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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

1608355

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	Dogs: Animal Breeding
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 impact of dog breeding regulations on breeders who breed two or fewer litters per year.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	175624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2023 answer text <p>Under The Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018 (the 2018 Regulations) anyone in the business of breeding and selling dogs and/or who breeds three or more litters in a twelve-month period needs to have a valid licence from their local authority.</p><p> </p><p>The 2018 Regulations are targeted at businesses and individuals/operators which operate on a commercial basis. They are not intended to capture or regulate hobby breeders. We are currently conducting a post-implementation review of the 2018 Regulations which will consider the need for any refinements in light of evidence provided by stakeholders, licensed and unlicensed dog breeders, and local authorities.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 30/03/2023 16:22:37 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

1608356

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	Dogs: Animal Breeding
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 Petfished campaign in providing information to potential puppy buyers on sourcing a puppy responsibly; and whether she plans to run further education campaigns to help puppy buyers acquire dogs responsibly.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	175625
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2023 answer text <p>Our analysis of the Petfished campaign indicates that it has successfully delivered key messages about the responsible purchase or rehoming of cats and dogs. Those key messages remain available to the public on the Petfished website which can be found here: <a href="https://getyourpetsafely.campaign.gov.uk/" target="_blank">Petfished – Learn how to spot the signs of a deceitful pet seller (getyourpetsafely.campaign.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p>Defra keeps its public messaging campaigns under review and will consider conducting further campaigns to support the responsible purchasing of pets where there are clear benefits.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 30/03/2023 16:30:11 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

1607790

registered interest
date	27/03/2023
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	Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill
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 she has had with the Leader of the House on scheduling Parliamentary time for the report stage of the Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill.
tabling member constituency	Aldridge-Brownhills
tabling member printed	Wendy Morton
uin	174318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2023 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has regular discussions with the Leader of the House about our legislative programme and other matters. The Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill contains a number of manifesto commitments, including a ban on live exports and curbs on puppy smuggling, which we are committed to progressing when Parliamentary time allows. The Leader of the House will continue to announce business in the usual way.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 30/03/2023 16:07:47 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton

1607793

registered interest
date	27/03/2023
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	Environment Agency
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 many applications for limited extended validity were made to the Environment Agency in each year since 2016; and how many were yet to be processed by year of application as of 25 March 2023.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	174432
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2023 answer text <p>No application is necessary for Limited Extended Validity (LEV) and the Environment Agency does not grant LEV. By operation of the law, LEV is automatic when a time-limited water abstraction licence is due to expire, an application to renew has been made at least three months before the expiry, and the Environment Agency cannot complete the determination before the expiry date. LEV allows the licence holder to continue to abstract water under the terms of the original licence until the renewal application is determined.</p><p> </p><p>As of 25 March 2023, there were 122 Water Resources licences subject to ongoing time-limited licence renewal applications where LEV has been applied. Please note that this information is not routinely retained within the Environment Agency’s data systems and therefore this figure should be used with a degree of caution. The Environment Agency does not retain a record of applications where LEV has been applied each year once renewal applications have been determined. The number of licences subject to ongoing LEV varies continuously throughout the annual renewals cycle as the Environment Agency grant/refuse applications, particularly at this stage of the cycle as the majority of time limited licences have an end date of 31 March. For those applications that the Environment Agency has not determined, LEV becomes effective once the licence expires.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 29/03/2023 16:08:39 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1607794

registered interest
date	27/03/2023
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	Environment Agency
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 any applications to the Environment Agency for limited extended validity have been granted following legal injunctions against the Environment Agency since 2016.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	174433
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2023 answer text <p>There have been no applications to the Environment Agency for Limited Extended Validity (LEV) for time-limited abstraction licences following legal injunctions against the Environment Agency since 2016. LEV is not applied for and the Environment Agency does not grant LEV. By operation of the law, LEV is automatic when a time-limited abstraction licence is due to expire, an application to renew has been made at least 3 months before the expiry, and the Environment Agency cannot complete the determination before the expiry date.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 29/03/2023 16:41:39 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1607849

registered interest
date	27/03/2023
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	Pets: Travel
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 she has had with her EU counterparts on the reintroduction of pet passports for UK citizens wishing to take their pets abroad to EU countries.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	174238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2023 answer text <p>We are continuing to seek agreement from the European Commission on awarding Great Britain 'Part 1' listed status. Achieving this would allow pet owners and assistance dog users to use pet passports when travelling to the EU.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 30/03/2023 16:13:35 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1607881

registered interest
date	27/03/2023
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	Members: Correspondence
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 he plans to respond to correspondence of 23 November and 21 December 2022 and 26 January and 28 February 2023 from the hon. Member for Basildon and Billericay on a constituent, reference JB339837 MC2022/24535.
tabling member constituency	Basildon and Billericay
tabling member printed	Mr John Baron
uin	174231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2023 answer text <p>A reply was sent to the hon. Member on 27 March 2023.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 30/03/2023 16:02:30 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	1390 label Biography information for Mr John Baron

1607902

registered interest
date	27/03/2023
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	Sewage: Pollution Control
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 introduce a legally binding target to reduce sewage discharges by 90 per cent by 2030.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	174461
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2023 answer text <p>Our Storm Overflows Plan balances ambition and pace to clean up our water and protect the environment with impact on consumer bills. Our Plan will see £56 billion capital investment, and an estimated £12 average increase in customer water bills between 2025 and 2030. We ruled out options adding £122 to household bills per year for the same period.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will review the targets in 2027. If it is possible to go further and faster while balancing the cost to consumers, we will not hesitate to do so and have made this clear to the water industry.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 29/03/2023 16:15:50 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols