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527962

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date	20/06/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Tata Steel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with Tata UK on that company's sale of carbon credits and its pension fund deficit; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	40994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2016 answer text <p>Department for Business, Innovation and Skills Ministers have held a number of meetings with Tata at which a wide range of issues impacting Tata’s business have been raised. These continue to be explored as part of our wider package of Government support for UK Steel. In addition, on 26 May 2016, the Department for Work and Pensions launched a consultation on the options for the British Steel Pension Scheme. The consultation has now closed and the responses are being considered carefully.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 28/06/2016 10:38:18 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

528034

registered interest
date	20/06/2016
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 Products: 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, if the Government will bring forward legislative proposals to ban the bringing into the UK of hunting trophies from threatened or endangered species.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	40996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2016 answer text <p>Under international rules set by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), a hunting trophy from an endangered or threatened species can be exported only if the exporting country is satisfied that the hunt was both legal and sustainable.</p><p> </p><p>Importing controls are implemented at an EU-wide level and the UK works with other EU Member States to agree a collective approach. In light of growing concerns about the sustainability of the hunting of some species, stricter controls on the import of hunting trophies of six species, including lions and African elephants, have been introduced. As a result, the import of hunting trophies of certain species from certain countries is currently prohibited.</p><p> </p><p>The Government considers that properly managed, legal and sustainable trophy hunting can play a part in species conservation efforts, including by providing an important source of funding for conservation in some countries. In view of this, we have no plans to introduce legislation banning the import of all trophies of endangered or threatened species. We will however continue to monitor the impact of trophy hunting and will work to put in place greater protection, including prohibiting imports, if this is shown to be needed.</p><p> </p><p>For example, in recognition of the real concerns about the impact of trophy hunting on lion conservation, I announced in Parliament on 24 November 2015 that the Government will ban lion trophy imports by the end of 2017 unless there are improvements in the way hunting takes place in certain countries, judged against strict criteria. We will work with our European and international partners, and experts in the field, to reach a common approach to this issue.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 28/06/2016 09:24:00 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

528037

registered interest
date	20/06/2016
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	River Thames: 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 steps the Government is taking to reduce (a) plastic packaging consumer waste and (b) other forms of pollution in the River Thames.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	41038
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government has taken a number of steps to reduce the amount of consumer plastic packaging waste ending up in the natural environment, including in the River Thames, by reducing the amount of plastic packaging placed on the market, increasing the amount that is recycled, and reducing litter.</p><p> </p><p>These include the UK’s Packaging Waste Regulations, which both put an obligation on producers to ensure that a proportion of the packaging they handle is recovered and recycled and require that packaging should not exceed what is needed to ensure that products are safe, hygienic and acceptable to the consumer.</p><p> </p><p>Working with the Waste and Resources Action Programme, a number of activities support recyclability and reducing packaging waste. The industry led Plastics Industry Recycling Action Plan also identified actions across the whole supply chain to increase the amount of plastic packaging waste recycled sustainably.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s Litter Strategy for England will also help to improve the way we all tackle the scourge of litter. To develop the Litter Strategy we are working with a range of interested stakeholders, including representatives from the Marine Conversation Society, Thames21 and the Canals and Rivers Trust.</p><p> </p><p>In terms of other forms of pollution, the Environment Agency controls pollution from discharges of treated sewage, industrial effluent and storm sewage overflows into the River Thames using environmental permits under the Environmental Permitting Regulations 2010. The Environment Agency also leads the development of River Basin Management Plans setting statutory environmental objectives for all our waters, including the River Thames, which were revised last year.</p><p> </p><p>Finally, the Thames Tideway Tunnel will significantly reduce the current high volumes of untreated sewage that regularly overflow into the River Thames through London at times of even moderate rainfall.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 28/06/2016 09:37:54 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

528038

registered interest
date	20/06/2016
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	Soil: Research
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 her Department has made of the current health and status of earthworm populations in English arable soils; and what trends have been observed in the last two decades based on research and surveys carried out by her Department; and what information her Department holds on those trends based on research carried out by other bodies.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	41064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2016 answer text <p>Defra has not carried out an assessment of the current health and status or trends of earthworm populations in English arable soils.</p><p> </p><p>However, Defra is working closely with the research councils and is funding research to improve our understanding of the role of soil biodiversity in contributing to soil condition.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 28/06/2016 09:41:00 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

528039

registered interest
date	20/06/2016
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	Soil: Research
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 the (a) title of, (b) name of contractors used for, (c) budget of and (d) location on her Department's website of each survey of earthworm populations and diversity in arable soils in England carried out by her Department is since 1996.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	41065
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2016 answer text <p>Defra has not carried out any surveys of earthworm populations and diversity specifically in arable soils.</p><p> </p><p>Defra carries out research on earthworms as part of a wider programme of research on sustainable land management because of their important role in developing soil structure, water movement, nutrient dynamics, and plant growth.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 28/06/2016 09:43:48 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

528129

registered interest
date	20/06/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans his Department has for training the judiciary on the implementation of problem-solving courts.
tabling member constituency	Neath
tabling member printed	Christina Rees
uin	40864
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2016 answer text <p>The Working Group has now submitted its findings, which support the case for problem-solving courts.</p><p>Training of the judiciary is a matter for the judiciary and the judicial college. We will be working with both, taking learning from approaches nationally and internationally, as we progress our work on problem-solving courts.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 40865 40866 question first answered 28/06/2016 08:24:50 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4525 label Biography information for Christina Rees

528130

registered interest
date	20/06/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many courts will be involved in the problem-solving courts pilot programme; and how much funding has been allocated to those pilots.
tabling member constituency	Neath
tabling member printed	Christina Rees
uin	40865
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2016 answer text <p>The Working Group has now submitted its findings, which support the case for problem-solving courts.</p><p>Training of the judiciary is a matter for the judiciary and the judicial college. We will be working with both, taking learning from approaches nationally and internationally, as we progress our work on problem-solving courts.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 40864 40866 question first answered 28/06/2016 08:24:50 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4525 label Biography information for Christina Rees

528131

registered interest
date	20/06/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects the Problem-Solving Courts Working Group to (a) conclude and (b) report back on its work.
tabling member constituency	Neath
tabling member printed	Christina Rees
uin	40866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2016 answer text <p>The Working Group has now submitted its findings, which support the case for problem-solving courts.</p><p>Training of the judiciary is a matter for the judiciary and the judicial college. We will be working with both, taking learning from approaches nationally and internationally, as we progress our work on problem-solving courts.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 40864 40865 question first answered 28/06/2016 08:24:50 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4525 label Biography information for Christina Rees

528183

registered interest
date	20/06/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Department for International Trade: Legal Profession
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many staff of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills have (1) been made redundant, and (2) taken voluntary redundancy, in each of the last five years.
tabling member printed	Baroness Burt of Solihull
uin	HL749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2016 answer text <p>The number of employees of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills HQ who have (1) exited via a Compulsory Redundancy scheme, and (2) exited via a voluntary redundancy scheme, in each of the last five financial years (April to March) are shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year (Apr – Mar)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Exited via a Compulsory Redundancy scheme</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Exited via a Voluntary Redundancy Scheme</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>93</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>111</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 24/06/2016 13:11:25 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	1567 label Biography information for Baroness Burt of Solihull

528184

registered interest
date	20/06/2016
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Department for International Trade: Legal Opinion
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have plans to arrange for a meeting between the President of Colombia and representatives from non-governmental organisations in the UK concerned with human rights in Colombia, when the President makes his State Visit to the UK in November.
tabling member printed	Baroness Coussins
uin	HL750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2016 answer text <p>The upcoming State Visit is an excellent opportunity to continue our engagement with the Government of Colombia on a varity of issues. We are working closely with Buckingham Palace and the Colombian government on the details of the President’s programme, which will be developed over the next few months.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 27/06/2016 14:44:56 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	3829 label Biography information for Baroness Coussins