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598233

registered interest
date	10/10/2016
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
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 her Department will commission research into the economic, social and environmental contributions of small farms in England to inform policy and funding of this sector once the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	47830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2016 answer text <p>As part of our commitment to evidence-based policy making, we regularly collect and analyse data on all farm types – including small farms and organic enterprises. We will continue to develop our evidence base to inform policy development, and are committed to working with the industry to ensure a vibrant and productive future for all agricultural sectors outside of the European Union.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 47778 question first answered 19/10/2016 11:01:11 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

598237

registered interest
date	10/10/2016
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	Organic Farming
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 her Department will commission research into the economic, social and environmental contribution of the organic farming sector in England to assist in informing policy and funding of this sector once the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	47778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2016 answer text <p>As part of our commitment to evidence-based policy making, we regularly collect and analyse data on all farm types – including small farms and organic enterprises. We will continue to develop our evidence base to inform policy development, and are committed to working with the industry to ensure a vibrant and productive future for all agricultural sectors outside of the European Union.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 47830 question first answered 19/10/2016 11:01:11 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

533861

registered interest
date	08/07/2016
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	Neonicotinoids
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 it is the Government's policy to continue to adhere to the European Commission ban on the use of neonicotinoid pesticides after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	42241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>Until we leave the EU, current arrangements for farming, fisheries, food and drink and our environment remain in place.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The priorities for negotiating our exit from the EU will be a matter for the new Prime Minister and their Cabinet.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 13/07/2016 12:07:31 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

528038

registered interest
date	20/06/2016
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	Soil: Research
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 her Department has made of the current health and status of earthworm populations in English arable soils; and what trends have been observed in the last two decades based on research and surveys carried out by her Department; and what information her Department holds on those trends based on research carried out by other bodies.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	41064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2016 answer text <p>Defra has not carried out an assessment of the current health and status or trends of earthworm populations in English arable soils.</p><p> </p><p>However, Defra is working closely with the research councils and is funding research to improve our understanding of the role of soil biodiversity in contributing to soil condition.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 28/06/2016 09:41:00 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

528039

registered interest
date	20/06/2016
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	Soil: Research
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 (a) title of, (b) name of contractors used for, (c) budget of and (d) location on her Department's website of each survey of earthworm populations and diversity in arable soils in England carried out by her Department is since 1996.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	41065
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2016 answer text <p>Defra has not carried out any surveys of earthworm populations and diversity specifically in arable soils.</p><p> </p><p>Defra carries out research on earthworms as part of a wider programme of research on sustainable land management because of their important role in developing soil structure, water movement, nutrient dynamics, and plant growth.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 28/06/2016 09:43:48 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

455725

registered interest
date	26/02/2016
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: Finance
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 plans that the implementation of Clean Air Zones in local authorities will be fully funded by central government.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	28715
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>The air quality plan for nitrogen dioxide we published on 17 December last year set out that we have allocated funding to help five cities in England outside London implement Clean Air Zones and meet new burdens associated with implementing the zones. We will be discussing the details of this with the relevant Local Authorities.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 02/03/2016 14:45:29 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

446327

registered interest
date	20/01/2016
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	Neonicotinoids
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 make it her policy that there will be no further emergency authorisations of the use of neonicotinoid pesticides.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	23360
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2016 answer text <p>EU legislation provides for Member States to authorise limited and controlled use of a pesticide on an exceptional basis in emergency situations to “control a danger which cannot be contained by any other reasonable means”. Emergency authorisations are not granted automatically and applications must be based on evidence relating to the need for the pesticide and possible harmful effects.</p><br /><p>Emergency authorisations are granted for a maximum of 120 days and those issued for neonicotinoids in 2015 have now expired. Any future applications will be considered by the Chemicals Regulation Directorate of the Health and Safety Executive, against strict criteria.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 26/01/2016 16:50:24 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

444655

registered interest
date	13/01/2016
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	Air Pollution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which local authorities received funding from her Department's air quality grant scheme in each year of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	22435
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2016 answer text <p>Defra’s Air Quality Grant Funding Scheme apportions funds on a Financial Year basis. The list covers records of local authorities awarded funding in each of the years between 2006/7 and 2014/15 (9 years). The list excludes 2015/16 because a formal announcement of the winners is yet to be made. It is important to note that records only go back to 2006/7 as that was the first year of a grant-based scheme. Prior to that, similar schemes such as Supplementary Credit Approvals and Supported Capital Expenditure were in place when Local Air Quality Management LAQM (LAQM) started in 1997. Those schemes served a similar function to today’s grant, namely to support local authorities’ statutory duties as prescribed under Part IV of the Environment Act 1995. The information will be placed in the library.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 22/01/2016 13:19:51 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

444176

registered interest
date	12/01/2016
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	Air Pollution
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 she has made of trends in the level of particulate matter pollution; and what account her Department took of such trends when developing its air quality plan.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	22045
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2016 answer text <p>There has been a long term decrease in the emissions of all air pollutants, including particulate matter (PM). This trend can be seen in our recent statistical release, Emissions of Air Pollutants in the UK 1970 to 2014, published on 17 December 2015. Emissions of PM<sub>10</sub> have fallen by 72.6 percent since 1970 and emissions of PM<sub>2.5</sub> have fallen by 76 percent. The UK plan for improving air quality is designed to fulfil our requirements in relation to nitrogen dioxide. Many of the sources of nitrogen oxides are also sources of particulate matter. A number of the solutions identified in the plan to address nitrogen dioxide will also have an impact on emissions of particulate matter and will contribute to this downward trend.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 19/01/2016 14:21:22 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

444177

registered interest
date	12/01/2016
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	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to issue guidance on the maximum length of time that a charging Clean Air Zone could be operated on a voluntary basis.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	22046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2016 answer text <p>We will be consulting on the framework for Clean Air Zones and the secondary legislation to be introduced later this year. This will include the important principles that need to be consistent from city to city to ensure Clean Air Zones are implemented in the same way by Local Authorities across England. We will work with Local Authorities and other stakeholders to ensure that we provide the guidance they will find most relevant and useful.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 19/01/2016 14:27:18 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner