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947239

registered interest
date	24/07/2018
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	British Overseas Territories: Environment Protection
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 his Department is taking to ensure that UK Overseas Territories can continue to access environmental funding after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	167884
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2018 answer text <p>We are considering how environmental funding for the UK Overseas Territories can best be provided after we leave the EU.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Overseas Territories will be able to continue to apply to the Government’s Darwin Plus programme, run by Defra, which supports biodiversity in the Overseas Territories. In 2018-19 we are providing £2.5 million funding through Darwin Plus.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have also set aside £4.77 million of the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund, over four years, to address environmental security issues in the Overseas Territories.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 05/09/2018 12:17:18 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

947247

registered interest
date	24/07/2018
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: Standards
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 the Government will make it its policy to maintain the standards set out by the EU Bathing Water Directive once the UK has left the EU.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	167827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2018 answer text <p>Yes, the European Union (Withdrawal) Act will convert the existing body of EU environmental law into UK law. It will ensure that the same protections are in place in the UK and that existing EU environmental law continues to function effectively after the UK leaves the EU.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 07/09/2018 15:20:26 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

947253

registered interest
date	24/07/2018
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	Pet Travel Scheme
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 Government plans to continue the existing pet passport scheme once the UK has left the EU.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	167837
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>Whilst we are a member of the EU, we continue to be signed up to the requirements of the pet travel scheme.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government is negotiating our departure from the EU and Defra is looking at future arrangements, including those for pet travel. We want pet owners to continue to be able to travel to and from the EU with the minimum of disruption, whilst maintaining high biosecurity and animal welfare standards.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Whatever the outcome of negotiations, owners will be able to continue to travel to the EU with their pets, but there may be changes to the system. The extent of any potential changes will depend on the outcome of negotiations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 04/09/2018 11:08:02 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

947272

registered interest
date	24/07/2018
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 Protection
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 the consultation on the environmental principles and governance bill.
tabling member constituency	Workington
tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
uin	167950
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2018 answer text <p>We launched a consultation on Environmental Principles and Governance after EU Exit on 10 May. The consultation closes on 2 August. Responses will need to be considered and we expect to publish our response to the consultation in the autumn.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 05/09/2018 12:21:19 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

947316

registered interest
date	24/07/2018
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: Subsidies
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 incorporate incentives to improve the accessibility and upkeep of public rights of way in any future scheme of agricultural payments.
tabling member constituency	Ipswich
tabling member printed	Sandy Martin
uin	168095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>The new environmental land management scheme, underpinned by natural capital principles, will contribute to delivering many of the key outcomes set out in the 25 Year Environment Plan and the Clean Growth Strategy.</p><p> </p><p>As the cornerstone of future agriculture policy the new environmental land management scheme will pay public money for the provision of public goods. As set out in our consultation document Health and Harmony, the public goods incentivised by the scheme could include: biodiversity, which habitat enhancement and maintenance contribute to; cultural heritage, such as the maintenance of heritage buildings and monuments; and public access.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 168097 168099 question first answered 04/09/2018 11:07:51 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4678 label Biography information for Sandy Martin

947317

registered interest
date	24/07/2018
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: Subsidies
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 incorporate incentives to enhance and maintain higher animal welfare standards in any future scheme of agricultural payments.
tabling member constituency	Ipswich
tabling member printed	Sandy Martin
uin	168096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>The UK has some of the highest animal welfare standards in the world and we will maintain these once we leave the EU. We have recently consulted on our future agricultural policy, which included proposing using public money to fund public goods including animal welfare. We are considering the responses and will publish a report of the findings in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 04/09/2018 15:54:04 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4678 label Biography information for Sandy Martin

947318

registered interest
date	24/07/2018
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: Subsidies
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 incorporate incentives to enhance and maintain wildlife habitat in any future scheme of agricultural payments.
tabling member constituency	Ipswich
tabling member printed	Sandy Martin
uin	168097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>The new environmental land management scheme, underpinned by natural capital principles, will contribute to delivering many of the key outcomes set out in the 25 Year Environment Plan and the Clean Growth Strategy.</p><p> </p><p>As the cornerstone of future agriculture policy the new environmental land management scheme will pay public money for the provision of public goods. As set out in our consultation document Health and Harmony, the public goods incentivised by the scheme could include: biodiversity, which habitat enhancement and maintenance contribute to; cultural heritage, such as the maintenance of heritage buildings and monuments; and public access.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 168095 168099 question first answered 04/09/2018 11:07:51 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4678 label Biography information for Sandy Martin

947320

registered interest
date	24/07/2018
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: Subsidies
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 plans to incorporate incentives to enhance and maintain (a) heritage buildings, (b) monuments, (c) structures and (d) landscape features in any future scheme of agricultural payments.
tabling member constituency	Ipswich
tabling member printed	Sandy Martin
uin	168099
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>The new environmental land management scheme, underpinned by natural capital principles, will contribute to delivering many of the key outcomes set out in the 25 Year Environment Plan and the Clean Growth Strategy.</p><p> </p><p>As the cornerstone of future agriculture policy the new environmental land management scheme will pay public money for the provision of public goods. As set out in our consultation document Health and Harmony, the public goods incentivised by the scheme could include: biodiversity, which habitat enhancement and maintenance contribute to; cultural heritage, such as the maintenance of heritage buildings and monuments; and public access.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 168095 168097 question first answered 04/09/2018 11:07:51 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4678 label Biography information for Sandy Martin

947330

registered interest
date	24/07/2018
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	European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018
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 place in the Library a list of all the (a) affirmative and (b) negative statutory instruments exercising powers under the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 which he plans to lay before Parliament in (i) 2018-19 and (ii) 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	Workington
tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
uin	167963
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2018 answer text <p>Defra is currently preparing 91 statutory instruments (SIs) relating to the UK’s departure from the EU, in order to ensure continued operability of around 850 pieces of domestic or directly applicable EU legislation after our departure. Planning for these SIs is based on the assumption that they may all need to come into force from 29 March 2019 in a no deal scenario.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are currently not in a position to publish a list of these SIs as it is still subject to change. We are still making a detailed assessment of the corrections required to make the law function appropriately on the day we leave the EU. The content of individual SIs is therefore still dependant on factors such as ongoing policy discussions with the devolved administrations, other Government departments’ legislation or policy decisions, statutory requirements to consult or business as usual legislation being in force first.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have, however, already laid three SIs relating to the UK’s departure from the EU before the Sifting Committee on 24 July, which are as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li><p>The Seal Products (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018</p></li><li><p>The Animal Welfare (Amendment) (England) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018</p></li><li><p>The Timber, Timber Products and FLEGT (EU Exit) Regulations 2018</p></li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are committed to delivering all of our SIs relating to the UK’s departure from the EU and ensuring a functioning statute book upon departure.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 05/09/2018 12:07:07 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

947331

registered interest
date	24/07/2018
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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Brexit
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 place in the Library a copy of his Department's risk register listing the key risks identified in the event of the UK leaving the EU in 2019 without agreement.
tabling member constituency	Workington
tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
uin	167964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2018 answer text <p>Defra has taken a number of steps to ensure it has strong risk and programme management foundations in place and will continue to assess and manage these as appropriate.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is not government policy to publish departmental risk registers given the inherent risks involved.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>More information about our risk management approach can be found in Chapter 4 of Defra’s annual report and accounts 2017 to 2018, which is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/defras-annual-report-and-accounts-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/defras-annual-report-and-accounts-2017-to-2018</a>. The risk section is specifically on pages 32-36.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 05/09/2018 11:58:36 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock