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972727

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date	12/09/2018
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	Veterinary Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government why, as reported in the National Audit Office report on Defra's Progress in Implementing EU Exit, Defra was not permitted to engage with the veterinary industry in April; and which authority prevented that engagement.
tabling member printed	The Countess of Mar
uin	HL10310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2018 answer text <p>Since March, Defra has engaged privately with stakeholders in the veterinary industry to make progress on delivery planning for leaving the EU. Defra welcomes input from any interested parties to help inform our work in preparing for leaving the EU.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Public engagement with the veterinary industry required wider interests across Government to be taken into account, including negotiation sensitivities and the need for consistent messages to different industries.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 18/09/2018 11:35:44 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	1861 label Biography information for The Countess of Mar

972736

registered interest
date	12/09/2018
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	Food: Imports
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether food imports from Least Developed Countries will have the same food safety and animal welfare checks after Brexit as they currently do.
tabling member printed	Baroness Redfern
uin	HL10318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2018 answer text <p>When we leave the European Union (EU), we will maintain our current standards. We will keep our existing UK legislation, and the EU Withdrawal Act will transfer onto the UK statue book all EU food safety and animal welfare standards. Our current high standards, including import requirements, will apply when we leave the EU.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>At the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Ministerial Conference in Buenos Aires in December 2017, the Government announced new support to help developing countries trade effectively, including funding for the WTO’s Standards and Trade Development Facility, which supports least developed countries to comply with sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) standards for trade in agricultural and animal-related products.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 18/09/2018 11:35:31 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	4551 label Biography information for Baroness Redfern

971609

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Africa: Think Tanks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate her Department has made of the number of think tanks located in each African country it operates in.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	173584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>DFID does not hold estimates for the total number of think tanks located in each African country it operates in. DFID’s funding via the Think Tank Initiative (TTI) supports 18 think tanks in eight countries in Sub-Saharan Africa.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 17/09/2018 16:23:44 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

971612

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Palestinians: Television
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 23 July 2018 to Question 165444 on Palestinians: Television, what information her Department holds on the steps that have been taken by the Palestinian Authority in response to the UK government's raising of the issue of incitement.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
uin	173496
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2018 answer text <p>The Palestinian Authority (PA) has taken action to help address concerns raised. This has recently included piloting new textbooks, and confirming their commitment to engaging seriously with the findings of an independent review of the PA curriculum. I continue to press the Palestinian Authority on these issues.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 18/09/2018 09:08:15 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan

971622

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Solar Power: Redundancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has been made of the cost to the public purse of redundancies as a result of proposals to close of the (a) feed-in and (b) export tariff for solar power.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	173592
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>An Impact Assessment was published on 19 July alongside the consultation on the closure the Feed-in Tariff scheme. Information provided through the consultation will be used to provide an updated Impact Assessment to accompany the Government response in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The Impact Assessment and consultation can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/feed-in-tariffs-scheme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/feed-in-tariffs-scheme</a>.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 17/09/2018 15:21:50 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

971689

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Caribbean: Hurricanes and Tornadoes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to ensure that the (a) Caribbean British Overseas Territories and (b) Commonwealth Caribbean islands are prepared for hurricane season.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	173559
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2018 answer text <p>The UK provided over £196m in response to the devastating hurricanes in September 2017 in the Caribbean. In preparation for this year’s hurricane season, the Department for International Development (DFID), the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Ministry of Defence have coordinated response plans to support British Overseas Territories and independent Commonwealth countries in the Caribbean. RFA Mounts Bay is in the region with helicopter airlift capacity and stocks of humanitarian relief items. UK supplies have also been pre-positioned on the island of Antigua. In addition the Secretary of State for International Development has instructed the department to ensure that any response to the impact of hurricanes in the British Overseas Territories and independent Commonwealth countries in the Caribbean will have a priority call on our reserves.</p><p> </p><p>DFID is providing expertise to the Caribbean Disaster and Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) and national disaster offices in our partner countries. DFID also supported establishment of a multinational response coordination centre within CDEMA. In the longer term, the UK is investing over £360m in disaster resilient infrastructure across the Caribbean.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 18/09/2018 08:55:09 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

971712

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Energy: Meters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if all SMETS1 meters are now interoperable.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	173483
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>SMETS1 meters will become fully interoperable once they are enrolled into the dedicated national smart metering communications infrastructure, run by the Data and Communications Company (DCC).</p><p> </p><p>The enrolment of SMETS1 meters into the DCC will be completed by the end of 2020.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry grouped question UIN 173484 question first answered 17/09/2018 15:21:41 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

971714

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Energy: Meters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when will all SMETS1 meters be fully interoperable.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	173484
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>SMETS1 meters will become fully interoperable once they are enrolled into the dedicated national smart metering communications infrastructure, run by the Data and Communications Company (DCC).</p><p> </p><p>The enrolment of SMETS1 meters into the DCC will be completed by the end of 2020.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry grouped question UIN 173483 question first answered 17/09/2018 15:21:41 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

971717

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
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	Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many visits Natural England make to landholdings in cull zones to ensure that reasonable biosecurity controls are being applied as required under the terms of badger cull licences; and how many landholders have not met those biosecurity standards in each year for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	173505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>Natural England (NE) visits 5% of randomly selected cattle-keeping landholders within each Year 1 application area to sense-check biosecurity practices on the ground. These visits are supported by data available from visits conducted by the Animal and Plant Heath Agency (APHA). For 2018 Year 1 areas, between 30-55% of participants had been subject to an APHA visit in response to Bovine TB breakdowns from 2015 to early 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Disease control recommendations are provided to cattle-keepers based on measures that are practicable, proportionate and appropriate for the particular circumstances; having regard to the Bovine TB Biosecurity Five-Point Plan. These recommendations are categorised into ‘Advisory’ or ‘Required’. Advisory recommendations can cover a number of aspects of the disease risk on a farm and are reflective of the discussion held with the cattle-keeper regarding ways of minimising this risk. For example, recommendations might cover future options to reduce disease risk should a cattle keeper be able to invest in infrastructure within the yard. As such, a high number of Advisory recommendations does not necessarily indicate that cattle keepers are not demonstrating that reasonable biosecurity measures are in place.</p><p> </p><p>‘Required’ recommendations are provided for situations where badgers are presenting an immediate risk of disease spread to cattle and the resolution measure is practicable, proportionate and appropriate for the particular circumstances. An example of such a measure is securing feed stores to prevent them being accessible to badgers overnight.</p><p> </p><p>Should a concerning biosecurity issue be identified during the 5% visits, NE would conduct additional visits to determine whether the issue was more widespread throughout the area and act accordingly.</p><p> </p><p>A summary of the NE biosecurity visits and resulting recommendations from 2015 to 2018 is provided in the table below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of Visits</p></td><td><p>Number of ‘Advisory’ recommendations</p></td><td><p>Number of ‘Required’ recommendations</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>133</p></td><td><p>340</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>96</p></td><td><p>187</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>123</p></td><td><p>276</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 17/09/2018 15:04:59 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

971718

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Great Western Railway: Fares
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on the amount of fare income that First Great Western derived from first class travel in (a) 2015, (b) 2016 and (c) 2017.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	173631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>This information is commercially confidential.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 17/09/2018 14:45:49 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald