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48812

registered interest
date	28/04/2014
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
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 his policy is on the exporting of live horses and ponies for slaughter.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	196910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>There is no ban in place on the export of live horses for slaughter. However, there is a system of inspections and checks in place to make sure that horses are healthy and fit for transport. The Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency (AHVLA) undertakes risk based inspections of equines destined for export. Local authorities also undertake inspection work and are responsible for investigating breaches of the welfare legislation with a view to prosecution.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 01/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

48510

registered interest
date	25/04/2014
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
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 his Department has any plans to end the employee trade union membership dues check-off system.
tabling member constituency	Livingston
tabling member printed	Graeme Morrice
uin	196765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>I refer the hon. Member to my reply to the hon. Member for Leicester South on Thursday, 03 April 2014: Official Report column 765w.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Jonathan Ashworth:</strong> To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether his Department is (a) undertaking or (b) plans to undertake a review of the check-off union subscription provision. [194039]</p><p> </p><p><strong>Dan Rogerson:</strong> DEFRA is currently reviewing the provision of check-off for trade union subscriptions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 01/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	4012 label Biography information for Graeme Morrice

48515

registered interest
date	25/04/2014
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
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 discussions on IUU fishing took place at the Agriculture and Fisheries Council meeting in Brussels on 24 March 2014.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	196598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Council of Ministers on 24 March agreed to list Belize, Guinea and Cambodia as non-cooperating third countries, acting insufficiently in fighting against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. Under the EU IUU Regulation, any imports into the EU of any fisheries products caught by these flag state vessels will be banned. In addition, Ministers discussed the proposed review of the IUU Regulation and the Commission confirmed its intention to undertake the review next year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 30/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

48519

registered interest
date	25/04/2014
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
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 comparative assessment he has made of the performance of programmes in the UK and other EU countries which aim to reduce litter; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	196504
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2014 answer text <p>The Government has not carried out any comparative assessment of the performance of litter reduction programmes in the UK and the rest of the EU.</p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 30/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

48522

registered interest
date	25/04/2014
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
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 he plans to take to double the amount of new productive conifer planting necessary to meet the target of 12 per cent woodland cover by 2060.
tabling member constituency	Carlisle
tabling member printed	John Stevenson
uin	196497
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave on 10 March 2014, <em>Official Report,</em> column 75W, to the hon. Member for Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock (Sandra Osborne).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 01/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	3942 label Biography information for John Stevenson

48523

registered interest
date	25/04/2014
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
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 he plans to take to replace productive conifer forest cover lost as a result of the (a) Open Habitats Policy and (b) Ancient Woodlands Policy.
tabling member constituency	Carlisle
tabling member printed	John Stevenson
uin	196498
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Open habitats policy has a mechanism within it to ensure there is a balance between woodland creation and woodland loss based on the composition and productivity of the woodland that is being removed.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Forestry Commission monitors the area of woodland restored to open habitats and uses the data along with the quality of biodiversity benefit to determine whether compensatory planting should be required when granting a felling licence.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Keepers of Time, the Ancient Woodland Policy, promotes the restoration of Plantations on Ancient Woodlands to site native species for biodiversity benefits. There is no reason why these woods should not still be managed productively, albeit with a different timber crop.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 01/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	3942 label Biography information for John Stevenson

48524

registered interest
date	25/04/2014
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
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 he has made on establishing a new Public Forest Trustee body.
tabling member constituency	Carlisle
tabling member printed	John Stevenson
uin	196499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave on 10 April 2014, Official Report, column 394W, to the hon. Member for Sterling (Anne McGuire).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 01/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	3942 label Biography information for John Stevenson

48204

registered interest
date	10/04/2014
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
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 levels of stock his Department holds of (a) stationery, (b) printer cartridges, (c) treasury tags and other fasteners and (d) other office consumables.
tabling member constituency	Wokingham
tabling member printed	Mr John Redwood
uin	196205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Core Defra does not hold this information because some stocks are held locally and some are ordered centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

48206

registered interest
date	10/04/2014
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
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 soon the cage trapping and shooting of badgers was implemented alongside the freeshooting of badgers after the commencement of the pilot badger cull in Gloucestershire in 2013; and what authorisation from the Department was required.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	196192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Cage trapping was used from the outset in each of the pilot areas. Under the licence issued to each area, cage trapping and shooting and controlled shooting are both permitted control methods. No further authorisation from the Department was required.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Guidance issued to Natural England on issuing licenses to kill or take badgers for the purpose of preventing the spread of bovine TB under section 10(2)(a) of the Protection of Badgers Act 1992, and the Government's policy document on Bovine TB and badger control in England, both state ‘in order to ensure humaneness, only two culling methods will be permitted (which can be used in combination, or as single control methods): i. cage-trapping followed by shooting; and ii. controlled shooting.' Both of these documents were published on 14<sup>th</sup> December 2011.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 196191 question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

48207

registered interest
date	10/04/2014
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
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 (a) protect and (b) police the shell fisheries industry in the Wash area.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	Mr Henry Bellingham
uin	196277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The shellfisheries in the Wash are managed by the Eastern Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority (IFCA) through a combination of the Wash Fishery Order 1992 Regulations and local IFCA Byelaws. This includes the introduction of closed seasons, gear restriction and the use of permits to control access to certain fisheries. This is in addition to EU and UK regulations. The IFCA officers also work closely with Marine Management Organisation officers on enforcement operations within the Wash area.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 22/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1441 label Biography information for Lord Bellingham