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1219819

registered interest
date	02/07/2020
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	Physiotherapy: Sports
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 the evidential basis is for the decision to delay the reopening of sports therapists in England; and what comparative assessment he has made between that evidence and that used by the devolved Administrations to reopen sports therapists in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	67760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2020 answer text <p>We’ve now provided close contact services, including sports therapists in England except Leicester, with the certainty they need to reopen from Monday 13 July, subject to them following the Government’s COVID-secure guidelines.</p><p>We need to be confident services are able to reopen in a COVID-secure way for the staff and customers. Our approach is guided by the scientific and medical advice, and our guidance has been developed with input from firms, unions, industry bodies and the devolved administrations in Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland, and in consultation with Public Health England (PHE) and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).</p><p>Hairdressers were the initial phase of safely reopening close contact services, and we are now assured that the necessary steps can be taken to reopen the rest of the sector.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 13/07/2020 08:01:16 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1220270

registered interest
date	02/07/2020
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	Poultry Meat: 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 steps he is taking to ensure that the ban on chemical washes for chicken is maintained after the end of the transition period; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	68422
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2020 answer text <p>This Government is committed to upholding our high food standards and rules on food safety will be retained in domestic UK law. The European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 will transfer existing food safety provisions, including related import requirements, onto the UK statute book.</p><p> </p><p>This includes the law that no products, other than potable water, are approved in the UK to decontaminate poultry carcases. This applies to both domestic and imported products and will continue to operate independently in UK law after the Transition Period.</p><p> </p><p>The UK currently applies prohibitions on the use of growth promoting hormone treatments, including beta agonists and ractopamine, as well as prohibitions on the sale of animal products derived from animals treated with them. These rules will be retained at the end of the Transition Period.</p><p> </p><p>There is no import ban in the UK or EU on dairy products from cows treated with bovine somatotropin or on eggs from battery caged hens; in both cases, however, consignments must be accompanied by animal and public health certification and come from approved countries and establishments.</p><p> </p><p>As we committed to in our manifesto, this Government will not compromise on our high environmental protection, animal welfare and food safety standards.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis grouped question UIN 68423 68424 question first answered 10/07/2020 13:46:28 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1220271

registered interest
date	02/07/2020
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	Poultry Meat: 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, whether the ban on the chlorine-washing of poultry carcasses applies to (a) peracetic acid, (b) lactic acid and (c) other pathogen reduction treatments; whether it is the Government's policy to maintain that ban after the end of the transition period; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	68423
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2020 answer text <p>This Government is committed to upholding our high food standards and rules on food safety will be retained in domestic UK law. The European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 will transfer existing food safety provisions, including related import requirements, onto the UK statute book.</p><p> </p><p>This includes the law that no products, other than potable water, are approved in the UK to decontaminate poultry carcases. This applies to both domestic and imported products and will continue to operate independently in UK law after the Transition Period.</p><p> </p><p>The UK currently applies prohibitions on the use of growth promoting hormone treatments, including beta agonists and ractopamine, as well as prohibitions on the sale of animal products derived from animals treated with them. These rules will be retained at the end of the Transition Period.</p><p> </p><p>There is no import ban in the UK or EU on dairy products from cows treated with bovine somatotropin or on eggs from battery caged hens; in both cases, however, consignments must be accompanied by animal and public health certification and come from approved countries and establishments.</p><p> </p><p>As we committed to in our manifesto, this Government will not compromise on our high environmental protection, animal welfare and food safety standards.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis grouped question UIN 68422 68424 question first answered 10/07/2020 13:46:28 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1220272

registered interest
date	02/07/2020
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	Food: 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, whether it is his policy that the import ban on (a) chlorine or acid-washed chicken, (b) hormone-treated beef, (c) ractopamine-fed pork, (d) dairy products from BST treated cows and (e) eggs from battery caged hens will continue after the transition period ends; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	68424
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2020 answer text <p>This Government is committed to upholding our high food standards and rules on food safety will be retained in domestic UK law. The European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 will transfer existing food safety provisions, including related import requirements, onto the UK statute book.</p><p> </p><p>This includes the law that no products, other than potable water, are approved in the UK to decontaminate poultry carcases. This applies to both domestic and imported products and will continue to operate independently in UK law after the Transition Period.</p><p> </p><p>The UK currently applies prohibitions on the use of growth promoting hormone treatments, including beta agonists and ractopamine, as well as prohibitions on the sale of animal products derived from animals treated with them. These rules will be retained at the end of the Transition Period.</p><p> </p><p>There is no import ban in the UK or EU on dairy products from cows treated with bovine somatotropin or on eggs from battery caged hens; in both cases, however, consignments must be accompanied by animal and public health certification and come from approved countries and establishments.</p><p> </p><p>As we committed to in our manifesto, this Government will not compromise on our high environmental protection, animal welfare and food safety standards.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis grouped question UIN 68422 68423 question first answered 10/07/2020 13:46:28 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1220273

registered interest
date	02/07/2020
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Imports: Meat and Poultry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to prevent the import of (a) chlorine or acid-washed chicken, (b) hormone-treated beef, (c) ractopamine fed pork, (d) dairy products from bovine somatotropin treated cows, and (e) eggs from battery caged hens; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	68425
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2020 answer text <p>The approach of HM Government to food standards in trade deals is clear. We remain firmly committed to upholding our high environmental, food safety and animal welfare standards.</p><p> </p><p>As we take back control of our laws from the EU, we will decide how we set and maintain our own laws, standards and regulations. When the Transition Period ends, we will be a global leader in environmental protection and animal welfare standards, maintaining the high-quality of our produce for consumers at home and overseas.</p><p> </p><p>The Hon. Gentleman will know that some standards, such as the ban on the use of growth-promoting hormones, are already in domestic legislation. Others, such as the ban on chlorine washing of poultry, will be brought onto our statute book through the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The United Kingdom’s food standards, for both domestic production and imports, are overseen by the Food Standards Agency and Food Standards Scotland. These agencies provide independent advice to HM Government and the devolved administration in Scotland respectively. They will continue to do so in order to ensure that all food imports comply with the United Kingdom’s high standards.</p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena question first answered 08/07/2020 12:20:03 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1220274

registered interest
date	02/07/2020
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements: USA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what estimate she has made of the proportional effect on Gross Domestic Product of the (a) beef, (b) poultry, (c) pig, (d) dairy and (e) egg farming sectors as a result of a free trade agreement with the US; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	68426
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2020 answer text <p>Free trade agreements can provide our farmers with a range of new opportunities including access to new markets, a reduction in US tariffs that may be as high as 26% on beef and over 25% on some cheese products, along with cheaper costs for UK agricultural inputs which will benefit our domestic producers.</p><p>Our analysis in our Scoping Assessment showed that a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the US is estimated to deliver an increase in output (as measured by Gross Value Added) of between 0.05% and 0.5% for the UK’s agriculture sector.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 08/07/2020 13:42:55 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1219809

registered interest
date	01/07/2020
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	Seafood: 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, with reference to the covid-19 Domestic Seafood Supply Scheme (DSSS), how many people sat on the panel that determined who received the DSSS grants; how the industry representatives on the panel, that were appointed by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) to determine who should receive funding, were chosen by the MMO; and what the scoring process and weighting was that was used to determine who should receive funding through the DSSS grant scheme.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	67755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2020 answer text <p>The Domestic Seafood Supply Scheme is administered by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) on behalf of Defra.</p><p> </p><p>The panel included eight individuals representing Defra, Seafish, the MMO and representatives from key industry stakeholder groups from the fishing industry, on the basis of their experience and expertise of the seafood industry in England and grant funding procedures.</p><p> </p><p>Applications were assessed against the published scheme criteria.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 10/07/2020 09:19:51 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1219810

registered interest
date	01/07/2020
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	Fish: 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 assessment he has made of the effect of the Border Inspection Post (BIP) status of Calais and Boulogne Sur Mer on UK fish exports after 31 December 2020.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	67756
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2020 answer text <p>The EU designated a number of temporary Border Inspection Posts ahead of 31 October 2019. These approvals were contingent on the UK leaving the EU on that date and they will need to be redesignated as Border Control Posts before the end of the transition period. Under this designation it was our understanding that fishery products entering the EU via Calais or Coquelles would travel to the dedicated BCP at Boulogne-sur-Mer, under Common Transit (CTC), where checks would be carried out. It is for the French authorities to ensure appropriate infrastructure is in place from 1 January 2021.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 10/07/2020 13:44:09 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1219814

registered interest
date	01/07/2020
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	Fishing Vessels: 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, how many non-UK flagged commercial fishing vessels were inspected at sea by UK authorities in (a) 2015, (b) 2016, (c) 2017, (d) 2018 and (e) 2019.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	67757
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2020 answer text <p>Fisheries control and enforcement is a devolved matter. The information provided relates to inspections carried out by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) only and does not include statistics from the devolved administrations.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Number of non-UK flagged commercial fishing vessels that were inspected at sea by the MMO.</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>239</p></td><td><p>162</p></td><td><p>151</p></td><td><p>96</p></td><td><p>303</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 10/07/2020 13:46:26 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1219816

registered interest
date	01/07/2020
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	Fishing Vessels: 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, how many UK flagged fishing vessels were inspected at sea by UK authorities in (a) 2015, (b) 2016, (c) 2017, (d) 2018 and (e) 2019.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	67758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2020 answer text <p>Fisheries control and enforcement is a devolved matter. The information provided relates to inspections carried out by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) only and does not include statistics from either the devolved administrations, or the Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authorities.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Number of UK commercial fishing vessels that were inspected at sea by the MMO.</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>212</p></td><td><p>179</p></td><td><p>116</p></td><td><p>94</p></td><td><p>245</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 10/07/2020 13:48:31 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard