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48811

	registered interest
	date	28/04/2014
	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 progress has been made on the Lower Thames Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	196841
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Further to my answer to the hon. Member for Windsor on Monday, 24 February 2014, Official Report column 83W, the Environment Agency is continuing to work with partners to develop the River Thames Scheme (Datchet to Teddington). This includes flood channel capacity improvements, property level protection measures and the construction of three new channels.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Preparatory work, which is under way, includes establishing appropriate consents and approval needed with planning authorities, undertaking surveys needed to gain consents, and the development of a funding package with other risk management authorities. The Environment Agency is planning to submit its Strategic Outline Case for this project to Defra as part of the HM Treasury and the Cabinet Office's Major Projects Authority approvals process.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency aims to start the work on improving weir capacity in 2016.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Full appraisal and outline design of the flood channel and capacity improvements will commence this summer. It is expected that this will take three to four years to enable the proposal for the new flood channels to be submitted for planning consents and authorisations. It is estimated that the construction of the flood channel will commence in 2020 and will take five to six years to complete.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

50012

	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 time taken by insurance companies to compensate those affected by the current year's floods.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	197736
	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	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

48965

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2014
	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 make it his policy either that carrier bags containing a defined percentage of recycled plastics should be exempt from a levy on plastic bags, or that there should be no such exemptions at all.
	tabling member constituency	Elmet and Rothwell
	tabling member printed	Alec Shelbrooke
	uin	196982
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>We do not intend to exclude plastic bags containing a defined percentage of recycled plastics from the proposed levy on plastic bags. In addition to measures to reduce usage, we will continue to encourage the recycling of plastic bags and we welcome efforts to increase their recycled content.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	3997 label Biography information for Sir Alec Shelbrooke

46748

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2014
	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, how many Environment Agency staff have been redeployed to inspect flood defence assets in each of the last five months.
	tabling member constituency	Brent North
	tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
	uin	195064
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>The Environment Agency has 100 members of staff fully trained in asset inspection who have all been deployed in the last five months. Only trained staff are used to inspect assets.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

46752

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2014
	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, how many non-Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management staff counted under the Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management cost-heading at the Environment Agency have been redeployed to inspect flood defence assets in each of the last five months.
	tabling member constituency	Brent North
	tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
	uin	195062
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Environment Agency has not redeployed any non–flood and coastal erosion risk management staff to inspect flood risk management assets in the last five months. The Environment Agency only uses fully trained staff to inspect assets and has trained and used 200 armed forces personnel for this purpose.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

46753

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2014
	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, how many and what proportion of flood management assets have been inspected in each year since 2008-09.
	tabling member constituency	Brent North
	tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
	uin	195063
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Since 2008/9 the Environment Agency has inspected all of its flood risk management assets on a risk based programme. The highest risk assets are inspected every six months, medium risk assets every 12 to 18 months, low risk assets every 24 to 36 months and very low risk assets every 60 months. The Environment Agency currently has around 150,000 flood risk management assets. In March 2014 the Environment Agency carried out a full inspection of all flood risk management assets using military personnel.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

46754

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2014
	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 publish the findings of his Department's root and branch review of the environmental information required from businesses; and when he plans to publish plans for implementing changes to those requirements.
	tabling member constituency	Brent North
	tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
	uin	195112
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Initial findings of Defra's root and branch review of the environmental information required from businesses were published on the Smarter Guidance and Data website last November. Findings for marine and carbon information obligations followed in February. These findings can be found at guidanceanddata.defra.gov.uk. I have placed copies in the library of the House.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>An implementation plan outlining reform measures for environmental information required from businesses is due to be published on 9 April. This implementation plan will be available on <a href="http://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>. Remaining measures featuring farming-related information obligations are due to be published in June.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

46755

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2014
	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 plans to publish a report on the implementation of the Department's anaerobic digestion strategy and action plan for 2013-14.
	tabling member constituency	Brent North
	tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
	uin	195114
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p>We intend to publish a further report on implementation of the Anaerobic Digestion Strategy and Action Plan later this year.</p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

46756

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2014
	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 his Department will (a) complete and (b) publish its review of the Chalara Management Plan; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brent North
	tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
	uin	195061
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Government will publish an updated management approach to <em>Chalara</em> alongside updated management approaches to other established tree pests and diseases, and those that pose an imminent threat, in a single Tree Health Management Plan. This Plan will set out the action that the Government and others are taking to protect our tree population from pests and diseases. It will be published alongside the wider Plant Biosecurity Strategy later this spring.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson grouped question UIN 195097 question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

46757

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2014
	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 the Government's report into the condition of all flood defence assets following the winter floods will be published; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brent North
	tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
	uin	195126
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Government's report into the condition of flood defence assets will be published when the results of the national assessment have been analysed by the Environment Agency. This is currently expected to be May.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 22/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson previous answer version 5228 answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner