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171586

registered interest
date	18/12/2014
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	International Climate Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, to which countries and for what purpose her Department's contribution to the International Climate Fund has been spent; and what proportion of such funding (a) has been allocated to any multilateral institutions and (b) is (i) capital and (ii) resource expenditure.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	219539
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>Defra is currently funding three projects through the International Climate Fund (ICF):</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(i) ‘Reducing Deforestation in the Brazilian Cerrado’ (£10m resource expenditure) to reduce the loss of biodiversity by restoring native vegetation and reducing deforestation; this project is being implemented by the World Bank.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(ii) ‘Low Carbon Agriculture and Avoided Deforestation to Reduce Poverty’ (£24.9m capital expenditure) supports small and medium sized farms in the Amazon and Atlantic Forests (Brazil) to implement low-carbon agriculture, protect forests and reduce the loss of biodiversity; this project is being implemented by the Inter-American Development Bank.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(iii) Defra has contributed £25.1m (capital expenditure) to the World Bank’s BioCarbon Fund Initiative for Sustainable Forest Landscapes, a multilateral fund. The Fund will reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the land sector and from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries through implementation of sustainable agriculture and smarter land-use planning, policies and practices.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 05/01/2015 15:47:27 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

171587

registered interest
date	18/12/2014
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	Food: Safety
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 is taking to ensure that UK food safety standards are protected within the framework of the negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	219467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The EU-US Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) could be worth up to £10bn a year to the UK, and could give consumers greater choice and more competitive prices.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We continue to work with consumers, industry stakeholders and the European Commission to make the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) a success for the UK. As part of this, we will ensure that food in the UK continues to be safe and that consumers have access to an affordable healthy diet and can make informed choices about what they eat.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><br></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 05/01/2015 17:08:52 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

171588

registered interest
date	18/12/2014
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	International Climate Fund
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 of the funds earmarked by her Department for the International Climate Fund has been disbursed.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	219517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>Defra’s total contribution to the International Climate Fund is £140m from 2011/12 to 2015/16, of which £60m has been disbursed to date. A further £40m will be disbursed shortly, and the remaining £40m in 2015/16.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 05/01/2015 15:51:02 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

171589

registered interest
date	18/12/2014
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	Bees
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 quantity of honey produced by the hives on the roof of Nobel House since the installation of those hives.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Thomas Docherty
uin	219510
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>Two beehives were installed on the rooftops of Nobel House on 3 November 2014. Honey production is dependent on the season’s weather conditions. Generally a single hive can be expected to produce a minimum of 25 kg of honey per year. As we are entering the winter period, the Nobel House beehives will not produce honey until summer 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The beehives are managed by a skilled bee farmer, who is a member of the Bee Farmers’ Association. He is aided by an apprentice, who is part of the Defra co-funded Beekeeping Apprenticeship scheme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson grouped question UIN 219511 219512 question first answered 05/01/2015 16:05:53 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	3962 label Biography information for Thomas Docherty

171590

registered interest
date	18/12/2014
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	Bees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what dates bees were introduced to the hives on the roof of Nobel House.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Thomas Docherty
uin	219511
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>Two beehives were installed on the rooftops of Nobel House on 3 November 2014. Honey production is dependent on the season’s weather conditions. Generally a single hive can be expected to produce a minimum of 25 kg of honey per year. As we are entering the winter period, the Nobel House beehives will not produce honey until summer 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The beehives are managed by a skilled bee farmer, who is a member of the Bee Farmers’ Association. He is aided by an apprentice, who is part of the Defra co-funded Beekeeping Apprenticeship scheme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson grouped question UIN 219510 219512 question first answered 05/01/2015 16:05:53 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	3962 label Biography information for Thomas Docherty

171591

registered interest
date	18/12/2014
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	Bees
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 a specialist beekeeper has been employed to supervise the hives on the roof of Nobel House.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Thomas Docherty
uin	219512
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>Two beehives were installed on the rooftops of Nobel House on 3 November 2014. Honey production is dependent on the season’s weather conditions. Generally a single hive can be expected to produce a minimum of 25 kg of honey per year. As we are entering the winter period, the Nobel House beehives will not produce honey until summer 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The beehives are managed by a skilled bee farmer, who is a member of the Bee Farmers’ Association. He is aided by an apprentice, who is part of the Defra co-funded Beekeeping Apprenticeship scheme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson grouped question UIN 219510 219511 question first answered 05/01/2015 16:05:53 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	3962 label Biography information for Thomas Docherty

171593

registered interest
date	18/12/2014
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	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 identifiable expenditure her Department has spent on Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly in each year since 2007-08.
tabling member constituency	Truro and Falmouth
tabling member printed	Sarah Newton
uin	219402
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department does not hold consolidated information at this level of detail. The main source of funding for waste, environmental and other Defra-related local authority functions comes from the annual Revenue Support Grant. Since 2007-08, funding received by Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly from Defra and its Arms Length Bodies has additionally included:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>· waste PFI credits</p><p> </p><p>· grants for water and sewerage infrastructure works on the Isles of Scilly</p><p> </p><p>· flood and coastal defence capital grant in aid for flood and funding for resilience projects</p><p> </p><p>· rural development programme funding</p><p> </p><p>· catchment restoration funding for the South Cornwall River Improvement Project</p><p> </p><p>· European Fisheries Fund money to support sustainable development of fishing communities</p><p> </p><p>· grant aid for Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service to help crews to deal with local flood emergencies</p><p> </p><p>· funding for Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty</p><p> </p><p>· capital grants for catchment sensitive farming</p><p> </p><p>· funding for the South West Bioheat Programme</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 05/01/2015 17:57:28 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton

171130

registered interest
date	17/12/2014
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	White Fish: 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 she will take steps to introduce domestic technical measures to reduce sea bass mortality so that stocks can rebuild.
tabling member constituency	Meon Valley
tabling member printed	George Hollingbery
uin	219112
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>We still need action at EU level to ensure stocks can rebuild. The Commission and the Member States involved in this fishery have undertaken to remain committed to doing the utmost possible, as of the start of the fishing season in January 2015, to reduce fishing pressure and protect spawning aggregations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This process need not preclude or delay action at UK level, however, and I have already undertaken to ensure that a review of our domestic management measures for bass now commences as a matter of priority.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 05/01/2015 15:26:27 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery

171131

registered interest
date	17/12/2014
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	Dogs: Smuggling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2014 to Question 214826, what assessment she has made of the implications for her Department's policies of the Dogs Trust Report, The Puppy Smuggling Scandal; and if she will meet the Dogs Trust to discuss this matter.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent South
tabling member printed	Robert Flello
uin	219285
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The Dogs Trust’s report makes clear that responsibility for stopping the illegal movement of puppies begins in the country where they are born. The UK Chief Veterinary Officer has written to the authorities in the countries highlighted in the report to remind them of their duty to ensure that the welfare of pets intended for sale is safeguarded. We will continue to alert the authorities in any Member State where we become aware of issues in relation to the operation of the pet travel scheme.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There is a robust checking regime for pets travelling into Great Britain. Every pet travelling with its owner on an approved route is checked for compliance with the pet travel regime and UK Border Force carry out a wide range of checks on vehicles arriving in the UK. We will continue to operate this system of compliance checking, working closely with UK Border Force.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A new EU pet travel Regulation came into force on 29 December 2014 and introduced changes designed to improve the security of the pet travel scheme, including a requirement that pets must be at least 12 weeks old when they are vaccinated against rabies. This means that under the new EU rules pets must be at least 15 weeks old to enter the UK.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A request for a meeting has been received from the Dogs Trust and this will be arranged with the relevant Minister.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 05/01/2015 17:08:51 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1569 label Biography information for Robert Flello

171282

registered interest
date	17/12/2014
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	Hunting
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 she will take steps to prohibit the sale of badges which promote illegal activity by mounted groups of hunters hunting foxes with dogs; and if she will make an assessment of the prevalence of this activity by (a) the Countryside Alliance and (b) other groups.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	219164
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The Government is not aware of the sale of any badges promoting illegal activity. If the hon. Member is referring to badges marking the tenth anniversary of the Hunting Act coming into force, it is quite within the rights of organisations such as the Countryside Alliance to promote an activity that can be carried out legally in accordance with the exemptions set out in the Act, and is of economic and social importance to many of our most rural communities.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 05/01/2015 17:05:22 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff