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751165

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
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	Cultural Heritage
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what are the comparative statistics for air quality in (1) Nottingham, Southampton and Derby, which are proposed Clean Air Zones, and (2) the City of Bath.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL762
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The report <em>Air pollution in the UK 2015</em>, which was published in September 2016, reported all four locations to be compliant in all air pollutants levels with the exception of the mean annual concentrations of nitrogen dioxide (NO<sub>2</sub>) that were all reported to be above the 40 μg/m<sup>3</sup> limit value.</p><p>The 2015 national air quality plan for NO<sub>2</sub> showed the highest projected mean annual concentrations of NO<sub>2 </sub>to be 42 μg/m<sup>3</sup>, 41 μg/m<sup>3</sup>, 43 μg/m<sup>3</sup> and 35 μg/m<sup>3 </sup>in 2020, for the respective air quality zones for Nottingham, Southampton, Derby and Bath. The projections modelling is being updated to take into account the latest evidence and the final revised air quality plan will be published by 31 July, following consideration of consultation responses.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 20/07/2017 15:14:03 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

751318

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
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	Sea Level: Environment
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 conducted an assessment of the implications of a rise in sea levels for the environment.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	4735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The second UK Climate Change Risk Assessment was published in January 2017, and can be found at:<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-climate-change-risk-assessment-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-climate-change-risk-assessment-2017</a>. This was underpinned by the second Climate Change Risk Assessment Evidence Report, published in June 2016, by the Adaptation Sub-Committee of the Committee on Climate Change. The assessment considers the future risks and opportunities of sea level rise across the UK. Further information can be found at: <a href="https://www.theccc.org.uk/tackling-climate-change/preparing-for-climate-change/uk-climate-change-risk-assessment-2017/" target="_blank">https://www.theccc.org.uk/tackling-climate-change/preparing-for-climate-change/uk-climate-change-risk-assessment-2017/</a>.</p><p><em>In 2009, the Government published the UK Climate Projections,</em> which include projections of sea level rise in waters surrounding the UK. Work is currently under way to complete an update of these projections for publication in 2018. The UK Climate Projections can be viewed at: <a href="http://ukclimateprojections.metoffice.gov.uk/" target="_blank">http://ukclimateprojections.metoffice.gov.uk</a>.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 20/07/2017 15:25:16 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

750548

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the benefits and costs to the UK of membership of the European Fisheries Control Agency.
tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
uin	HL680
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) is funded from the EU budget, to which the UK is the second largest net contributor.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 20/07/2017 15:12:26 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill

750549

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the benefits and costs to the UK of membership of the European Chemicals Agency.
tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
uin	HL681
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) provides a range of centralised functions across a number of EU chemicals regimes, including facilitating collective decisions amongst EU Member States. Under the EU REACH Regulation, it manages data about chemicals on the EU market. Chemicals manufactured or imported in quantities above 1 tonne a year must be registered with ECHA to access the single market.</p><p>The UK’s current involvement with ECHA comes as part of our membership of EU. ECHA is funded mainly through a combination of industry fees for a variety of the services it provides and direct EU funding. The higher the income generated from fees, the lower the EU budget subsidy. As ECHA is an agency of the EU, the UK’s contribution to its running costs is through our general contribution to the EU budget.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 20/07/2017 15:13:15 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill

750800

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
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	Rivers: 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 assessment has been made of the effectiveness of an enforcement undertaking in reducing the incidence of pollution of English watercourses.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	4155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2017 answer text <p>Enforcement undertakings have only been available for the main water pollution offences in England under the Environmental Permitting Regulations (2010) since April 2015, although they have been used on a few occasions since 2011 under the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act (1975).</p><p> </p><p>Enforcement undertakings provide a useful tool to be used, alongside other enforcement options such as prosecution and formal caution, to mitigate the impact of pollution and minimise the risk of similar incidents reoccurring. As yet it is too early to have assessed their effectiveness in reducing the incidence of pollution in the longer term.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 26/07/2017 13:27:25 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

750935

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
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: Media
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 public engagements for which a media calling notice was issued were attended by a departmental Minister in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	4300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>Media are frequently invited to public engagements attended by ministers. The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 20/07/2017 16:51:13 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

749873

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
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	Israel: Palestinians
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to legislate to prohibit farmers from placing (1) bulls, and (2) cows with calves, in fields traversed by a public footpath.
tabling member printed	Lord Birt
uin	HL593
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2017 answer text <p>Section 59 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 bans bulls of seven recognised dairy breeds (Ayrshire, British Friesian, British Holstein, Dairy Shorthorn, Guernsey, Jersey and Kerry) that are over the age of ten months, in all circumstances, from being at large in fields crossed by public rights of way.</p><p>Bulls of all other breeds (again over the age of ten months) are also banned from fields crossed by public rights of way unless accompanied by cows or heifers. There are no specific prohibitions on the keeping of cattle other than bulls aged over ten months.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 24/07/2017 10:45:30 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

749919

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
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	Srebrenica: Genocide
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government how many sea defence areas have been established during the last 10 years in North-West England; and where each such area is located.
tabling member printed	Lord Fearn
uin	HL604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2017 answer text <p>The following schemes, resulting in improved protection from flooding and/or erosion for over 20,000 properties, have been, or are currently being, undertaken since 2007 in the North West of England:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Item</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Defences</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Location</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Date</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Morecambe coast protection scheme phases five and six</p></td><td><p>Lancashire</p></td><td><p>2007</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>Crane Wharf tidal river defences</p></td><td><p>Chester</p></td><td><p>2007</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>Thornton-Cleveleys phases two and three coast protection scheme</p></td><td><p>Wyre</p></td><td><p>2008</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>Hesketh Outmarsh West</p></td><td><p>Lancashire</p></td><td><p>2008</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>Lower Lancaster tidal Flood Alleviation Scheme phases one and two</p></td><td><p>Lancaster</p></td><td><p>2009</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>Stanah) sea defence improvements</p></td><td><p>Poulton-le-Fylde, Wyre</p></td><td><p>2009</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>West Kirby coast protection scheme</p></td><td><p>Wirral</p></td><td><p>2009</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>Cleveleys sea defence improvement works phase four</p></td><td><p>Wyre</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>River Wyre embankment stabilisation works</p></td><td><p>Fleetwood, Wyre</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>Cleveleys groyne works</p></td><td><p>Wyre</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>Blackpool Central Area Scheme</p></td><td><p>Blackpool</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>Cleveleys beach recharge works</p></td><td><p>Wyre</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>Dubb Mill Point highway coast protection works</p></td><td><p>Allonby, Cumbria</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>Eskmeals highway coast protection works</p></td><td><p>Cumbria</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>Hightown dune restoration works</p></td><td><p>Sefton</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>Teal Bay shingle management (groyne) works</p></td><td><p>Morecambe Lancashire</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>River Mersey Warrington tidal flood risk management scheme phase 1</p></td><td><p>Cheshire</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>Sunderland Point coast protection works</p></td><td><p>Lancashire</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>Whitehaven Harbour emergency works</p></td><td><p>Cumbria</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>West Shore Park coast protection scheme</p></td><td><p>Barrow</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>Knott End sea defence replacement</p></td><td><p>Wyre</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>Starr Hills sand dune management</p></td><td><p>Blackpool</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>Anchorsholme coast protection scheme</p></td><td><p>Blackpool</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>Hesketh Outmarsh East managed realignment</p></td><td><p>Lancashire</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>Rossall coast protection and sea defence scheme phases one and two of three</p></td><td><p>Lancashire</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>Morcambe sea defence improvement works</p></td><td><p>Lancashire</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, there are dune restoration programmes on the Fylde Peninsula and the Sefton coast.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 24/07/2017 10:42:25 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	488 label Biography information for Lord Fearn

749931

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
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	Golan Heights: Israel
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what is the membership of the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme transition group; whether the minutes of its meetings are publicly available; and what plans they have considered to increase the quantity of seasonal workers working in the UK agricultural industry.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL616
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2017 answer text <p>The membership of the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme (SAWS) Transition Working Group comprises agricultural and horticultural growers, industry bodies, operators of the former SAWS scheme, labour providers and relevant government departments and bodies. Additional participants are invited to attend meetings according to the issues on the agenda. A note of the meeting is circulated to attendees but is not currently published.</p><p>The SAWS Transition Working Group discussed the supply of seasonal labour working in the UK agricultural industry for the 2017 season at its last meeting in March this year. The supply of seasonal labour will be discussed further at the next working group meeting.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 24/07/2017 10:46:03 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

749932

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
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	F-35 Aircraft: Procurement
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the latest evidence that the UK bee population is decreasing; and what steps they are planning to reverse this trend.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL617
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2017 answer text <p>In 2014, we published independent research on the status of pollinators in the UK. The study identified an overall decline in wild bee diversity over the last 50 years. We are taking action to enhance the evidence base for future assessments. In collaboration with research institutes and volunteer organisations we have established a pollinator monitoring and research partnership to collect new data and improve our understanding of the status of pollinators and pollination services in the UK. Based on the work of this partnership, we will plan shortly to publish updated trend estimates for a range of bees and hoverflies in our biodiversity indicators.</p><p> </p><p>We have also introduced a new Pollinator and Wildlife Package to our Countryside Stewardship Scheme in England and are working with farmers, business and conservation organisations to provide pollinator habitat on farmland, in urban areas and in gardens in order to boost pollinator populations.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 24/07/2017 10:43:08 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb