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170674

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2014
	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	Dogs: Animal Breeding
	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 assessment she has made of the level of compliance by puppy farms with regulations relating to the breeding and sale of puppies.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
	tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
	uin	218917
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>Defra has not made any assessment of the level of compliance with dog breeding regulations. It is the responsibility of local authorities to ensure that licensed dog breeders comply with the relevant regulations. On 13 November, my department wrote to all local authorities in England reminding them of the definition of a licensed dog breeding establishment under the relevant legislation in order to ensure that dog breeders are appropriately regulated.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 05/01/2015 15:22:13 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

381886

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2015
	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
	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 advice she has received on the use of clothianidin, imidacloprid and thiamethoxam and other neonicotinoid pesticides.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
	tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
	uin	2828
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>The government believes decisions on pesticides should be based on scientific evidence. Ministers have taken advice from a variety of expert sources on the use of neonicotinoid pesticides. This includes the independent UK Expert Committee on Pesticides (ECP), Defra’s Chief Scientific Adviser, and experts from the Chemicals Regulation Directorate of the Health and Safety Executive.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 29/06/2015 10:37:15 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

422615

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2015
	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	Rural Areas: Economic Growth
	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 the functions are of the North East Rural Growth Network; and how much financial support it received from her Department in the last financial year.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
	tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
	uin	12569
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2015 answer text <p>Pilot Rural Growth Networks were set up in 2012 to test out approaches to tackling the barriers to economic growth experienced in rural areas.</p><p>Defra provided funding of £3,201,290 in the financial year 2012/13 to support the pilot Rural Growth Network in the North East for three years.</p><p>The North East Local Enterprise Partnership has provided £1.75 million of Growth Deal funding in 2015/16 to enable the North East Rural Growth Network to continue to provide grants to rural businesses and support economic infrastructure projects.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 27/10/2015 11:54:56 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

447226

	registered interest
	date	25/01/2016
	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	Hill Farming: 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, what steps she is taking to incentivise the use of hedges, field margins and ditches in farmed uplands in order to facilitate flood water retention.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
	tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
	uin	23873
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2016 answer text <p>The management of hedges, field margins and ditches is already incentivised in England (including the farmed uplands) by payments under agri-environment schemes, such as Environmental Stewardship. The new Countryside Stewardship scheme, launched last year, is targeted to include those areas that can provide joint benefits for biodiversity, water quality and natural flood management.</p><p> </p><p>The retention of hedgerows and field margins is also incentivised through Pillar 1 of the Common Agricultural Policy where they will be eligible as Environmental Focus Areas within the Greening requirements.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 01/02/2016 14:52:31 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

524455

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2016
	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	Neonicotinoids
	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 has made an assessment of the implications for her Department's policies of the findings of the University of Dundee study on the use of clothianidin, imidacloprid and thiamethoxam neonicotinoid pesticides, published on 28 April 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
	tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
	uin	40264
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of effective pesticides and believes that they should be authorised if the scientific evidence shows they have no harmful effects on human health and no unacceptable effects on the environment. Good science is therefore essential for good decisions.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will keep evidence on neonicotinoids under close scrutiny. The EU Commission has also initiated a review of the science, which will include evidence to address data gaps identified when restrictions on neonicotinoids were implemented in 2013.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 15/06/2016 10:01:27 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

92672

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2014
	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	Rhinoceros and Ivory
	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 the Government is taking to ensure that the UK upholds its international obligations to prevent the illegal trade of ivory and rhino horns.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
	tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
	uin	209928
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>The UK Government is taking a leading role in global efforts to end the illegal wildlife trade.</p><p>In February 2014 we hosted a high-level international conference for leaders from over 40 nations. The Conference resulted in the London Conference Declaration, containing 25 commitments to action on enforcement and criminal justice, demand reduction and sustainable livelihoods. The UK is actively supporting Botswana in hosting a further Conference to review progress in March 2015.</p><p>We are engaged with a wide range of international organisations and initiatives focused on combatting the illegal wildlife trade and supported the development of a UN resolution on illegal wildlife trade at the UN Environment Assembly earlier this year. The UK also supports organisations active in this field, such as the International Consortium for Combating Wildlife Crime (ICCWC), a partnership of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), INTERPOL, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the World Bank and the World Customs Organization.</p><p>The global effort to regulate international wildlife trade, which includes work to combat illegal wildlife trade, is undertaken within the framework of CITES, in which the UK plays a leading role. The UK is chair of the Rhino Working Group of the CITES Standing Committee and has funded an ICCWC coordinator post within the CITES Secretariat.</p><p>In December 2013, Defra and the Department for International Development announced a £10 million package to support efforts to tackle the illegal trade in wildlife products, including rhino horn and elephant ivory. This will enable the Government to support projects from developing countries which tackle the illegal wildlife trade, to be allocated through a competitive “Challenge Fund”. We hope to announce shortly the projects which were successful.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 20/10/2014 16:38:38 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown