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1302432

registered interest
date	15/03/2021
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	Livestock: Exports
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 his Department's response to the consultation on ending live animal exports for slaughter, what assessment his Department has made of the requirements and needs of agri-food businesses whose export times necessarily exceed 24 hours.
tabling member constituency	Angus
tabling member printed	Dave Doogan
uin	169038
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2021 answer text <p>The public consultation ended on 25 February and we are currently analysing all the responses we received; we will be publishing the Government response in due course.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 18/03/2021 15:53:39 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4736 label Biography information for Dave Doogan

1302119

registered interest
date	12/03/2021
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	Poultry: Salmonella
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 steps his Department has taken to help ensure that chicken and chicken products containing salmonella is not imported to the UK.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	167883
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2021 answer text <p>Both Defra and the Food Standards Agency (FSA) take this matter extremely seriously. We do not consider it acceptable for the UK to be sent poultry products contaminated with salmonella.</p><p>Following investigations linking human illness to the consumption of chicken products imported from Poland, the UK Chief Veterinary Officer wrote to the Chief Veterinary Officer of Poland in December 2020 asking that action be taken.</p><p>The Chief Veterinary Officer and the Chief Executive of the FSA have also contacted the Director General of Agriculture and Food Safety for the European Commission to raise our concerns and reiterate the need for action.</p><p>Additionally, the FSA has been working closely with Food Businesses Operators, including the major retailers, brand owners and trade associations within the UK, and with Polish competent authorities, to track down contaminated chicken products and ensure product withdrawals and recalls are undertaken when unsafe and non-compliant food has been identified.</p><p>Whilst we are working constructively with the European Commission, Polish authorities and suppliers to resolve this issue, we are keeping the possibility of the introduction of import restrictions under continual review, to ensure that UK consumers can maintain their trust in the safety of the food on their plates.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 22/03/2021 16:50:14 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1302166

registered interest
date	12/03/2021
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: Iceland
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 increase fishing opportunities for UK fishing organisations in Icelandic waters ahead of full ratification of the trade continuity agreement between the UK and Iceland.
tabling member constituency	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
tabling member printed	Andrew Bowie
uin	167929
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2021 answer text <p>The UK has not held fishing opportunities in Icelandic waters for many years. Nevertheless, we remain open to the possibility of securing fishing opportunities in Icelandic waters, should the conditions be appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>The UK and Iceland signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on enhancing cooperation within fisheries on 11 November 2020. We are currently developing plans to hold the first Fisheries Dialogue envisaged by that MoU later in 2021.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 22/03/2021 16:02:18 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie

1302218

registered interest
date	12/03/2021
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	Fish: Sales
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 encourage people to buy British-caught fish.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
uin	167916
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2021 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting our seafood and fishing industries across the UK, including through growing domestic demand for our high-quality UK seafood.</p><p>Defra is partnering with Seafish (the public body that supports the UK seafood industry) to deliver the Love Seafood campaign to promote the domestic consumption of fish and shellfish. The Love Seafood campaign will run throughout this spring and aims to support the fisheries industry by encouraging people to buy and eat more UK caught seafood and will feature in national and regional press titles, regional radio, and on social media across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 22/03/2021 16:24:00 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1302275

registered interest
date	12/03/2021
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 and Plant Health Agency: Inspections
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 cost for Plant Health Agency inspections.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	167889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2021 answer text <p>It is important that plant health services are properly financed in order to provide assurance for the high standard of UK exports of plants and produce and to protect our nation’s biosecurity. In line with HM Treasury rules, Defra recovers the cost of plant health services delivered by the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) from the businesses who use them. Defra regularly reviews its fees to ensure they are reflective of the cost of delivery and that they do not over-recover.</p><p> </p><p>Cost data is collected on an ongoing basis and fee changes are based on the actual costs recorded over at least 12 months. Defra completed the most recent annual review of fees in December 2020. The review showed that the cost base had remained stable across plant health services. In 2019/20 the cost base for delivery of plant health services was £5.796m, an increase of only 0.5% on the 2018/19 cost base of £5.768m. Given this stability, Defra decided not to amend the existing fees until October 2022, to give businesses certainty over costs for 18 months.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 22/03/2021 16:53:27 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1301823

registered interest
date	11/03/2021
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	Seafood
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 trucks carrying fresh seafood products to the EU left Great Britain in each month from January 2020 to February 2021.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	167305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2021 answer text <p>Data on the number of lorries exporting seafood from the UK is not collected: freight flow data cannot be fully broken down by commodities carried for all routes of UK exports. We are, however, monitoring the number of vehicles who designate in their application for a Kent Access Permit (KAP), that they are transporting prioritised goods such as single loads of live and fresh seafood for human consumption, mixed consignments are not in scope for prioritisation. This only indicates the volumes travelling via the short straights. Although there are caveats to this data, primarily that all those transporting live or fresh seafood for human consumption have confirmed this in their application for a KAP, data indicates that there have been a higher weekly volume of vehicles transporting live or fresh seafood for human consumption from the UK in February than there was in January 2021.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 19/03/2021 13:53:22 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1301824

registered interest
date	11/03/2021
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	Fishing Catches: Territorial Waters
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 tonnes of fish were caught in England’s EEZ waters by EU vessels in (a) January and (b) February 2021.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	167306
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2021 answer text <p>The MMO uses data published by the EU Commission to estimate EU landings from UK waters as part of the annual MMO EEZA report. The report is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-commercial-sea-fisheries-landings-by-exclusive-economic-zone-of-capture-report-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-commercial-sea-fisheries-landings-by-exclusive-economic-zone-of-capture-report-2019</a> along with the underlying data. These reports are available for the period 2012-2019, covering UK quota and non-quota landings. EU Data for 2021 is not yet available.</p><p> </p><p>The MMO does not hold comprehensive, historical records of activities by EU vessels, as these are held by their flag state. Table 1 provides an estimate of landings of non-quota species taken from English waters (EEZ and territorial waters) in the period 2012-2016 only.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Estimates of the quantity (t) of non-quota species landed from English waters* by EU vessels (2012-16)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Species name </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average annual tonnage</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Great Atlantic scallop</p></td><td><p>2,521</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>European pilchard(=Sardine)</p></td><td><p>2,116</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cuttlefish, bobtail squids nei</p></td><td><p>1,536</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pouting(=Bib)</p></td><td><p>1,435</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Edible crab</p></td><td><p>1,286</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tub gurnard</p></td><td><p>1,208</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lemon sole</p></td><td><p>929</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Catsharks, etc. nei</p></td><td><p>897</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>European anchovy</p></td><td><p>833</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Small-spotted catshark</p></td><td><p>782</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Common squids nei</p></td><td><p>748</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>European seabass</p></td><td><p>712</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gurnards, searobins nei</p></td><td><p>672</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Various squids nei</p></td><td><p>581</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Red gurnard</p></td><td><p>563</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other non-quota species</p></td><td><p>8,174</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All non-quota species </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 24,995 </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>*English Territorial waters and EEZ.</strong></p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis grouped question UIN 167308 167309 question first answered 19/03/2021 16:43:45 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1301825

registered interest
date	11/03/2021
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: 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, how many hours of at sea surveillance for fisheries protection was deployed in English waters in January and February 2021; and what did the sea surveillance cost.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	167307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2021 answer text <p>In January and February 2021, the Marine Management Organisation deployed 3372 hours of at-sea surveillance.</p><p> </p><p>The total cost of surface surveillance was £1,111,977 in January and £1,050,472 in February.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 19/03/2021 13:49:37 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1301826

registered interest
date	11/03/2021
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: Quotas
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 tonnes of non-quota stocks, by species, were caught by EU fishing vessels in England’s territorial waters in each year between 2000 to 2020.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	167308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2021 answer text <p>The MMO uses data published by the EU Commission to estimate EU landings from UK waters as part of the annual MMO EEZA report. The report is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-commercial-sea-fisheries-landings-by-exclusive-economic-zone-of-capture-report-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-commercial-sea-fisheries-landings-by-exclusive-economic-zone-of-capture-report-2019</a> along with the underlying data. These reports are available for the period 2012-2019, covering UK quota and non-quota landings. EU Data for 2021 is not yet available.</p><p> </p><p>The MMO does not hold comprehensive, historical records of activities by EU vessels, as these are held by their flag state. Table 1 provides an estimate of landings of non-quota species taken from English waters (EEZ and territorial waters) in the period 2012-2016 only.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Estimates of the quantity (t) of non-quota species landed from English waters* by EU vessels (2012-16)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Species name </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average annual tonnage</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Great Atlantic scallop</p></td><td><p>2,521</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>European pilchard(=Sardine)</p></td><td><p>2,116</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cuttlefish, bobtail squids nei</p></td><td><p>1,536</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pouting(=Bib)</p></td><td><p>1,435</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Edible crab</p></td><td><p>1,286</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tub gurnard</p></td><td><p>1,208</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lemon sole</p></td><td><p>929</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Catsharks, etc. nei</p></td><td><p>897</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>European anchovy</p></td><td><p>833</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Small-spotted catshark</p></td><td><p>782</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Common squids nei</p></td><td><p>748</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>European seabass</p></td><td><p>712</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gurnards, searobins nei</p></td><td><p>672</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Various squids nei</p></td><td><p>581</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Red gurnard</p></td><td><p>563</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other non-quota species</p></td><td><p>8,174</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All non-quota species </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 24,995 </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>*English Territorial waters and EEZ.</strong></p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis grouped question UIN 167306 167309 question first answered 19/03/2021 16:43:45 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1301828

registered interest
date	11/03/2021
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: Quotas
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 tonnes of non-quota stocks were caught by EU vessels in England’s exclusive economic zone waters by species in each year between 2000 and 2020.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	167309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2021 answer text <p>The MMO uses data published by the EU Commission to estimate EU landings from UK waters as part of the annual MMO EEZA report. The report is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-commercial-sea-fisheries-landings-by-exclusive-economic-zone-of-capture-report-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-commercial-sea-fisheries-landings-by-exclusive-economic-zone-of-capture-report-2019</a> along with the underlying data. These reports are available for the period 2012-2019, covering UK quota and non-quota landings. EU Data for 2021 is not yet available.</p><p> </p><p>The MMO does not hold comprehensive, historical records of activities by EU vessels, as these are held by their flag state. Table 1 provides an estimate of landings of non-quota species taken from English waters (EEZ and territorial waters) in the period 2012-2016 only.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Estimates of the quantity (t) of non-quota species landed from English waters* by EU vessels (2012-16)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Species name </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average annual tonnage</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Great Atlantic scallop</p></td><td><p>2,521</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>European pilchard(=Sardine)</p></td><td><p>2,116</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cuttlefish, bobtail squids nei</p></td><td><p>1,536</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pouting(=Bib)</p></td><td><p>1,435</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Edible crab</p></td><td><p>1,286</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tub gurnard</p></td><td><p>1,208</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lemon sole</p></td><td><p>929</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Catsharks, etc. nei</p></td><td><p>897</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>European anchovy</p></td><td><p>833</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Small-spotted catshark</p></td><td><p>782</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Common squids nei</p></td><td><p>748</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>European seabass</p></td><td><p>712</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gurnards, searobins nei</p></td><td><p>672</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Various squids nei</p></td><td><p>581</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Red gurnard</p></td><td><p>563</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other non-quota species</p></td><td><p>8,174</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All non-quota species </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 24,995 </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>*English Territorial waters and EEZ.</strong></p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis grouped question UIN 167306 167308 question first answered 19/03/2021 16:43:45 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard