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1584321

registered interest
date	06/02/2023
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	Environmental Land Management Schemes
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 she has made of the potential impact of the Environmental Land Management scheme on targets set under the Environment Act 2021; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	140076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2023 answer text <p>The Environmental Improvement Plan, published 31st January 2023, sets out the actions we will take to meet our targets under the Environment Act 2021. This includes relevant work across the whole of Government, such as the Environmental Land Management schemes.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 14/02/2023 12:26:21 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1584325

registered interest
date	06/02/2023
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: 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, whether she had discussions with (a) Natural England, (b) the Environment Agency and (c) the Office for Environmental Protection on the preparation of the Significant Improvement Test published on 31 January 2023; if she will place a copy of that advice in the House of Commons Library; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	140080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2023 answer text <p>The Secretary of State’s conclusion that the Significant Improvement Test has been met adhered to the legislative requirements set out in the Environment Act 2021, and was underpinned by an extensive evidence base.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 14/02/2023 08:47:56 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1583260

registered interest
date	02/02/2023
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	Camping Sites: National Parks
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 recent High Court decision on Dartmoor National Park, whether she intends to update the definition of open-air recreation in the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 to include wild camping.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	138289
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2023 answer text <p>There are no plans to update the definition of open-air recreation as set out in the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 10/02/2023 10:04:07 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1583261

registered interest
date	02/02/2023
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	National Park Authorities: Fundraising
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 CareMoor for Exmoor crowdfunder launched by the Exmoor National Park Authority, what assessment her Department has made of the implications for its policies of the projected shortfall in National Park Authority budgets for 2023-24; and what information her Department holds on the Authority's target for fundraising for core services via public appeals for donation.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	138290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2023 answer text <p>We recognise the economic challenges facing National Park Authorities and that they are considering options to manage current inflationary pressures. The Government remains committed to supporting our National Park Authorities and are working with them to generate more income from a range of sources including commercial revenue. As National Park Authorities are responsible for balancing their budgets, DEFRA does not hold information related to individual parks fundraising targets.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 10/02/2023 09:57:05 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1583347

registered interest
date	02/02/2023
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 Agency: Pay
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 she (a) has taken and (b) intends to take to resolve the ongoing dispute over the 2022-23 Environment Agency pay offer.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	138306
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2023 answer text <p>My Department works with the Environment Agency through the provision of its Corporate Services, including HR, to support it in developing a pay offer for its staff whilst ensuring it meets the requirements of the Government’s pay guidance of the day. The Environment Agency, as a non-departmental public body, conducts its own relevant consultation and negotiations on such matters, and has been actively engaging with the unions on the issue of pay.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 10/02/2023 12:12:48 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1583375

registered interest
date	02/02/2023
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: Animal 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, whether she plans to retain the ban on the use of battery cages for laying hens included in The Welfare of Farmed Animals (England) Regulations 2007.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	138309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2023 answer text <p>Defra is in the process of analysing and assessing its retained EU law stock to determine what should be preserved as part of domestic law, and what should be repealed, or amended. This work will determine how we use the powers in the Bill, including in relation to the Welfare of Farmed Animals (England) Regulations 2007. Having said this, there are no plans to remove the ban on battery cages for laying hens.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 10/02/2023 12:05:37 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1583423

registered interest
date	02/02/2023
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	Air Pollution: Pollution 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, with reference to Answer to the Question from the hon. Member for Brighton, Pavilion at Prime Minister's Questions on 1 February 2023, Official Report, column 338, on what evidential basis he stated that the measures the Government is putting in place to improve air quality are world leading.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	138312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2023 answer text <p>Emissions of key pollutants have fallen significantly since 2010, with nitrogen dioxide down by 44%, sulphur dioxide down by 70% and fine particulate matter (PM<sub>2.5</sub>) down 18%. But there is more to do.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has a proud history of global leadership on air quality, from co-founding the UNECE Convention on Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution in 1979, to co-chairing the new Forum for International Co-operation on Air Pollution. We have used these fora to drive reductions in global transboundary air pollution, and to share our science and policy expertise.</p><p> </p><p>Domestically we are taking world-leading action on air quality, including by:</p><p> </p><p>- being the first G7 country to announce it will phase out the sale of all new petrol and diesel cars and vans by 2030, and that from 2035, all new cars and vans must be zero emissions at the tailpipe. The Government has already spent over £2 billion to support the transition to zero emission vehicles.</p><p>- setting an innovative population exposure reduction target under the Environment Act 2021, which will, on average, reduce people’s exposure to PM2.5 by over a third by 2040 compared to 2018, supported by an expansion of the national monitoring network to add over 100 new PM2.5 monitors across England by the end of 2027;</p><p>- speeding up the deployment of clean and renewable technologies such as solar and wind – where the UK is already a world leader in offshore generation. The transition towards these forms of energy generation will have significant air quality co-benefits.</p><p>- continuing to deliver the measures set out in our Clean Air Strategy. We have built on these measures in our recently published Environmental Improvement Plan.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 09/02/2023 12:23:00 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1583424

registered interest
date	02/02/2023
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	Air Pollution: Pollution 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 she will publish her Department’s modelling which shows that reducing the annual mean concentration of PM2.5 to 10 µg/m3 by 2030 is not possible; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	138313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2023 answer text <p>A further report detailing the modelling conducted in support of the PM<sub>2.5</sub> targets was published on 9 February 2023. This is available here, alongside the numerous other documents which formed part of the over 800 pages of published evidence which supported the development of the environmental targets: <a href="https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/library/air-quality-targets" target="_blank">Air Quality Targets in the Environment Act - Defra, UK</a>.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 10/02/2023 14:44:36 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1583425

registered interest
date	02/02/2023
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	Highly Protected Marine Areas
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 her Departments plans are for the delivery of future rounds of Highly Protected Marine Areas.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	138314
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2023 answer text <p>Defra recently consulted on five candidate pilot Highly Protected Marine Areas (HPMAs) in English waters. The consultation closed on 28 September 2022. The resulting evidence will inform the Secretary of State’s decision on the designation of pilot sites and final site boundaries. As confirmed in the recent Environment Improvement Plan, we intend to designate the first HPMAs this year. We will continue to maintain engagement with stakeholders.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison grouped question UIN 138315 138316 question first answered 10/02/2023 13:40:01 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1583426

registered interest
date	02/02/2023
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	Highly Protected Marine Areas
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 her timeframe is for announcing the designation of pilot Highly Protected Marine Areas in UK waters.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	138315
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2023 answer text <p>Defra recently consulted on five candidate pilot Highly Protected Marine Areas (HPMAs) in English waters. The consultation closed on 28 September 2022. The resulting evidence will inform the Secretary of State’s decision on the designation of pilot sites and final site boundaries. As confirmed in the recent Environment Improvement Plan, we intend to designate the first HPMAs this year. We will continue to maintain engagement with stakeholders.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison grouped question UIN 138314 138316 question first answered 10/02/2023 13:40:01 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas