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381452

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
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: Pesticides
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 the Government is taking to protect bees from the effects of toxic pesticides.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	2614
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) issue authorisations which enable pesticides to be advertised, sold, supplied, stored and used. Following a thorough risk assessment, HSE imposes conditions on the way products are used to ensure there is no harm to human health or unacceptable effects on the environment. The assessment considers risks to bees.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 22/06/2015 12:41:54 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

381453

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
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	Glyphosate
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 she last reviewed guidance on the safety of glyphosate.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	2629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>All active substances used in plant protection products are subject to regular European Union (EU) wide review to ensure that they meet modern safety standards. Glyphosate is currently approved for use as a herbicide in the EU. Approval was granted in January 2002, based on a review of comprehensive health and environmental data, and expires on 31 December 2015. As part of the procedure for renewing the approval, the European Food Safety Authority is co-ordinating a detailed review of further health and environmental data with member States. The UK is participating in that review.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Plant protection products must be authorised before they may be placed on the market or used in the UK. Authorisation is granted only if data show that they pose no unacceptable risks to humans or the environment. Existing authorisations for products containing glyphosate will be reviewed after the decision on renewal of the approval has been taken.</p><p> </p><p><br></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 2630 question first answered 22/06/2015 14:12:47 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

381455

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
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	Glyphosate
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 she has made of the effect glyphosate on human health.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	2630
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>All active substances used in plant protection products are subject to regular European Union (EU) wide review to ensure that they meet modern safety standards. Glyphosate is currently approved for use as a herbicide in the EU. Approval was granted in January 2002, based on a review of comprehensive health and environmental data, and expires on 31 December 2015. As part of the procedure for renewing the approval, the European Food Safety Authority is co-ordinating a detailed review of further health and environmental data with member States. The UK is participating in that review.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Plant protection products must be authorised before they may be placed on the market or used in the UK. Authorisation is granted only if data show that they pose no unacceptable risks to humans or the environment. Existing authorisations for products containing glyphosate will be reviewed after the decision on renewal of the approval has been taken.</p><p> </p><p><br></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 2629 question first answered 22/06/2015 14:12:47 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

381456

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
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, with reference to the Supreme Court Judgment in the case of R (on the application of ClientEarth) (Appellant) v Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Respondent), what criteria she plans to use to set the shortest time possible.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	2609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>We are currently compiling and analysing the evidence for the revision of our Air Quality Plans for nitrogen dioxide. Revised plans will be published for consultation later in the year. The consultation will set out our approach to assessing compliance and expected timeframes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 22/06/2015 10:21:02 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

381457

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
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: Pesticides
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 plans to take to help protect the bee population; and whether she plans to allow the use of pesticides known to be harmful to bees.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	2623
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>In November 2014, Defra published the National Pollinator Strategy which forms a framework for collective action to help manage and raise awareness of the pressures facing bees and other pollinators. The Strategy seeks to address key gaps in our understanding about the status of pollinators, identifies specific policy and evidence actions for government and others, and also identifies actions that everyone can take to help expand food, shelter and nest sites. To raise public awareness, a ‘Call to Action’, ‘Bees’ Needs: Food and a Home’ was launched in July 2014. This is a simple message to all land managers on the essential needs of pollinators and how to fulfil them. Defra will publish a ‘one year on’ progress report on the Strategy in autumn 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As set out in the Strategy, our work over the next five years to develop the evidence base will allow us to identify pollinator trends with greater certainty, so that we can assess progress with our outcomes and identify where further action should be taken. This evidence base will include consideration of the impact of pesticides.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 22/06/2015 14:20:49 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

381458

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
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 estimate she has made of the amount of food wasted by supermarkets; and if she will take further steps to reduce that amount.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	2624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>The Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) estimates that 0.23 million tonnes of food waste came from the grocery retail industry in 2013. Through WRAP, the Government is working with food manufacturers and retailers, including all the major UK supermarkets, to meet targets to reduce food waste from households and the grocery supply chain under the Courtauld Commitment.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>All signatories reported a reduction of 7.4% in food supply chain waste between 2010 and 2012 (there were also targets on household food waste and packaging waste). The third phase targets a further 1.1 million tonnes of food and packaging waste reduction by the end of 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 22/06/2015 10:24:23 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

381459

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
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	Floods: Coastal Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, by what date she plans to publish reports into the social and economic effect of an East Coast storm surge.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	2599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>The project referred to is a food related project concerning the resilience of the food supply chain.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The report of the Defra project The Resilience of the Food Supply to Port Flooding on the East Coast (FO0454) has been completed and peer reviewed and is currently being finalised for publication in accordance with our procedures.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 2600 question first answered 23/06/2015 10:43:17 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

381460

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
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	Floods: Coastal Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, by what date she plans to publish the report into the effect of an East Coast storm surge on food supply.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	2600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>The project referred to is a food related project concerning the resilience of the food supply chain.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The report of the Defra project The Resilience of the Food Supply to Port Flooding on the East Coast (FO0454) has been completed and peer reviewed and is currently being finalised for publication in accordance with our procedures.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 2599 question first answered 23/06/2015 10:43:18 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

381461

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
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	Rivers
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 progress her Department has made on improving the quality of chalk rivers in (a) Hertfordshire and (b) England.
tabling member constituency	North East Hertfordshire
tabling member printed	Sir Oliver Heald
uin	2734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>The Environment Agency is continuing its work with local water companies to improve the quality of rivers in Hertfordshire. In 2014 several watercourses showed improvements in water quality linked to a reduction in polluted surface water outfalls and improved processes at sewage works. Through local engagement with the agriculture sector, the Environment Agency is identifying opportunities to reduce agricultural run-off including fertilizers and pesticides.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Through its Restoring Sustainable Abstraction programme, the Environment Agency is also seeking to improve flows in chalk rivers in Hertfordshire. Affinity Water has committed £5 million and the Environment Agency is also committing significant funds to the project.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Across England, a programme of physical habitat restoration is under way on these rivers (including the 11 chalk river Sites of Special Scientific Interest that need restoration). Led jointly by Natural England and the Environment Agency, this programme involves a range of statutory and voluntary sector partners. Since 2011, some 70 kilometres of chalk stream have been improved.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Water company investment has also contributed to substantial reductions in phosphate pollution, to which chalk streams are particularly sensitive, and additional investment is proposed to secure further improvements.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency has changed 46 abstraction licences for ten chalk streams across England. These returned 9.4 million cubic metres year of water back to chalk streams and removed the risk of another 1.6 million cubic metres per year being taken. This is equivalent to the average annual domestic water use of 200,000 people, or the approximate population of Peterborough.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 22/06/2015 10:32:39 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald

381463

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
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	Salmon
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 number of salmon caught in UK rivers in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	2707
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>The numbers of salmon reported to have been caught by anglers in UK rivers in each of the last five years is shown in the table below. These figures do not include salmon caught by nets and traps which are situated in estuaries or coastal areas of the UK. The majority of the fish caught (67 to 80%) were released. The data for 2014 is provisional.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>No. caught</p></td><td><p>No. released</p></td><td><p>No. retained</p></td><td><p>% released</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>140,498</p></td><td><p>94,162</p></td><td><p>46,336</p></td><td><p>67</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>116,714</p></td><td><p>80,556</p></td><td><p>36,158</p></td><td><p>69</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>110,876</p></td><td><p>78,157</p></td><td><p>32,719</p></td><td><p>70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>86,808</p></td><td><p>67,179</p></td><td><p>19,629</p></td><td><p>77</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>61,489</p></td><td><p>49,140</p></td><td><p>12,349</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 23/06/2015 12:07:03 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon