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827919

registered interest
date	22/01/2018
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: Public Expenditure
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs' budget, if any, originated from the Department for International Development.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL4969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2018 answer text <p>During the current spending review period, £5.159m of Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs budget has been transferred from the Department for International Development.</p><p> </p><p>This budget relates to the current financial year and is part of the Conflict, Stability &amp; Security Fund (CSSF).</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 02/02/2018 12:32:36 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

827921

registered interest
date	22/01/2018
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	Health Services: Developing Countries
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs' budget is spent on (1) family planning, (2) sexual and reproductive health and rights, and (3) population issues, in the developing world.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL4971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2018 answer text <p>Responsibility for spending on family planning, sexual and reproductive health and rights and population issues in the developing world is outside of Defra’s remit. Defra has no projects that cover these topics and it is highly unlikely that any proportion of the budget is spent on them. Checking every transaction in a financial year would provide a definitive response but this could only be achieved at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 02/02/2018 12:23:03 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

484539

registered interest
date	22/03/2016
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	Heathrow Airport
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government which organisation is responsible for collecting air pollution data generated by monitoring in and around Heathrow airport.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL7316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2016 answer text <p>Air quality monitoring data collected in and around Heathrow Airport is presented on the Heathrow AirWatch website which is funded via a joint working partnership consisting of Heathrow Airport Ltd, London Boroughs of Hillingdon and Hounslow, Slough and Spelthorne Borough Councils and British Airways. It is managed by the consultant Ricardo Energy and Environment.</p><p> </p><p>Two local monitoring sites are included in the Government’s national monitoring network (the Automatic Urban and Rural Network). All national air quality monitoring data is available on the Government’s UK-Air website.</p><p> </p><p>The two monitoring sites are London Hillingdon which is located in a suburban residential area approximately 30 metres from the M4 motorway and London Harlington which is located close to a minor road to the east of Harlington village.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 05/04/2016 09:49:49 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

223752

registered interest
date	25/02/2015
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	Manure
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the purposes of the European Union Directive on the nitrogen content of manure used in agriculture.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL5237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2015 answer text <p>European Directive 91/676/EEC seeks to protect water from pollution by nitrates from agricultural sources. Some types of manure contain up to 30kg of nitrogen per tonne of manure. Nitrogen from manure can leach from soil in the form of nitrates and can pollute our water bodies, affecting the quality of our drinking water. Agriculture accounts for 50-60% of nitrate pollution in our waters. We therefore believe that it is important that it is controlled and that the objective of the European Directive in restricting the land application of manure is sound. However, we recognise that such restrictions can affect farm productivity and competitiveness. While the Directive gives a steer to Member States over the types of measure to be adopted, it does allow a certain amount of discretion over the exact nature of the rules. We have therefore adopted rules that take account of agricultural practices in this country and are as cost effective as possible, supporting agriculture as well as protecting the environment. In the longer term, we believe nitrate pollution would be better managed through the more integrated approach to water pollution adopted in the EU Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC).</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord De Mauley question first answered 04/03/2015 14:01:00 answering member 2202 label Biography information for Lord De Mauley
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

176981

registered interest
date	02/02/2015
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	Meat: Ritual Slaughter
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they consider that the ritual manner of slaughtering animals for kosher and halal meat is in accordance with European Union regulations on animal welfare; and if not, what action they are taking.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL4611
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2015 answer text <p>Council Regulation (EC) 1099/2009, on the protection of animals at the time of killing, permits the slaughter of animals in accordance with religious rites. It also contains strict requirements that need to be observed when carrying out such slaughter and allows individual Member States to put in place additional, national rules that provide greater welfare protection. The UK has maintained its long-standing existing national rules on religious slaughter in addition to the European regulation.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord De Mauley question first answered 05/02/2015 15:38:45 answering member 2202 label Biography information for Lord De Mauley
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

142604

registered interest
date	06/11/2014
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	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions have taken place between the relevant government departments concerning the recent cuts in scientific research at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL2707
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>Since April 2014 there have been no reductions in the baseline funding for science at RBG Kew.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>RBG Kew has a well-deserved international reputation and is widely respected for its world-leading collections-based science. RBG Kew is developing a new science strategy to enhance its role further and the results of this should be publicly available in early 2015. The Board of Trustees will need to ensure any new approach is affordable within the RBG Kew budget. They will announce their proposals shortly.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government is involved in discussions with RBG Kew to ensure that any changes are affordable and RBG Kew’s scientific standing is maintained.</p> answering member printed Lord De Mauley question first answered 18/11/2014 12:36:59 answering member 2202 label Biography information for Lord De Mauley
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge