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1697043

registered interest
date	19/03/2024
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	Tree Planting: Lincolnshire
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 trees have been planted on behalf of his Department in (a) South Holland District, (b) South Kesteven District and (c) Lincolnshire since 2020.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	19254
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2024 answer text <p>We do not collect data on tree planting by constituency. Our England Trees Action Plan has kickstarted tree planting across England with over<strong> </strong>4 million trees planted in 2023 and 15 million trees planted since 2020<strong>.</strong></p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 22/03/2024 13:36:37 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1697131

registered interest
date	19/03/2024
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	Animals (Low-Welfare Activities Abroad) Act 2023
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 his Department has made on producing a draft list of proscribed activities for application under the Animals (Low-Welfare Activities Abroad) Act 2023.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	19304
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2024 answer text <p>The Animals (Low-Welfare Activities Abroad) Act 2023 provides a framework for the introduction of future bans on the advertising and offering for sale, in England and Northern Ireland, of low-welfare animal activities abroad.</p><p> </p><p>Future decisions on which specific animal activities will fall in scope of the advertising ban will be evidence-based and subject to Parliamentary scrutiny. Sufficient, compelling evidence will be required to demonstrate why any specific advertising ban is needed.</p><p> </p><p>This Government continues to make animal welfare a priority and we are currently exploring a number of options to ensure progress as soon as is practicable<em>.</em></p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer grouped question UIN 19305 question first answered 22/03/2024 12:48:45 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1697132

registered interest
date	19/03/2024
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	Animals (Low-Welfare Activities Abroad) Act 2023
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 his Department's timescale is for publishing a public consultation on potential proscribed activities in relation to the Animals (Low-Welfare Activities Abroad) Act 2023.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	19305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2024 answer text <p>The Animals (Low-Welfare Activities Abroad) Act 2023 provides a framework for the introduction of future bans on the advertising and offering for sale, in England and Northern Ireland, of low-welfare animal activities abroad.</p><p> </p><p>Future decisions on which specific animal activities will fall in scope of the advertising ban will be evidence-based and subject to Parliamentary scrutiny. Sufficient, compelling evidence will be required to demonstrate why any specific advertising ban is needed.</p><p> </p><p>This Government continues to make animal welfare a priority and we are currently exploring a number of options to ensure progress as soon as is practicable<em>.</em></p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer grouped question UIN 19304 question first answered 22/03/2024 12:48:45 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1696685

registered interest
date	18/03/2024
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: Thailand
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 value of fisheries stocks imported from Thailand in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	19048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2024 answer text <p>The nominal value of seafood goods, mainly shrimps &amp; prawns, and skipjack tuna, imported from Thailand was £64m in 2019, £50m in 2020, £40m in 2021, £37m in 2022 and £36m last year.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 22/03/2024 13:32:52 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1696688

registered interest
date	18/03/2024
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	Marine Environment: Biodiversity
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 he has made of the impact of high ocean temperatures on marine biodiversity in UK waters.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	19148
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2024 answer text <p>Through the Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership, we are improving our understanding of the impact of climate change, including on sea temperature and marine biodiversity. Evidence suggests that increasing sea temperature is associated with a number of possible impacts on marine biodiversity, such as changes in the range, distribution and abundance of marine species, impacts on growth rates and size, and altered foodwebs due to the location of primary production and prey availability.</p><p> </p><p>In the UK we are committed to ensuring that climate change adaptation, resilience and mitigation are fully considered and integrated in our marine and fisheries policies. The third National Adaptation Programme (NAP3) was published on 17 July 2023 and showcases our plans to adapt to and mitigate the risks of a warming climate on the marine environment, including to protect, restore and create blue carbon habitats and manage the risks and opportunities to marine species, habitats, and fisheries.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 22/03/2024 13:30:46 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1696694

registered interest
date	18/03/2024
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: Public Places
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 he has made an assessment of the potential merits of legislating to compel dogs to be put on leads in public places.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	18977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2024 answer text <p>There is a balance to be struck between protecting the wider public and their animals from dog attacks, the freedom people enjoy when walking their dogs, and the welfare of those dogs including the freedom to exhibit normal behaviours. We currently have no plans to legislate to compel dogs to be on leads in public places.</p><p> </p><p>The Code of Practice for the Welfare of Dogs already states that it is best practice to keep dogs on leads around other animals. It is also an offence under the Road Traffic Act 1988 to allow a dog to be on a designated road unless it is on a lead.</p><p> </p><p>Under the Anti-Social Behaviour Crime and Policing Act 2014, enforcement authorities have powers to make Public Space Protection Orders (PSPOs) insisting dogs are kept on leads in certain areas. Where a dog has been involved in anti-social behaviour, enforcement authorities can also issue community protection notices which could require a dog to be kept on a lead in public.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 22/03/2024 13:34:27 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1696767

registered interest
date	18/03/2024
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	Climate Change: Investment
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 he has made of the implications for his policies of the Climate Change Committee’s report entitled Investment for a well-adapted UK, published on 1 February 2023.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	19037
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government’s third National Adaptation Programme (NAP3) was published in July 2023 and sets out how we are investing billions in projects to improve the UK’s climate resilience. This includes £5.2bn of investment over six years in flood and coastal erosion schemes in England, and £2.4bn per annum until the end of this current Parliament on the Farming and Countryside Programme which supports and helps to drive practices that embed greater climate adaptation in England's agriculture. Where government has concerns about the level of investment in resilience we have acted swiftly. For example, through the recent Plan for Water we have accelerated £2.2bn of investment in measures to secure a resilient, clean and plentiful supply of water now and in the future.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also committed to support the flow of private finance into adaptation through the government’s 2023 Green Finance Strategy ‘<a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F1149690%2Fmobilising-green-investment-2023-green-finance-strategy.pdf&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7Cb7a5f9f18a5948461f9808dc49048a3a%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638465531045327196%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=IhhOz8XANeX%2Fs3NN5iGtFbYL9DF5GlospGPk86xbOs4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Mobilising Green Investment’</a>. This includes working with private sector partners to improve the approach to climate resilience assessment and disclosure, and supporting private and public collaboration to overcome barriers to investment and assist in the functioning of new markets.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 22/03/2024 13:28:33 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1696769

registered interest
date	18/03/2024
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	Climate Change: Public Participation
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 make it his policy to coordinate a public engagement programme on adaptation including (a) the risks posed by climate change and (b) actions that individuals can take.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	19039
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to hearing and learning from the views of different groups on how climate change impacts them, and how it can improve policies and programmes accordingly. The third National Adaptation Programme (NAP3) sets out the actions we will take across Government to manage the risks of climate change in the period to 2028. We are taking a dynamic approach to managing the delivery of NAP3, to learn from what works and to continue to develop our response based on the science and developing climate projections. This will be informed by engagement with stakeholders.</p><p> </p><p>A public dialogue, overseen by Defra and in partnership with UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI’s) Sciencewise Programme, Ipsos and the University of Leeds, explored the public’s perspectives on climate adaptation and how they think the government, businesses and civil society should address it. 120 members of the public took part in four locations across England. The report of this project was published in July 2023 on the Sciencewise website. It can be accessed at: <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsciencewise.org.uk%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2023%2F07%2FClimate-Adaptation-Dialogue-Report.pdf&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7Ce5c6721233a94908569008dc48d43dcf%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638465323599424412%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=65xAOSINHcik4LEemxunhQkjK%2BFQ63%2FkmbaUrTUOAU4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://sciencewise.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Climate-Adaptation-Dialogue-Report.pdf</a>.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 21/03/2024 14:39:21 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1696884

registered interest
date	18/03/2024
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	Disposable Wipes: Plastics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason has the results of the consultation on plastic in wet wipes not yet been published.
tabling member constituency	Putney
tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
uin	19212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2024 answer text <p>We have been working closely with the Devolved Administrations to publish a UK-wide Government Response and agree a joined-up approach to the proposed ban across the UK. Our shared goal is to deliver a ban that is effective and proportionate. The UK-wide Government Response will be published this Spring.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 21/03/2024 17:11:24 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson

1696885

registered interest
date	18/03/2024
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	Disposable Wipes: Plastics
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 publish the report on the plastic in wet wipes consultation.
tabling member constituency	Putney
tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
uin	19213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2024 answer text <p>Following the public consultation on the proposed ban of wet wipes containing plastic, Defra has been working with the Welsh Government, Scottish Government and NI Executive to prepare a UK-wide Government response. This will be published this Spring.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 21/03/2024 17:07:43 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson