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724557

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2017
	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	Ivory: Sales
	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 18 April 2017 to Question 69979, for what reason that Answer does not refer to any assessment of the effectiveness of the ban on the sale of antique ivory objects made after 1947.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	72014
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2017 answer text <p><B>The House of Commons was prorogued before the earliest date of answer for this Question.</B></p> answering member constituency answering member printed question first answered 02/05/2017 10:00:00 answering member 0
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

724556

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2017
	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	Microplastics: Animal Welfare
	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 18 April 2017 to Question 69988, whether her Department plans to make an assessment of the effect of microplastics on the welfare of land animals.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	72012
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2017 answer text <p><B>The House of Commons was prorogued before the earliest date of answer for this Question.</B></p> answering member constituency answering member printed question first answered 02/05/2017 10:00:00 answering member 0
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1729088

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2024
	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	Agriculture: Carbon Emissions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support the agribusiness sector in reaching net zero carbon emissions targets.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL1007
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2024 answer text <p>This Government is committed to delivering net zero by 2050 and we will work in collaboration with farmers and others with a stake in our food system towards this.</p><p> </p><p>The transition to more climate friendly practices will go hand in hand with food security and farm productivity. We will support farmers to adopt low carbon farming practices, increasing the carbon stored on their land while boosting profitability.</p><p> </p><p>As part of this, we will optimise environmental land management schemes to make them work for farmers and nature, and introduce a land-use framework, helping to protect both the environment, food security and livelihoods.</p><p> </p><p>We will also look carefully at how to enable the benefits of innovation in reaching net zero carbon targets and the integration of new technologies and best practice into farming practices.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, to support our farming businesses, we will protect them from being undercut in trade deals, make the supply chain work more fairly and prevent shock rises in bills by switching on GB Energy.</p> answering member printed Baroness Hayman of Ullock question first answered 23/09/2024 14:23:12 answering member 4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1726586

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2024
	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	Agriculture: Land
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage on 9 August (HL387), how much high-quality land has been lost for the use of agricultural production in the last ten years for which figures are available.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
	uin	HL581
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2024 answer text <p>Natural England commissioned a review in 2023 to assess the loss of agricultural land to development, with a particular focus on Best and Most Versatile (BMV) land between 2013 and 2022. The report is expected to be published online by early 2025.</p> answering member printed Baroness Hayman of Ullock question first answered 16/09/2024 14:07:25 answering member 4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock
	tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

1722215

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2024
	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	Agriculture: Land Use
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the approval of the Sunnica, Gate Burton and Mallard Pass solar farms on food production.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mott
	uin	HL142
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/08/2024 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero assessed the solar farms’ impact on agricultural land in each of his relevant Decision Letters. These Decision Letters are publicly available on the Planning Inspectorate’s website.</p> answering member printed Baroness Hayman of Ullock question first answered 14/08/2024 14:38:59 answering member 4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock
	tabling member	4984 label Biography information for Lord Mott

1729684

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2024
	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	Agriculture: Land Use
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure, through the land use framework or other mechanisms, that local and larger-scale battery storage facilities are placed in appropriate locations on suitable land classes.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
	uin	HL1101
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2024 answer text <p>The Government has published Planning Practice Guidance, which details what applicants seeking planning permission for battery energy storage systems can do to ensure they consider any potential risks. By law, planning applications are determined in accordance with the development plan, unless material considerations indicate otherwise. Each application is judged on its own individual merit and the weight given to these considerations is a matter for the local planning authority as the decision taker in the first instance. Planning Practice Guidance encourages battery storage developers and local planning authorities to engage with Local Fire and Rescue Services (FRSs) before submitting and determining planning application, so that issues of the siting and location of Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) are dealt with before the application is made.</p><p>Spatial planning will play an important role in the delivery of the Government’s growth and clean energy missions. The Land Use Framework will work hand-in-hand with the Strategic Spatial Energy Plan, which will support a more actively planned approach to energy infrastructure across England, Scotland and Wales, identifying appropriate areas for power generation and storage infrastructure including batteries.</p> answering member printed Baroness Hayman of Ullock question first answered 23/09/2024 14:24:58 answering member 4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock
	tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1723108

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2024
	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	Agriculture: Robotics
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, following the prediction in the Precision Agriculture Global Market Report 2024 of an 11.7 per cent compound annual growth rate for the precision agriculture industry, what plans they have to promote the sustainable development of agri-robotics, and to encourage its integration into farming practices.
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
	uin	HL274
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2024 answer text <p>Precision agriculture and agri-robotics will play a vital role in supporting our farmers to boost Britain’s food security, drive productivity growth and improve environmental outcomes.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has world-class science and innovation capabilities, and we want to further promote the UK as a great place for technology innovators to start and grow businesses, fuelling private investment, growth and the creation of high-skilled jobs.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to supporting the farming sector and we are looking carefully at how to position further investment and support to enable the benefits of agri-robotics to be further realised and integrated into farming practices.</p> answering member printed Baroness Hayman of Ullock question first answered 31/07/2024 10:44:50 answering member 4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock
	tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

1726588

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2024
	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	Agriculture: Sustainable Development
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to reduce or withdraw support to the Sustainable Farming Incentive and, if so, (1) when, and (2) by how much; and what assessment they have made of the subsequent effect on existing agreements and new applications.
	tabling member printed	Lord Cromwell
	uin	HL588
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2024 answer text <p>This Government is fully committed to Environmental Land Management (ELM) schemes, including the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI). Record numbers of farmers are now in an ELM scheme, and the Government wants to maintain the momentum built over recent months.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will optimise ELM schemes such as the SFI in an orderly way, over time. The Government will work with the sector to make sure schemes produce the right outcomes for all farmers, including small, grassland, upland and tenanted farms, supporting food security and nature’s recovery in a just and equitable way.</p> answering member printed Baroness Hayman of Ullock question first answered 10/09/2024 13:01:27 answering member 4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock
	tabling member	2594 label Biography information for Lord Cromwell

1729604

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2024
	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	Agriculture: Wales
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Welsh Government's Sustainable Farming Scheme; and what consideration they have given to the introduction of a similar scheme in England.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mott
	uin	HL1063
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>Agriculture is a devolved area, and Wales’s Sustainable Farming Scheme is therefore a matter for the Welsh Government.</p><p> </p><p>Defra and devolved administration officials meet routinely to share experiences and insight regarding our respective agricultural policies.</p> answering member printed Baroness Hayman of Ullock question first answered 18/09/2024 13:38:36 answering member 4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock
	tabling member	4984 label Biography information for Lord Mott

1724767

	registered interest
	date	30/07/2024
	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	Air Quality Grant Scheme: Finance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Douglas-Miller on 24 May (HL4084), whether they will consider reinstating funding for the Air Quality Grant Scheme and, if not, what plans they have to better deliver positive outcomes for local air quality and public health.
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
	uin	HL530
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/08/2024 answer text <p>No decisions have been made yet on the future of the Air Quality Grant.</p> answering member printed Baroness Hayman of Ullock question first answered 07/08/2024 12:37:48 answering member 4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock
	tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans