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1719468

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
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	Food
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Seventh Report of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee of Session 2022-23 on Food Security, HC622, published on 28 July 2023, whether he has undertaken a comprehensive review of Departmental responsibilities and structures on food policy.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	27206
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>As we have previously articulated in the Government Response to the recommendations for the House of Commons, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee - Food Security report, the Government agrees with the need for policy coherence and for strong leadership on food-related issues. Food supply is one of the UK's 13 Critical National Infrastructure sectors. Defra and the Food Standards Agency (FSA) are joint Lead Government Departments (LGDs), with Defra leading on supply and the FSA on food safety. As such Defra works closely with the Cabinet Office and other LGDs ensuring food supply is fully incorporated as part of emergency preparedness, including consideration of dependencies on other sectors. There are clear accountabilities within Cabinet, and attendant Departmental responsibilities, with cross-Whitehall structures enabling coordination.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Sir Mark Spencer question first answered 23/05/2024 16:38:32 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1699091

registered interest
date	26/03/2024
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	Housing: Sewers
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 20 April 2023 to Question 181086 on Housing: Sewers, on what date the Department will launch its public consultation on its proposals to implement Schedule 3 to the Flood and Water Management Act 2010.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	20772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2024 answer text <p>A public consultation on the implementation proposals for Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) in new developments is expected to take place in Spring 2024.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 16/04/2024 14:26:17 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1698083

registered interest
date	22/03/2024
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: Repairs and Maintenance
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 he has had discussions with (a) the Environment Agency and (b) local authorities on the effectiveness of mechanisms to enforce the responsibilities of riparian owners for the maintenance of river banks.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	20109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2024 answer text <p>Ministers regularly meet with the Environment Agency and other stakeholders to discuss flood and water management matters.</p><p> </p><p>Riparian landowners, those whose land adjoins a watercourse, are required under common law to maintain watercourses, including the removal of debris and blockages, which could cause an obstruction to the flow of water on their land, or downstream if washed away, as well as maintenance of the bed and banks, and any trees or shrubs growing on the banks. Where a stream or culvert becomes silted up, choked with weeds, or the flow of water has been obstructed causing flood risk to others, the Environment Agency and local authorities have statutory powers to require the relevant person to maintain the flow of the watercourse. The Environment Agency has published guidance on owning a watercourse on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/owning-a-watercourse" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a>. By April 2024, new engagement guidance will be published to help Risk Management Authorities, Environment Agency staff, and landowners have more effective conversations on this matter.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management (FCERM) Policy Statement sets out what we expect from those responsible for all assets and watercourses – including risk management authorities, other public and community organisations, the private sector and riparian owners – to invest in ongoing maintenance and ensure timely repairs where necessary.</p><p> </p><p>Defra has commissioned an independent review of statutory powers and responsibilities associated with FCERM assets across all flood risks and coastal erosion. The review started work in 2021 and is expected to report this spring. This will review whether current mechanisms and legal powers are clear and effective and relevant expertise is shared; this includes the non-statutory powers and responsibilities of riparian landowners and asset owners. The review team is working closely with key stakeholders to ensure that it considers good practice and practitioner concerns, within the sector. Defra will consider its findings after publication.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 03/04/2024 15:22:01 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1697979

registered interest
date	21/03/2024
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	Parrots: Non-native Species
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 4 October 2022 to Question 46153 on Parrots: Non-native Species, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of ring-necked parakeets on other native wildlife.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	19969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2024 answer text <p>An assessment carried out in 2021 concluded there was sufficient evidence to warrant the inclusion of ring-necked parakeet as a target species on the General Licence to kill or take wild birds for conservation purposes.</p><p>A prior risk assessment for ring-necked parakeets was published by the GB Non-Native Species Secretariat in March 2011 (See risk assessment here: <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nonnativespecies.org%2Fassets%2FUploads%2FRA_Psittacula_krameri_Ring-necked_Parakeet.pdf&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7C0514fdc796af42d210b508dc4a79c2fa%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638467134020826535%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=fJ7sGdYnFMURp4TteGhT9RVYneKtiuP0DC%2FJKRPA%2FRI%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">RA_Psittacula_krameri_(Ring-necked_Parakeet) (nonnativespecies.org)</a>). The conclusion of this assessment was that this species posed a medium risk (with low uncertainty), with the potential to negatively impact populations of cavity nesting birds.</p><p>These risk assessments may be updated when substantive new scientific evidence is made available that could alter the outcome of the risk assessment. The assessment has already concluded that this species poses a conservation threat. Defra is not aware that there is new evidence currently that would alter the conclusion of the risk assessment. Therefore, there are no immediate plans for a re-assessment of ring-necked parakeets.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 02/04/2024 10:19:04 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1679831

registered interest
date	05/01/2024
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	Donkeys and Horses: Exports
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 he has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of the Animal and Plant Health Agency’s welfare arrangements regime for the live export of (a) horses, (b) donkeys and (c) ponies.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	8194
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2024 answer text <p>No such recent assessment has been made. The Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Bill, currently progressing through Parliament, will ban the live export of horses, donkeys and ponies for slaughter from Great Britain, stopping unnecessary stress, exhaustion and injury caused by this trade.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 16/01/2024 13:02:35 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper