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1311290

registered interest
date	22/04/2021
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	Fly-tipping and Litter
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to support local authorities in tackling (a) littering and (b) fly-tipping.
tabling member constituency	Rugby
tabling member printed	Mark Pawsey
uin	914633
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2021 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>In recent years, we have bolstered local authorities’ powers to tackle litter and fly-tipping. We have increased and introduced new penalties for littering and fly-tipping and given councils the power to stop and seize vehicles of suspected fly-tippers. We also continue to campaign to raise awareness of the impacts of littering to support behaviour change and we are providing funding of just under a million pounds to help 44 local authorities purchase new litter bins.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 22/04/2021 16:35:07 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4052 label Biography information for Mark Pawsey

1311291

registered interest
date	22/04/2021
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	Peat: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment he has made of the effect of the commercial extraction of peat compost on the Government's ability to meet its net zero carbon target.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	914634
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2021 answer text <p>We are committed to ending the use of peat in horticulture in England and achieving our net zero target. In early February 2021, we held roundtables for groups of stakeholders to discuss potential measures to end the use of horticultural peat. We intend to publish a formal consultation in 2021 on further measures to end its use.</p><p> </p><p>In 2019, peat extraction accounted for an estimated 2.4 million tonnes of CO<sub>2</sub> emissions in the UK, or 0.5% of the UK’s total. For England, the figure is 0.2 million tonnes. All peat extraction in England will cease by 2042 at the latest, in advance of the UK’s target to be net zero by 2050.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 22/04/2021 16:04:25 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1311292

registered interest
date	22/04/2021
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	Meat: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to progress the Red Meat Levy Redistribution Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Dr Jamie Wallis
uin	914636
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2021 answer text <p>The Red Meat Levy Redistribution Scheme came into operation on 1 April 2021. It enables the transfer of levy, collected at slaughter, between the English, Scottish and Welsh levy bodies. This will recognise that in some cases, animals have spent some of their life and gained some of their value in another part of Great Britain. The levy will be apportioned on how long animals have spent in each country.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 22/04/2021 16:06:44 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4766 label Biography information for Dr Jamie Wallis

1311293

registered interest
date	22/04/2021
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	Litter: Tobacco
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to reduce tobacco litter.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Dr James Davies
uin	914637
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2021 answer text <p>The most effective way to tackle smoking related litter is by reducing the prevalence of smoking in the first place. The Government has committed to publish a new tobacco control plan for England later this year, to deliver its ambition of a smoke-free country by 2030. We have also recently announced our intention to explore regulatory options to ensure that the tobacco industry takes sufficient financial responsibility for the toxic litter created by its products.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 22/04/2021 16:34:27 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4476 label Biography information for Dr James Davies

1311294

registered interest
date	22/04/2021
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	Food Supply: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the (a) adequacy and (b) safety of the workforce in food supply chains.
tabling member constituency	Jarrow
tabling member printed	Kate Osborne
uin	914638
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2021 answer text <p>Defra works closely with other Government departments to ensure there is access to adequate numbers of suitably skilled domestic and migrant workers across the agri-food chain.</p><p> </p><p>Defra, the Home Office and the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority, work together to ensure that businesses adhere to the stringent requirements set for ensuring safety and wellbeing of seasonal agricultural workers.</p><p> </p><p>The Health and Safety Executive requires harvesting work in a field to be assessed by the farmer, or contractor, to determine risks, both to workers and others.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 22/04/2021 16:05:29 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4783 label Biography information for Kate Osborne

1310120

registered interest
date	19/04/2021
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	Hare Coursing
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 increase the range and scope of penalties available for hare coursing offences including (a) extending the seizure and forfeiture powers in relation to dogs and vehicles and (b) enabling full kennelling costs to be recovered from defendants; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	183082
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2021 answer text <p>We are determined to continue our efforts to prevent illegal hare coursing. In consultation with stakeholders and others we are exploring a number of options for additional measures and will continue to keep these under review.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 22/04/2021 14:44:41 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

1310149

registered interest
date	19/04/2021
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	Dangerous Dogs: Research
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 30 June 2020 to Question 64852 on the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991, on what date the Government commissioned research by Middlesex University into dog attacks is planned to be published.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	183061
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2021 answer text <p>Middlesex University’s draft report on measures to reduce dog attacks and promote responsible ownership was submitted to Defra in March this year. The report is currently being peer reviewed and will be finalised in light of peer review comments. Our intention is to publish the final report later this year.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 22/04/2021 12:38:40 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1310150

registered interest
date	19/04/2021
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	Seals: Conservation
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 15 April 2021 to Question 179538 on Seals, what (a) funding and (b) other Government resources have been allocated to the Give Seals Space campaign.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	183283
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2021 answer text <p>The Seal Alliance received a grant of £75,700 from Defra’s £40m <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/governments-40-million-green-recovery-challenge-fund-opens-for-applications" target="_blank">Green Recovery Challenge Fund</a> which has been used to support the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/public-urged-to-give-seals-space" target="_blank">Give Seals Space</a>’ campaign.</p><p> </p><p>Government officials have also been working with the Seal Alliance to help increase the reach of this government-backed campaign to ensure the impact of human disturbance on these vulnerable marine mammals is minimised.</p><p> </p><p>Further information on the campaign can be found on the <a href="https://www.sealalliance.org/downloads" target="_blank">Seal Alliance website</a>.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 22/04/2021 14:52:59 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1309762

registered interest
date	16/04/2021
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	Dangerous Dogs
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 potential merits of introducing penalties for dog owners whose dog attacks wildlife.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	182076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2021 answer text <p>There are already several potential penalties available to deal with dog owners who do not keep their animals under control.</p><p> </p><p>It is an offence under section 3(1) of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 to allow a dog to be dangerously out of control. Under section 2 of the Dogs Act 1871 a magistrates' court may make any Order they consider appropriate to require an owner to ensure that their dog is kept under proper control. The Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 also includes specific measures to enable the police and local authorities to tackle irresponsible dog ownership.</p><p> </p><p>Defra has also commissioned research in collaboration with Middlesex University to consider the effectiveness of current dog control measures. The report is currently being peer reviewed and will be finalised in light of peer review comments. Our intention is to publish the final report later this year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 21/04/2021 13:53:51 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1309765

registered interest
date	16/04/2021
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, what his timescale is for (a) publishing the results of the consultation on the export ban of live animals for slaughter and fattening and (b) implementing the recommendations arising from that consultation.
tabling member constituency	Ynys Môn
tabling member printed	Virginia Crosbie
uin	182120
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2021 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the hon. Member for Caerphilly on 15 April 2021, <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-04-12/178842" target="_blank">PQ UIN 178842</a>.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 21/04/2021 13:46:02 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4859 label Biography information for Virginia Crosbie