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1660737

registered interest
date	14/09/2023
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	Forests: Environment Protection
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 her Department has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of providing regulatory protection to wooded land.
tabling member constituency	Angus
tabling member printed	Dave Doogan
uin	199661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2023 answer text <p>Forestry is a devolved matter and the information provided therefore relates to England only. All trees in England are currently protected by the Forestry Act which requires that anyone wishing to fell trees, except where exemptions apply, must obtain a licence before doing so. When carrying out felling landowners must comply with the terms of their felling licence including any restocking conditions. Failure to do so is an offence. The Government strengthened the penalties for illegal felling in the Environment Act 2021.</p><p> </p><p>Individual trees and groups of trees can also be protected by Tree Protection Orders which require written consent from the local authority to be sought prior to the tree being felled, damaged or destroyed. Where deforestation is planned, the landowner may be required to undertake a deforestation Environmental Impact Assessment and gain consent from the Forestry Commission prior to any works being carried out.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 19/09/2023 11:04:33 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4736 label Biography information for Dave Doogan

1660738

registered interest
date	14/09/2023
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	Forests: Environment Protection
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 plans to introduce secondary legislation to implement the due diligence provisions for illegal deforestation of the Environment Act 2021.
tabling member constituency	Angus
tabling member printed	Dave Doogan
uin	199662
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2023 answer text <p>The UK Government has introduced world-leading due diligence legislation through the Environment Act to help tackle illegal deforestation in UK supply chains. <br> <br> We ran a consultation from 3 December 2021 to 11 March 2022 to seek views on the details of regulations that will implement the Environment Act provisions, to ensure that these are designed effectively. The Government published a summary of responses to this consultation on 1 June 2022 and is committed to implementing due diligence provisions at the earliest opportunity through secondary legislation.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 19/09/2023 13:01:55 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4736 label Biography information for Dave Doogan

1660739

registered interest
date	14/09/2023
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	Forests: Commodities
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 implications for her policies of UK's contribution to illegal deforestation through the importation (a) cocoa, (b) coffee, (c) soy and (d) other forest-based commodities produced on land illegally occupied or used.
tabling member constituency	Angus
tabling member printed	Dave Doogan
uin	199663
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2023 answer text <p>The UK plays a leading role in supporting global efforts to protect and restore forest landscapes, driving international action to tackle deforestation and ensure forests are sustainably managed. This effort is underpinned by a commitment of £1.5 billion to international forests between 2021-26.</p><p>The UK Government works with businesses and smallholder farmers to support the development of sustainable agriculture and forest management models through the Investments in Forests and Sustainable Land Use programme, providing jobs and livelihoods while protecting and restoring forests. The UK is also a co-funder of the Tropical Forest Alliance, a public-private initiative hosted by the World Economic Forum which mobilises over 170 companies, governments, and NGOs to tackle commodity-driven deforestation. The UK Government is working with developing countries to help them strengthen regulation and governance of forests to curb illegal logging through the long-standing Forest Governance Markets and Climate programme.</p><p> </p><p>This package of work also includes new due diligence legislation through the Environment Act 2021 to tackle illegal deforestation in UK supply chains. While a wide number of commodities have played and continue to play a role in driving global deforestation, we identified seven key commodities in our 2021-22 consultation that are responsible between them for driving the majority of recent and ongoing deforestation. These commodities include: cattle (beef and leather), cocoa, coffee, maize, rubber, palm oil, and soy. The consultation also sought evidence on other commodities driving deforestation. We published an impact assessment alongside consultation, available here: <a href="https://consult.defra.gov.uk/international-biodiversity-and-climate/implementing-due-diligence-forest-risk-commodities/consult_view/" target="_blank">https://consult.defra.gov.uk/international-biodiversity-and-climate/implementing-due-diligence-forest-risk-commodities/consult_view/</a></p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 19/09/2023 11:00:41 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4736 label Biography information for Dave Doogan

1660747

registered interest
date	14/09/2023
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	Peatlands
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 much funding her Department provided to peat restoration projects in the latest period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	199608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2023 answer text <p>Since 2020, the Government has funded over £19million to peatland restoration projects through the Nature for Climate Peatland Grant scheme. On 26 August 2023 the government announced a further £16m of government funding for an additional twelve peatland restoration projects as part of the scheme.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to this, there are 10 projects in Round 1 of the Landscape Recovery scheme which will include elements of peatland restoration works. The funding for these projects has not yet been finalised as projects are still in the development phase of the scheme. Countryside Stewardship has provided approximately £7m and Environmental Stewardship approximately £200,000 of funding for peatland restoration activities over the last 12 months.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 19/09/2023 11:10:09 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1660793

registered interest
date	14/09/2023
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	Animal Welfare
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2023 to Question 197914, whether she plans to extend eligibility for the Animal Health and Welfare Pathway in the future beyond the species currently included.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Miriam Cates
uin	199676
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2023 answer text <p>We will continue to work in partnership with industry to develop the Pathway offer, including looking at the potential to extend the Pathway’s reach to other species.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 19/09/2023 15:59:48 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4865 label Biography information for Miriam Cates

1660858

registered interest
date	14/09/2023
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	Deposit Return Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2023 to Question 198331 on Deposit Return Schemes, for what reason the implementation of the regulations has been delayed since the publication of the consultation response; when she plans to appoint the deposit management organisation (DMO); and what recent estimate she has made of when the DMO will commence.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	199547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2023 answer text <p>In May 2023, UK Government published a position statement setting out that interoperability of schemes across the UK is critical to avoiding unnecessary barriers to trade. Since then we have been working with Scottish Government, Welsh Government and the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland on interoperability across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>We are considering what changes are required to the draft legislation in each nation in order to implement interoperability of schemes across the UK. This will need to be completed before we can finalise the drafting and proceed through the legislative process. As this requires additional time to complete, it impacts our original SI timeline.</p><p> </p><p>The next phase of DRS implementation will be finalising the legislation. We intend for this to come into force in summer 2024, and thereafter we will have the powers to appoint the scheme administrator (the Deposit Management Organisation, DMO).</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 20/09/2023 10:03:28 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1660909

registered interest
date	14/09/2023
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	Pesticides: Risk Assessment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to reform the procedures for risk assessments of biopesticides prior to their approval for release onto the commercial market.
tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
uin	HL10193
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2023 answer text <p>The term “biopesticide” covers a diverse group of substances with very different modes of action. They often, but not always, have a lower risk profile than conventional pesticides and we recognise that they can play an important role as part of an integrated pest management approach. We plan to review regulatory processes and data requirements to identify where approvals and permissions for biopesticides can be made simpler and speedier. This should reduce regulatory burdens on applicants and lead to quicker approval timelines, without compromising environmental and human health standards.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 19/09/2023 16:31:12 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

1660413

registered interest
date	13/09/2023
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	Meat: Antibiotics
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 her Department has taken to safeguard public health in connection with the supply of antibiotic-dosed meat to supermarkets.
tabling member constituency	Rochdale
tabling member printed	Tony Lloyd
uin	199295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2023 answer text <p>Responsible use of antibiotics is an essential part of veterinary medicine: these medicines are needed to treat bacterial disease in animals. The UK Government is committed to reducing unnecessary use of antibiotics in animals whilst safeguarding animal health and welfare and antibiotic use in animals has reduced by 55% since 2014.</p><p> </p><p>In the UK, antibiotics for animal use must be prescribed by a veterinary surgeon and we have strict maximum residue limits for food-producing animals. There is a comprehensive programme of statutory sampling and testing in place in the UK to look for residues of veterinary medicines, prohibited substances and contaminants in foodstuffs – this programme includes testing for a range of antibiotics, ensuring that they are being used in UK livestock in accordance with their authorisation. This activity is coordinated by the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) in GB, and the results of testing and investigations are published on GOV.UK (<a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fresidues-statutory-and-non-statutory-surveillance-results&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7Cba400f417c6e45f8e53c08dbb5c7e2ec%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638303642392797024%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=FWeQ1ECrsDC%2FtpcLaM%2F0dpU1dp2le3qe%2BBVwaXdl3IU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">link</a>) on a quarterly and annual basis.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 19/09/2023 11:01:55 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	450 label Biography information for Tony Lloyd

1660436

registered interest
date	13/09/2023
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	Flood 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, whether she has plans to establish a national centre for flood resilience.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	199406
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2023 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to my answer of 7 September 2023 to <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-07-19/195088" target="_blank">PQ 195088.</a></p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 20/09/2023 10:49:38 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1660438

registered interest
date	13/09/2023
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	Concrete: Recycling
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 is taking to increase the recycling of concrete materials.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	199408
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2023 answer text <p>Construction is one of the key sectors identified for action in ‘Maximising Resources, Minimising Waste’, the new Waste Prevention Programme for England, published in July 2023. It sets out our priorities for action to manage goods and materials in accordance with the waste hierarchy.</p><p> </p><p>As part of this we have committed to:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Work with the industry through the Green Construction Board to promote the adoption of strategies aligned with the Routemap to Net Zero Avoidable Waste in Construction. This includes key targets to eliminate all but hazardous construction and demolition waste to landfill, and work towards zero avoidable construction and demolition waste by 2050.For information, in 2020, the UK generated 59.1 million tonnes of non-hazardous C&amp;D waste, of which 54.8 million tonnes was recovered. This represents a recovery rate of 92.6%.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Continue to support the Interdisciplinary Circular Economy Centre for Mineral-based Construction Materials, which includes concrete, as part of a four-year £30 million National Interdisciplinary Circular Economy Research (NICER) Programme. This will deliver research, innovation, and the evidence base to move towards a resilient UK circular economy.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Work with the industry to explore policy interventions to support the design of construction products to encourage greater reuse and use of recycled materials.</li></ul> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 19/09/2023 15:55:02 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi