href="https://ec.europa.eu/info/consultations/multi-annual-plan-north-sea-demersal-fisheries_en" target="_blank">https://ec.europa.eu/info/consultations/multi-annual-plan-north-sea-demersal-fisheries_en</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 21/07/2017 14:27:01 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

752633

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
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	White Fish: North Sea
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 estimate his Department has made of the stock of cod in the North Sea; and what assessment he has made of the sustainability of that stock.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	5230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2017 answer text <p>On June 30<sup>th</sup> 2017, the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) published its latest advice on fishing opportunities in the North Sea and North East Atlantic.</p><p> </p><p>The advice for North Sea cod is encouraging. It recommends an increase of 26.5% in Total Allowable Catch (TAC) for cod to 59,888t for 2018, compared with 47,359t in 2017. The biomass has also increased to above the conservation trigger level (MSY Btrigger) for the first time since 1983. The advice that cod stocks can be fished at Maximum Sustainable Yield in 2018 indicates that stocks are increasingly healthier.</p><p> </p><p>The latest ICES advice is welcome news for our fishing industry which has contributed significantly to the recovery of cod stocks through various initiatives such as catch quota trial schemes. They have been rewarded with a decision by the Marine Stewardship Council to grant MSC certification for North Sea cod.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 21/07/2017 15:53:02 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

752635

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
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	Supermarkets: 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 plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals to (a) prohibit supermarkets from throwing away food that is out of date by one day and (b) require supermarkets to provide such food items to food banks.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	5258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government favours a voluntary approach to reducing food waste and is working with food businesses through a voluntary approach to reduce it, including through redistribution when surplus food cannot be avoided. We have been working with the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) on its review of date labelling and related advice for food businesses. Among other things, this guidance aims to remove key barriers to redistribution, for example, by providing advice on what can and cannot be done as the “best before” date approaches or is passed. WRAP launched a consultation on this guidance on 6 July this year and intends to publish the final guidance in the autumn.</p><p> </p><p><br> Business signatories to the Courtauld 2025 Commitment are aiming to double the amount of food surplus they send for redistribution to a range of organisations between 2015 and 2020. We do not have plans to legislate.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 24/07/2017 10:19:55 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman