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date	01/11/2017
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	Fishing Catches: British Overseas Territories
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what fishing tonnage quota is assigned to the UK for each of its Overseas Territories; and what fishing quota is assigned to each vessel.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	110955
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>Marine and fisheries management issues are devolved matters for UK Overseas Territories (UKOT), who are responsible for managing fishing licensing issues, including vessel allocations. In terms of international quota allocations, however, St Helena (including Ascension and Tristan da Cunha), Bermuda, BVI and Turks and Caicos are part of the UKOT membership to the International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT). Within ICCAT, the UKOTs have been allocated quota for bigeye tuna (2,100t), albacore (100t), swordfish (25t), which is divided between these territories, based on historical interests.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 07/11/2017 17:53:59 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

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registered interest
date	01/11/2017
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	Livestock: Exports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what specific measures he will introduce to prevent the export of live animals for slaughter after the UK has left the EU.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	110951
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to improving the welfare of all animals. The Government has always been clear that it would prefer animals to be slaughtered close to the point of production. Our manifesto made it clear that we would take early steps to control the export of live farm animals for slaughter once we leave the European Union.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 06/11/2017 14:22:53 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

782280

registered interest
date	01/11/2017
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	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, when he plans to introduce legislation to increase the maximum sentence for animal cruelty offences to five years imprisonment.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	110952
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>We hope to publish draft legislation for consultation around the turn of the year, as announced on 30 September.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 06/11/2017 14:21:15 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton