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1279011

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2021
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	When he plans to bring forward legislative proposals on animal sentience.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	911180
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2021 answer text <p>We have committed to bringing in new laws on animal sentience. Any necessary changes required to domestic legislation will be made in an effective and credible way and will be brought forward when parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 21/01/2021 15:39:19 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1311290

	registered interest
	date	22/04/2021
	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	Fly-tipping and Litter
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps his Department is taking to support local authorities in tackling (a) littering and (b) fly-tipping.
	tabling member constituency	Rugby
	tabling member printed	Mark Pawsey
	uin	914633
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2021 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>In recent years, we have bolstered local authorities’ powers to tackle litter and fly-tipping. We have increased and introduced new penalties for littering and fly-tipping and given councils the power to stop and seize vehicles of suspected fly-tippers. We also continue to campaign to raise awareness of the impacts of littering to support behaviour change and we are providing funding of just under a million pounds to help 44 local authorities purchase new litter bins.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 22/04/2021 16:35:07 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4052 label Biography information for Mark Pawsey

1364190

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2021
	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	Meat: Consumption
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps his Department is taking to promote the consumption of British meat.
	tabling member constituency	Don Valley
	tabling member printed	Nick Fletcher
	uin	903879
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2021 answer text <p>We want people at home and abroad to be lining up to Buy British. Our farmers produce high-welfare, high-quality meat and we are committed to supporting them. Our new farming schemes will offer the opportunity to move towards a more pastural system, producing higher quality meat that is reared in a sustainable way.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 01/11/2021 08:14:08 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	4832 label Biography information for Nick Fletcher

1608933

	registered interest
	date	30/03/2023
	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	Flood Control: North Devon
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps her Department has taken to reduce storm overflows in North Devon constituency.
	tabling member constituency	North Devon
	tabling member printed	Selaine Saxby
	uin	904418
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2023 answer text <p>We are requiring water companies to deliver their largest ever infrastructure investment worth £56 billion over 25 years. South West Water are now required to undertake improvements to storm overflows in your constituency for example by increasing capacity of storm storage. I have also asked every water and sewerage company in the country to provide an action plan for every storm overflow, including South West Water.</p><p> </p><p>We are driving increases in monitoring across the country with coverage increasing from 7% in 2010 under Labour to around 90% today, and 100% by the end of this year.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 30/03/2023 11:51:08 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4863 label Biography information for Selaine Saxby

1364188

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2021
	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	Food: Exports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps he is taking to support food and drink exporters.
	tabling member constituency	Buckingham
	tabling member printed	Greg Smith
	uin	903877
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2021 answer text <p>We want people at home and abroad to be lining up to Buy British. We have announced an export package to support food and drink producers, and will be establishing an Export Council. This will bring together industry and Government to drive export growth. We are also expanding our agri-food counsellor network to make sure that our sectors can take advantage of export opportunities.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 28/10/2021 10:48:41 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	4778 label Biography information for Greg Smith

1299467

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2021
	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: Government Assistance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps he is taking to support farmers producing food for the domestic market.
	tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
	tabling member printed	Matt Western
	uin	912954
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2021 answer text <p>From this year we will be offering new productivity support. Farmers will be able to apply for grants to help them invest in equipment and technology and boost their productivity under the Farming Investment Fund.</p><p> </p><p>The Farm Resilience scheme will provide help for the first three years of the agricultural transition period to manage their businesses through the transition. It will ensure experts are on hand to provide any advice and support needed.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 04/03/2021 14:01:30 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1299469

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2021
	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	Flood Control
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps he is taking to secure long-term funding for nature-based flooding solutions.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
	uin	912956
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2021 answer text <p>This Government sees nature-based solutions playing an increasing role in our effort to reduce flood risk, alongside traditional flood defences, in our £5.2 billion capital flood defence programme as well as through the £200 million innovation programme. These will run for the next six years. In addition, the Government’s ongoing investment in the environment, such as the Nature for Climate Fund and our environmental land management schemes, will also support natural flood management measures.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 04/03/2021 16:50:51 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1311293

	registered interest
	date	22/04/2021
	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	Litter: Tobacco
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps he is taking to reduce tobacco litter.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Dr James Davies
	uin	914637
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2021 answer text <p>The most effective way to tackle smoking related litter is by reducing the prevalence of smoking in the first place. The Government has committed to publish a new tobacco control plan for England later this year, to deliver its ambition of a smoke-free country by 2030. We have also recently announced our intention to explore regulatory options to ensure that the tobacco industry takes sufficient financial responsibility for the toxic litter created by its products.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 22/04/2021 16:34:27 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4476 label Biography information for Dr James Davies

1364191

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2021
	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	Litter
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps he is taking to reduce the amount of litter in the environment.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	903880
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2021 answer text <p>Since publishing our 2017 Litter Strategy we have both increased and introduced new penalties for littering, launched an anti-litter campaign with Keep Britain Tidy and provided nearly £1 million to help councils purchase new bins.</p><p> </p><p>More recently, we have brought together chewing gum producers to establish a voluntary producer responsibility scheme through which they will invest up to £10 million over five years to help clean up our streets and facilitate long-term behaviour change.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 28/10/2021 10:53:23 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1311292

	registered interest
	date	22/04/2021
	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	Meat: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps he is taking to progress the Red Meat Levy Redistribution Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Bridgend
	tabling member printed	Dr Jamie Wallis
	uin	914636
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2021 answer text <p>The Red Meat Levy Redistribution Scheme came into operation on 1 April 2021. It enables the transfer of levy, collected at slaughter, between the English, Scottish and Welsh levy bodies. This will recognise that in some cases, animals have spent some of their life and gained some of their value in another part of Great Britain. The levy will be apportioned on how long animals have spent in each country.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 22/04/2021 16:06:44 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	4766 label Biography information for Dr Jamie Wallis