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712430
registered interest false more like this
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answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
answering dept id 13 more like this
answering dept short name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
answering dept sort name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
hansard heading Fly-tipping more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans her Department has to reduce fly tipping; and if she will make a statement. more like this
tabling member constituency Romford more like this
tabling member printed
Andrew Rosindell more like this
uin 68587 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-03-23more like thismore than 2017-03-23
answer text <p>We are committed to tackling fly-tipping and, as set out in the Government’s manifesto have given local councils the power to issue fixed penalty notices for small-scale fly-tipping. These new enforcement tools have been available to councils since May 2016, providing them with an alternative to prosecutions and assisting them in taking a proportionate enforcement response.</p><p> </p><p>This builds on other Government action to tackle fly-tipping, which has included:</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>Introducing stronger powers for local authorities and the Environment Agency to seize vehicles of those suspected of waste crime.</p></li></ul><p> </p><ul><li><p>Cracking down on offenders by working with the Sentencing Council to ensure sentences act as a real deterrent to offending. New guidance came into force on 1 July 2014.</p></li></ul><p> </p><ul><li><p>Strengthening the waste duty of care by publishing a revised Waste Duty of Care Code of Practice, that provides guidance to local authorities, regulators, waste industry and all those that produce, keep, import, treat, have control or dispose of controlled waste on how to comply with their waste duty of care obligations.</p></li></ul><p> </p><ul><li><p>Supporting the industry-led Right Waste Right Place campaign to promote Duty of Care to small businesses. The campaign will be targeting construction, retail and agricultural businesses.</p><p> </p></li><li><p>Chairing the National Fly-Tipping Prevention Group (NFTPG) to prevent and tackle illegal dumping. The NFTPG includes representatives from central and local Government, enforcement authorities, the waste industry, and private landowners. The NFTPG has published a Fly-tipping Partnership Framework outlining best practice for the prevention, reporting, investigation and clearance of fly-tipping to be adapted to suit local circumstances as well as a series of fly-tipping prevention guides for householders, businesses, landowners and local authorities.</p></li></ul>
answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal more like this
answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey more like this
question first answered
less than 2017-03-23T11:09:39.687Zmore like thismore than 2017-03-23T11:09:39.687Z
answering member
4098
label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey more like this
tabling member
1447
label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell more like this
712431
registered interest false more like this
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answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
answering dept id 13 more like this
answering dept short name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
answering dept sort name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
hansard heading Agriculture more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to publish the Green Paper on the future of the UK agricultural industry. more like this
tabling member constituency South Down more like this
tabling member printed
Ms Margaret Ritchie more like this
uin 68579 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-03-23more like thismore than 2017-03-23
answer text <p>We have robust engagement plans to inform and shape our future agriculture and land use policy options and take on board stakeholder views. Decisions on the timings of future legislation and consultation documents about agriculture and land use will be shared in due course. We want to ensure that everyone who is interested has the opportunity to have their say as we shape the vision for these vital industries, including through formal consultation and broader engagement opportunities.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth more like this
answering member printed George Eustice more like this
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less than 2017-03-23T17:28:16.92Zmore like thismore than 2017-03-23T17:28:16.92Z
answering member
3934
label Biography information for George Eustice more like this
tabling member
4130
label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick more like this
712433
registered interest false more like this
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answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
answering dept id 13 more like this
answering dept short name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
answering dept sort name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
hansard heading Biodiversity and Sustainable Development more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent progress the UK is making towards Aichi 2020 and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. more like this
tabling member constituency St Albans more like this
tabling member printed
Mrs Anne Main more like this
uin 68622 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-03-28more like thismore than 2017-03-28
answer text <p>Progress towards achieving the Aichi biodiversity targets is set out in the UK’s 5<sup>th</sup> National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity and in the 2015 report on the UK’s biodiversity indicators, published by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee. The next report on the UK’s biodiversity indicators is scheduled to be published in July this year. The UK’s 6th National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity is due to be published at the end of 2018. These reports will provide an updated assessment of the UK’s contribution towards the Aichi targets.</p><p> </p><p>Biodiversity policy is a devolved responsibility in the UK. England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have each developed or are developing their own biodiversity or environment strategies.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is embedding Agenda 2030’s Sustainable Development Goals across Government work and will publish a report in due course setting out its approach.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal more like this
answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey more like this
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less than 2017-03-28T10:22:51.237Zmore like thismore than 2017-03-28T10:22:51.237Z
answering member
4098
label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey more like this
tabling member
1568
label Biography information for Mrs Anne Main more like this
712434
registered interest false more like this
date remove filter
answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
answering dept id 13 more like this
answering dept short name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
answering dept sort name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
hansard heading Bovine Tuberculosis: Dogs more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking in response to the TB outbreak within Kimblewick Hunt's foxhounds to ensure that other hunts are free of TB. more like this
tabling member constituency Newport West more like this
tabling member printed
Paul Flynn more like this
uin 68539 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-03-23more like thismore than 2017-03-23
answer text <p>Government veterinary experts have provided advice to the hunt kennels and hounds from the affected kennel have not been in contact with other hounds since the initial case was suspected. At this stage no further Government action is considered necessary in relation to other hunts.</p><p> </p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth more like this
answering member printed George Eustice more like this
question first answered
less than 2017-03-23T11:02:39.5Zmore like thismore than 2017-03-23T11:02:39.5Z
answering member
3934
label Biography information for George Eustice more like this
tabling member
545
label Biography information for Paul Flynn more like this
712435
registered interest false more like this
date remove filter
answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
answering dept id 13 more like this
answering dept short name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
answering dept sort name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
hansard heading Bovine Tuberculosis: Dogs more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research her Department has commissioned to date into the spread of TB from hunting hounds to cattle. more like this
tabling member constituency Newport West more like this
tabling member printed
Paul Flynn more like this
uin 68540 more like this
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answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-03-23more like thismore than 2017-03-23
answer text <p>Bovine TB is a notifiable disease in all farmed and pet mammal species, including dogs. The disease has only very rarely been diagnosed in dogs, in this country and elsewhere, and investigations into bovine TB breakdowns in cattle herds have never identified the source of a breakdown as an infected dog.</p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth more like this
answering member printed George Eustice more like this
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less than 2017-03-23T17:33:11.75Zmore like thismore than 2017-03-23T17:33:11.75Z
answering member
3934
label Biography information for George Eustice more like this
tabling member
545
label Biography information for Paul Flynn more like this
712436
registered interest false more like this
date remove filter
answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
answering dept id 13 more like this
answering dept short name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
answering dept sort name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
hansard heading Agriculture more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to include measures applying to (a) England and (b) all nations of the UK in the forthcoming 25 year plan for food and farming. more like this
tabling member constituency Wakefield more like this
tabling member printed
Mary Creagh more like this
uin 68505 more like this
answer
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-03-24more like thismore than 2017-03-24
answer text <p>Our ambition is to be a world-leading food, farming and fishing nation that grows more, sells more and exports more of our food around the world. To this end, we are committed to publishing a 25 year food and farming plan and in order to develop this we are currently gathering views from right across industry and all parts of the UK.</p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth more like this
answering member printed George Eustice more like this
question first answered
less than 2017-03-24T11:15:25.99Zmore like thismore than 2017-03-24T11:15:25.99Z
answering member
3934
label Biography information for George Eustice more like this
tabling member
1579
label Biography information for Mary Creagh more like this
712437
registered interest false more like this
date remove filter
answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
answering dept id 13 more like this
answering dept short name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
answering dept sort name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
hansard heading Bovine Tuberculosis: Dogs more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to cancel all hunting activities until foxhound packs across the UK are certified to be free of TB. more like this
tabling member constituency Newport West more like this
tabling member printed
Paul Flynn more like this
uin 68538 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-03-23more like thismore than 2017-03-23
answer text <p>We have no plans to do this.</p><p> </p><p>TB in dogs, caused by <em>Mycobacterium bovis</em> (the bovine TB bacterium), is extremely rare and dogs pose a very low risk of transmitting the disease.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth more like this
answering member printed George Eustice more like this
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less than 2017-03-23T11:00:15.417Zmore like thismore than 2017-03-23T11:00:15.417Z
answering member
3934
label Biography information for George Eustice more like this
tabling member
545
label Biography information for Paul Flynn more like this
712438
registered interest false more like this
date remove filter
answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
answering dept id 13 more like this
answering dept short name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
answering dept sort name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
hansard heading Bovine Tuberculosis: Dogs more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to investigate the source of the bovine TB outbreak within Kimblewick Hunt's foxhound packs. more like this
tabling member constituency Newport West more like this
tabling member printed
Paul Flynn more like this
uin 68536 more like this
answer
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-03-23more like thismore than 2017-03-23
answer text <p>An epidemiological investigation into this incident is underway.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth more like this
answering member printed George Eustice more like this
question first answered
less than 2017-03-23T10:44:12.47Zmore like thismore than 2017-03-23T10:44:12.47Z
answering member
3934
label Biography information for George Eustice more like this
tabling member
545
label Biography information for Paul Flynn more like this
712439
registered interest false more like this
date remove filter
answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
answering dept id 13 more like this
answering dept short name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
answering dept sort name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
hansard heading Dogs: Diseases more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2017 to Question 67006 on bovine tuberculosis: dogs, whether her Department has carried out any research on diseases in packs of hunting dogs. more like this
tabling member constituency Poplar and Limehouse more like this
tabling member printed
Jim Fitzpatrick more like this
uin 68511 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-03-23more like thismore than 2017-03-23
answer text <p>Bovine TB is a notifiable disease in all farmed and pet mammal species, including dogs. The disease has only very rarely been diagnosed in dogs, in this country and elsewhere, and investigations into bovine TB breakdowns in cattle herds have never identified the source of a breakdown as an infected dog.</p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth more like this
answering member printed George Eustice more like this
question first answered
less than 2017-03-23T17:35:22.563Zmore like thismore than 2017-03-23T17:35:22.563Z
answering member
3934
label Biography information for George Eustice more like this
tabling member
197
label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick more like this
712440
registered interest false more like this
date remove filter
answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
answering dept id 13 more like this
answering dept short name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
answering dept sort name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
hansard heading Bovine Tuberculosis: Dogs more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy for TB in hunt packs operating in close proximity to cattle to be a notifiable disease. more like this
tabling member constituency Newport West more like this
tabling member printed
Paul Flynn more like this
uin 68537 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-03-23more like thismore than 2017-03-23
answer text <p>This control has been in place for some time for all pet and farmed mammals. Under the Tuberculosis (England) Order 2014 the detection of suspect TB lesions in carcases and the identification of <em>Mycobacterium bovis</em> from tissue or other samples (including dogs) is notifiable.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth more like this
answering member printed George Eustice more like this
question first answered
less than 2017-03-23T10:47:14.677Zmore like thismore than 2017-03-23T10:47:14.677Z
answering member
3934
label Biography information for George Eustice more like this
tabling member
545
label Biography information for Paul Flynn more like this