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1682424

registered interest
date	16/01/2024
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	Water Abstraction: Teddington
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 recent discussions officials in his Department have had with representatives of (a) Thames Water and (b) local authorities in west London on Thames Water's proposed planning application for the Teddington direct river abstraction.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	9854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2024 answer text <p>Thames Water has a statutory duty to consult with local authorities and water regulators on its Water Resources Management Plan, a long-term strategy for securing water supplies. The plan is further assessed by Government and water regulators before it can be finalised. The Teddington Direct River Abstraction (DRA) is part of this plan, and following robust review, the Secretary of State issued a direction on 22 December 2023 confirming the project is nationally significant.</p><p> </p><p>However, this does not indicate that a Development Consent Order (DCO), which is required before construction can proceed, is more or less likely to be approved. When a DCO application is made, local authorities will have a key role in providing a local perspective on the proposals.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 24/01/2024 16:22:52 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1659630

registered interest
date	11/09/2023
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	Footwear: Recycling
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 he is taking to reduce the amount of non-recyclable shoes in landfill waste in England.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	198770
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2023 answer text <p>Textile waste was identified as a priority in the Resources and Waste Strategy and we outlined our proposals for dealing with it in Maximising Resources, Minimising Waste which was published in July.  Our current focus is on clothing and other flat textiles such as towels and bedding.  However, the Government is supportive of initiatives which promote keeping products in use for longer. We want to prolong the lives of the materials and goods that we use and move society away from the inefficient ‘linear’ economic model of ‘take, make, use, throw’.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, we set an ambition in our Resources and Waste Strategy to send less than 10% of municipal waste to landfill by 2035. As a result of active diversion of municipal waste from landfill over the last two decades, only 8.1% of local authority collected waste was sent to landfill in 2021/22. This equates to a 90% reduction by weight since 2000/01 when 79% of municipal waste was sent to landfill.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 14/09/2023 11:44:42 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1656358

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
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	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
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 she has received representations from officials at Kew Gardens on the proposal to move the herbarium from Kew.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	196284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>Defra officials, as well as ministers, have regular interactions with Kew relating to their work and forthcoming initiatives. The Director of Royal Botanic Gardens Kew has asked to meet with the Secretary of State to discuss a range of issues including the proposals relating to the herbarium. This meeting has not yet taken place.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 11/09/2023 15:33:46 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1656359

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
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	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
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 estimate she has made of the potential cost to the public purse of the proposal to move the herbarium from the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew to Reading.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	196285
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The proposal to move the herbarium from the site at Kew to Reading is at a very early stage and so an estimate of the potential cost has not yet been made by Defra. Such an estimate will be developed at the appropriate stage and in line with the usual processes.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 11/09/2023 15:28:58 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1654869

registered interest
date	20/07/2023
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	Veterinary Medicine: Training
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 she has taken to increase the number of vets trained in England.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	195521
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2023 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Luton North on 6 July 2023, <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-06-30/191960/" target="_blank">PQ 191960</a>.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 04/09/2023 16:34:18 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1654870

registered interest
date	20/07/2023
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	Animal Products: Import Controls
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 she has made of the adequacy of the number of vets available to carry out veterinary checks on the imports of animal products arriving in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	195522
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2023 answer text <p>GB Border Control Point (BCP) operators are required to provide sufficient on-site staff, including Official Veterinarians where necessary, to carry out required import checks. BCP designations are only granted where there is evidence that vet capacity will meet demand. BCPs are also regularly audited by the Animal and Plant Health Agency to ensure they continue to have the correct levels of staffing to deliver import controls on products of animal origin.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 04/09/2023 16:21:14 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1654871

registered interest
date	20/07/2023
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	Poultry: Industry
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 she has made of the adequacy of the availability of commercial loans for businesses in the poultry sector.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	195523
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2023 answer text <p>The UK has a highly resilient food supply chain which has coped well in responding to the unprecedented challenges the industry has faced in the past few years.</p><p> </p><p>The UK poultry industry operates in an open market and commercial loans are a matter for individual businesses.</p><p> </p><p>The British Business Bank works with lenders to offer a range of debt and equity products to support UK businesses including those in the food and agricultural sectors.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 04/09/2023 16:19:02 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1654872

registered interest
date	20/07/2023
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	Animal Products: Import Controls
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 many registered vets are there who are qualified to carry out import checks on animal products arriving in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	195524
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2023 answer text <p>Official Veterinarians (OVs) are used by both the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) and Port Health Authorities to carry out checks on imports that are required of them, and some of that OV resource is recruited on a contractual basis. We do not hold data for the number of registered OVs in the UK able to perform such functions. However, Border Control Post (BCP) designations are only granted where there is evidence that vet capacity will meet demand. BCPs are also regularly audited by APHA to ensure they continue to have the correct levels of staffing to deliver import controls on products of animal origin.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 04/09/2023 16:15:59 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1654874

registered interest
date	20/07/2023
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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Veterinary Medicine
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 many vets are employed by her Department; and how many were employed in each year since 2018.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	195526
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2023 answer text <p>The department does not hold employee profession information. It does hold an individual’s work area, and since 2018 to present there are no employees in veterinary roles in the core department.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 04/09/2023 16:13:38 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1651144

registered interest
date	07/07/2023
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	Reptiles: Import Controls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason live reptiles imports from the EU have been moved from Low to High Risk under the Target Operating Model method.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	192991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2023 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Under the new model SPS commodities are categorised based on the inherent risk (high, medium or low) that the commodity poses to biosecurity, combined with any specific risk from the country of origin.</del> Live animals are inherently high risk; they cannot be kept in sealed consignments and some of them pose not only a potential animal health risk but also a risk <ins class="ministerial">for</ins> <del class="ministerial">to</del> the environment in the case of non-native species or invasive pests, and a risk to the trade on endangered species. <ins class="ministerial">Later in 2024 we expect all checks on live animals (except pet animals) to be carried out at a live animal Border Control Post, as they become operational.</ins><del class="ministerial">Under the Target Operating Model we will apply the same rules to the EU that currently apply to Rest of World imports of live animals including reptiles and amphibians.</del></p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 12/07/2023 09:34:52 question first ministerially corrected 19/07/2023 09:45:04 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer previous answer version 87089 answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury