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1658830

registered interest
date	06/09/2023
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	Consumer Goods: Packaging
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 plans to bring forward legislative proposals to reduce the packaging used for distributing (a) consumables and (b) non-consumables within manufacturers' supply chains.
tabling member constituency	North Antrim
tabling member printed	Ian Paisley
uin	198096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2023 answer text <p>Our proposals for Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging will make businesses financially responsible for the waste management costs of the packaging they use or supply that ends up in household bins and street bins. This includes packaging used to distribute products purchased online directly to consumers. This will encourage businesses to reduce the amount of packaging they use and to use packaging that can be recycled easily. The UK Government jointly with the Devolved Administrations is consulting currently on the draft Regulations that will introduce Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging. These do not include any specific requirements on businesses to reduce distribution packaging.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 13/09/2023 12:53:21 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4129 label Biography information for Ian Paisley

1658831

registered interest
date	06/09/2023
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	Consumer Goods: Packaging
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 produced guidance on (a) the use of packaging by manufacturers when distributing (i) consumables and (ii) non-consumables to their supply chain and (b) declaring the amount of packaging used for operational processing.
tabling member constituency	North Antrim
tabling member printed	Ian Paisley
uin	198097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2023 answer text <p>Guidance for obligated businesses on their current packaging waste recycling responsibilities is published on GOV.UK. The requirements include registering with the regulator, reporting data on the packaging they use or supply, meeting recycling obligations and obtaining evidence of compliance with the regulations. Guidance has also been published on GOV.UK on meeting new reporting requirements under the Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging scheme. Defra has not published guidance on the use of packaging by manufacturers when distributing products.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 13/09/2023 11:57:53 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4129 label Biography information for Ian Paisley

1605102

registered interest
date	16/03/2023
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	Whisky: Northern Ireland
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 make representations to her US counterpart on the potential merits of granting whiskey from Northern Ireland the same level of distinctive product protection as afforded to Scotch whisky in that country.
tabling member constituency	North Antrim
tabling member printed	Ian Paisley
uin	904259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2023 answer text <p>The UK Government fully recognises the importance of Irish Whiskey to the Northern Ireland economy, and we welcome the recent rise in exports of Irish Whiskey to the United States. We are fully supportive of attempts by the industry to strengthen the protection of Irish Whiskey in US federal law and will ask the US Government to pursue this to align with protection afforded already to Scotch Whisky.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 23/03/2023 11:08:19 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4129 label Biography information for Ian Paisley

1235150

registered interest
date	16/09/2020
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	Hydrogen: 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, what recent assessment he has made of the effect on air quality of the use of hydrogen energy technology.
tabling member constituency	North Antrim
tabling member printed	Ian Paisley
uin	91035
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2020 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Twickenham on 10 September, PQ UIN 905828.</p><p> </p><p>[https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-09-10/905828]</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 25/09/2020 12:58:16 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4129 label Biography information for Ian Paisley

418922

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
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	Agriculture
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 is taking to strengthen the development of agroecology across the UK; and if she will withdraw her support of the G7 New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition to provide more resources for agroecology enhancement.
tabling member constituency	North Antrim
tabling member printed	Ian Paisley
uin	10301
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p>Defra is investing £4million over three years in research through the Sustainable Intensification Research Platform to improve the environmental and economic performance of farming. This includes exploring the role of agro-ecological practices as part of innovative farming systems.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Support is also available for UK farmers to adopt environmentally beneficial practices through agri-environment schemes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition is a multi-donor, multi-stakeholder initiative and operates in ten developing countries. In the UK Government, DFID is leading on our engagement with the programme.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 21/09/2015 16:51:06 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4129 label Biography information for Ian Paisley

388203

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
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	Whales: Japan
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 in addition to its work at the International Whaling Commission to discourage Japan from resuming Antarctic whaling.
tabling member constituency	North Antrim
tabling member printed	Ian Paisley
uin	5946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>The UK Government raises its opposition to Japan’s whaling under special permit for ‘scientific purposes’ at every appropriate opportunity.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Most recently, the UK Commissioner to the International Whaling Commission (IWC) reiterated the Government’s concerns in relation to Japan’s proposal to resume whaling in the Antarctic at a meeting with the Japanese Commissioner to the IWC in May 2015, and officials from the Japanese Embassy in March 2015. Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Japan and I, as the then Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Farming, Food and Marine Environment, have also both written to the Japanese Government on this issue.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Also quite recently, at the meeting of the Scientific Committee, which advises the IWC, members of the UK’s scientific delegation were proactively involved in discussions surrounding the validity of Japan’s proposed Antarctic Whaling Programme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 14/07/2015 13:48:00 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4129 label Biography information for Ian Paisley

176831

registered interest
date	29/01/2015
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	Dogs: Smuggling
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 tackle the illegal importation of puppies to the UK from Eastern Europe.
tabling member constituency	North Antrim
tabling member printed	Ian Paisley
uin	222759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2015 answer text <p>The action we are taking to tackle this trade is focused on three areas:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Firstly, responsibility for stopping the illegal movement of puppies begins in the country where they are born, where the authorities have a duty to ensure that the welfare of pets intended for sale is safeguarded and that EU pet passports are issued correctly. Following a recent report by the Dogs Trust ‘<em>The Puppy Smuggling Scandal’ </em>published in November 2014 the Chief Veterinary Officer wrote to the authorities in the countries highlighted in the report and follow up action has been taken. My officials will continue to act on reports of abuse of the pet travel scheme.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Secondly, we will maintain effective border controls. The UK carries out more checks on pets at the border than most other EU member states and stringent penalties are in place where people are found to be breaking the rules.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Thirdly, the illegal trade is driven by demand for cheap pedigree puppies and we have published guidance on the steps pet owners can take to avoid buying an illegally imported pet: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/buying-a-cat-or-dog" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/buying-a-cat-or-dog</a>. We are also working with the Pet Advertising Advisory Group who have developed minimum standards for on-line pet advertisers and which have led to the removal of over 130,000 problematic adverts in the last year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 05/02/2015 15:33:06 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4129 label Biography information for Ian Paisley

101853

registered interest
date	30/10/2014
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
hansard heading	Agriculture: Northern Ireland
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 next plans to meet farming organisations in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	North Antrim
tabling member printed	Ian Paisley
uin	212547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>We work closely with farming organisations across the UK and look forward to meeting representatives in due course.</p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 03/11/2014 17:20:53 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	4129 label Biography information for Ian Paisley

101862

registered interest
date	30/10/2014
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
hansard heading	Agriculture: Subsidies
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 in Single Farm Payment was paid to farm businesses in each county of Northern Ireland in the last year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	North Antrim
tabling member printed	Ian Paisley
uin	212648
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>The administration of the Single Payment Scheme within countries in the UK is a devolved issue and therefore the operation of the Scheme in Northern Ireland is a matter for the Northern Ireland Department for Agriculture and Rural Development.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 06/11/2014 14:09:46 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4129 label Biography information for Ian Paisley