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857663

registered interest
date	08/03/2018
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	Clean Air Zones
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	Whether he plans to expand clean air zones.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	904261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2018 answer text <p>Local authorities already have powers to create clean air zones. None currently exist but proposals for them are being drawn up by some local authorities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 14/03/2018 17:53:44 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

857665

registered interest
date	08/03/2018
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	River Lea: Pollution Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Environment Agency in preventing oil spills in the River Lea; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	904264
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the replies previously given on 6 March 2018, PQs 129872, 129873, 129874 and 129875. Whilst it is not possible to prevent all oil spills into the river, in this incident, the Environment Agency have traced the waste oil to a potential polluter, details of which cannot currently be released due to the ongoing investigation. In previous incidents where oil pollution was not traced to a particular source, the Environment Agency carried out pollution prevention visits at industrial premises which drain to the Pymmes Brook.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 14/03/2018 16:07:32 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

855933

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
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: Waste
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 he has made of the effect the recent Chinese ban on mixed plastic waste from the UK will have on the financial cost and size of domestic landfill.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	131099
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2018 answer text <p>The Environment Agency’s most recent assessment shows that the UK’s infrastructure will allow for additional disposal of waste, if necessary, to landfill to prevent other more serious risks to human health and the environment, though we are working to respect the waste hierarchy.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 14/03/2018 19:29:41 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

856023

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
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	Agriculture: Scotland
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 discussions he has had with his counterparts in the Scottish Government on the management of farm payments to Scottish Farmers after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
tabling member printed	Andrew Bowie
uin	131189
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State last met with the Scottish Government and other devolved administrations on 26 February to discuss the Government’s consultation document ‘Health and Harmony: the future for food, farming and the environment in a green Brexit’. The Government is committed to working closely with the devolved administrations to deliver an approach that works for the whole of the UK, and reflects the needs and individual circumstances of Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and England. Future agriculture policy including the management of farm payments is a matter for individual devolved administrations.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 14/03/2018 11:55:57 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie

856216

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
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	Countryside Stewardship Scheme: 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, if he will publish the number of holdings currently in receipt of Countryside Stewardship Payments in each county in the South West for each of the latest three years for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	131382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2018 answer text <p>So far, payments for Countryside Stewardship have been made for agreements starting in 2016 and 2017. The number of agreements eligible for payment in each year is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>County</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Agreements eligible to receive payments 2016</strong> <strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Agreements eligible to receive payments 2017*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cornwall</p></td><td><p>159</p></td><td><p>339</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Devon</p></td><td><p>305</p></td><td><p>678</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dorset</p></td><td><p>73</p></td><td><p>171</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gloucestershire</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>190</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Somerset</p></td><td><p>168</p></td><td><p>366</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wiltshire</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>183</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* The sum of the number of agreements starting in 2016 and 2017.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 14/03/2018 11:56:34 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

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

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

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