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1649324

registered interest
date	30/06/2023
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: Monitoring
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 her Department will take steps to introduce remote electronic monitoring of bycatch as part of licensing conditions for supertrawlers to access UK waters.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	191907
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2023 answer text <p>We will shortly be consulting on proposals to increase the use of remote electronic monitoring on English vessels and in English waters, including on large pelagic trawlers. The Scottish government consulted on similar measures in spring 2022.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 04/07/2023 14:43:53 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1645957

registered interest
date	20/06/2023
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: Standards
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 is taking steps to address concerns raised by (a) On The Hook and (b) other campaigns on the adequacy of standards set by seafood sustainability certification schemes.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	190284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2023 answer text <p>Defra has made no assessment of the standards set by seafood certification schemes, which are voluntary and operate independently of Government. The Government remains fully committed to sustainable fishing, and Fisheries Management Plans will be a key tool through which we will work with industry to improve the sustainability and management of our fisheries.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer grouped question UIN 190285 question first answered 27/06/2023 13:36:49 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1645958

registered interest
date	20/06/2023
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: Standards
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 ensure that UK consumers can rely on the information provided by seafood certification schemes.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	190285
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2023 answer text <p>Defra has made no assessment of the standards set by seafood certification schemes, which are voluntary and operate independently of Government. The Government remains fully committed to sustainable fishing, and Fisheries Management Plans will be a key tool through which we will work with industry to improve the sustainability and management of our fisheries.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer grouped question UIN 190284 question first answered 27/06/2023 13:36:49 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1646013

registered interest
date	20/06/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Airports: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will establish a standing resilience forum of stakeholders to assess the risks to airport travel disruption from (a) adverse weather, (b) pandemic restrictions, (c) industrial action, (d) air traffic control situations and (e) other causes..
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	190295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2023 answer text <p>The Department understands the important role that resilience plays in the aviation sector and continues to encourage the sector to work together on this.</p><p> </p><p>The Department’s officials and ministers are working closely with the aviation industry on a host of resilience topics to ensure that the UK Government and the UK aviation sector are adequately prepared to meet challenges should they arise.</p><p> </p><p>However, it is ultimately the responsibility of industry to ensure adequate preparations are in place, with the Government supporting where appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>The aviation industry has a wide range of well-established resilience forums, chaired and attended by all parts of the aviation industry, as well as the Department for Transport and where appropriate other government departments. Where appropriate the Department supports industry but ultimately it is for industry to build resilience into their organisation and as an eco-system.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 28/06/2023 11:32:08 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1643069

registered interest
date	08/06/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Cancer and Radiology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made recent representations made to (a) the Chancellor of the Exchequer and (b) NHS England on investment in the clinical (i) radiology and (ii) oncology workforce.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	188505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2023 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care meets regularly with other Cabinet colleagues and with NHS England to discuss issues relating to the National Health Service workforce.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 14/06/2023 14:00:35 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1642678

registered interest
date	07/06/2023
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	Microplastics
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 her Department is taking to tackle microplastic fibre pollution.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	188242
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2023 answer text <p>The Plan for Water outlined our position that we will expect industry to develop low cost, effective microfibre filters on washing machine and encourage their effective use. With the plan being published only just last month, we are now considering the best actions for its implementation. As a first step, we will look to manufacturers to reduce costs and to provide appropriate evidence of the value of microfibre filters to persuade consumers to invest in them and use them correctly.</p><p> </p><p>Defra funds Textiles 2030, a voluntary initiative with over 110 signatories from the fashion manufacturing industry covering 62% by sales of the UK clothing market. Signatories are committed to circular economy principles such as agreeing good design principles so that their products are durable and recyclable.</p><p> </p><p>Our landmark Environment Act 2021 also provides general powers on design standards and requiring information on the resource efficiency of products. We are, therefore, exploring the best mix of policy measures to tackle the environmental impact of textiles.</p><p> </p><p>Defra supports a range of research including the UK Water Industry Research project (performed by UK Centre for Ecology &amp; Hydrology) which reported in April 2022 that wastewater treatment plants remove 99% of microplastics by number and 99.5% by mass. The Water Industry National Environment Programme (WINEP) includes over £7.39 million of commitment from the water industry to further research microplastics removal through wastewater treatment processes to sludge, which may be a source of microplastics to final effluent discharges.</p><p> </p><p>Technical experts from the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) have been leading the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment to develop a new indicator for microlitter (including microplastics) in seafloor sediments. This will help us to track progress in reducing plastics in the environment at a regional scale.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 188323 question first answered 13/06/2023 14:05:55 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1641189

registered interest
date	02/06/2023
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 Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs with reference to the oral statement of 25 May by the Minister for Food, Farming and Fisheries, Official Report, column 495, what plans he has to take forward the provisions of the Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill on (a) a ban on live exports, (b) reducing puppy smuggling and (c) primates as pets,; and to what timetable.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	187162
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2023 answer text <p>We will be taking forward measures in the Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill individually through other means during the remainder of this Parliament. This includes the manifesto commitments to ban live exports for fattening and slaughter and to crack down on puppy smuggling. We will also deliver the manifesto commitment to ban the keeping of primates as pets, which will be implemented via a statutory instrument to be laid this year.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 06/06/2023 16:20:53 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1641197

registered interest
date	02/06/2023
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	Animal Experiments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she will provide further funding to support the scientific community in transitioning from animal-based research to (a) organ-on-a-chip, (b) artificial intelligence and (c) other human-specific methodologies.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	187163
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to the development of alternatives to using animals in scientific procedures and through UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) continues to provide core funding for the National Centre for 3Rs (NC3Rs), which works nationally and internationally to drive the uptake of non-animal technologies.</p><p> </p><p>UKRI funds a portfolio of research projects involving humans, human materials, animal models, and non-animal technologies, including a joint £4.7 million joint funding call with the NC3Rs launched last year, focussed on supporting next generation non-animal technologies, such as organ-on-a-chip.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 14/06/2023 12:04:46 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1639271

registered interest
date	22/05/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding her Department provided to the (a) Refuge National Domestic Abuse Helpline, (b) National Perpetrator Helpline run by Respect, (c) Men’s Advice Line, (d) Galop national LGBT+ victims' helpline, (e) National Stalking Helpline operated by the Suzy Lamplugh Trust and (f) Revenge Porn Helpline operated by SWGfL in the (i) 2022-23 and (ii) 2023-24 financial years.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	186090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office has provided over £3.7m of funding to the following helplines to provide advice and support to victims of domestic abuse, perpetrators of domestic abuse as well as victims of stalking since financial year 2022/23.</p><p> </p><p>The breakdown of allocation by financial year is as follows:</p><p><strong>Financial Year 2022/2023</strong></p><p>(a) National Domestic Abuse Helpline, run by Refuge - £1,000,000</p><p>(b) National Perpetrator Helpline, run by Respect - £200,000</p><p>(c) Men’s Advice Line, run by Respect - £200,000</p><p>(d) National LGBT+ Victims' Helpline, run by Galop - £150,000</p><p>(e) National Stalking Helpline operated by the Suzy Lamplugh Trust - £150,000</p><p>(f) Revenge Porn Helpline operated by South West Grid for London - £160,430</p><p><strong>Financial Year 2023/2024</strong></p><p>(a) National Domestic Abuse Helpline, run by Refuge - £1,000,000</p><p>(b) National Perpetrator Helpline, run by Respect - £200,000</p><p>(c) Men’s Advice Line, run by Respect - £200,000</p><p>(d) National LGBT+ Victims' Helpline, run by Galop - £150,000</p><p>(e) National Stalking Helpline operated by the Suzy Lamplugh Trust - £150,000</p><p>(f) Revenge Porn Helpline operated by South West Grid for London - £160,430</p><p>In March 2022, we published the cross-Government Tackling Domestic Abuse Plan. The Plan will seek to transform the whole of society’s response in order to prevent offending, support victims and pursue perpetrators, as well as to strengthen the systems processes in place needed to deliver these goals.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the investment of over £140 million for supporting victims and survivors in the Tackling Domestic Abuse Plan, and over £81 million for tackling perpetrators, the Home Office committed to double funding for National Domestic Abuse Helpline, and further increase funding for all the national helplines it supports.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 25/05/2023 15:28:02 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1628299

registered interest
date	16/05/2023
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: Labelling
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 he plans to introduce mandatory animal-welfare labelling on supermarket products.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	185239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2023 answer text <p>In 2021, Defra ran a call for evidence to gather data on the potential impacts of different types of labelling reform for animal welfare. We received over 1,600 responses and a summary of these responses is available on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p><p>Based on the evidence provided, Defra committed in the Government’s Food Strategy to consult on improving and expanding mandatory animal welfare labelling, covering both domestic and imported products, in 2023.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 23/05/2023 11:48:31 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith