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1471007

registered interest
date	16/06/2022
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	Grasslands: Fertilisers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to GrassCheck GB data for the week of 13 June 2022, what recent assessment he has made of the potential need for securing reasonably priced chemical fertiliser to help increase domestic grass yields.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	19597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2022 answer text <p>While global fertiliser prices have risen and this is undoubtedly a challenging period for our agricultural sectors, the supply chain providing imports of fertiliser to the UK has remained resilient. Within the domestic market, CF Fertilisers continues to produce ammonium nitrate fertiliser from their plant at Billingham.</p><p> </p><p>Through our UK Agricultural Market Monitoring Group we are monitoring a range of data around input costs, grass yields and production levels. We have also recently expanded our engagement with industry, to supplement our data with live intelligence We have also established a ministerial-led fertiliser Taskforce to more closely monitor the fertiliser market. More information about the latest work of the Taskforce is available at the following link.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdefrafarming.blog.gov.uk%2F2022%2F06%2F23%2Fthe-latest-from-the-fertiliser-taskforce%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7C0906cefc7b8244983a8a08da57bd4bf5%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C637918767785114962%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=lVPg7iGyMqMRm6SC%2Fe%2BGn4dd6PQQfzHYZmLjsaCutqY%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">The latest from the Fertiliser Taskforce - Future Farming (blog.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p>To reflect the challenges the industry is facing, we have already announced a number of measures to support growers at this time. These include delays to the introduction of restrictions to the use of urea fertiliser, further details of the Sustainable Farming Incentive Scheme and the bringing forward of half of this year's Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) payment to July as an advance injection of cash to farm businesses.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 27/06/2022 10:43:20 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

1471027

registered interest
date	16/06/2022
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: Cost of Living
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 assessment he has made of the impact of the rise in the cost of living on food producers.
tabling member constituency	Angus
tabling member printed	Dave Doogan
uin	19679
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2022 answer text <p>The turbulence of the market in light of the invasion of Ukraine, and the global spike in oil and gas prices, has brought into focus again the importance of a resilient global supply chain and the importance to our national resilience of having strong domestic food production.</p><p> </p><p>Farmers are facing increased input costs including for fertiliser, feed and fuel. We continue to keep the market situation under review through the UK Agriculture Market Monitoring Group, which monitors UK agricultural markets including price, supply, inputs, trade and recent developments. We have also increased our engagement with industry to supplement our analysis with real time intelligence. We have recognised that increasing input costs, particularly fertiliser, feed, fuel and energy, are creating short term pressures on cash flow for farmers.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has taken a number of actions to support farmers. These include changes to statutory guidance to the Environment Agency on how they should implement the &quot;Farming Rules for Water&quot; to provide clarity to farmers on how they can use slurry and other manures during autumn and winter to meet agronomic needs; increased grants funding to help farmers and growers boost research and development; and a delay to changes to the use of urea by at least a year. When the urea restrictions are introduced, they will be related to the use of ammonia inhibitors rather than a complete ban. The Government has also announced that Direct Payments in England will be paid in two instalments each year for the remainder of the agricultural transition period, to help farmers with their cashflow.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 21/06/2022 15:11:16 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4736 label Biography information for Dave Doogan

1471067

registered interest
date	16/06/2022
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	Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease 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 he will publish details of his Department's expenditure on TB eradication in England in each year since 2013.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	19626
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2022 answer text <p>Defra net expenditure on TB eradication in England since 2013 is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/2014</p></td><td><p>£101,781,004</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/2015</p></td><td><p>£92,944,731</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/2016</p></td><td><p>£90,396,214</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/2017</p></td><td><p>£19,324,857</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/2018</p></td><td><p>£36,192,349</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/2019</p></td><td><p>£37,625,125</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/2020</p></td><td><p>£36,939,089</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/2021</p></td><td><p>£31,635,562</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/2022</p></td><td><p>£34,261,406</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TOTAL</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£481,100,337</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The lower figure shown for 2016/2017 is mainly due to a difference in the handling of salvage income rather than any cut in TB control expenditure in real terms. The costs of bovine TB-related work by the Animal and Plant Health Agency and predecessor bodies are accounted for separately by the relevant executive Agencies.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 23/06/2022 17:00:55 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1471069

registered interest
date	16/06/2022
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	Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease 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, how much his Department has spent on badger TB vaccination programmes in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	19627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2022 answer text <p>Defra spend on badger TB vaccination programmes since 2017 is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/2018</p></td><td><p>£4,125</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/2019</p></td><td><p>£67,191</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/2020</p></td><td><p>£98,760</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/2021</p></td><td><p>£181,685</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/2022</p></td><td><p>£576,822</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/2023 (up to 20 June 2022)</p></td><td><p>£10,124</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TOTAL</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£938,707</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These numbers do not cover the work to develop and license BadgerBCG. The costs of bovine TB-related badger vaccine work by the Animal and Plant Health Agency and predecessor bodies are accounted for separately by the relevant executive Agencies.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 21/06/2022 14:14:57 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1471075

registered interest
date	16/06/2022
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: Sewage
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 14 December 2021 to Question 87705, on Agriculture: Sewage, when his Department plans to publish the public consultation to effect the changes laid out in the sludge strategy, including the effectiveness of regulation of farmers’ use of sludge.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	19676
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2022 answer text <p>The Government is currently assessing the strategy’s impact on both the water and agricultural industry, and targeted outcomes. The outcomes of this assessment will determine how it will proceed, and when a consultation may be held.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 07/07/2022 11:44:31 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1471098

registered interest
date	16/06/2022
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	Package Holidays: Animal Welfare
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 introduce a ban on the domestic (a) advertising and (b) sale of (i) elephant rides and (ii) other wild animal experiences overseas.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	19607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2022 answer text <p>This Government takes the welfare of all animals seriously and the Government has been made aware that animals including Asian elephants, that are part of tourist attractions, can be subjected to cruel and brutal training practices to ensure their compliance.</p><p> </p><p>As set out in our Action Plan for Animal Welfare, we are committed to promoting high animal welfare standards, both at home and abroad. We have engaged with the travel industry and other stakeholder organisations, and we support measures which ensure that money from tourists from this country is not channelled towards animal experiences abroad that involve the unacceptable treatment of animals.</p><p>The Government is committed to exploring available options to deliver the action plan, including to limit the advertising and offering for sale of these experiences.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 17932 17967 question first answered 21/06/2022 17:06:56 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1471114

registered interest
date	16/06/2022
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: EU Countries
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 his Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of recent measures the EU has taken to support its agricultural sector during the conflict in Ukraine on the competitiveness of (a) farmers and (b) fertiliser manufacturers in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
uin	19591
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2022 answer text <p>The UK is working with G7 and other partners in multilateral fora such as the World Trade Organization, to monitor and address global food security issues, focusing on the ongoing benefits of open markets, and working together to ensure that sufficient, safe, affordable and nutritious food continues to be available and accessible to all. We are aware that other countries have put various measures in place to support their agricultural sectors. We are monitoring developments and applying our own measures in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State recently announced a range of measures in support of the current situation, such as delaying changes to the use of urea fertiliser to help farmers manage their costs and improving statutory guidance for use of slurry. On 31 March I hosted the first meeting of the Fertiliser Taskforce with key industry bodies to discuss potential mitigations to the challenges which global supply pressures are causing. The second Taskforce meeting occurred on 18 May, hosted by Minister Churchill. Ministers will continue to meet with key industry bodies for further Fertiliser Taskforce sessions in the coming months, to help identify and mitigate potential risks.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the 2022 Basic Payment Scheme payment will be made in two instalments to give farmers an advance injection of cash. Farmers with eligible applications will receive half of their payment from the end of July, and the rest from December. By doing this, the Government intends to inject cash into farm businesses, helping them to make business decisions sooner, with more confidence. Leaving the EU has given us flexibility to introduce this measure. In the days of the EU this would never have been possible due to the way audits worked and the need to enforce the three crop rule during the summer.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to keep the market situation under review through the UK Agriculture Market Monitoring Group, which monitors UK agricultural markets including price, supply, inputs, trade and recent developments. We have also increased our engagement with industry to supplement our analysis with real-time intelligence.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 27/06/2022 10:56:45 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil

1471115

registered interest
date	16/06/2022
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	Fertilisers
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 his Department has made of the availability of fertiliser in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
uin	19592
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2022 answer text <p>Global gas prices have impacted production of fertilisers internationally and domestically. Some international companies halted or reduced production, and some countries, such as China, reduced the export of some fertiliser products to protect their domestic demands. However, supply of all fertilisers in the UK has remained available throughout the last 12 months although high prices reduced demand from farmers.</p><p> </p><p>While global fertiliser prices have risen, the supply chain providing imports of fertiliser to the UK has remained dynamic. CF Fertilisers continues to produce ammonium nitrate fertiliser from its plant at Billingham. New season fertiliser prices since May have fallen from their peak caused by high global gas prices, allowing many farmers to purchase fertiliser and take-up was extremely good.</p><p> </p><p>Government actions, such as bringing forward half of this year's Basic Payment Scheme payment as an advance injection of cash to farm businesses, will help farmers deal with high fertiliser prices. In addition, the Government announced on 30 March a number of actions to help mitigate the current issues and support farmers and growers ahead of the next growing season. These included changes to statutory guidance to the Environment Agency on how they should implement the &quot;Farming Rules for Water&quot; to provide clarity to farmers on how they can use slurry and other manures during autumn and winter to meet agronomic needs; increased grants funding to help farmers and growers boost research and development; and a delay to changes to the use of urea by at least a year. When the urea restrictions are introduced, they will be related to the use of ammonia inhibitors rather than a complete ban.</p><p> </p><p>We are monitoring the situation closely, including through the UK Agriculture Market Monitoring Group. Defra is in regular contact with key industry figures including the National Farmers Union, the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board and the Agricultural Industries Confederation.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 22/06/2022 16:26:17 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil

1471141

registered interest
date	16/06/2022
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	Floods: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Flood Re scheme, what his planned timetable is for members of the public being able to apply for Build Back Better funding to repair their properties after a flooding event.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	19612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2022 answer text <p>From April 2022 changes to the Flood Re scheme allow insurers who cede policies to the scheme to pay claims which include an amount of resilient repair (build back better) up to a value of £10,000 over and above the cost of like-for-like reinstatement of actual flood damage. The first five insurers, covering over 50 per cent of the insurance market, have committed to participate in Build Back Better and will be ready to offer it to their customers during 2022 and early 2023. We expect more insurers to follow.</p><p> </p><p>Following a flood, customers should contact their insurer as soon as possible to start the claims and reinstatement process.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 21/06/2022 15:15:40 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1471198

registered interest
date	16/06/2022
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	Clothing: Greenhouse Gas Emissions
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 global fashion industry's contribution to greenhouse gas emissions.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	19564
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government’s Net Zero Strategy sets out policies and proposals for decarbonising all sectors of the UK economy to meet our net zero target by 2050. The fashion and textiles industry is estimated to account for between 4% and 8% of global emissions. More than 70% of these emissions occur during the production of a garment. Emissions of air pollutants from textiles treatment facilities are controlled through environmental permits, using best available techniques (BAT). Operators must not exceed limits on allowable emissions.</p><p> </p><p>The Government's Resources &amp; Waste Strategy for England identified textiles as a priority sector for action. We fund Textiles 2030, a voluntary partnership with industry to reduce the environmental impact of textiles, with signatories covering over 62% of all clothing put on the UK market. This programme is underpinned by ambitious science-based targets, including halving the carbon footprint of new products and reducing the water footprint by 30%, both by 2030. This initiative is driving forward action on design, circular business models and recycling.</p><p> </p><p>We are considering what wider framework of policy measures could best help reduce the environmental footprint of fashion, potentially using a range of powers from our landmark Environment Act 2021.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 19565 19567 question first answered 29/06/2022 17:11:31 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman