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851745

registered interest
date	28/02/2018
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	Plastics: Beaches
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 his Department has made of the quantity of plastics washed up on UK beaches in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	North Cornwall
tabling member printed	Scott Mann
uin	130508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>Data from Marine Conservation Society’s Great British Beach Clean show consistent levels of litter on UK beaches. The information is in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of litter items per 100 meters</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>718</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>649</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>676</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>MCS have found that plastic fragments, fishing-related litter and packaging are the most common types of litter found, with variable trends in the specific categories. This is consistent with the findings in our recent National Environment Indicators.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 19/03/2018 10:01:58 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4496 label Biography information for Scott Mann

851772

registered interest
date	28/02/2018
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	Public Footpaths: South West
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 has taken to ensure continued funding for the South West Coastal Path national trail.
tabling member constituency	North Devon
tabling member printed	Peter Heaton-Jones
uin	130535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>Business planning and financial allocations have not yet been completed and Natural England is not yet in a position to announce the level of funding for the South West Coast Path national trail for 2018/19.</p><p> </p><p>Natural England wrote to each of the national trail partnerships last December making an interim offer of 50% of the funding made to each of the national trails in 2017/18. The offer was an advance contribution towards the costs the partnerships would incur in 2018/19 in the absence of Natural England being able to confirm its overall funding position for 2018/19.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 12/03/2018 12:31:33 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4524 label Biography information for Peter Heaton-Jones

850727

registered interest
date	27/02/2018
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	Seasonal Agricultural Workers' Scheme
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 assessment he has made of the adequacy of the Seasonal Agricultural Workers' Scheme in providing specialised labour for farmers; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	129968
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>The Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme operated successfully from 1945 until 2013. It was closed following the accession to the EU of Romania and Bulgaria which meant there was a sufficient supply of labour from EU nationals.</p><p> </p><p>Following the decision to close the scheme in 2013, Defra established the SAWS Transition Working Group, now called the Seasonal Workforce Working Group. This group meets regularly and brings industry and government together to monitor the seasonal labour situation across the UK. The farming industry reported that in the third quarter of 2016, labour recruitment was more challenging than in previous years.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State has made clear that the government is giving consideration to what replacement arrangements might be necessary after the UK leaves the European Union to ensure that the farming industry has access to the labour it requires.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 12/03/2018 14:31:44 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

850894

registered interest
date	27/02/2018
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	Chemicals: EU Law
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 has undertaken an impact assessment on the consequences of the UK changing its regulatory standard away from the REACH chemical use and transport regulations for chemicals produced or imported into the UK once the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Ged Killen
uin	130111
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2018 answer text <p>The EU (Withdrawal) Bill will convert current EU law into domestic law. This will include REACH as well as other related chemicals regulation. This will mean that the standards established by REACH will continue to apply in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue publishing impact assessments to accompany legislation, where appropriate. An impact assessment was published alongside the EU (Withdrawal) Bill.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 20/03/2018 11:53:06 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

846852

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
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	Fisheries: Protection
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of calls from the Maritime Foundation for urgent action to institute measures to protect the UK's maritime littoral zone post-Brexit.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL5814
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>The Marine Maritime Organisation [Defra] has made an assessment of the measures needed, from a fisheries perspective, to protect England’s Exclusive Economic Zone which includes the maritime littoral zone referenced by the Maritime Foundation.</p><p>We are working with the Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authorities and the Marine Management Organisation, which together are responsible for enforcement in England’s Exclusive Economic Zone out to 200 nautical miles, as well as the Royal Navy, Border Force, and other organisations to make sure the appropriate arrangements to enforce fisheries regulations are in place to protect our waters when we leave the EU.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 12/03/2018 13:30:34 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

760868

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
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	Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control
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 proportion of culled badgers are tested for bovine tuberculosis.
tabling member constituency	Torridge and West Devon
tabling member printed	Mr Geoffrey Cox
uin	105380
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2018 answer text <p>Badgers removed under licence between 2013 and 2015 were not routinely tested for TB.</p><p> </p><p>In 2013, four badgers removed were tested at the specific request of landowners. The tests were carried out privately by independent veterinary surgeons and one badger was confirmed to be infected with TB. This information is publicly available: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/323530/RFI_6489.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/323530/RFI_6489.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>In 2016 we initiated development of a badger TB surveillance programme in nine cull areas in the High Risk Area of England. A report on the results from tested badgers is publicly available: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bovine-tb-surveillance-in-wildlife-in-england-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bovine-tb-surveillance-in-wildlife-in-england-2016-to-2017</a>.</p><p> </p><p>In 2017, 84 badger carcasses from one cull area were submitted for TB testing as part of a research project to develop and validate novel techniques for diagnosing TB in badgers. A further nine carcasses from a different cull area were also submitted for TB testing as part of a commercial collaboration. No results from these tests are yet available.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 15/03/2018 16:59:25 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1508 label Biography information for Sir Geoffrey Cox