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760476

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	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had, or intend to have, with Kew Gardens concerning making available from their plant library those species which have suffered serious loss or destruction in the Turks and Caicos Islands, the British Virgin Islands, and Anguilla.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL1589
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2017 answer text <p>Following the devastating impact of this year’s hurricane season on our Caribbean Overseas Territories, addressing the affected Territories’ immediate humanitarian and security needs is the highest priority for Her Majesty’s Government.</p><p> </p><p>Defra has had preliminary discussions with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew about the Territories’ likely environmental recovery needs.</p><p> </p><p>Once the Territories are in a position to evaluate and address their environmental recovery needs, Defra will discuss with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Territories how Kew’s plant materials, technical assistance and scientific expertise can contribute to the restoration of habitats in the Turks and Caicos Islands, the British Virgin Islands and Anguilla.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 25/09/2017 15:54:16 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

760486

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	Cucumbers: Packaging
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether British retailers are required to cover in plastic wrapping cucumbers sold to consumers; and if so, whether that requirement derives from (1) UK law, (2) EU law, (3) a non-legally binding commitment between the Government and retailers, or (4) some other source.
tabling member printed	Lord Hayward
uin	HL1599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2017 answer text <p>There is no specific requirement to wrap cucumbers in cling film or other wrapping, but food businesses are required to provide food that is both safe and fit to eat. Food businesses do cover cucumbers to improve the shelf life of these products and reduce food waste, as the environmental impact of wasting food is far greater than the packaging containing it.</p><p> </p><p>We have had no discussions with retailers regarding the packaging of cucumbers over the last five years and have no plans to review the practice.</p><p> </p><p>We do not collect data on specific packaging lines and formats and are not aware of any equivalent data relating to cucumber packaging from other Member States.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble grouped question UIN HL1600 HL1601 HL1602 question first answered 28/09/2017 15:20:32 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	863 label Biography information for Lord Hayward

760487

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	Cucumbers: Packaging
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to review the practice of covering in plastic cucumbers sold to consumers.
tabling member printed	Lord Hayward
uin	HL1600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2017 answer text <p>There is no specific requirement to wrap cucumbers in cling film or other wrapping, but food businesses are required to provide food that is both safe and fit to eat. Food businesses do cover cucumbers to improve the shelf life of these products and reduce food waste, as the environmental impact of wasting food is far greater than the packaging containing it.</p><p> </p><p>We have had no discussions with retailers regarding the packaging of cucumbers over the last five years and have no plans to review the practice.</p><p> </p><p>We do not collect data on specific packaging lines and formats and are not aware of any equivalent data relating to cucumber packaging from other Member States.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble grouped question UIN HL1599 HL1601 HL1602 question first answered 28/09/2017 15:20:32 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	863 label Biography information for Lord Hayward

760488

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	Cucumbers: Packaging
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have held with British retailers in each of the last five years concerning plastic wrapping used to cover cucumbers sold to consumers.
tabling member printed	Lord Hayward
uin	HL1601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2017 answer text <p>There is no specific requirement to wrap cucumbers in cling film or other wrapping, but food businesses are required to provide food that is both safe and fit to eat. Food businesses do cover cucumbers to improve the shelf life of these products and reduce food waste, as the environmental impact of wasting food is far greater than the packaging containing it.</p><p> </p><p>We have had no discussions with retailers regarding the packaging of cucumbers over the last five years and have no plans to review the practice.</p><p> </p><p>We do not collect data on specific packaging lines and formats and are not aware of any equivalent data relating to cucumber packaging from other Member States.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble grouped question UIN HL1599 HL1600 HL1602 question first answered 28/09/2017 15:20:32 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	863 label Biography information for Lord Hayward

760489

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	Cucumbers: Packaging
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the annual level of waste resulting from plastic wrapping used to cover cucumbers sold to consumers in the UK; and whether they have made any comparative assessment of the equivalent level of waste in (1) Germany, (2) France, (3) Italy, and (4) the Netherlands.
tabling member printed	Lord Hayward
uin	HL1602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2017 answer text <p>There is no specific requirement to wrap cucumbers in cling film or other wrapping, but food businesses are required to provide food that is both safe and fit to eat. Food businesses do cover cucumbers to improve the shelf life of these products and reduce food waste, as the environmental impact of wasting food is far greater than the packaging containing it.</p><p> </p><p>We have had no discussions with retailers regarding the packaging of cucumbers over the last five years and have no plans to review the practice.</p><p> </p><p>We do not collect data on specific packaging lines and formats and are not aware of any equivalent data relating to cucumber packaging from other Member States.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble grouped question UIN HL1599 HL1600 HL1601 question first answered 28/09/2017 15:20:32 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	863 label Biography information for Lord Hayward

760674

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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Chief Scientific Advisers
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 meetings (a) he and (b) Ministers of his Department have had with the Chief Scientific Adviser in his Department in the last three months.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	105204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2017 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and Ministers of his department meet regularly with departmental advisers, including the department’s Chief Scientific Adviser. Over a three month period, this covers a number of meetings varying in scope and personnel, and the department does not hold a central list of all such meetings.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 10/10/2017 12:53:54 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

760675

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	Angling: 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, what estimates he has made of the costs to the recreational bass fishery of recent conservation measures affecting sea anglers.
tabling member constituency	Exeter
tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
uin	105168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2017 answer text <p>Defra has not conducted any specific surveys of the economic value of the recreational bass fishery over the last ten years. The Defra ‘Sea Angling 2012’ research project found that, in 2012, sea anglers resident in England spent £1.23 billion on the sport. It is not possible robustly to separate out figures specifically for recreational bass fishing.</p><p>Bass conservation measures have been introduced by the EU in response to advice from the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea on the very poor state of the stock. Alongside a significant reduction in commercial landings, these measures are aimed at reducing mortality while the stock recovers, in order to secure the long term future of bass fisheries. The EU measures from 2015 onwards were also applied to the recreational sector as scientific advice in 2014 indicated on the basis of earlier angling surveys that up to 25% of total bass removals were estimated at that time to be accounted for by bass anglers.</p><p>A specific cost estimate of the effects of the EU bass recovery measures on the recreational sector by limiting retention of catch by anglers has not been conducted. Arriving at a reliable assessment, particularly given that catch and release activity has not been restricted, would be challenging. There would need to be a wide range of factors covered in such an evaluation, including the reduced availability of bass while stocks are recovering, and the need to take into account the longer term costs of failing to apply sufficient bass recovery measures across all fishing sectors. This places the emphasis on ensuring recovery measures are in place that will restore the value of bass fisheries across all fishing sectors.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 10364 question first answered 12/10/2017 16:47:06 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

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

760869

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	Ivory: Trade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department last carried out an assessment of the potential effect on the ivory trade globally of a ban on that trade in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	105366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2017 answer text <p>The government launched a consultation on banning UK sales of ivory on 6 October. As part of preparations for this consultation the government assessed the potential effect such a ban could have on the international ivory trade. This assessment can be found in the impact assessment published alongside the consultation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 11/10/2017 15:18:35 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

760870

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	Food: 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 recent discussions he has had with the (a) Environment Agency and (b) Local Government Association on enforcement of the Food Waste Hierarchy.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	105343
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>I have recently discussed enforcement of the food waste hierarchy with the Environment Agency. The Agency will continue to promote the recycling of food waste wherever that is possible, advising on the impact of food waste contamination on the collection and treatment of recyclables and, in appropriate cases, enforcing the hierarchy in accordance with its enforcement and sanctions statement and guidance.</p><p> </p><p>I have not discussed this issue with the Local Government Association.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 09/10/2017 10:54:12 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy