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984595

registered interest
date	09/10/2018
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	Nature Conservation: Local Plans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when Natural England plans to issue Sweetman guidance for the purposes of local plans; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	New Forest West
tabling member printed	Sir Desmond Swayne
uin	177146
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>Natural England and Defra are considering the implications of the Sweetman 2 (People Over Wind) judgment from the Court of Justice of the European Union. Natural England and Defra are working closely with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, including on any external guidance that may be necessary.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 15/10/2018 11:01:38 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne

984596

registered interest
date	09/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Nature Conservation: Local Plans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the judgement of the Court of Justice of the European Union on the case People Over Wind and Sweetman v Coillte Teoranta (C-323/17), when he plans to issue guidance regarding local plans; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	New Forest West
tabling member printed	Sir Desmond Swayne
uin	177147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is actively considering the implications of the Sweetman 2 (People Over Wind) judgment from the Court of Justice of the European Union. We are working closely with Natural England and Defra, including on how to take forward any external guidance that may be necessary.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 15/10/2018 16:15:51 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne

984597

registered interest
date	09/10/2018
answering body	Church Commissioners
answering dept id	9
answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
hansard heading	Cathedrals: Salisbury
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Honourable Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, what the policy of the Commissioners is on renewal of leaseholds within the precincts of Salisbury Cathedral; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	New Forest West
tabling member printed	Sir Desmond Swayne
uin	177148
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>Lease renewals within the Close at Salisbury are a matter for the Chapter of Salisbury Cathedral and the Church Commissioners do not therefore have a policy on this matter. The Chapter at Salisbury Cathedral sought the Church Commissioners consent under the Cathedrals Measure 1999 for a proposal to be offered to qualifying tenants. The Church Commissioners acknowledge that the Dean and Chapter have undertaken all due diligence in respect of this proposal but were unable to approve it without a quantified assessment of its impact on the Cathedral’s mission. Since that date the Third Estates Commissioner has met with the Dean and representatives of Chapter in September and has written to the Chapter recognising the difficulties in making this assessment.</p><p>Following these discussions, we understand that the Chapter at Salisbury is intending to review the matter.</p><p /><p /> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Dame Caroline Spelman question first answered 15/10/2018 13:24:51 answering member 312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman
tabling member	55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne

969107

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
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	Water 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, what measures is he taking to reduce the amount of water leakage by water companies; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	New Forest West
tabling member printed	Sir Desmond Swayne
uin	171269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>Total leakage has fallen by a third since 1994, following investment by water companies. However, there is still more to do.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The 25 Year Environment Plan sets out the Government’s ambitions for reducing demand on water resources. This includes support for Ofwat’s target for water companies to reduce leakage by 15% by 2025.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State recently called in water company Chief Executives who did not meet their leakage targets this year to explain this failure and what actions they were taking to improve their performance - particularly in light of this summer’s dry weather.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In their draft business plans, water companies have proposed an average reduction of 16% by 2025. It is now for Ofwat to scrutinise these plans.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 13/09/2018 09:16:03 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne

969109

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Injuries Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he has plans to remove the same roof rule from the criminal injuries compensations scheme.
tabling member constituency	New Forest West
tabling member printed	Sir Desmond Swayne
uin	171270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>We are determined to make sure every victim gets the compensation to which they are entitled.</p><p>The Justice Secretary announced, in the cross-government victims strategy published yesterday [on 10 September], a full review of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme to ensure it reflects the changing nature of crime and can better support victims. The review will consider how the Scheme might better serve victims - especially victims of child sexual abuse – and take account of the interim findings and recommendations made by the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA.)</p><p>We also committed within the victims strategy to remove the pre-1979 ‘same roof rule’.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 13/09/2018 14:49:30 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne

969111

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	VKontakte
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps (a) Government Departments and (b) agencies of his Department have taken to restrict internet access to the Vkontakte website.
tabling member constituency	New Forest West
tabling member printed	Sir Desmond Swayne
uin	171271
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>Government has taken no action to restrict access to this website. We remain concerned about the spread of disinformation and malicious activity on social media sites, especially from hostile states. We are working across Whitehall and with agencies to tackle this, including considering legislative and non legislative measures.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 13/09/2018 15:21:13 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne

943198

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Freehold
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proposals he has to limit the ability of (a) freeholders to appoint managing agents and (b) freeholder managing agents to levy fees on leaseholders; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	New Forest West
tabling member printed	Sir Desmond Swayne
uin	164822
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>The outcome of our recent call for evidence on, ‘<em>Protecting consumers in the letting and managing agent market’,</em> sets out our intention to introduce measures which will enable leaseholders to veto a landlord’s choice of managing agent where justified, review their performance and change agents where agreed levels of service have not been achieved and maintained. It also outlines our plans to set up a Working Group to examine those fees and charges that go beyond leasehold service charges, but can impact both leaseholders and freeholders, and consider under what circumstances they are justified, and if they should be capped or banned.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 23/07/2018 16:11:35 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne

940005

registered interest
date	12/07/2018
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	Livestock: 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, whether the provisions of the White Paper, The future relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union, Cm9593, will enable him to bring forward legislative proposals for a ban on the export of livestock.
tabling member constituency	New Forest West
tabling member printed	Sir Desmond Swayne
uin	163479
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>I refer my Hon Friend to the reply given to the Honourable Member for South Thanet, on 16 July 2018 PQ UIN 162599.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 17/07/2018 13:39:27 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne

934975

registered interest
date	05/07/2018
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	Insects
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 prevent the penetration of foreign insects into the UK; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	New Forest West
tabling member printed	Sir Desmond Swayne
uin	161044
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government undertakes systematic screening of pest and disease risks which may be introduced through trade. We carry out risk-based inspections at our borders to prevent the entry of such pests. Our inspectors are highly effective in comparison to their peers: the UK consistently makes more interceptions of harmful organisms than any other EU member state (around 40% of the total for the EU). We work to stop pests and diseases before they arrive through international surveillance to spot new risks, take action at the border with stringent biosecurity checks on plant imports, and have robust contingency plans to tackle the pests and diseases that do make it through.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Asian Hornet poses a significant threat to native wildlife and is listed as a key species within the GB invasive non-native species strategy framework. As part of this, Defra devised a joint Asian Hornet contingency plan which is the only national scale contingency plan in the EU for an invasive species outside plant and animal health. Early detection is vitally important to the success of the plan. We have established an alert system which allows the public to report sightings which are then identified by the National Bee Unit (NBU). There is also a network of sentinel apiaries that carry out active surveillance for the species.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 12/07/2018 10:34:05 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne

934851

registered interest
date	04/07/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Ivory: Trade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the loss of revenue to the Exchequer as a result of the effect of the ivory ban set out in the Ivory Bill.
tabling member constituency	New Forest West
tabling member printed	Sir Desmond Swayne
uin	160661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2018 answer text <p>The Ivory Bill will prevent the poaching of elephants by introducing a total ban, with narrow and limited exemptions, on sales in the UK that contribute directly or indirectly to the poaching of elephants.</p><p> </p><p>At present, sales of ivory by VAT registered businesses are subject to VAT under normal VAT rules. The Government’s assessment of the Ivory Bill’s impact on sales of ivory is available online at:</p><p> </p><p>https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/710369/ivory-bill-ia.pdf</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 12/07/2018 16:34:18 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne