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1726049

registered interest
date	30/08/2024
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	Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances
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 take steps to phase out per-and-polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS); and whether he plans to align with EU regulation standards on PFAS.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Adam Jogee
uin	3449
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2024 answer text <p>The Government is charting a new course to develop an ambitious programme to turn the tide and better protect our natural environment. Recently we announced a rapid review of the Environmental Improvement Plan to deliver on our legally binding targets to save nature. This includes how best to manage chemicals, including the risks posed by PFAS. We have already announced plans to restrict firefighting foams and will set out more detail in due course.</p> answering member constituency Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice answering member printed Emma Hardy question first answered 09/09/2024 13:37:13 answering member 4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy
tabling member	5168

1726133

registered interest
date	30/08/2024
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	Landfill: Fines
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 data his Department holds on the number of fines issued to landfill site operators by the Environment Agency for a breach of permit conditions in each of the last ten years.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Adam Jogee
uin	3457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2024 answer text <p>The Environment Agency is able to take a range of enforcement action against non-compliances by site operators, in line with its Enforcement and Sanctions Policy. Some enforcement action may lead to a prosecution resulting in a fine imposed by the court. Over the last ten years there have been 7 prosecutions at landfill sites, totalling £488,200 of fines. These figures relate to prosecutions at landfill sites but are not all directly attributable to site permit holders.</p> answering member constituency Coventry East answering member printed Mary Creagh question first answered 09/09/2024 13:59:10 answering member 1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh
tabling member	5168

1726186

registered interest
date	30/08/2024
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	Fly-tipping: Fines
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 potential implications for his policies of local authorities ring fencing fly-tipping fines to pay for environmental recovery.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Adam Jogee
uin	3473
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2024 answer text <p>This policy was introduced under the previous government. The department has not yet made any formal assessment on the implications of this policy. Defra supports and encourages local authorities to investigate all incidents of fly-tipping, including those on private land, and make good use of their enforcement powers.</p> answering member constituency Coventry East answering member printed Mary Creagh question first answered 09/09/2024 13:43:03 answering member 1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh
tabling member	5168

1726187

registered interest
date	30/08/2024
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	Livestock Worrying
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 make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing legislation to extend livestock worrying offences to include roads and paths.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Adam Jogee
uin	3474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2024 answer text <p>The Government recognises the distress livestock worrying can cause animals and their keepers.</p><p> </p><p>We are considering the most effective ways to deliver our commitments in this area and will be setting out next steps in due course.</p> answering member constituency Cambridge answering member printed Daniel Zeichner question first answered 09/09/2024 16:50:13 answering member 4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner
tabling member	5168

1726188

registered interest
date	30/08/2024
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	Environmental Land Management 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, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's Environmental Land Management Schemes.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Adam Jogee
uin	3475
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2024 answer text <p>This Government is fully committed to Environmental Land Management (ELM) schemes, including the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) and will not be redesigning the schemes from scratch. Record numbers of farmers are now in an ELM scheme, and the Government wants to maintain the momentum that built over recent months.</p><p> </p><p>ELM’s design allows for ongoing improvements. The Government recently published a summary of <a href="https://defrafarming.blog.gov.uk/2024/08/28/a-summary-of-the-recent-updates-to-sfi/" target="_blank">recent changes to SFI actions and scheme information</a>, made in response to feedback from farmers, stakeholder organisations, and other experts. These include specific technical changes to various SFI actions to ensure they are achievable and effective in meeting environmental goals.</p><p> </p><p>Looking forward, the Government will optimise ELM schemes in an orderly way, over time. The Government will work with the sector to make sure schemes produce the right outcomes for all farmers, including small, grassland, upland and tenanted farms, supporting food security and nature’s recovery in a just and equitable way. To inform Defra’s work with the sector, the Government will increase the transparency of schemes by publishing data on the impact they are having.</p> answering member constituency Cambridge answering member printed Daniel Zeichner question first answered 09/09/2024 13:22:30 answering member 4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner
tabling member	5168

1726189

registered interest
date	30/08/2024
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	Rural Payments Agency
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 last met the leadership of the Rural Payments Agency.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Adam Jogee
uin	3476
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2024 answer text <p>As the Minister of State for Food Security and Rural Affairs with responsibility for the Rural Payments Agency, I met the Chief Executive Officer on 23 July 2024. The Secretary of State also met the Chief Executive Officer on 28 August 2024.</p> answering member constituency Cambridge answering member printed Daniel Zeichner question first answered 11/09/2024 15:39:03 answering member 4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner
tabling member	5168

1726190

registered interest
date	30/08/2024
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	Environment Act 2021
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 adequacy of the Environment Act 2021; and whether he plans to amend it.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Adam Jogee
uin	3477
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to delivering for nature, taking action to meet our Environment Act 2021 targets, to restore and protect our natural world. On 30<sup>th</sup> July, we launched a rapid review of the Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP) to make sure it is fit for purpose to deliver our ambitious targets to save nature. This will be followed by the introduction of a new, statutory plan to protect and restore our natural environment, with delivery plans to meet each of our targets.</p> answering member constituency Coventry East answering member printed Mary Creagh question first answered 09/09/2024 15:02:10 answering member 1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh
tabling member	5168

1722636

registered interest
date	22/07/2024
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	Walley's Quarry 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 he will publish all correspondence between his Department and Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council on the Walleys Quarry Landfill site in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Adam Jogee
uin	1083
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2024 answer text <p>The Hon Member has requested a significant amount of information. Some of this correspondence may be subject to the conventions regarding access to papers of a previous Administration. Publishing some items of this correspondence could also risk prejudicing ongoing regulatory or criminal investigations in relation to the site. To fully review all of this correspondence would incur disproportionate cost. With this in mind I would like to offer a meeting with the Hon Member to discuss the issues at the site and actions underway.</p> answering member constituency Coventry East answering member printed Mary Creagh grouped question UIN 1084 1085 848 849 question first answered 29/07/2024 16:37:21 answering member 1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh
tabling member	5168

1722637

registered interest
date	22/07/2024
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	Walley's Quarry 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 he will publish all correspondence between his Department and Staffordshire County Council on the Walleys Quarry Landfill site in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Adam Jogee
uin	1084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2024 answer text <p>The Hon Member has requested a significant amount of information. Some of this correspondence may be subject to the conventions regarding access to papers of a previous Administration. Publishing some items of this correspondence could also risk prejudicing ongoing regulatory or criminal investigations in relation to the site. To fully review all of this correspondence would incur disproportionate cost. With this in mind I would like to offer a meeting with the Hon Member to discuss the issues at the site and actions underway.</p> answering member constituency Coventry East answering member printed Mary Creagh grouped question UIN 1083 1085 848 849 question first answered 29/07/2024 16:37:21 answering member 1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh
tabling member	5168

1722638

registered interest
date	22/07/2024
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	Walley's Quarry 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 he will publish all correspondence between the Environment Agency and his Department on the Walleys Quarry Landfill site in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Adam Jogee
uin	1085
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2024 answer text <p>The Hon Member has requested a significant amount of information. Some of this correspondence may be subject to the conventions regarding access to papers of a previous Administration. Publishing some items of this correspondence could also risk prejudicing ongoing regulatory or criminal investigations in relation to the site. To fully review all of this correspondence would incur disproportionate cost. With this in mind I would like to offer a meeting with the Hon Member to discuss the issues at the site and actions underway.</p> answering member constituency Coventry East answering member printed Mary Creagh grouped question UIN 1083 1084 848 849 question first answered 29/07/2024 16:37:21 answering member 1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh
tabling member	5168