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1028513

registered interest
date	19/12/2018
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	Fisheries
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 information his Department holds on confidentiality agreements signed by the owners of vessels used by CEFAS in studying the effect of electric fishing in UK waters.
tabling member constituency	Newbury
tabling member printed	Richard Benyon
uin	203853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2019 answer text <p>Cefas confirm they do not have confidentiality agreements with the owners of the vessels concerned, nor do they feature in the standard tendering arrangements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 08/01/2019 12:04:24 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon

1027725

registered interest
date	18/12/2018
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	Fisheries
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 he plans to publish the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science study on the effect of electric fishing in UK waters.
tabling member constituency	Newbury
tabling member printed	Richard Benyon
uin	203295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/12/2018 answer text <p>The Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) completed a desktop review on pulse technology entitled “The impacts of flatfish pulse trawling: evidence review, data gaps and future research”. The report is subject to a peer review process which is due to be completed by the end of December. The finalised report is therefore expected to be ready for publication early in the New Year.</p><p> </p><p>We have also commissioned some original science for future research with a study including at-sea comparisons of pulse and conventional beam trawl impacts.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 28/12/2018 12:24:39 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon

964137

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
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	Crayfish
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 he plans to publish the CEFAS report no. 5775 Controlling Invasive Crayfish on crayfish trapping.
tabling member constituency	Newbury
tabling member printed	Richard Benyon
uin	169222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2018 answer text <p>The report was published on 2 August and can be found by following the link below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://randd.defra.gov.uk/Default.aspx?Menu=Menu&amp;Module=More&amp;Location=None&amp;ProjectID=18605&amp;FromSearch=Y&amp;Publisher=1&amp;SearchText=crayfish&amp;SortString=ProjectCode&amp;SortOrder=Asc&amp;Paging=10" target="_blank">Control of Invasive Species of Crayfish - WC1066</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 06/09/2018 16:23:42 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon

444648

registered interest
date	13/01/2016
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	Anaerobic Digestion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to incentivise small-scale on-farm anaerobic digestion systems.
tabling member constituency	Newbury
tabling member printed	Richard Benyon
uin	22235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2016 answer text <p>Defra and DECC officials are working together on a review of the support for renewable energy schemes through both Feed in Tariffs and the Renewable Heat Incentive. This includes the support for farm-scale anaerobic digestion. Consultations on the schemes will be published in the coming months.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 19/01/2016 16:27:06 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon

443727

registered interest
date	11/01/2016
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	Anaerobic Digestion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will discuss with the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (a) providing more funding through and (b) improving the effectiveness of the feed-in tariff incentive regime for smaller on-site anaerobic digestion in order to encourage cost-effective on-site treatment of food and farming residues and to reduce carbon emissions from the production of food.
tabling member constituency	Newbury
tabling member printed	Richard Benyon
uin	21737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to cost-effective decarbonisation of our electricity supply as well as protecting consumer bills by controlling costs passed on to consumers through their energy bills. Officials in Defra and the Department of Energy and Climate Change are currently working closely together in considering levels of support for anaerobic digestion through the Feed-in Tariff scheme and a consultation will be published in the coming months.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 19/01/2016 13:26:44 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon

443728

registered interest
date	11/01/2016
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	Waste Disposal
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to support the development of small-scale on-site renewable solutions in the agri-food sector, based on residues from food factories and farm slurries and crop residues.
tabling member constituency	Newbury
tabling member printed	Richard Benyon
uin	21848
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2016 answer text <p>Small scale on-site renewables are supported through the Feed-in Tariffs and the Renewable Heat Incentive schemes. Defra and Department of Energy and Climate Change officials are currently working together on a review of the support for renewable energy schemes through both Feed in Tariffs and the Renewable Heat Incentive. This includes the support for anaerobic digestion of residues, wastes and slurries. Consultations on the schemes will be published in the coming months.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 19/01/2016 13:51:18 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon

443729

registered interest
date	11/01/2016
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	Landfill
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to ban bio-degradable food processing and farm residues from disposal to landfill.
tabling member constituency	Newbury
tabling member printed	Richard Benyon
uin	21847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2016 answer text <p>The EU revised Waste Framework Directive (Directive 2008/98/EC) requires Member States to apply the waste management hierarchy. Landfill sits at the bottom of the hierarchy and should be the last resort for most waste. Landfill tax is the main driver in diverting waste from landfill in the UK, and is currently £82.60 per tonne for the standard rate and £2.60 per tonne for inert waste. We believe this represents the correct solution to bio-degradable food waste.</p><br /><p>The EU Landfill Directive includes targets to reduce the amount of biodegradable municipal waste (BMW) going to landfill. In 2013 the amount of BMW going to landfill in the UK reduced to 26% of the 1995 baseline, against a 35% target for 2020.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 19/01/2016 12:03:05 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon

428350

registered interest
date	16/11/2015
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	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, what progress her Department has made towards the targets for protecting peat set out in the Natural Environment White Paper of 2011 since the publication of the last implementation update report in October 2014.
tabling member constituency	Newbury
tabling member printed	Richard Benyon
uin	16344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2015 answer text <p>Defra is currently carrying out a review of progress towards the targets for peat reduction in horticulture set out in the Natural Environment White Paper. Based on sales data from 2014, there has been a 24% reduction in peat sales for horticultural use in the UK since 2011.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 24/11/2015 15:38:47 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon

223953

registered interest
date	26/02/2015
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	Seas and Oceans: Electric Cables
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 Marine Management Organisation has taken to safeguard the marine environment from damage by cable laying involving the SCAR plough system and similar technologies.
tabling member constituency	Newbury
tabling member printed	Richard Benyon
uin	225626
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2015 answer text <p>Should such activities require a marine licence from the MMO, a number of steps are taken to ensure the protection of the marine environment is adequately considered. The potential environmental impacts of any licensable activity are a material consideration under the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009. All decisions should be made in accordance with the UK Marine Policy Statement or relevant Marine Plan, and be in compliance with relevant legislation. Where mitigation is required to reduce potential impacts these can be secured through marine licence conditions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 05/03/2015 10:22:28 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon

223954

registered interest
date	26/02/2015
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	Seas and Oceans: Electric Cables
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 licences have been granted by the Marine Management Organisation for the laying of cables on the seabed involving the SCAR plough system and other similar technologies; and to whom each of those licences has been granted.
tabling member constituency	Newbury
tabling member printed	Richard Benyon
uin	225662
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2015 answer text <p>The MMO grants marine licences for the laying of cables on the seabed following assessment of the proposed activity including installation method. It is up to the individual developer to propose which methodology they intend to employ for cable installation. To date, the MMO has not issued any marine licences where the applicant has stated that the SCAR system would be deployed although since 2011, 11 licences have been granted to wind farm developers, electricity and telecoms companies who have proposed to use plough, trenching and jetting installation methods.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The SCAR system has been used for boulder clearance at one project prior to cable laying activities commencing.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 05/03/2015 10:29:25 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon