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998920

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
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	Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to extend the deadline to their consultation on the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board to allow for more submissions.
tabling member printed	Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
uin	HL11169
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The consultation on the future of the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) launched on 31 August to run for ten weeks. We have no plans to extend the deadline of 9 November. I am, however, very happy to receive views on AHDB at any time.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 12/11/2018 17:41:34 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

995635

registered interest
date	26/10/2018
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	Food Standards Agency
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the resources available to the Food Standards Agency to prepare for any additional responsibilities it may assume post-Brexit.
tabling member printed	Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
uin	HL11060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government has provided £14 million of funding in 2018/19 to support the Food Standards Agency’s (FSA’s) workstreams relating to the consequences of leaving the European Union, to help the FSA ensure there is a robust regulatory system in place to guarantee food safety, expand the National Food Crime Unit and deliver replacements for EU programmes which carry out food safety risk management functions.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 06/11/2018 17:53:31 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

995636

registered interest
date	26/10/2018
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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Brexit
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the resources available to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to deliver the legislation needed to prepare for Brexit by the time of UK leaves the EU.
tabling member printed	Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
uin	HL11061
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2018 answer text <p>Defra has an ambitious legislation programme to prepare for the UK’s departure from the EU and has been preparing in earnest. We have acquired staff with legislative experience from other Government departments, formed a Legislative Strategy, Capability and Better Regulations team within Defra, and bolstered our capability across the department to help with coordination and upskilling. As a result, we are confident that we can deliver our legislative programme to ensure that we have a working statute book on the day we leave the EU.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 09/11/2018 12:05:52 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

994723

registered interest
date	25/10/2018
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Customs and Immigration Controls: Calais
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what contingency plans are in place regarding customs and immigration arrangements at Calais in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
tabling member printed	Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
uin	HL11039
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2018 answer text <p>The government does not want or expect a no deal outcome. In any scenario, the government’s objective is to ensure that movement through ports is as frictionless as possible.</p><p>In the unlikely event we do not reach an agreement with the EU, HMRC will continue to apply an automated, risk-based approach to customs checks. This means any increase in the number of checks will be kept to a minimum. For passengers travelling to the UK from Calais, Border Force will continue to carry out security and identity checks on 100 per cent of passengers. While the EU may choose to impose third country controls it is not clear how soon these would come into effect.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 08/11/2018 13:21:33 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

985015

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
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	Incinerators
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the current capacity for the incineration of household waste; and whether they have any plans to increase this capacity.
tabling member printed	Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
uin	HL10558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not have the data for just household waste. In 2016, the permitted capacity was 11,359,830 tonnes across the forty energy from waste plants treating ‘municipal and/or commercial &amp; industrial waste’.</p><p> </p><p>There are currently eleven further plants in construction and two consented. These are forecast to be operational by 2020.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 22/10/2018 11:28:24 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

985016

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
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: Waste
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to encourage greater use of energy from waste.
tabling member printed	Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
uin	HL10559
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>We recognise the important role of energy from waste in promoting clean growth, decarbonisation and reducing waste to landfill, but it must not compete with greater recycling, reuse and prevention.</p><p> </p><p>We provide support for Energy from Waste with Combined Heat and Power through the Contract for Difference and Renewable Heat Incentive schemes, but we do not provide support for energy generation alone as it is economically viable without support</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 23/10/2018 11:03:08 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

942038

registered interest
date	16/07/2018
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	Rural Areas: Crime
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to tackle rural crimes such as hare coursing and fly-tipping.
tabling member printed	Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
uin	HL9552
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2018 answer text <p>We recognise that local police forces are taking steps to address hare coursing and associated crimes and that this is an operational matter for the police. The role of locally elected Police and Crime Commissioners is to hold their forces to account, including on how they tackle the crimes that matter most to residents and businesses.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The government is committed to tackling fly-tipping in rural and urban areas. Local authorities and the Environment Agency have a wide range of enforcement powers to tackle fly-tipping and we have recently strengthened these. In 2016 we gave local authorities the power to issue fixed penalty notices for small scale fly-tipping and enhanced the local authorities and Environment Agency’s ability to search and seize the vehicles of suspected fly-tippers. We recently consulted on the power to issue fixed penalty notices to householders who fail in their duty of care and pass their waste to fly-tippers. Two thirds of fly-tips incidents involve household waste so this will help address the main source of the crime. Subject to parliamentary approval this new power will be available to local authorities and the Environment Agency later this year.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 26/07/2018 14:23:25 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

942039

registered interest
date	16/07/2018
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	Broadband: Rural Areas
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to extend the Better Broadband Subsidy voucher scheme beyond 31 December for the provision of broadband in the hardest to reach rural areas.
tabling member printed	Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
uin	HL9553
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>The Department is currently considering how it can most effectively use vouchers to extend broadband coverage and an announcement will be made in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 25/07/2018 15:43:08 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

935183

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	Fisheries: Quotas
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Lord Gardiner of Kimble on 4 July (HL Deb, col 593), whether they plan to permit fishing vessels under 10 metres to have access to an increased quota of fish other than shellfish prior to 29 March 2019.
tabling member printed	Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
uin	HL9300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government allocates quota on an annual basis with a principle to ensure that fishing opportunities are allocated for the benefit of all, taking into account the needs of those within existing Producer Organisations (POs) and the needs of the under 10m fleet.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since 2012, to help support the under 10m fleet, the Government has realigned quota that had neither been fished, leased, gifted nor swapped by POs and was considered unused. This has delivered a 13% increase in quota for the under 10m fleet. In 2016, it generated 677.5 tonnes of additional quota.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, for quota stocks phased in under the landing obligation since 2015, the under 10m fleet has received additional quota. This has provided the non-sector with historic high catch limits which they have been able to take advantage of. To date in 2018, the under 10m fleet has been allocated an additional 1,250 tonnes of quota, equating to an additional £3 million.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It should also be recognised that a significant proportion of catch brought in by the under 10m fleet such as lobster and crabs are not subject to quota controls.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 17/07/2018 12:42:26 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

935184

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	International Council for the Exploration of the Sea: Research
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Lord Gardiner of Kimble on 4 July (HL Deb, col 593), whether they plan to continue to use the research provided by the International Council for Exploration of the Seas.
tabling member printed	Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
uin	HL9301
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>Defra has access to world class fisheries science experts in the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science who provide the Government with high quality advice. Much of the fisheries data we collect is delivered to the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) to support its annual assessment of fish stocks.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK has been a member of ICES since it was established in 1902 and we intend to continue playing a strong role in it in the future. We will continue to collect data for these assessments after we have left the EU as it is vital for managing our seas and any future negotiations, and we expect to continue to use advice provided by ICES.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 17/07/2018 12:10:51 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering