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1653905

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date	18/07/2023
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	Water Abstraction: Licensing
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 she is taking to ensure that abstraction licence holders are given adequate time to adapt when their licences are (a) modified and (b) revoked.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	194764
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2023 answer text <p>The Environment Agency makes changes to abstraction licences to achieve environmentally sustainable levels of abstraction to meet its legal duties and the Government’s environmental ambitions. If a change to an abstraction licence is required to make it environmentally sustainable, the Environment Agency recognises that abstractors need time to adapt to this change. Accordingly, the Environment Agency writes to abstractors to warn them that their licences may need to change in the future with further detail to follow once it has completed its review of the licences. Additionally, the Environment Agency has said it will give abstractors time to adapt to any licence changes on a case-by-case basis depending on the environmental risks.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 08/09/2023 15:56:49 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1653906

registered interest
date	18/07/2023
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	Water Abstraction: Licensing
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 she will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring the Environment Agency to carry out an assessment of the potential impact on food production whenever there are changes to abstraction licences in the (a) agriculture and (b) horticulture sector.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	194765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2023 answer text <p>The Environment Agency already has a duty to consider the costs and benefits of its actions. The Environment Agency applies this duty in abstraction licence and regulatory decisions. There is recognition of the impact a change in abstraction licence conditions can have on the agriculture and horticulture sectors. Where restrictions and licence changes are absolutely necessary the Environment Agency looks to work directly with licence holders to implement changes on a voluntary basis first. When managing droughts, the Environment Agency also looks to introduce partial restrictions (e.g. abstraction every other day, or night time only) and then total bans on water abstraction as a last resort. During the drought of 2022, the Environment Agency avoided the need for total irrigation bans by using this approach. However, the cost-benefit duty does not override the need for the Environment Agency to undertake its wider duties and functions to meet statutory environmental objectives.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 05/09/2023 15:13:59 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1653907

registered interest
date	18/07/2023
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	Agriculture: Land Use
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 has made an assessment of the potential impact of rewilding agricultural production on food security.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	194766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2023 answer text <p>Wilding or rewilding is the restoration of ecosystems to the point where they are more regulated by natural processes.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is supporting a number of initiatives to create wilder landscapes across England, as part of a broader approach to nature recovery. However, rewilding is not appropriate in all situations, and we must balance priorities including food production.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to assess how land use change, including the restoration of natural processes, can contribute to net-zero, food security and supporting the farming sector.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 04/09/2023 08:37:11 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1653908

registered interest
date	18/07/2023
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	Agriculture: Compensation
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 she has made of the potential merits of introducing a compensation scheme for farming businesses adversely impacted by species reintroductions.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	194767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2023 answer text <p>As we look to deliver on our statutory environmental targets, including to halt the decline of species abundance by 2030, we are expanding our environmental land management schemes to incentivise farmers and land managers to provide environmental goods and services alongside food production. Paying for actions that make space for nature and encouraging the restoration of habitat will help to deliver environmental benefits as well as improve the interaction between species that may have been reintroduced and farming operations.</p><p> </p><p>Where the release of a species may impact on local land managers and businesses, a licence application would need to outline how these impacts would be mitigated as well as demonstrate sufficient funding to do so.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 04/09/2023 08:29:15 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1653909

registered interest
date	18/07/2023
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	Nature Conservation: Agriculture and Food 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, if the Government will (a) make impact assessments on all species reintroduction proposals in England mandatory and (b) require those impact assessments to assess the potential effects of those proposals on (i) agriculture and (ii) food production.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	194768
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2023 answer text <p>An application for a licence to release a species must follow best practice guidance in our published Code for Reintroductions, and should outline the benefits and impacts that the proposal will have on the local environment, and socio-economic interests such as agriculture. We would expect an applicant to demonstrate that they have undertaken sufficient engagement with local stakeholders to understand and manage these impacts. Most reintroductions are of plant and invertebrate species like the lady’s slipper orchid and large blue butterfly, and often bring only benefits for the environment.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 04/09/2023 08:16:13 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1653764

registered interest
date	12/07/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Uganda: LGBT+ People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps he is taking to help ensure the safety of LGBT+ human rights defenders and activists in Uganda.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	906051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2023 answer text <p>The British Government is appalled and disappointed by the Government of Uganda’s decision to sign the Anti-Homosexuality Bill into law.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 18/07/2023 15:28:05 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1651765

registered interest
date	10/07/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Magistrates' Courts: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2023 to Question 188260 on Magistrates' Courts: ICT, how many and what proportion of defendants have appeared without legal representation in magistrates’ courts where the Common Platform has been used by (a) court and (b) the alleged criminal offence of the defendant in each of the past three years.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	193166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2023 answer text <p>Common platform first started receiving criminal cases in September 2020.</p><p>The total number of defendants whose cases have been handled on Common Platform is 456,597 of which 231,223 had no legal representation recorded on the case. It is important to note that this data includes Single Justice Service Cases.</p><p>The attached spreadsheet breaks down defendants by a) court and b) by criminal offence and are for the period September 2020 – June 2023.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 13/07/2023 11:45:39 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer attachment 1 file name 2023-07-13 PQ 193166 Table (1).xlsx title Table
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1651766

registered interest
date	10/07/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Treatment of, and Outcomes for, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Individuals in the Criminal Justice System Independent Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2023 to Question 188259 on Treatment of, and Outcomes for, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Individuals in the Criminal Justice System Independent Review, what the average sentence was for people convicted of grievous bodily harm with intent by (a) Crown Court and (b) the defendant’s (i) gender, (ii) ethnicity, and (iii) age in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	193167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice publishes information from 2010 to 2022 on the number of defendants <del class="ministerial">prosecuted </del><ins class="ministerial">prosecuted, convicted and sentenced</ins> for offences under Section 18 of Offences Against the Person Act 1861 (offence code 00501), in the ‘Outcomes by Offence’ data tool.</p><p>The attached tables provide a breakdown of <ins class="ministerial">average custodial sentence length (ACSL) for defendants sentenced</ins> <del class="ministerial">convictions</del> for the offence contrary to Section 18 of the Offences Against Person Act 1861 (causing grievous bodily harm with intent) within the last three years, where it has been treated as a principal offence by Crown Court (table 1), and in all courts by information on gender (table 2), ethnicity (table 3), and age (table 4).</p><p>Detailed offence data at Crown Court are only available in the Court Proceedings Database from 2020 onwards. Therefore, figures for all tables have been limited to 2020 onwards in order to give a complete view of each year presented.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 13/07/2023 11:24:42 question first ministerially corrected 04/09/2023 14:26:34 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name PQ_193167_final_revision.xlsx title Table (revised) previous answer version 87381 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name 2023-07-13 PQ 193167 Table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1651767

registered interest
date	10/07/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Crown Court: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2023 to Question 188261 on Crown Court: Standards, to provide this data by each Crown Court.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	193168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2023 answer text <p>The a) mean and b) median length of time taken from (i) receipt at Crown Court to main hearing, (ii) main hearing to completion and (iii) receipt at Crown Court to completion for all offences can be found in the attached table. Timeliness data broken down by Crown Court are not available prior to 2014.</p><p>The latest published data is available to March 2023 and shows that timeliness estimates at the Crown Court continue to increase. This was a result of cases completing including trials impacted by the Criminal Bar Association action and in some cases, the suspension of jury trial during the pandemic.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 13/07/2023 11:46:26 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer attachment 1 file name 2023-07-13 PQ 193168 Table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1651768

registered interest
date	10/07/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Proceedings: Databases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2023 to Question 188262 on Criminal Proceedings: Databases, what recent estimate he has made of when the external data catalogue will be published.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	193169
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2023 answer text <p>We plan to complete the first phase of the data catalogue project by the end of September 2023. The objectives of this phase are to identify tooling that meets our requirements, including for an external view of the catalogue, and to pilot with an initial HMCTS service. If this completes successfully, we will plan roll-out to include more datasets and internal users in the first instance, with external to follow.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 13/07/2023 11:47:00 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham