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1190298

registered interest
date	24/04/2020
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	Animal Welfare: Coronavirus
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 financial support is available to animal sanctuaries and rescue centres during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Jane Stevenson
uin	39811
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2020 answer text <p>I am very aware of the issues currently facing organisations in this sector with falls in income and pressure on staff. Defra is in regular contact with the main bodies representing the sector, including the Canine and Feline Sector Group, the Association of Dogs and Cats Homes and the equine welfare charities, to understand their position and offer advice. The Government has supported the sector, providing guidance which enables it to continue to operate within the current restrictions which is available here: <a href="http://www.cfsg.org.uk/coronavirus/SiteAssets/SitePages/Home/CFSG%20Guidance%20for%20Pet%20Rescues.pdf" target="_blank">www.cfsg.org.uk/coronavirus/SiteAssets/SitePages/Home/CFSG%20Guidance%20for%20Pet%20Rescues.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Where income has fallen we have encouraged the sector to consider all the various financial support arrangements already announced by the Chancellor, and issued guidance for the charity sector which provides further information and advice on raising funds, available here: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-guidance-for-the-charity-sector" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-guidance-for-the-charity-sector</a>. Social enterprises such as community interest companies can benefit from all of the measures set out by the Chancellor to benefit small businesses. We are also exploring the possibility of assistance from the additional specific fund recently announced by the Chancellor to support charities and not-for-profit organisations.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 29/04/2020 16:40:32 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4750 label Biography information for Jane Stevenson

1133162

registered interest
date	19/06/2019
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	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 estimate his Department has made of the financial resources required to meet WHO standards for fine particulate matter by 2030; and what assessment he has made of the steps taken by European cities such as Stockholm who have already met those those standards.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	266718
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>The Clean Air Strategy outlined a range of measures to meet our emissions reduction commitments to 2020 and 2030. Impact assessments will evaluate the costs and benefits to public health as these specific measures are introduced. Further analysis is ongoing to estimate what additional interventions would be needed to meet World Health Organisation air quality guideline levels of PM<sub>2.5</sub> alongside associated costs, and this additional analysis will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 24/06/2019 08:59:40 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

1129740

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
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	Animal Welfare: Inspections
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 he has had with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to make it a mandatory requirement that local authorities employ animal welfare inspectors.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	259970
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Brighton, Pavilion, Caroline Lucas, on 21 May 2019, PQ 254174.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 11/06/2019 13:46:05 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

1129749

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
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	Plastics: Rivers
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 to reduce the level of plastic particles in rivers.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	259971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government has set a target to eliminate all avoidable plastic waste within the lifetime of the 25 year Environment Plan (by 2042) and set aside £20 million for research and development managed through the Plastics Innovation Fund in March 2018. A further £10 million was committed in the 2018 Autumn Budget for continued/additional plastics research and development along with £10 million to pioneer innovative approaches to boosting recycling and reducing litter.</p><p> </p><p>There has been substantive research reporting the presence and impacts of microplastics in the marine environment. However, little is known about their sources, release and impact on freshwaters and their transport to the marine environment. Defra has therefore commissioned evidence reviews to increase our understanding of these issues.</p><p> </p><p>Defra is also working with the Environment Agency and the UK water industry to establish methods to detect, characterise and quantify microplastics entering wastewater treatment works, to evaluate the efficiency of treatment processes for their removal from domestic wastewaters and to assess their fate and biological effects in receiving rivers. In addition, Defra has commissioned the University of Plymouth to carry out research into textiles and tyres which are estimated to be significant sources of microplastics in the marine environment, and the Drinking Water Inspectorate has commissioned research on removal of microplastics by drinking water treatment processes.</p><p> </p><p>The outcomes from these research projects will be used in the development of policy options to help mitigate the impact of microplastics in the aquatic environment.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 259977 question first answered 12/06/2019 10:31:20 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

1129874

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
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	Plastics: Rivers
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 the Government has a target to reduce the level of plastic particles in rivers.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	259977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government has set a target to eliminate all avoidable plastic waste within the lifetime of the 25 year Environment Plan (by 2042) and set aside £20 million for research and development managed through the Plastics Innovation Fund in March 2018. A further £10 million was committed in the 2018 Autumn Budget for continued/additional plastics research and development along with £10 million to pioneer innovative approaches to boosting recycling and reducing litter.</p><p> </p><p>There has been substantive research reporting the presence and impacts of microplastics in the marine environment. However, little is known about their sources, release and impact on freshwaters and their transport to the marine environment. Defra has therefore commissioned evidence reviews to increase our understanding of these issues.</p><p> </p><p>Defra is also working with the Environment Agency and the UK water industry to establish methods to detect, characterise and quantify microplastics entering wastewater treatment works, to evaluate the efficiency of treatment processes for their removal from domestic wastewaters and to assess their fate and biological effects in receiving rivers. In addition, Defra has commissioned the University of Plymouth to carry out research into textiles and tyres which are estimated to be significant sources of microplastics in the marine environment, and the Drinking Water Inspectorate has commissioned research on removal of microplastics by drinking water treatment processes.</p><p> </p><p>The outcomes from these research projects will be used in the development of policy options to help mitigate the impact of microplastics in the aquatic environment.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 259971 question first answered 12/06/2019 10:31:19 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

1082672

registered interest
date	06/03/2019
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	Horse Passports: EU Law
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 will publish his Department’s plans on how to implement EU Equine Passport Regulation – (EU) No. 2015/262; and whether his Department has developed alternative proposals for when the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	229186
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>The EU Equine Passport Regulation, (EU) No. 2015/262, applies directly to the UK. Secondary legislation supplements and makes provision for its enforcement. Defra was responsible for introducing The Equine Identification (England) Regulations 2018, SI 2018 No. 761, which came into force on 1 October 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Since then, the Equine Identification (England) (EU Exit) regulations 2018 (SI 2018 No. 1409) and The Equine (Records, Identification and Movement)(Amendment)(EU Exit) Regulations 2019 have been introduced in order to make the necessary technical changes to retained EU legislation so that equine records, movements and identification remain operable upon the UK leaving the EU.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 11/03/2019 14:51:47 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

1047110

registered interest
date	23/01/2019
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	Animal Welfare Act 2006
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 the Government next plans to review compliance with the provisions of the Animal Welfare Act 2006.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	211718
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>Every year 800 to 1,000 people are successfully prosecuted for animal cruelty and poor welfare. The Government has announced that it will increase the maximum penalties for animal cruelty ten-fold from six months’ imprisonment to five years’ imprisonment. The EFRA Select Committee held inquiries into aspects of the Animal Welfare Act 2006 in 2010/11 and in 2016, and the Government currently has no immediate plans to further review compliance with the 2006 Act.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 28/01/2019 16:58:53 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

855617

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
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	Horses: Databases
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 the Government plans to publish its summary of responses to its Consultation on changes to the identification of equines, published in Aril 2017.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	130924
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>Defra intends to publish a summary of responses to the consultation on changes to the identification of equines shortly.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 08/03/2018 16:01:15 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

428127

registered interest
date	13/11/2015
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	European Agricultural Guarantee Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which of her Department's projects have received funding under the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund 2007 to 2013; what the location is of each such project; and how much each such project received.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	16270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2015 answer text <p>The European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) is known as Pillar 1 of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), composed of direct payments to farmers and market measures. In the UK, from 2007 to 2013, expenditure under the EAGF totalled €23 billion, which is around £17 billion in sterling at current exchange rates. These payments were made to eligible farmers all over the UK.</p><p>Details of payments made since 2013 are available on the CAP payments website (<a href="http://cap-payments.defra.gov.uk/Default.aspx" target="_blank">http://cap-payments.defra.gov.uk/Default.aspx</a>). This is managed by the UK Co-ordinating Body (UKCB) on behalf of the four agricultural paying agencies in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 18/11/2015 16:25:33 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

428128

registered interest
date	13/11/2015
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	European Maritime and Fisheries Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which of her Department's projects have received funding under the European Marine Fisheries Fund 2007 to 2013; what the location is of each such project; and how much each such project received.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	16271
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2015 answer text <p>Details of English projects which have received support under the European Fisheries Fund in the period 2007-13 are publicly available at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/448524/European_Transparency_Initiative.pdf" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/448524/European_Transparency_Initiative.pdf</a>.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 18/11/2015 16:09:37 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds