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1082637

registered interest
date	06/03/2019
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: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department has spent on external consultants for work relating to the UK leaving the EU in each year since 2016.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	229231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>Given over 80% of Defra’s agenda is affected by the UK’s departure from the EU, it is not possible to determine whether contracts relate solely to the UK leaving the EU. Accordingly, we are unable to estimate total expenditure on external consultants for work relating to the UK leaving the EU since 2016.</p><p>In September, the National Audit Office reported that Defra has specific contracts with BCG and PWC, up to the values of £9.5 million and £6.7 million respectively, to support the Department’s preparations for leaving the EU.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 11/03/2019 16:50:29 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1082140

registered interest
date	05/03/2019
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	Derelict Land: Asbestos
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 assessment his Department has made of the proportion of brownfield sites that have been contaminated by asbestos.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	228687
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government has made no assessment of the proportion of brownfield sites that have been contaminated by asbestos. It is the statutory duty of local authorities to identify contaminated land in their areas and to ensure that risks to human health and the environment are removed. Contaminated land is legally defined by Part 2A of the Environmental Protection Act 1990.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 11/03/2019 10:28:07 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1082143

registered interest
date	05/03/2019
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: Brexit
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 the per annum cost is of the additional staff his Department has recruited since June 2016 to work on projects relating to the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	228690
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>As at 31 January 2019 Defra group has recruited around 2,200 additional staff to support our comprehensive programme of work to support our departure from the EU. The annual cost of these additional staff is expected to be around £190 million in 2019/20. This assessment includes estimates of pay, pension, and national insurance contributions plus an estimate of overheads.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 11/03/2019 14:58:17 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1024704

registered interest
date	13/12/2018
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	Tigers: Conservation
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 steps his Department is taking to protect tigers by (a) helping to curtail the illegal international trade in tiger body parts and (b) promoting UK conservation expertise to countries with remaining tiger populations.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	202094
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p>The UK is investing £36 million between 2014 and 2021 to counter the illegal wildlife trade, including work to reduce demand, strengthen enforcement and ensure effective legal frameworks and develop sustainable livelihoods.</p><p>The UK has funded work to help CITES review implementation of its Resolution on the conservation of and trade in tigers and other Appendix-I Asian big cats. The UK’s Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund is supporting several projects featuring tigers, including work in Sumatra tackling illegal wildlife trade across two globally important tiger landscapes and in South East Asia strengthening enforcement.</p><p>Institutions such as the Natural History Museum, the Royal Botanic Gardens Research Councils and many British universities are actively engaged in promoting UK conservation expertise globally. This is supported by UK government programmes promoting protection of biodiversity, including the Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund and Darwin Initiative.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 18/12/2018 17:29:13 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1024705

registered interest
date	13/12/2018
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	Tigers: Conservation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of banning the commercial (a) internal trade and (b) import and export of tigers that have been bred in captivity after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	202095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p>The UK has stricter measures in place for tigers than those required by the EU Wildlife Trade Regulations and by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). Applications for import or export of live captive bred tigers are considered on a case by case basis and need to include full details of the destination and intended use of the animal. The sale of live captive bred tigers in the UK is only permitted where the specimens are to be used for conservation purposes.</p><p>These strict measures will continue when the UK leaves the EU.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 18/12/2018 17:22:34 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1024706

registered interest
date	13/12/2018
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	Toads: Conservation
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 assessment his Department has made of trends in biodiversity and habitat degradation in the habitat of the natterjack toad in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	202096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p>The Government reports on the implementation of the EU Habitats Directive, including the conservation status of a number of key habitats and European Protected Species, of which natterjack toad is one. The latest report was published in 2013 and assessed a number of important factors including range, population trends, habitat and pressures on the species.</p><p> </p><p>In summary, this highlighted that natterjack toad distribution in England is well understood and that long term trends show that sites where they can be found, in England, have improved in habitat quantity and quality due to conservation interventions, particularly management funded by Wildlife Enhancement Schemes and Stewardship Schemes.</p><p> </p><p>The full report can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/pdf/Article17Consult_20131010/S1202_ENGLAND.pdf" target="_blank">http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/pdf/Article17Consult_20131010/S1202_ENGLAND.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 18/12/2018 17:29:09 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1016418

registered interest
date	28/11/2018
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	Fishing Vessels: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on (a) the country under which vessels fishing in UK waters are flagged and (b) the proportion of those vessels (i) under 24 metres and (ii) covered by The Code of Practice for the Safety of Small Fishing Vessels.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	196857
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>Of the UK vessels registered as at 1st January 2018, 96% were under 24 metres and 85% under 15 metres and thus subject to the Code of Practice for the Safety of Small Fishing Vessels. Data for non-UK vessels is incomplete.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 03/12/2018 16:13:12 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1007885

registered interest
date	15/11/2018
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	Climate Change
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 impact assessment his Department has undertaken on the consequences to the UK in the event that global temperature rises are not kept within the limits of climate accords.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	191948
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>Defra publishes a UK Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA) every five years which reviews risks and opportunities associated with current and potential future climate change. The most recent CCRA was published in January 2017 and considered a range of scenarios, including global warming of 2⁰C and 4⁰C. The next CCRA will be published in early 2022.</p><p> </p><p>At the end of this month we will release updated UK and global climate projections (UKCP18). These will be available for use by all decision makers to help them build resilience to climate change into their plans, and will form an important part of the evidence base informing the next CCRA.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 20/11/2018 14:54:59 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

999613

registered interest
date	01/11/2018
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	Horses: 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, whether his Department plans to review its policy on the tethering of horses, donkeys, ponies and their hybrids; and what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of (a) making guidance on tethering enforceable by Environmental Officers, (b) introducing a time-limit on tethering and (c) making it an offence to tether an animal in a location that poses a danger to the animal or the public.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	187056
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>Under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 (the 2006 Act) it is an offence to fail to provide for an animal’s welfare or to cause it any unnecessary suffering. The 2006 Act is backed up by the statutory Code of Practice for the Welfare of Horses, Ponies, Donkeys and Their Hybrids (the Code). The Code provides owners and keepers with information on how to meet the welfare needs of their horses and includes a specific section on how to tether a horse. Local authorities have powers under the 2006 Act to investigate allegations of cruelty or poor welfare. In addition, welfare organisations such as the RPSCA and World Horse Welfare (WHW) may also investigate such matters. If anyone is concerned about the way a horse has been tethered they should report the matter either to the relevant local authority or to the RSPCA or WHW who can investigate.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 06/11/2018 17:21:10 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

986389

registered interest
date	12/10/2018
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	Avian Influenza
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 plans the UK has put forward for continuing co-operation with the EU on monitoring avian influenza in wild birds and domestic poultry.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	178510
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2018 answer text <p>The UK is committed to an ongoing programme of surveillance and monitoring for avian influenza in poultry and wild birds, and will continue to publish the findings on GOV.UK and share information with European and international organisations.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 17/10/2018 10:44:46 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens