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967452

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Families
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs policies have been assessed against the Family Test; and whether they will publish any such assessments.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Eaton
	uin	HL9948
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting families. To achieve this, in 2014 we introduced the Family Test, which aims to ensure that impacts on family relationships and functioning are recognised early on during the process of policy development and help inform the policy decisions made by Minsters. There is no requirement for departments to publish the results of assessments made under the Family Test.</p><p> </p><p>The Family Test is an integral part of the policy making process and is applied in a proportionate way in the development of all new policy in line with the Family Test guidance.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 18/09/2018 11:38:07 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	4184 label Biography information for Baroness Eaton

947575

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2018
	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	Farmers: Supermarkets
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support fairness in the supply chain for farmers and growers.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
	uin	HL9854
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/08/2018 answer text <p>It is important that farmers and growers are treated fairly by other operators in the supply chain. The Groceries Code Adjudicator plays an important role in making sure that businesses who supply directly to large supermarkets are treated lawfully and fairly.</p><p> </p><p>Many farmers and producers do not supply supermarkets directly, and earlier this year the Government announced a package of measures to help farmers by improving transparency and integrity in the supply chain. These measures included:</p><p> </p><ul><li>A £10 million collaboration fund to support farmers to come together and strengthen their position in the supply chain. This fund will be launched later this year.</li><li>A commitment to explore with industry how the collection and dissemination of market data can be improved in the longer-term to drive greater supply chain transparency.</li><li>Launching consultations on mandatory written contracts in the dairy sector and on carcase classification for sheep. The latter is underway and closes on 23<sup>rd</sup> August.</li></ul><p> </p><p>We are also acting to tackle the late payment culture across all sectors. The Small Business Commissioner was appointed in October 2017, and earlier this year the Chancellor announced a call for evidence on how to eliminate unfair payment practices to small businesses, which will seek views on how the Government can go further to deliver a fair payment culture.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 06/08/2018 12:17:17 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

947573

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2018
	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	Sky Lanterns
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the risk to the public, property and crops from sky lanterns.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
	uin	HL9853
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/08/2018 answer text <p>In 2013, the UK and Welsh Governments jointly commissioned an independent study entitled ‘<em>Sky lanterns and helium balloons: an assessment of impacts on livestock and the environment’ </em>to identify and assess their impacts and risks primarily to livestock and the environment, but also their fire risk and the damage they do to crops. The report concluded that while the impact on livestock and the environment is low, there is however a potential fire safety risk. There is a responsibility on individuals to recognise the impact these products can have, particularly on very dry land and in periods of very hot weather such as we have experienced in recent weeks.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 06/08/2018 12:16:22 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

1128063

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2019
	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	Beaches: Sewage
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to prevent the leaking of sewage onto beaches at (1) Sunderland, and (2) Whitburn.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville
	uin	HL15912
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>Continuous improvements have been made to the sewerage system in the area, with the latest being the completion of a scheme to reduce storm sewage discharges from the Whitburn long sea outfall in December 2017. This has reduced the frequency in discharges from the system by around 40% compared to the average from the old system.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 04/06/2019 14:24:56 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	4285 label Biography information for Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville

1128007

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2019
	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	Fire Resistant Materials
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Henley on 20 May (HL15634), whether DecaBDE is the same chemical as DecaPBDE; and whether production and use of DecaPBDE continues in the UK.
	tabling member printed	The Countess of Mar
	uin	HL15892
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>Polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) is a group of chemicals consisting of brominated hydrocarbons, of which decabromodiphenyl ether (DecaBDE) is one. When the term DecaPBDE is used in literature it usually refers to DecaBDE.</p><p> </p><p>The UK ceased production of DecaBDE in 1996 and its use has declined sharply since then. It has been banned under the UN Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants since December 2018 and this will be reflected in the revision to Regulation (EC) No 850/2004 on Persistent Organic Pollutants and also under the European chemical regulation regime, REACH, since March 2019.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 04/06/2019 14:24:04 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	1861 label Biography information for The Countess of Mar

1127992

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2019
	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	Animal Welfare: Grants
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what grants were made by the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to animal welfare groups in each of the last five years; to which groups they were made; and how much was provided in each grant.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hanningfield
	uin	HL15877
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and to obtain it would incur disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p>As part of a government wide digital transparency self-service agenda, government grant data from the previous three years is available online through the Government Grants Information System (GGIS). Data for Defra is combined with data for Defra’s arms-length bodies. As we have no firm definition of what an animal welfare group is these grants would not be easily identifiable on the GGIS.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 05/06/2019 14:34:46 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	2650 label Biography information for Lord Hanningfield

1127425

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2019
	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	Lung Diseases: Medical Equipment
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the percentage of respiratory inhalers that (1) end up in landfill, and (2) are incinerated.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL15836
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2019 answer text <p>Defra has not conducted an assessment of the percentage of respiratory inhalers which are ultimately landfilled or incinerated.</p><p> </p><p>Waste holders act in accordance with the waste hierarchy, so where waste does arise it is managed in the most resource-efficient way possible. The reuse or recycling of waste is preferred to energy recovery, through incineration for example, or disposal to landfill.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 24/05/2019 11:40:02 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1127417

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2019
	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	Smuggling: Cats
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what border checks are carried out to ensure that cats and kittens are not smuggled illegally into the UK from EU countries.
	tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
	uin	HL15828
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to preserving the UK’s high standards of biosecurity and animal welfare. The EU Pet Travel Scheme requires all pets travelling to Great Britain on approved routes to be declared. 100% of these are then subject to documentary and identity checks. All commercial EU consignments of dogs or cats receive documentary checks on entry and the Animal and Plant Health Agency conducts further risk based checks away from the border. We have increased resourcing at major UK ports to detect smuggled animals and continue to work collaboratively with Border Force, sharing intelligence in order to disrupt illegal imports.</p><p>On 13 May this year a statutory instrument[1] was laid in Parliament which will introduce a ban on commercial third party sales of puppies and kittens in England. This decision followed a public consultation which received over 6,500 responses, 96% of which supported the proposal. The ban itself is planned to come into force on 6 April 2020 and, once in place, anyone seeking to buy or adopt a kitten will have to deal directly with the breeder or with one of the UK’s many animal rehoming centres. Restricting the sale of kittens to licensed breeders has the potential to help deter people motivated to illegally import kittens for the purpose of financial gain.</p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2019/9780111186954" target="_blank">The Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2019</a></p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 29/05/2019 14:14:39 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble attachment 1 file name The Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2019.pdf title Draft Statutory Instrument
	tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

1127416

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2019
	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	Cats: Pet Travel Scheme
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that cats and kittens brought into the UK under the pet passport scheme do not carry diseases and parasites, including tapeworm and non-UK types of tick.
	tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
	uin	HL15827
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to preserving the UK’s high standards of biosecurity and animal welfare. The EU Pet Travel Scheme requires all pets travelling to Great Britain on approved routes to be declared. 100% of these are then subject to documentary and identity checks. Documentary checks for cats include a passport, signed by an Official Veterinarian in the country of origin, certifying that the cat has been vaccinated against rabies.</p><p>Since 2012, when the UK harmonised with the EU Pet Travel Scheme, we have no longer required tick or tapeworm treatment for cats or kittens. Risk assessments have been undertaken, both before harmonisation and since, which supported the removal of these requirements. As such, we have no plans to change the import requirements for pet cats. However, we continue to monitor the disease situation and will undertake a further formal risk assessment if evidence indicates that one is warranted.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 29/05/2019 13:44:59 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

1127415

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2019
	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	Hen Harriers: Conservation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Gardiner of Kimble on 16 January (HL12536), what steps they will take in response to the report Patterns of satellite tagged hen harrier disappearances suggest widespread illegal killing on British grouse moors, published in Nature Communications on 19 May, which found that hen harriers are ten times as likely to disappear over grouse moors than elsewhere and that this is the primary cause of their decline; and whether this finding will be reflected in an update to the 2016 Hen Harrier Action Plan.
	tabling member printed	Lord Birt
	uin	HL15826
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>Defra and Natural England will continue working in partnership with a wide range of stakeholders, including moorland communities, conservation organisations, police and landowners to implement the Hen Harrier Action Plan, which is kept under regular review.</p><p> </p><p>Defra is also working with the Raptor Persecution Priority Delivery Group on a new action plan to tackle raptor persecution, led by a senior police officer and drawing together representatives from a range of stakeholders.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 04/06/2019 11:01:46 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt