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1683987

registered interest
date	22/01/2024
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	Import Controls: Ashford
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 estimate she has made of the average daily number of documentary checks that will be undertaken at Sevington Border Control Point in the next 12 months; and how many and what proportion of these will (a) be physical checks on (i) imported food and (ii) feed commodities and (b) arrive from the (A) Port of Dover and (B) Channel Tunnel.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	10877
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2024 answer text <p>The formal designation of Sevington can only take place once it has been confirmed that all the requirements of the relevant legislation have been met. Work is ongoing to put everything in place to meet these requirements, and for the designation to take place ahead of the commencement of physical SPS inspections at the end of April.</p><p> </p><p>Import volumes at point of entry or PHA level are not in the public domain and cannot be shared.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 09/02/2024 18:48:56 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1684011

registered interest
date	22/01/2024
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	Biodiversity Gain Site Register Regulations 2024
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason the Biodiversity Gain Site Register Regulations 2024 will come into force on 12 February 2024, in the context of their approval by both Houses in January 2024.
tabling member constituency	Suffolk Coastal
tabling member printed	Dr Thérèse Coffey
uin	10791
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2024 answer text <p>The Biodiversity Gain Site Register (Financial Penalties and Fees) Regulations 2024 and The Biodiversity Gain (Town and Country Planning) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2024, which were both subject to the affirmative procedure, were laid before parliament on 30 November 2023 and following debates on 8 and 10 January 2024 they were formally approved by parliament. The final four statutory instruments, subject to the negative procedure, were then laid before parliament on Friday 19 January 2024. Following the usual parliamentary procedure of allowing 21 days between laying legislation and it coming into force, the new mandatory biodiversity net gain requirement will come into force for major development, subject to the confirmed exemptions and transitional arrangements, on 12 February 2024.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 06/02/2024 13:39:34 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey

1684022

registered interest
date	22/01/2024
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	Flood Control: Shrewsbury
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 his Department plans to fund flood mitigation measures in Shrewsbury in the next financial year.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	10776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2024 answer text <p>Better protecting communities from flooding remains a key priority for the Government and significant investment in flood mitigation has taken place in Shrewsbury and the wider Severn Valley.</p><p> </p><p>During the 2024-25 financial year, approximately £5 million investment is planned to fund projects that will seek to further reduce flood risk in Shrewsbury. These projects are initiatives funded as part of the current six-year capital programme (2021-27). This programme aims to invest over £150 million, reducing flood risk and better protecting 3,000 homes and businesses across the English Severn and Wye Catchment. Almost £45 million of this will be in Shropshire, better protecting almost 600 homes and businesses.</p><p> </p><p>There are also existing flood risk management assets in Shrewsbury in the Frankwell and Coleham Head areas which together better protects 154 properties from flooding. The Environment Agency ensures they remain operational and highly effective at alleviating flooding to properties, businesses and infrastructure including through the most recent significant flooding events.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 14/02/2024 15:30:20 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

1684082

registered interest
date	22/01/2024
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	Pesticides: Regulation
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 effectiveness of pesticide regulation by the (a) Health and Safety Executive and (b) Expert Committee on Pesticides.
tabling member constituency	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
tabling member printed	David Mundell
uin	10754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2024 answer text <p>The UK has one of the most robust regulatory systems in the world. Pesticides are only authorised following a thorough scientific risk assessment that concludes all safety standards are met. Pesticides that pose unacceptable risks are not authorised.</p><p> </p><p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) are responsible for these authorisations. They also undertake compliance and enforcement activities to ensure that where pesticides are used, they are used safely and in accordance with the law.</p><p> </p><p>The role of the Expert Committee on Pesticides is to provide independent scientific advice, views and recommendations where required. The ECP publishes its annual report each year which summarises its work &amp; it delivers expert advice as requested. The latest annual report to be published can be found <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-expert-committee-on-pesticides-ecp-annual-report" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 09/02/2024 18:46:14 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	1512 label Biography information for David Mundell

1684095

registered interest
date	22/01/2024
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	Hunting Act 2004
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 made an assessment of the potential merits of strengthening the Hunting Act 2004.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	10882
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2024 answer text <p>This Government made a manifesto commitment not to change the Hunting Act 2004.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 15/02/2024 15:53:00 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1684096

registered interest
date	22/01/2024
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	Trapping: 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, what assessment he has made of the implications for his animal welfare policies of the use of snares.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	10883
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2024 answer text <p>The management of predators plays an important role in supporting the recovery of some of our most vulnerable species.</p><p> </p><p>An industry-owned code of practice for the use of snares to control foxes in England sets out clear principles for the legal use of snares, using evidence from snare-use research to improve snare deployment and design.</p><p> </p><p>We are looking at how snares are regulated as part of our continued drive to maintain the highest animal welfare standards in the world, and working to ensure the regulated use of the most appropriate trap and cull method which causes the least suffering whilst providing the greatest protection to crops, game birds or endangered species.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 09/02/2024 10:12:29 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1684097

registered interest
date	22/01/2024
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 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, what steps his Department is taking to implement Section 8 of the Animal Welfare Act 2006.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	10884
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2024 answer text <p>Causing an animal fight to take place, or attempting to do so, is an offence under section 8 of the Animal Welfare Act 2006, which would normally be enforced by the Police or the RSPCA. It is also an offence to be present at an animal fight without reasonable excuse or lawful authority.</p><p> </p><p>The Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Act 2021 increases the maximum sentence for such offences from six months to five years imprisonment and/or an unlimited fine. This strengthened penalty sends a clear message that animal cruelty will not be tolerated and will enable our courts to take a firm approach to cases such as animal fighting.</p><p> </p><p>The Online Safety Act 2023 also requires social media firms to remove online content of animal welfare abuse such as animal fights.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 14/02/2024 09:56:57 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1684111

registered interest
date	22/01/2024
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	Sewage: Pollution
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 accurate reporting of sewage pollution by water companies.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	10890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government has made it clear that the amount of sewage discharged into our waters is unacceptable. That is why our Plan for Water sets out more investment, stronger regulation and tougher enforcement to tackle widespread sources of pollution.</p><p> </p><p>We are making the water industry accountable on a scale never seen before. To achieve this, we have ensured that 100 per cent of storm overflows in England are now monitored, dramatically increasing the information we have on storm overflow activity. We included provisions in the Environment Act 2021 that build on this monitoring programme by requiring the publication of near-real time data on storm overflow activity by no later than 2025. We are also working to bring forward secondary legislation to support our new continuous water quality monitoring programme, which will provide world-leading information on the impact of storm overflow and final effluent discharges on watercourses.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 14/02/2024 15:27:15 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1684134

registered interest
date	22/01/2024
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	Pets: Imports
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 his Department plans to publish a summary of the outcome of the consultation entitled Changes to the rules on bringing pets into Great Britain.
tabling member constituency	Bradford South
tabling member printed	Judith Cummins
uin	10829
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2024 answer text <p>We are carefully reviewing the feedback gathered from our consultation and wider engagement with stakeholders, and a summary will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 09/02/2024 18:53:32 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4391 label Biography information for Judith Cummins

1684149

registered interest
date	22/01/2024
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	Wetlands: Flood 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, whether his Department is taking steps to (a) produce centralised guidance and (b) provide training for (i) land managers, (ii) planning authorities and (iii) practitioners on how to create and manage wetlands for flood resilience.
tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
tabling member printed	Sir Bill Wiggin
uin	10742
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2024 answer text <p>Natural flood management (NFM) is a key part of our approach. As you mention, we acknowledge the vital role that wetlands can play as part of the suite of NFM measures, both in reducing flood risk and in delivering multiple other benefits.</p><p> </p><p>We advocate the need for centralised NFM guidance and training that is relevant to all landscapes, including wetlands. The Construction Industry Research and Information Association (CIRIA) <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fflood-and-coastal-erosion-risk-management-research-reports%2Fthe-natural-flood-management-nfm-manual&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7C82191013081649d0a66908dc1c30d06d%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638416243171868370%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=FwSGBt6LJqaiDzSzIOMBEuqjqpPOHrdhXfdRHR8ITHw%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">NFM Manual</a> provides a step-by-step guide to natural flood management from identification through to implementation for a range of NFM measures. Wetlands are primarily covered in chapter 12 on floodplain reconnection.</p><p> </p><p>In summer 2023, the Environment Agency surveyed NFM practitioners on their skills and training needs. The Environment Agency is now exploring training options.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 07/02/2024 17:45:19 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin