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746696

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
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	Air Pollution: North of England
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 his Department has made of air quality in Liverpool, Walton constituency; and what steps he is taking to improve air quality in northern cities.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	2034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>Local authorities have a duty under the Environment Act 1995 to review and assess air quality for a range of pollutants in their areas. If a local authority finds any places that are not likely to achieve national air quality objectives it must declare an Air Quality Management Area (AQMA) and to draw up an action plan detailing remedial measures to address the problem. In the case of Liverpool it has declared the whole city as an AQMA and expects to meet the annual mean for nitrogen dioxide by 2020. In November 2016 I met Councillor Ann O’Byrne, Deputy Mayor of Liverpool City Council and Steve Rotheram the then MP for Liverpool, Walton and now Mayor of the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority to discuss air quality in the City. In February 2017 I also met Dr Jon Lamonte, Chief Executive of Transport for Greater Manchester, which has responsibility for air quality on behalf of the Combined Authority, to discuss air quality there. In 2016 Manchester amended the individual borough AQMAs into a single one for the Combined Authority.</p><p> </p><p>Defra publishes the latest information covering local authorities in the ‘Air Pollution in the UK’ report published on our website and available here: <a href="https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/library/annualreport/" target="_blank">https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/library/annualreport/</a>. Air quality reports of the local authorities are based on 43 areas within the UK (termed zones and agglomerations) and Walton is contained in the agglomeration Liverpool Urban Area UK0006.</p><p> </p><p>We will also be publishing the final Air Quality Plan for nitrogen dioxide by 31 July, which will include next steps for cities across the United Kingdom where exceedances exist.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 04/07/2017 12:30:27 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

746732

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
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	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 information his Department holds on the mean average value for nitrogen dioxide levels by parliamentary constituency in 2015; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	1936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>We do not hold the specified information by Parliamentary constituency. Information on modelled annual mean nitrogen dioxide concentrations for 2015 by local authority is available via the UK Ambient Air Quality Interactive map on our website at: uk-air.defra.gov.uk/data/gis-mapping.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 04/07/2017 12:35:30 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

746733

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
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	Agriculture: Subsidies
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 his Department is taking to reduce late Basic Payment Sceheme payments; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	1937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>The Rural Payments Agency has made a number of improvements in the processing of Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) 2016 claims. Last year a record number of BPS claimants applied through the online system.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As of 28 June 2017, 85,197 eligible farmers (99.2% of the total) have been issued their BPS payment. The Rural Payments Agency continues to focus on the completion of the remainder and dealing with any queries on BPS 2016 claims raised by farmers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 04/07/2017 10:40:47 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

746735

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
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	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 estimate his Department has made of the total cost of implementing the measures outlined in the consultation, Improving air quality: reducing nitrogen dioxide in our towns and cities, launched 5 May 2017; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	1983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2017 answer text <p>The technical report accompanying the draft Air Quality Plan included analysis of a range of possible measures that could be considered. Cost estimates are made on pages 187-188 of the technical report, available here: <a href="https://consult.defra.gov.uk/airquality/air-quality-plan-for-tackling-nitrogen-dioxide/supporting_documents/Technical%20Report%20%20Amended%209%20May%202017.pdf" target="_blank">https://consult.defra.gov.uk/airquality/air-quality-plan-for-tackling-nitrogen-dioxide/supporting_documents/Technical%20Report%20%20Amended%209%20May%202017.pdf</a> The final Plan will present analysis of the agreed package of measures as a whole.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 05/07/2017 17:45:45 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

746836

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
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	Agriculture: Seasonal Workers
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 effectiveness of using tier 3 visas to tackle labour shortages in the soft fruit industry.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	2040
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>We remain closely engaged with industry to ensure that we are informed of the latest intelligence on the labour market.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office intends to commission the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) to better understand the reliance on EU migrant workers across the economy and consider the UK’s labour market needs.</p><p> </p><p>The number of non-UK workers in the agriculture and horticulture sector after we leave the EU will depend on the final shape of domestic immigration policy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 04/07/2017 16:23:42 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

746842

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
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	Origin Marking: 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, if he will ensure that (a) Ayrshire Earlies, (b) Forfar Bridies, (c) Ayrshire Dunlop, (d) Orkney Cheddar, (e) Stornoway black pudding, (f) Scottish wild salmon, (g) Scottish farmed salmon, (h) native Shetland wool, (i) Scottish lamb, (j) Scottish beef, (k) Arbroath smokies, (l) Teviotdale cheese. (m) Shetland lamb, (n) Orkney beef and (o) Orkney lamb continue to be protected by either (i) Protected Designation of Origin, (ii) Protected Geographical Indication and (iii) Traditional Speciality Guaranteed provisions after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	2142
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2017 answer text <p>The EU Protected Food Name scheme has helped to promote heritage food products and speciality recipes including many from Scotland. Ayrshire Earlies and Forfar Bridies are currently applying for protection.</p><p> </p><p>The government is considering options that would allow us to protect UK designations after we leave the EU.</p><p> </p><p>The scheme is also very important to a number of other EU countries who will want the UK to agree to recognise their protected food names in the UK market after we leave the EU. This will be a matter for negotiations.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 05/07/2017 17:52:08 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

746883

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
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	Public Footpaths: Christchurch
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 make it his Department's policy to require Natural England to designate the proposed route of the national coastal footpath in Christchurch constituency as being from Highcliffe to Mudeford Quay and across the Avon estuary direct to Hengistbury Head; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	2173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>On 21 June 2017 Natural England published its proposals for coastal access for the 41 mile stretch of the coast between Kimmeridge Bay and Highcliffe, Dorset. There is a now an eight week consultation period for representations to be made on the proposals. The closing date for representations is midnight on 16 August 2017.</p><p> </p><p>We will then consider Natural England’s proposals in the light of such representations.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 04/07/2017 16:32:43 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

746138

registered interest
date	28/06/2017
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	Infectious Bovine Rhino Tracheitis Pneumonia: 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 steps his Department is taking to reduce the incidence of Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Lichfield
tabling member printed	Michael Fabricant
uin	1551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2017 answer text <p>Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis (IBR) is an endemic viral disease of cattle that is widespread across Europe and other parts of the world. In common with other viral diseases there is no specific treatment for IBR and so mainly supportive therapy and vaccination are used by farmers in consultation with their private veterinary surgeons. There are also a number of industry-driven health schemes that seek to control or eradicate IBR from individual herds.</p><p> </p><p>Additional information is available on the Cattle Health Certification Standards (CHeCS) website.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 05/07/2017 17:26:13 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	280 label Biography information for Michael Fabricant

746188

registered interest
date	28/06/2017
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	Slaughterhouses: CCTV
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 total cost of installing CCTV across all slaughterhouses; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	1764
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>We will consult on proposals to implement our manifesto commitment to make CCTV recording in slaughterhouses mandatory. This consultation will invite views on the costs of installing CCTV in all slaughterhouses and estimated costs will be published at that point. . Many slaughterhouses have already installed CCTV.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 03/07/2017 16:45:11 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

746189

registered interest
date	28/06/2017
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	Fisheries Convention
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 full-time equivalent staff of his Department are working on the withdrawal from the London Fisheries Convention; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	1766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>There is no team dedicated purely to withdrawing from the London Fisheries Convention. Staff in the European Union Exit Directorate and the Marine and Fisheries Directorate have worked on the London Fisheries Convention in the course of their regular duties. The Secretary of State made a Written Ministerial Statement on the London Fisheries Convention on Monday 3 July.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 03/07/2017 14:45:49 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham