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45034

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2014
	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 facilities exist for the retention and care of non-native wildlife species confiscated in the UK; where those facilities are located; and how many times such non-native wildlife species confiscated have been returned to the people or location where they were first confiscated.
	tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
	tabling member printed	Angela Smith
	uin	193703
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Non-native wildlife specimens (including plants) may be retained for various reasons by the Police, UK Border Force (UKBF), Royal Botanic Gardens Kew (RBG Kew), local authorities and other organisations such as the RSPCA.</p><p>RBG Kew has a Plant Quarantine Unit and keeps records of all plant material entering its collections but not records of confiscated specimens that are returned to the people or location they were confiscated from.</p><p> </p><p>UKBF re-homes seized wildlife after having consulted with the Joint Nature Conservation Committee, the UK's CITES scientific authority for fauna, on appropriate location. It has not been UK practice to return wildlife to countries of export as there is no guarantee of its return to the wild or that it will not re-enter illegal trade. UKBF does not disclose publically the locations where seized items are held. All seized animals remain the property of the crown.</p><p>No police-run facilities exist for the retention and care of non-native wildlife species confiscated in the UK: each case is dealt with on an ad-hoc basis. Information about returned specimens is not held centrally.</p><p>Defra does not hold information about holding facilities used by local authorities and other organisations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

61462

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2014
	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	Water Charges: South West
	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 agreement has been reached to extend to 2020 the reduction to household water bills for South West Water customers.
	tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
	tabling member printed	Angela Smith
	uin	200276
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Government announced the decision to fund South West Water to enable it to cut bills by £50 per year for all household customers in the Budget 2011. Households in the South West have received the reduction since April 2013. The understanding has always been that this reduction would continue for the duration of both the current spending review and the next.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 16/06/2014 15:04:18 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

66051

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2014
	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	Seas and Oceans: Environment Protection
	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 proportion of the UK's seabed is protected from the fishing practice of bottom trawling.
	tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
	tabling member printed	Angela Smith
	uin	204165
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>A single figure would not give an accurate picture of the area of the UK's seabed that is protected from the practice of bottom trawling. This is due to the various fishing method restrictions used, including full spatial closures, seasonal closures and those based on the size of fishing vessels. Additionally, as Defra is only responsible for fisheries management for parts of the UK,with Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authorities leading in the 0-6 nautical miles area, this data is not held in one place.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 11/07/2014 15:56:48 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

66048

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2014
	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	Seas and Oceans: Environment Protection
	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 has made of the potential economic benefits of an ecologically coherent network of marine protected areas in UK waters.
	tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
	tabling member printed	Angela Smith
	uin	204171
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Impact Assessment for the designation of the first tranche of Marine Conservation Zones assessed the economic benefits of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). Marine Protected Areas are expected to result in increases in ecosystem services including provisioning (i.e. increased fish numbers), regulating (i.e. climate regulation), cultural and recreational services. Overall, networks are likely to have additional benefits, such as an increase in biological resilience to adapt to changed conditions. While it is not possible to fully monetise the economic benefits of MPAs the Government is continually reviewing and developing the evidence base in this area with a wide range of interested parties.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 11/07/2014 16:01:07 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

66050

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2014
	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	Seas and Oceans
	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 has made of the economic cost of the degradation of natural capital in the UK's marine environment.
	tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
	tabling member printed	Angela Smith
	uin	204173
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The UK's Marine Strategy Part One (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/marine-strategy-part-one-uk-initial-assessment-and-good-environmental-status" target="_blank">Marine strategy part one: UK initial assessment and good environmental status - Publications - GOV.UK</a>) assessed the cost of degradation of the UK's marine environment. It estimated benefits forgone in a range of £5 million to £50.6 million from the degradation of marine assets, although this was only a partial estimate. The Natural Capital Committee has already considered how natural capital concepts can be applied to the marine environment and Defra is considering its advice.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 11/07/2014 16:04:50 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

66052

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2014
	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	Seas and Oceans: Environment Protection
	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 proportion of the seabed within the UK's Exclusive Economic Zone is designated as marine protected areas; and what proportion of such areas exclude the fishing practice of bottom trawling.
	tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
	tabling member printed	Angela Smith
	uin	204168
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Around 9.4% of the UK continental shelf, as defined by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, Part V, Article 76, is designated as Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). This area includes all of the UK Exclusive Economic Zone.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The closure of fisheries in MPAs located in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland is a matter for their respective administrations. Therefore, information on the proportion of such areas in the UK is not readily available. As part of Defra's revised approach to fisheries management, 17 new byelaws have been introduced to protect vulnerable habitats from damaging bottom trawling activities in MPAs. Details of these byelaws, including the boundaries of closed areas, are available at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- Cornwall Closed Area European Marine Site: <a href="http://www.cornwall-ifca.gov.uk/new_byelaw" target="_blank">http://www.cornwall-ifca.gov.uk/new_byelaw</a></p><p> </p><p>- Devon &amp; Severn mobile gear protection byelaw: <a href="http://www.devonandsevernifca.gov.uk/News" target="_blank">http://www.devonandsevernifca.gov.uk/News</a></p><p> </p><p>- Eastern European Marine Site byelaw: <a href="http://www.eastern-ifca.gov.uk/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=137&amp;Itemid=202" target="_blank">http://www.eastern-ifca.gov.uk/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=137&amp;Itemid=202</a></p><p> </p><p>- Isles of Scilly European Marine Site byelaw: <a href="http://www.scillyifca.gov.uk/European_Marine_Sites" target="_blank">http://www.scillyifca.gov.uk/European_Marine_Sites</a></p><p> </p><p>- Kent and Essex Bottom towed gear byelaw: <a href="http://www.kentandessex-ifca.gov.uk/i-want-to-find-out-about/regulations/keifca-byelaws/keifca-district-byelaws/" target="_blank">http://www.kentandessex-ifca.gov.uk/i-want-to-find-out-about/regulations/keifca-byelaws/keifca-district-byelaws/</a></p><p> </p><p>- North Eastern Humber Estuary European Marine Site byelaw: <a href="http://www.ne-ifca.gov.uk/legislation-and-byelaws/byelaw-regulations/" target="_blank">http://www.ne-ifca.gov.uk/legislation-and-byelaws/byelaw-regulations/</a></p><p> </p><p>- North Eastern Flamborough Head byelaw: <a href="http://www.ne-ifca.gov.uk/legislation-and-byelaws/byelaw-regulations/" target="_blank">http://www.ne-ifca.gov.uk/legislation-and-byelaws/byelaw-regulations/</a></p><p> </p><p>- North Western European Marine Site byelaw (named byelaw 6): <a href="http://www.nw-ifca.gov.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.nw-ifca.gov.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>- Northumberland mobile gear byelaw: <a href="http://www.nifca.gov.uk/byelaws/new-ems-byelaw/" target="_blank">http://www.nifca.gov.uk/byelaws/new-ems-byelaw/</a></p><p> </p><p>- Northumberland Seagrass protection byelaw: <a href="http://www.nifca.gov.uk/byelaws/new-ems-byelaw/" target="_blank">http://www.nifca.gov.uk/byelaws/new-ems-byelaw/</a></p><p> </p><p>- Southern Seagrass protection byelaw: <a href="http://www.southern-ifca.gov.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.southern-ifca.gov.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>- Southern Bottom towed gear byelaw: <a href="http://www.southern-ifca.gov.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.southern-ifca.gov.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>- Sussex Prohibition of fishing byelaw: <a href="http://www.sussex-ifca.gov.uk/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=143&amp;Itemid=205" target="_blank">http://www.sussex-ifca.gov.uk/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=143&amp;Itemid=205</a></p><p> </p><p>- Four new MMO byelaws linked below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.marinemanagement.org.uk/protecting/conservation/ems-byelaws.htm" target="_blank">http://www.marinemanagement.org.uk/protecting/conservation/ems-byelaws.htm</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 14/07/2014 12:05:46 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

155882

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2014
	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	Public Footpaths: Coastal Areas
	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 her Department will complete the coastal footpath project by the target year of 2020; what the cost to date of that project is; and from which budgets funds have been allocated for the completion of the path.
	tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
	tabling member printed	Angela Smith
	uin	214716
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2014 answer text <p>We are committed to completing the coastal path around England by 2020. As announced by the Deputy Prime Minister, extra funding will be made available and we are discussing this with HM Treasury.</p><p>To date, Natural England has incurred establishment costs of £137,238 on the three stretches of the coast where the right of access under the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 has been implemented. Natural England has estimated further establishment costs of £851,730 on the six stretches where it has submitted coastal access reports to the Secretary of State, but where the right of access has not yet been implemented.</p><p>Natural England's staff costs for delivering costs coastal access are included within its overall staff budget. Natural Englad is also incurring additional costs for publishing and advertising coastal access reports, and for agreements which it has entered with access authorities to provide it with a range of access advice and to carry out preliminary work in relation to the coastal path.</p><p>The Department has spent £85,590 in meeting the costs incurred by the Planning Inspectorate in determining a number of objections which have been made to proposals in Natural England's coastal acces reports.</p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 20/11/2014 09:39:45 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

156258

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2014
	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
	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 her Department is taking to monitor the disposal of commercial dog waste from breeding establishments and other places dogs may be kept.
	tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
	tabling member printed	Angela Smith
	uin	215031
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2014 answer text <p>Local authorities have powers under commercial dog breeding legislation to inspect such establishments. Inspectors are able to check that dog waste is being disposed of in accordance with guidance.</p><p>Any waste produced may only be disposed of at a site that operates under an environmental permit or a registered exemption granted by the Environment Agency.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 215032 question first answered 21/11/2014 14:45:22 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

156257

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2014
	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
	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 ensure that commercial dog waste from breeding establishments is not reaching the human or animal food chains and water supply.
	tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
	tabling member printed	Angela Smith
	uin	215032
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2014 answer text <p>Local authorities have powers under commercial dog breeding legislation to inspect such establishments. Inspectors are able to check that dog waste is being disposed of in accordance with guidance.</p><p>Any waste produced may only be disposed of at a site that operates under an environmental permit or a registered exemption granted by the Environment Agency.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 215031 question first answered 21/11/2014 14:45:23 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

156260

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2014
	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
	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 guidance her Department issues to commercial dog breeding establishments on the disposal of faeces, bedding, dog carcasses and other waste.
	tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
	tabling member printed	Angela Smith
	uin	215033
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2014 answer text <p>Commercial dog breeding establishments are licensed by local authorities. The Model Licence Conditions and Guidance for Dog Breeding Establishments 2013 reminds local authority inspectors and dog breeders how to dispose of dog waste and from where to get more detailed information on this issue.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 21/11/2014 14:47:38 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith