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917241

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2018
	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	Cats and Dogs: Sales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	When his Department plans to publish its response to the evidence that it received on banning third party sales of puppies and kittens in England.
	tabling member constituency	Clacton
	tabling member printed	Giles Watling
	uin	905706
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2018 answer text <p>We will set out the results of our call for evidence in due course.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 07/06/2018 10:46:12 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

873522

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2018
	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	Animal Welfare: Sentencing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Government's press release, Sentences for animal cruelty to increase tenfold to five years, published on 30 September 2017, what progress his Department has made on bringing forward legislative proposals to increase sentences for animal cruelty in the agriculture industry.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	134637
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>Since the press release in September, the Government published the draft Animal Welfare (Sentencing and Recognition of Sentience) Bill in December 2017 for consultation which closed on 31 January. We are analysing the 9,000 responses and will respond shortly.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 02/05/2018 15:13:39 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

900387

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2018
	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	Incinerators
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Environment Agency's Pollution Inventory of 2015, what method of monitoring PM10 and PM2.5 emissions were used by the (a) six cement works, (b) 33 chemical works, (c) 13 energy from waste sites, (d) 42 food and drink works and (e) 19 hazardous waste sites that reported on emissions of PM10 and PM2.5 in 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	142316
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2018 answer text <p>The Environment Agency (EA) does not hold this information centrally and could only provide it at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The EA’s Pollution Inventory Reporting General Guidance describes the different methods which operators can use to determine releases. There are:</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>Measurement – based on standardised or accepted methods</p></li><li><p>Calculation – based on nationally or internationally agreed estimation methods and emission factors that represent the industrial sectors; and</p></li><li><p>Estimation – these are non-standardised and are based on expert judgement.</p></li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 23/05/2018 13:47:06 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

900148

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2018
	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	Countryside
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the 25 Year Environment Plan policy paper published by his Department in January 2018, what the timescale is for the proposed review of National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty; and how that review will be conducted.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	141678
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2018 answer text <p>The Government announced its intention to conduct a review of national parks and areas of outstanding natural beauty for the 21st century through the 25 Year Environment Plan. Further details on how the review will be conducted will be available in due course.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 16/05/2018 15:50:09 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

893021

	registered interest
	date	27/04/2018
	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	Dogs: Smuggling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his Department's summary of responses to its Consultation on the Review of the Non Commercial Movement of Pet Animals Order 2011, what steps he is taking to bring forward legislative proposals to reduce the number of dogs being brought illegally into the UK for sale after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
	tabling member printed	Alex Norris
	uin	139043
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2018 answer text <p>The Post Implementation Review (PIR) will evaluate the effectiveness of the Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals Order 2011. A public consultation was conducted and responses published in June 2017. We are seeking to publish the PIR report before summer recess.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst we remain a member of the EU, we continue to be signed up to the requirements of the Pet Travel Scheme. At present the Government is negotiating our departure from the EU and Defra is looking at future arrangements, including those for the Pet Travel Scheme.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 04/05/2018 14:04:17 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

917138

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2018
	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	Forestry
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his Department's Clean Growth Strategy, published in October 2017, what the timetable is for the establishment of the first forestry investment zone.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	149587
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2018 answer text <p>Local stakeholders in Cumbria are developing their proposition to pilot the first Forestry Investment Zone. More detail will be available later in the year.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 07/06/2018 14:59:02 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

917140

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2018
	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	Forestry
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his Department's 25-Year Environment Plan, when he plans to appoint a national tree champion.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	149589
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2018 answer text <p>A decision on the appointment of the national Tree Champion will be made shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 07/06/2018 16:25:55 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

892369

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2018
	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	Incinerators
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which incinerator operators hold (a) permits and (b) revised permits that require them to monitor emissions of (a) PM10, (b) PM2.5, (c) PM1 and (d) PM0.1 and if he will publish the results of that monitoring.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	138364
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2018 answer text <p>No incinerators are required to monitor these emissions. As per the answer of 19 April 2018 to Question 135379, all new waste incinerators are required to carry out a one-off monitoring exercise after the plant is commissioned to determine the size distribution of particulates in the exhaust gases (currently only for PM10 and PM2.5). The results of this monitoring are published on the public register which is available online at:</p><p><a href="https://environment.data.gov.uk/public-register/view/index" target="_blank">https://environment.data.gov.uk/public-register/view/index</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 04/05/2018 13:09:22 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

895501

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2018
	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: Seafood
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which Government departments he has had discussions with on the Seafood 2040 Strategy.
	tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
	tabling member printed	Melanie Onn
	uin	140157
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2018 answer text <p>In the coming months Defra will be discussing the Seafood 2040 recommendations with a range of Government bodies including Public Health England, the Environment Agency, the Sea Fish Industry Authority, the Marine Management Organisation, the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science and the Food Standards Agency.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 08/05/2018 10:09:23 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4464 label Biography information for Melanie Onn

903909

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2018
	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: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which EU (a) networks, (b) information systems and (c) databases his Department expects to (i) lose access to and (ii) pay to be part of and (iii) replicate after the UK has left the EU; and what assessment his Department has made of the cost of (A) paying for access and (B) replicating those systems.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	143619
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>We are seeking a deep and special partnership with the EU consistent with this taking back control of our borders, laws, money and trade. Our relationship with the EU's agencies and systems upon departure will be evaluated on this basis.</p><p>No decisions have yet been made on our future relationship with the EU's agencies and systems after leaving the EU. We are considering a range of options very carefully.</p><p>Where there is a demonstrable advantage in pursuing a continued relationship with an agency or other EU body, the Government will carefully examine whether we should pursue this. This will be a matter for negotiations.</p><p>We are also making preparations to replicate some EU systems where this may be necessary.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 21/05/2018 09:25:53 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake