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1064012

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date	19/02/2019
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	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, what steps he is taking to ensure the (a) maintenance and (b) transparency of information in relation to farm payments after the UK leaves the EU; whether his Department's CAP Payments Search website will be used to hold that information; and whether it will link recipients of payments to company and directorship registers kept by Companies House.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	223210
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>It is right that the public are informed of how and where public funds are spent. We intend that information currently made available through our CAP Payments Search pages will continue to be published after the UK leaves the EU. This will apply in relation to payments made in England under the legacy CAP schemes, using retained CAP legislation, until the planned end of our agricultural transition period in 2027, or until the legacy schemes have ended, if earlier.</p><p> </p><p>Clause 2 of the Agriculture Bill contains powers to enable information to be published in relation to the new system of payments that will replace CAP schemes. This includes information on who receives payments and for what purpose. The exact nature of that information will be determined during the design process and in close discussion with stakeholders and across government. We will need to ensure a balance between transparency of public expenditure and commercial sensitivities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 26/02/2019 10:52:52 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1064015

registered interest
date	19/02/2019
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	Rural Payments Agency: Geospatial Commission
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 Rural Payments Agency is participating in the work of the Geospatial Commission; and whether there are plans to publish the Rural Land Register as part of the work of that Commission.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	223213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) has made initial contact with the Geospatial Commission (GC) and is looking to have a productive working relationship.</p><p> </p><p>Outside of the work of the GC, Defra’s data sharing platform and data.gov already allow private sector organisations and the public access to many of Defra’s geospatial open datasets. The RPA is working alongside the Ordnance Survey, the Environment Agency, Digital Data and Technology Services and the agri-tech sector to develop the IT, control and licence protocols to enable more of the RPA’s land data to be more openly accessible using the data sharing platform.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 26/02/2019 11:00:11 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1064016

registered interest
date	19/02/2019
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	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, which species on the list of invasive alien species of Union concern are covered under UK Pathway Action Plans.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	223214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2019 answer text <p>Pathway action plans (PAPs) are complete or in progress for angling, boating and zoos and aquaria sectors. There are also campaigns to reduce the spread of aquatic species generally (Check, Clean, Dry), and to reduce the risk of aquatic ornamental plants escaping into the wild (Be Plant Wise). These have been prioritised based on the threat posed to the UK by a much wider group of invasive non-native species than those listed as being of Union concern, including a group of freshwater species from the Ponto-Caspian region in south-east Europe which are not listed as they are native to part of the EU.</p><p> </p><p>Of the listed species, the angling and boating PAPs should help to reduce the risk of spread of a number of listed aquatic plants (e.g. curly waterweed and green cabomba) while the Be Plant Wise awareness raising campaign is aimed at reducing escapes of ornamental plants (e.g. water hyacinth, floating pennywort, Nuttall's waterweed, broadleaf watermilfoil, water lettuce, Salvinia moss) and the zoos and aquaria PAP aims to reduce the risk of zoo and aquaria escapes such as Pallas's squirrel, small Asian mongoose, coati, raccoon, fox squirrel, Siberian chipmunk, sacred ibis and raccoon dog.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 27/02/2019 10:16:05 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1064017

registered interest
date	19/02/2019
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	Non-native Species: 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, which competent authority or authorities are responsible for ensuring compliance with the restrictions under Article 7 of EU Regulation No 1143/2014 on invasive alien species.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	223215
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>The enforcement bodies for Article 7 will include UK Border Force, the Police, Natural England and Natural Resources Wales.</p><p>The Government has no plans to publish a list of recorded non-compliance prior to Order coming into force. Where breaches of the EU Regulation have been reported, the Government has taken the appropriate action including liaising with online sales platforms to facilitate the removal of online listings that contravened the restrictions laid out in the EU Regulation.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 223216 question first answered 26/02/2019 14:50:55 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1064018

registered interest
date	19/02/2019
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	Non-native Species: 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, if he will publish a list of incidents recorded of non-compliance under under Article 7 of EU Regulation No 1143/2014 on invasive alien species.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	223216
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>The enforcement bodies for Article 7 will include UK Border Force, the Police, Natural England and Natural Resources Wales.</p><p>The Government has no plans to publish a list of recorded non-compliance prior to Order coming into force. Where breaches of the EU Regulation have been reported, the Government has taken the appropriate action including liaising with online sales platforms to facilitate the removal of online listings that contravened the restrictions laid out in the EU Regulation.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 223215 question first answered 26/02/2019 14:50:55 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy