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1145505

	registered interest
	date	24/09/2019
	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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Data Protection
	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 3 December 2018 to Question 195110 on data protection, what the subject matter was of each of those documents.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	290375
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>The subject matters of the Official-Sensitive papers reported lost were:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Thames Tideway commercial papers</li><li>Water regulation policy papers</li><li>Business planning methodology</li><li>High level overview of project plan</li><li>Overseas delegation briefing pack</li><li>Personal identification documents</li></ul><p> </p><p>The subject matters of the Official papers reported lost were:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Desk papers blown out of an office window</li><li>Videoconference design papers</li><li>Waste framework policy papers</li><li>List of potential stakeholder event invitees</li></ul> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 01/10/2019 18:06:58 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1145504

	registered interest
	date	24/09/2019
	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	Fisheries: Protection
	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 4 December 2018 to Question 197445, what increase there has been in the number of (a) personnel and (b) surveillance assets relating to fisheries protection since 3 December 2018; and what increases are planned ahead of the UK leaving the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	290374
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/10/2019 answer text <p>Control and enforcement is a devolved matter. As such, it will continue to be for each Devolved Administration to decide how best to control its waters, and what new arrangements may be needed. We continue to work closely with the Devolved Administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to ensure a coordinated approach to fisheries control and enforcement across UK waters.</p><p> </p><p>In England, the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has assessed the levels of enforcement capacity required and the options for best delivering this. A significant uplift in control and enforcement capability is being put in place to ensure that we will be able to protect our waters after leaving the EU.</p><p> </p><p>This includes an increased number of warranted officers available for fisheries enforcement purposes by 50% – taking the total to more than 80, with additional officers undergoing enforcement training. It also includes increased aerial surveillance capabilities and measures put in place to deliver a sevenfold increase patrolling capacity at sea from 18/19 to 19/20.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 02/10/2019 15:31:13 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1145587

	registered interest
	date	24/09/2019
	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	Genetically Modified Organisms
	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 her policy is on the control of genetically modified organisms after the UK leaves the EU; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	290381
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government’s policy is to apply thorough scientific standards on authorising genetically modified (GM) products, with their release subject to a robust assessment of the potential impact on human health and the environment. In the event of the UK leaving the EU without a withdrawal agreement, EU legislation would initially be converted into Retained EU law and applied domestically. Decisions on the release of GMOs in the UK will remain devolved.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 01/10/2019 17:54:27 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1145588

	registered interest
	date	24/09/2019
	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	Water Supply: Chemicals
	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 her Department has support water companies in the supply of purification chemicals in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	290382
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>We have been working closely with all water companies in the UK, as well as chemical suppliers, regulators and the devolved administrations on contingency planning. Companies are well advanced in their preparations to make sure they can meet their statutory responsibility to maintain services. We are confident that no-deal will not have an impact on water supply.</p><p>It will be the case that our water will continue to be safe and of the same quality customers expect when we leave the European Union.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 30/09/2019 16:44:26 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1145589

	registered interest
	date	24/09/2019
	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	Cereals: 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 plans her Department has to support exporters of (a) wheat and (b) barley in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	290383
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government has established the UK Agricultural Marketing Monitoring Group with the devolved administrations to monitor developments in the market across our agriculture sectors. This group will operate in the event the EU leaves without a deal. It will provide forewarning of any atypical market movements and will help us to ensure that we are aware of the implications for UK stakeholders. We continue to consider options for easing the flow of trade in cereals in the event of no deal.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 01/10/2019 16:48:08 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1145591

	registered interest
	date	24/09/2019
	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 Feed: 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 plans her Department has to support the import of animal feed in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	290385
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>We are in regular dialogue with the farming unions, processors and allied industries about the availability of animal feed and other supplies in the event of a no deal.</p><p>In 2017 the UK produced 13.9 million tonnes of animal feed. Included in this amount was 3.9 million tonnes of ingredients imported from third countries and 2.2 million tonnes from the EU. This would suggest that the sector is less dependent on imports from the EU, however we will continue to monitor the markets in order to determine the impact of our leaving the EU on prices and supply.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 01/10/2019 11:34:08 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1145586

	registered interest
	date	24/09/2019
	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	Fisheries
	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 progress he has made on developing a UK fisheries policy after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	290380
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government set out its vision for future domestic fisheries policy in the White Paper “Sustainable Fisheries for Future Generations” published in July 2018 and subsequently in the Fisheries Bill.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 01/10/2019 18:02:14 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1145537

	registered interest
	date	24/09/2019
	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	Eggs
	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 she is taking to ensure that (a) farms, (b) packing stations and (c) wholesalers in the egg sector do not breach standards regulations.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	290283
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>Egg producers, packing centres and wholesalers are subject to rigorous and regular regulatory inspections by the Animal and Plant Health Agency to protect public and animal health. Compliance breaches under egg marketing legislation and failures to carry out salmonella testing are taken very seriously. Where any significant non-compliances are found, contravention notices are served requiring the non-compliance to be corrected by a set deadline. A fixed penalty may be applied where salmonella sampling breaches have occurred.</p> answering member constituency Richmond Park answering member printed Zac Goldsmith question first answered 01/10/2019 17:55:37 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1145496

	registered interest
	date	24/09/2019
	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	Food: 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 she plans to extend the lamb purchase scheme announced by the Prime Minister on 30 July 2019 to (a) other meats, (b) poultry and (c) fish.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	290371
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/10/2019 answer text <p>We have made it clear that we will support vulnerable sectors through Government intervention in the event of a ‘no deal’, should this be necessary. We will be monitoring the sectors which may be exposed to short-term difficulties as a result of EU Exit closely to identify early signs of market disturbance allowing us to react swiftly.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 02/10/2019 13:33:02 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1145475

	registered interest
	date	24/09/2019
	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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Energy Supply
	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 provider supplies energy to her Department; how much CO2 was emitted through her Department’s energy consumption in the latest period for which figures are available; whether the criteria her Department uses to select an energy supplier includes how environmentally friendly the supplier is; and what recent steps her Department has taken to reduce CO2 emissions from its energy use.
	tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
	tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
	uin	290327
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/10/2019 answer text <p>The Defra Group publishes its annual carbon footprint in its annual report and account. The latest version is published here:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/818863/defra-annual-report-2018-2019-web.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/818863/defra-annual-report-2018-2019-web.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>This report provides an overview of Defra group performance against the GGC targets.</p><p> </p><p>Defra Group emitted 61,128 tonnes CO<sub>2</sub>e in 2018/19.</p><p> </p><p>We are mandated to use Crown Commercial Services Frameworks when it comes to selecting our energy suppliers. These are EDF, British Gas Business for electricity and Corona for Gas.</p><p> </p><p>We are unable to comment on the selection criteria used in awarding these supplier a place on these frameworks.</p><p> </p><p>88% of the electricity Defra Group purchases comes from renewable sources from these suppliers.</p><p> </p><p>We have reduced our carbon emissions by 48.8% since 2010, through investments in energy saving technology across the group by retrofitting:</p><p> </p><ul><li>LED lighting,</li><li>updated building management systems,</li><li>biomass boilers,</li><li>energy efficient boilers,</li><li>solar photovoltaics</li><li>and wind turbines.</li></ul><p> </p><p>We are looking to continue this investment through our SR19/SR20 bids in sustainable technology.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 02/10/2019 13:35:09 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin