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1700430

registered interest
date	12/04/2024
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: Waste Disposal
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, who is responsible for defining the content of storm overflow discharges.
tabling member constituency	North Devon
tabling member printed	Selaine Saxby
uin	21317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>Storm overflows are permitted by the Environment Agency (EA) following our published <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fwater-companies-environmental-permits-for-storm-overflows-and-emergency-overflows%2Fwater-companies-environmental-permits-for-storm-overflows-and-emergency-overflows&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7Cc607b7a8c59d4ef4944e08dc5e0e0c37%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638488661621692620%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=38KBNtJaUQCAuJG%2BVLDCa78ohQpqI8Ibpkc9ou6rh80%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">guidance</a>. Discharges from storm overflows as are referred to as “storm sewage”, which in most part is the combination of “foul sewage” (domestic and trade wastewater) and “rainfall runoff”.</p><p> </p><p>Under the Environment Act 2021, sewerage undertakers will be required to monitor sewerage assets and the impact they have on the local environment. In April 2023, we consulted on Continuous Water Quality Monitoring and Event Duration Monitoring. Our consultation response published in September 2023 detailed our plans for a new water quality monitoring programme, which will place a duty on water companies to publish near real time information on the impact of sewage discharges.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore grouped question UIN 21318 21319 question first answered 23/04/2024 11:52:28 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4863 label Biography information for Selaine Saxby

1700431

registered interest
date	12/04/2024
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: Waste Disposal
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 a storm overflow that is at least 95% rainwater is defined as raw sewage.
tabling member constituency	North Devon
tabling member printed	Selaine Saxby
uin	21318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>Storm overflows are permitted by the Environment Agency (EA) following our published <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fwater-companies-environmental-permits-for-storm-overflows-and-emergency-overflows%2Fwater-companies-environmental-permits-for-storm-overflows-and-emergency-overflows&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7Cc607b7a8c59d4ef4944e08dc5e0e0c37%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638488661621692620%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=38KBNtJaUQCAuJG%2BVLDCa78ohQpqI8Ibpkc9ou6rh80%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">guidance</a>. Discharges from storm overflows as are referred to as “storm sewage”, which in most part is the combination of “foul sewage” (domestic and trade wastewater) and “rainfall runoff”.</p><p> </p><p>Under the Environment Act 2021, sewerage undertakers will be required to monitor sewerage assets and the impact they have on the local environment. In April 2023, we consulted on Continuous Water Quality Monitoring and Event Duration Monitoring. Our consultation response published in September 2023 detailed our plans for a new water quality monitoring programme, which will place a duty on water companies to publish near real time information on the impact of sewage discharges.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore grouped question UIN 21317 21319 question first answered 23/04/2024 11:52:28 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4863 label Biography information for Selaine Saxby

1700432

registered interest
date	12/04/2024
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: Waste Disposal
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 take steps to test storm overflow water to ensure that it is accurately defined.
tabling member constituency	North Devon
tabling member printed	Selaine Saxby
uin	21319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>Storm overflows are permitted by the Environment Agency (EA) following our published <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fwater-companies-environmental-permits-for-storm-overflows-and-emergency-overflows%2Fwater-companies-environmental-permits-for-storm-overflows-and-emergency-overflows&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7Cc607b7a8c59d4ef4944e08dc5e0e0c37%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638488661621692620%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=38KBNtJaUQCAuJG%2BVLDCa78ohQpqI8Ibpkc9ou6rh80%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">guidance</a>. Discharges from storm overflows as are referred to as “storm sewage”, which in most part is the combination of “foul sewage” (domestic and trade wastewater) and “rainfall runoff”.</p><p> </p><p>Under the Environment Act 2021, sewerage undertakers will be required to monitor sewerage assets and the impact they have on the local environment. In April 2023, we consulted on Continuous Water Quality Monitoring and Event Duration Monitoring. Our consultation response published in September 2023 detailed our plans for a new water quality monitoring programme, which will place a duty on water companies to publish near real time information on the impact of sewage discharges.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore grouped question UIN 21317 21318 question first answered 23/04/2024 11:52:28 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4863 label Biography information for Selaine Saxby

1690916

registered interest
date	21/02/2024
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	Water Restoration Fund
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 much has been (a) raised for and (b) spent through the Water Restoration Fund since its implementation.
tabling member constituency	North Devon
tabling member printed	Selaine Saxby
uin	15205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government is fully committed to the delivery of the Water Restoration Fund. As set out in the Plan for Water, environmental fines and penalties from water companies will be reinvested into the delivery of projects which improve the water environment. The Fund has yet to launch but further details will follow later this year.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 29/02/2024 14:04:12 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4863 label Biography information for Selaine Saxby

1690917

registered interest
date	21/02/2024
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	Rivers: Trees
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 make an estimate of the number of kilometres of tree cover there are along the banks of (a) rivers and (b) tributaries in England.
tabling member constituency	North Devon
tabling member printed	Selaine Saxby
uin	15206
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>Defra can provide both a rapid indicative estimate and a longer-term definitive estimate to the question.</p><p> </p><p>It will take within the region of two to four weeks’ time to produce an indicative estimate, with estimates solely based upon earth observation techniques.</p><p> </p><p>It may take up to one year’s time to achieve a definitive answer, as we await the completion of field work undertaken as part of the Natural Capital Ecosystem Assessment.</p><p> </p><p>The main difference between the indicative estimate and a comprehensive estimate is the ability to include smaller tree size and tributary sizes:</p><p> </p><ul><li>The indicative estimate would be derived from earth observation and would not include smaller trees less than 2.5m in height and would exclude smaller tributaries less than 0.5m in width.</li><li>The comprehensive estimate would be supported by field survey work that would include estimates for smaller trees down to 30cm in height and tributaries less than 0.5m in width.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Parochial estimates would be that possibly up to 30% of trees are less than 2.5m in height and 5% of tributaries are less than 0.5m in width.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 26/02/2024 13:25:09 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4863 label Biography information for Selaine Saxby

1690541

registered interest
date	20/02/2024
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	Timber
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 has taken steps to help increase domestic production of virgin and waste wood.
tabling member constituency	North Devon
tabling member printed	Selaine Saxby
uin	14986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>Trees are at the forefront of Government action on Net Zero – not just because of the carbon they lock up as they grow, but because of the carbon that stays locked up when timber is put into long-term use.</p><p> </p><p>We have set a new legal target that will see tree cover reach 16.5% of England’s total land area by 2050, which will increase productive woodland.</p><p> </p><p>Our Woodlands into Management Forestry Innovation Funds are supporting projects that will develop new technologies and working practices to help homegrown timber production meet demand.</p><p> </p><p>Last year, we published the Timber in Construction Roadmap setting out the Government’s plan to increase the safe use of timber in construction in England.</p><p> </p><p>We increased the recycling target for businesses handling wood packaging in 2024 to 42% (from 35% in 2023) and will be setting recycling targets to 2030 as part of the new packaging Extended Producer Responsibility Regulations that will come into force later this year.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 26/02/2024 13:17:16 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4863 label Biography information for Selaine Saxby

1690047

registered interest
date	19/02/2024
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, whether he has had discussions with (a) local authorities, (b) water companies and (c) Surfers Against Sewage on the terminology they use when issuing sewage alerts, in the context of potential confusion with storm overflows.
tabling member constituency	North Devon
tabling member printed	Selaine Saxby
uin	14692
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2024 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has regular meetings with a wide range of stakeholders. Local authorities use information from the Environment Agency (EA) to issue pollution alerts relating to designated bathing waters in England, and Surfers Against Sewage use information from the EA’s Pollution Risk Forecasting service for bathing waters to inform the alerts they provide, along with information about storm overflow discharges.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 29/02/2024 13:04:00 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4863 label Biography information for Selaine Saxby

1689225

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
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	Land Use
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 planned timetable is for the publication of the Land Use Framework.
tabling member constituency	North Devon
tabling member printed	Selaine Saxby
uin	14152
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2024 answer text <p>The Land Use Framework will be published in 2024. The Framework will build on the insight from the House of Lords Land Use in England Committee’s inquiry and support delivery of the full range of Government commitments through multifunctional, resilient, and productive landscapes. The Secretary of State for Defra has written to Lord Cameron of Dillington to explain the decision to delay publishing and to reiterate the Government’s commitment to a Land Use Framework for England.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has made significant progress over the past year in the areas that the Committee identified as policy priorities in their ‘Making the most out of England’s land’ report. We have launched the 2023 Sustainable Farming Incentive, a further round of Landscape Recovery, and legislated to require plan makers to take account of Local Nature Recovery Strategies in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act. The Government has also invested in the &quot;Land Use for Net Zero, Nature and People&quot; Hub in collaboration with UK Research and Innovation and the devolved governments, to support us to meet legal commitments on net zero and the environment, increasing food security and economic growth.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to work with other Government departments to understand and take account of their land use expectations as well as those within Defra. This includes the Geospatial Commission at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, following their 'Finding common ground' report.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 23/02/2024 14:06:05 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4863 label Biography information for Selaine Saxby

1683050

registered interest
date	17/01/2024
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	Water: 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, if he will (a) ask the Environment Agency to conduct bathing water tests in the context of the activation of storm overflows and (b) make an assessment of the potential merits of routinely conducting bathing water tests all year round.
tabling member constituency	North Devon
tabling member printed	Selaine Saxby
uin	10265
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2024 answer text <p>Event duration monitoring (EDM) data shows how often storm overflows are active and for how long. Government directed water companies to increase their storm overflow monitoring in 2013 and achieved 100% EDM coverage before the end of 2023. This increased transparency will help regulators hold water companies to account to reduce storm overflow discharges and will support public understanding of water quality. The Bathing Water Regulations require the Environment Agency to sample bathing waters at a fixed location using a pre-determined sampling schedule during the bathing season, which is fixed in the Bathing Water Regulations as 15 May to 30 September. The government is committed to reviewing the Bathing Water Regulations 2013 to ensure they reflect changes in how and where people use bathing waters.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 31/01/2024 17:59:24 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4863 label Biography information for Selaine Saxby

1682120

registered interest
date	15/01/2024
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	Marine Protected Areas: Fishing Gear
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 make it his policy to ban the use of bottom-towed fishing gear in marine protected areas on a whole-site basis.
tabling member constituency	North Devon
tabling member printed	Selaine Saxby
uin	9706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2024 answer text <p>Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are a devolved competency and the information provided therefore relates to England only.</p><p> </p><p>Each MPA protects specific features, whether that is a particular species or a variety of different habitats. Byelaws to protect MPAs from damaging fishing activity are developed using an evidence-led process to determine what measures are required to protect these specific features. Site by site assessments are carried out to tailor management measures and to avoid unnecessary restrictions on fishing. Only fishing activities which could damage the protected features of an MPA require management.</p><p> </p><p>Nearly 60% of the 181 English MPAs are already protected from damaging fishing activity. This includes byelaws made in 2022, which ban bottom towed gear over sensitive features in the first four offshore sites. The Marine Management Organisation consulted in 2023 on similar proposals for a further 13 sites; a decision on this will be taken shortly. We have also recently designated three Highly Protected Marine Areas. These sites have the highest level of protection in English waters and take a whole-site approach.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 22/01/2024 16:56:18 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4863 label Biography information for Selaine Saxby