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49561

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2014
	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
	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 commission an inquiry into the extent of problems arising from the use of motorised vehicles on unmetalled roads.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
	uin	197703
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>In the Deregulation Bill Committee debate on 25 March, we announced that we propose to form a working group along the lines of the current rights of way Stakeholder Working Group. We will invite stakeholders with the relevant experience and expertise to join a group with an independent chair and secretariat, ensuring that the group contains a balance across the full range of interests.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Any proposals made by the group for changing the current framework for managing the recreational use of motor vehicles would be subject to a full public consultation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 09/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

50173

	registered interest
	date	07/05/2014
	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
	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 evidence there is of contamination of the bacterial pathogen, Melissoccocus plutonius, from countries within the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
	tabling member printed	Simon Reevell
	uin	198102
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Melissococcus plutonius is the causative agent of European foulbrood. In 2012 the Dutch reported the results of a survey that used sensitive detection methodologies to suggest a 35 percent apiary prevalence of Melissococcus plutonius across the Netherlands.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>But a 2012-13 pan-European epidemiological study on honey bee colony losses found a low prevalence of European foulbrood across 15 Member States:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/food/animals/live_animals/bees/docs/bee-report_en.pdf" target="_blank">http://ec.europa.eu/food/animals/live_animals/bees/docs/bee-report_en.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	3978 label Biography information for Simon Reevell

49445

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2014
	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
	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 bring forward proposals to relocate (a) staff and (b) offices of his Department to Brighton; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
	uin	197452
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2014 answer text <p>There are no current plans for the Department to relocate staff or offices to Brighton.</p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 09/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

50301

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2014
	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
	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 discussions, he has had with (a) EU officials, (b) Indian authorities and (c) affected UK businesses regarding the European Commission's ban on the import of Indian mangoes.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	198233
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Secretary of State has met with the Indian High Commissioner to discuss the ban on imports of mangoes from India and will be working with the European Commission and other Member States to facilitate a lifting of the ban subject to the necessary plant health standards being achieved. Defra officials have discussed the issue with the main trade association, the Fresh Produce Consortium, both prior to and following the introduction of the ban and also recently with the National Asian Business Network.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

50302

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2014
	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
	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 his Department has undertaken any assessment into the European Commission's ban on the import of Indian mangoes and the economic impact on UK businesses.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	198234
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Protecting the UK's plants from incursions of pests and diseases is a high priority for the Government. There would be a major long term impact and costs from introducing more plant pests and diseases into the country. The pests intercepted on imports from India could cause significant damage to UK glasshouse crops worth £321 million a year. Such pests were found in 207 consignments of fruits and vegetables from India imported into the EU in 2013, of which 179 were intercepted by the UK.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>While a detailed assessment of the economic impact on UK businesses of the ban on the import of Indian mangoes has not been undertaken, the Government recognises the implications this will have and officials have met with the National Asian Business Association to discuss the issue.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We very much hope that imports of this highly-valued product will be able to resume as quickly as possible and will work with the European Commission and other Member States to facilitate this, subject to India's exporters and government showing that the necessary standards are being achieved.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

50298

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2014
	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
	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 bring forward legislative proposals to protect the UK's forests.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
	tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
	uin	198252
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Forestry is a devolved matter. As far as public forests in England are concerned, I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 10 April 2014, Official Report, column 394W, to the hon. Member for Sterling (Anne McGuire).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

49897

	registered interest
	date	06/05/2014
	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
	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 he has made of the effects of plastic bags on marine environments.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
	tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
	uin	197740
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Defra has funded a number of studies to investigate the potential for the absorption of contaminants by organisms that consume plastics. These studies are published in scientific literature. Defra is also currently conducting an analysis of the costs and benefits of the carrier bag charge, including on the marine environment.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) has been monitoring seabed litter since 1992 through fisheries stock assessments and marine litter surveys.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

49899

	registered interest
	date	06/05/2014
	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
	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 he expects to be able to announce his proposals for a single use plastic bag charge.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
	tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
	uin	197743
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Last September the Government announced plans to introduce a charge on single use plastic bags with effect from October 2015. We are developing our proposals and in doing so are considering the recent report of the Environmental Audit Committee, together with the response to our Call for Evidence. We will announce our response as soon as possible.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

49520

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2014
	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
	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 progress has been made on the review of partnership funding for flood defences; and when the results of this review will be published.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Miss Anne McIntosh
	uin	197579
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The independent evaluation of the Flood and Coastal Resilience Partnership Funding approach was published on 23 April 2014. The report is available on the Defra R&amp;Dwebpages at the following the link:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://randd.defra.gov.uk/Default.aspx?Menu=Menu&amp;Module=More&amp;Location=None&amp;ProjectID=18734&amp;FromSearch=Y&amp;Publisher=1&amp;SearchText=fd2663&amp;SortString=ProjectCode&amp;SortOrder=Asc&amp;Paging=10#Description" target="_blank">http://randd.defra.gov.uk/Default.aspx?Menu=Menu&amp;Module=More&amp;Location=None&amp;ProjectID=18734&amp;FromSearch=Y&amp;Publisher=1&amp;SearchText=fd2663&amp;SortString=ProjectCode&amp;SortOrder=Asc&amp;Paging=10#Description</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 09/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

49883

	registered interest
	date	06/05/2014
	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
	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 28 April 2014, Official Report, columns 474-5W, on air pollution, how much funding has been allocated to local projects by the Government's air quality grant programme in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	197879
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Total Funding allocated to local projects across England by Defra's Air Quality Grant Programme since 2010:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial year</p></td><td><p>Final award</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>£2,361,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>£3,078,745</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£3,100,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£1,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>£9,539,745</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 09/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger