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175700

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2015
	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	Animals: Poisoning
	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 number of animals which died from consumption of ethylene-glycol based anti-freeze in the last year; and what steps the Government has taken to reduce the number of animal deaths from ingestion of that substance.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
	tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
	uin	222056
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2015 answer text <p>We have no estimate for the number of animals that have died from ingesting anti-freeze. In common with most chemicals supplied for domestic use, anti-freeze is covered by the Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) Regulations. These require suppliers of dangerous chemicals to give information about the potential hazards to their customers, usually provided on the package itself.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 30/01/2015 15:55:06 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

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

1434297

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2022
	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	Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease 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, how many badger culling licences his Department has issued since the announcement by the Government of the phased end of culling in May 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
	tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
	uin	127311
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2022 answer text <p>All badger culling operations are licenced by Natural England. In June 2021 11 new supplementary badger culling licences were issued by Natural England. Details can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bovine-tb-authorisation-for-supplementary-badger-control-in-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bovine-tb-authorisation-for-supplementary-badger-control-in-2021</a>.</p><p> </p><p>In September 2021 seven new intensive badger culling licences were issued by Natural England. Details can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bovine-tb-authorisation-for-badger-control-in-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bovine-tb-authorisation-for-badger-control-in-2021</a>.</p><p> </p><p>No new intensive badger culling licences will be issued after 2022. Supplementary badger culling licences will be restricted to a maximum of two years. Culling will remain an option, and be licensed by Natural England, where epidemiological assessment indicates that it is needed.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 25/02/2022 13:56:03 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

1434298

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2022
	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	Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease 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 estimate his Department makes of how many (a) badgers and (b) cattle have been vaccinated against Bovine TB since the Government announced the phased end of badger culling in May 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
	tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
	uin	127312
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2022 answer text <p>The Government announced the next phase of its strategy to combat bovine tuberculosis in England, including the phasing out of badger culling, on 27 May 2021. Since then, 1,410 badgers have been vaccinated across England. Further details on the numbers of badgers vaccinated will be published on gov.uk in due course.</p><p> </p><p>To date, vaccination of cattle in the UK against bovine TB has been carried out only as part of research studies. The candidate cattle vaccine and skin test to detect infected animals among vaccinated animals (normally referred to as a DIVA test) are the subject of field trials led by the Animal and Plant Health Agency, which started in June 2021. These trials are aimed at securing UK marketing authorisations for the candidate cattle vaccine and DIVA skin test.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 25/02/2022 13:50:39 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

1452903

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2022
	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	Landfill
	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 plans to reduce the amount of waste generated in the UK to landfill in (a) the UK and (b) other countries.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
	tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
	uin	143580
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2022 answer text <p>We committed in the Net Zero Strategy to explore policies to work towards eliminating all biodegradable waste to landfill by 2028. Our ambitious Resources and Waste Strategy set a target of less than 10% of municipal residual waste to landfill by 2035.</p><p>We are making good progress with these commitments with a substantial decrease in the amount of local authority managed waste sent to landfill from 79% in 2000/01 to 8% in 2020/21.</p><p>It is generally illegal to export waste from the UK for disposal, including for disposal in landfill. We do, however, recognise the difficulties that some countries have in dealing with plastic waste, and so we have committed to banning the export of this waste to countries which are not members of the OECD. We will consult this year on options to deliver this ban.</p><p>Waste is a devolved matter and Defra has responsibility for waste management in England only.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 24/03/2022 17:21:30 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

1455401

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2022
	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	Dredging: 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, what his Department’s plans are for the disposal of dredge, including zinc and lead, in landfill.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
	tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
	uin	149171
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2022 answer text <p>Dredging waste must be sent to permitted landfill, unless it is exempt from the need for a permit. The permits for these sites control the site design, waste types and quantity to prevent or minimise pollution. These permits do not include specific limits for lead and zinc where the dredged material is non-hazardous waste. The Environment Agency considers the risk of lead and zinc emissions from landfill sites during the permit application process and landfill sites are designed and regulated to prevent or minimise pollution. At dredging sites exempt from the need for a permit, any pollution risk is limited by the scale of the activity and it is assumed that any pollutants will return to the waterway they were dredged from (with no additional pollutant load on the watercourse).</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 19/04/2022 09:31:02 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown