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1736577

registered interest
date	23/10/2024
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	Waste Disposal: 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, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of EU Regulation (EU) 2024/1157 on shipments of waste.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
uin	10741
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2024 answer text <p>In May 2024, Defra officials were asked by the previous Government to prepare a briefing note for the Northern Ireland Assembly’s Democratic Scrutiny Committee on the implications for Northern Ireland of EU Regulation 2024/1157 on shipments of waste. The briefing note is published here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.niassembly.gov.uk/globalassets/committee-blocks/windsor-framework-democratic-scrutiny-committee/reg-eu-20241157/a-response-from-the-uk-gov-by-defra---30-may-2024.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.niassembly.gov.uk/globalassets/committee-blocks/windsor-framework-democratic-scrutiny-committee/reg-eu-20241157/a-response-from-the-uk-gov-by-defra---30-may-2024.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Defra officials continue to assess the implications of EU Regulation 2024/1157 for businesses in Great Britain that trade with the EU.</p> answering member constituency Coventry East answering member printed Mary Creagh question first answered 30/10/2024 13:50:43 answering member 1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh
tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1488512

registered interest
date	12/07/2022
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: Land
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 class 3B agricultural land is classified as best and most versatile land in the National Planning Policy Framework.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
uin	34984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2022 answer text <p>Best and most versatile agricultural land (BMVAL) is defined in the National Planning Policy Framework and Natural England’s ‘Guide to assessing development proposals on agricultural land’ as land in grades 1, 2 and 3a of the Agricultural Land Classification.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 06/12/2022 19:23:11 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1485351

registered interest
date	01/07/2022
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	Agricultural Products: UK Trade with EU
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 it his Department's policy to reach a sanitary and phytosanitary agreement with the EU.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
uin	28895
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2022 answer text <p>The UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) remains the starting point for our new relationship. The sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) chapter of the TCA puts in place a framework that allows the UK and the EU to take informed decisions to reduce their respective SPS controls, with a commitment to avoid unnecessary barriers to trade.</p><p> </p><p>We are open to discussions with the EU on steps we can take to reduce trade friction; however, these cannot be on the basis of dynamic alignment with EU rules, as this would compromise UK sovereignty over our own laws.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 11/07/2022 07:27:39 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1458384

registered interest
date	19/04/2022
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	Inland Waterways
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 his Department has had with the Canal & River Trust on securing the long-term future of canals and waterways and the wider benefits they provide.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
uin	155829
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2022 answer text <p>Defra is working with the Canal and River Trust on the current review of the Government’s annual grant funding for the Trust, as required by the 2012 Grant Agreement. The review will inform a decision about any future grant funding from 2027.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 27/04/2022 15:40:03 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1437490

registered interest
date	02/03/2022
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	Packaging: 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, whether packaging producers will be made responsible for the full net costs of managing packaging waste, including bin and ground litter management costs, as proposed by his Department in the recent Extended Producer Responsibility consultation.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
uin	133230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2022 answer text <p>We remain committed to making packaging producers responsible for the costs of managing packaging waste. We are reviewing responses to the consultation on Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging, and will publish a Government response in early 2022. This will detail our final policy positions, including on the approach to managing packaging deposited in bins and littered on the ground.</p><p> </p><p>The Impact Assessment, that was published alongside the Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging consultation, provides details on our estimates of the costs associated with managing binned waste and ground litter. That is available here: (<a href="https://consult.defra.gov.uk/extended-producer-responsibility/extended-producer-responsibility-for-packaging/supporting_documents/Extended%20Producer%20Responsibility%20Impact%20Assessment.pdf" target="_blank">https://consult.defra.gov.uk/extended-producer-responsibility/extended-producer-responsibility-for-packaging/supporting_documents/Extended Producer Responsibility Impact Assessment.pdf</a>), and will be updated as part of the Government response to the consultation.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 133231 question first answered 11/03/2022 14:24:07 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1437491

registered interest
date	02/03/2022
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	Packaging: 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, what recent estimate his Department has made of the management costs of bin and ground packaging litter incurred by (a) local authorities, (b) other duty bodies, (c) litter authorities and (d) statutory undertakers.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
uin	133231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2022 answer text <p>We remain committed to making packaging producers responsible for the costs of managing packaging waste. We are reviewing responses to the consultation on Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging, and will publish a Government response in early 2022. This will detail our final policy positions, including on the approach to managing packaging deposited in bins and littered on the ground.</p><p> </p><p>The Impact Assessment, that was published alongside the Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging consultation, provides details on our estimates of the costs associated with managing binned waste and ground litter. That is available here: (<a href="https://consult.defra.gov.uk/extended-producer-responsibility/extended-producer-responsibility-for-packaging/supporting_documents/Extended%20Producer%20Responsibility%20Impact%20Assessment.pdf" target="_blank">https://consult.defra.gov.uk/extended-producer-responsibility/extended-producer-responsibility-for-packaging/supporting_documents/Extended Producer Responsibility Impact Assessment.pdf</a>), and will be updated as part of the Government response to the consultation.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 133230 question first answered 11/03/2022 14:24:07 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1419218

registered interest
date	02/02/2022
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	Marine Protected Areas
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 plans he has to introduce bylaws following the consultation on four of England’s Marine Protected Areas, published February 2021, which proposed the prohibition of the use of bottom towed fishing gear in four offshore Marine Protected Areas.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
uin	117000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2022 answer text <p>The Fisheries Act 2020 introduced new powers enabling the Marine Management Organisation to implement management measures within our offshore Marine Protected Areas. The byelaws for the first four offshore sites are now in the process of being finalised.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 10/02/2022 12:46:51 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1419219

registered interest
date	02/02/2022
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	Sandeels: Conservation
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 is taking to protect sandeel populations in the North Sea in advance of the 2022 sea bird breeding season.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
uin	117001
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2022 answer text <p>The UK’s seabirds are an important part of our natural heritage, and their protection is a high priority for this Government. Forage fish such as sandeels play a crucial role in the health of the wider marine ecosystem.</p><p> </p><p>Defra and the UK Fisheries Administrations recently published a call for evidence on sandeels and Norway pout to help inform decision making and to consider possible measures to manage these stocks more sustainably in the future. The responses are currently being analysed.</p><p> </p><p>ICES releases its annual scientific advice about the condition of sandeel stocks in the North Sea on 25 February. We will carefully consider this advice, as well as the advice given in response to the call for evidence, in developing a UK position ahead of the negotiation with the European Union of a total allowable catch for North Sea sandeel in 2022.</p><p> </p><p>Defra is also working with Natural England to develop a comprehensive and ambitious English Seabird Conservation Strategy. The Strategy will aim to assess the vulnerability of each seabird species in light of the pressures they are facing and propose actions to address them.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 10/02/2022 17:46:58 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1399977

registered interest
date	05/01/2022
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	Plants: Imports
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 is taking to reduce red tape for the importing of ornamental plants and trees; and if he will introduce a trusted trader scheme for that sector.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
uin	98342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2022 answer text <p>Great Britain's (GB) plant health regime is risk-based, and the history of compliance of specific trades (where the ‘trade’ is the combination of a specific commodity from a specific origin), is a significant factor in determining biosecurity risk. Consequently, trades with a proven track record of compliance and meeting prescribed eligibility criteria may be subject to a reduced frequency and/or intensity of checks. While the biosecurity risk of imported goods is largely <em>trade </em>based, there are areas where <em>trader</em> considerations may also play a role. For example, as the phased introduction of EU-GB plant health import controls is completed in 2022, Defra is enabling the performance of plant health controls away from the border, including through increased uptake in the use of designated plant health Control Points. Eligibility criteria to be designated as a Control Point include elements consistent with a trusted trader model.</p><p> </p><p>Defra officials are actively exploring with stakeholders other options for minimising the regulatory burden on individual traders in a way which maintains the high biosecurity standards the United Kingdom enjoys.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 17/01/2022 15:34:34 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1387621

registered interest
date	14/12/2021
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	Pigs: Slaughterhouses
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 he will (a) call a meeting of representatives of the pig sector supply chain for the purposes of investigating the take up of (i) temporary visas for skilled butchers, (ii) Private Storage Aid, (iii) slaughter incentive payments for the processing industry and (iv) other measures announced by his Department on 14 October 2021 and (b) make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a mandatory Code of Conduct for that sector.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
uin	92984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2021 answer text <p>The Secretary of State and I will be meeting with pig processors on Thursday 16 December to discuss various issues including the take up of measures that the Government announced on 14 October 2021.</p><p>The Agriculture Act 2020 contains powers to introduce statutory codes of contractual practice which would apply to businesses when purchasing agricultural products directly from farmers. We are in close touch with key representatives from the pig sector and we want to explore how best to tackle any contractual unfairness.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 16/12/2021 15:33:22 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake