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77965

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2014
	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	Genetically Modified Organisms: 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, what the Government's position is in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations on labelling of products containing GM in the UK food chain; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Ogmore
	tabling member printed	Huw Irranca-Davies
	uin	205728
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">This issue has yet to be discussed in detail within the framework of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations. The Government will consider its negotiation position based on a range of factors including the environmental impact and public health benefit of such anti-microbial treatments that can reduce potential for foodborne illness.</del></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The existing EU rules which require GM-derived food to be labelled are not expected to be discussed or reviewed as part of the negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 22/07/2014 10:12:20 question first ministerially corrected 25/07/2014 08:04:43 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice previous answer version 11865 answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1476 label Biography information for Huw Irranca-Davies

77620

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2014
	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	Grasslands
	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 estimate he has made of the proportion of (a) limestone grasslands, (b) marshy grasslands, (c) acid grasslands, (d) lowland meadows and pastures and (e) upland hay meadows that has been lost in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	North Warwickshire
	tabling member printed	Dan Byles
	uin	205601
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Defra has not undertaken an estimate of this nature. Natural England published an inventory of priority grassland habitats in 2013 which shows the current area of each priority grassland habitat type as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Priority grassland habitat type</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Area (Ha)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Upland Calcareous Grassland</p></td><td><p>10,353</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Upland Hay Meadows</p></td><td><p>3,525</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Purple Moorgrass &amp; Rush Pasture</p></td><td><p>9,328</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lowland Calcareous Grassland</p></td><td><p>65,567</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lowland Dry Acid Grassland</p></td><td><p>15,453</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lowland Meadows</p></td><td><p>3,6129</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coastal &amp; Floodplain Grazing Marsh</p></td><td><p>218,182</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>358,537</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>An England-wide sampling framework is under development to enable monitoring activity. This is to contribute to an assessment of trends in habitat extent and condition.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 21/07/2014 13:47:02 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4112 label Biography information for Dan Byles

78708

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2014
	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	Bovine Tuberculosis
	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 will assess more than six species of wildlife as potential carriers of bovine TB and in relation to tackling that disease.
	tabling member constituency	St Albans
	tabling member printed	Mrs Anne Main
	uin	206461
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p><em>Mycobacterium bovis </em>(the bovine TB bacterium) has a wide range of hosts and can infect (and cause TB) in virtually all mammalian species, including farmed animals other than cattle, companion animals and wildlife. While <em>M. bovis </em>has been found in a number of different British wild mammals, evidence from previous wildlife surveys, risk assessments and modelling studies indicates that the badger remains the principal and possibly the only significant wildlife maintenance host of the bacterium in the West of England and parts of Wales. Consequently, Defra is not currently planning to test further wildlife species for TB (apart from the statutory notifications of deer carcases with suspect TB lesions), although we will keep under review the potential role of other wildlife, especially deer, in the epidemiology of this disease.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 01/09/2014 14:55:00 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1568 label Biography information for Mrs Anne Main

89594

	registered interest
	date	29/08/2014
	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	EU Law
	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 new EU directives and regulations have been transposed into UK law by her Department since May 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Wokingham
	tabling member printed	Mr John Redwood
	uin	207259
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>According to departmental records, Defra has transposed a total of 36 EU Directives into UK law since May 2010, 9 of which were transposed without the need to introduce new legislation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We do not hold a central record of all directly applicable EU regulations coming into effect since 2010. Details of all current European legislation are on the Euro-Lex website:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://eur-lex.europa.eu/browse/summaries.html" target="_blank">http://eur-lex.europa.eu/browse/summaries.html</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 05/09/2014 10:05:16 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

76338

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2014
	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	Beavers: Devon
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 26 June 2014, Official Report, column 330W, on beavers: Devon, for what reasons he plans to recapture and rehome the wild beavers in Devon; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	204414
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Beavers have not been an established part of our wildlife for the last 500 years. Before allowing them to be reintroduced into any location, their impact on a landscape that has changed considerably since they were last present should be assessed. Additionally the UK is currently free from the zoonotic disease <em>Echinocussus multilocularis</em>, a disease which some beavers are believed to host. To be sure that the country's disease free status is not compromised it is necessary to capture and test the animals. However, all decisions will be made with the welfare of the beavers in mind. There are no plans to kill the animals and a site suitable for the animals to be re-homed at is being actively sought.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 204413 question first answered 15/07/2014 10:39:06 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

76339

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2014
	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	Beavers: Devon
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 26 June 2014, Official Report, column 330W, on beavers: Devon, what other options have been discussed by his Department, Natural England and the Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency apart from recapturing and rehoming the population of wild beavers in Devon.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	204413
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Beavers have not been an established part of our wildlife for the last 500 years. Before allowing them to be reintroduced into any location, their impact on a landscape that has changed considerably since they were last present should be assessed. Additionally the UK is currently free from the zoonotic disease <em>Echinocussus multilocularis</em>, a disease which some beavers are believed to host. To be sure that the country's disease free status is not compromised it is necessary to capture and test the animals. However, all decisions will be made with the welfare of the beavers in mind. There are no plans to kill the animals and a site suitable for the animals to be re-homed at is being actively sought.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 204414 question first answered 15/07/2014 10:39:06 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

77955

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2014
	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	Regulation
	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 simplify existing environmental, marine and agricultural regulations.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	205985
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>By contributing to Red Tape Challenge, Defra has reviewed over 1200 of its regulations. As a result of these reviews Defra has made commitments to revoke or improve nearly 800 regulations and as well as a number of significant non-regulatory changes that will directly benefit business and the wider public. These include the reform of all regulatory guidance produced by Defra and its agencies by spring 2015, so that users can quickly access clear information on what they need; changes to data reporting obligations, to remove any duplicate and unnecessary requests for information; and plans to explore opportunities to simplify and reduce the number of compliance inspections on farms.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>These reforms are being made without reducing existing protection of the environment or animal and plant health and are detailed in a report entitled “Defra <em>better</em> for Business: A Strategic Reform Plan for Defra Regulations” which was published on 9 April 2014[1]. Defra is working to deliver the vast majority of these proposals by April 2015 so that benefits can be felt quickly. Current estimates suggest that business could by then be saving £300million per year as a result of these reforms.</p><p> </p><br /><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/302112/pb14166-defra-better-for-business.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/302112/pb14166-defra-better-for-business.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 21/07/2014 14:05:53 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

76756

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2014
	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	Biofuels
	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 recent assessment he has made of the future prospects for farmlands and the pressures posed by a growing population and increased use of energy crops.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	204831
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Crops can be a useful source of energy but we need to balance the need for new forms of energy with the need to grow crops for food, and we are working with other government departments to make sure we get this balance right. The Government's bioenergy strategy makes clear that food production must remain the primary goal of agriculture and bioenergy must not undermine food security in the UK or internationally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Defra is commissioning a collaborative project with the Energy Technology Institute to examine data from 32 existing bioenergy production businesses in England and Wales on food production and environmental sustainability. The project will deliver a set of indicators to help identify the types of bioenergy that can complement food production and those that present risk. Where there is risk to food production the project will consider mitigation measures and issues will be drawn out through case studies.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In 2011 Defra and the Department for International Development co-sponsored the Government Office for Science's Foresight report which explores the increasing pressures on the global food system between now and 2050 and asks how a future global population of nine billion people can all be fed healthily and sustainably. The Report highlights the decisions that policy makers need to take today, and in the years ahead, to ensure that a global population can be fed sustainably and equitably. Defra has embedded the importance of food security across the Department's policies, recognising the many areas of policy that impact on food security outcomes, and we continue to invest significantly in research in this area.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 15/07/2014 10:35:06 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

90245

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2014
	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	Dogs
	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 prosecutions there have been in England and Wales in the last five years for failure to comply with the collar and tag requirements in the Control of Dogs Order 1992.
	tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
	tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
	uin	207820
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Defendants proceeded against at magistrates' court for offences under the Control of Dogs Order 1992 in England and Wales from 2009 to 2013 (latest available) can be viewed in the attached table.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Data has been taken from the Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings Database.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 09/09/2014 11:33:01 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice attachment 1 file name 207820 table.doc title Defendants proceeded against at magistrates' court
	tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

90837

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2014
	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
	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 discuss with her counterparts in the devolved administrations the need for discussions with the European Commission on the development of a relief package for farmers and the UK beef industry; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	South Down
	tabling member printed	Ms Margaret Ritchie
	uin	208444
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Defra Ministers have been in regular contact with their colleagues in the devolved administrations. My officials discuss and agree a negotiating position with each of the devolved administrations prior to any EU discussions on the current unpredictability of beef markets.</p><p><br></p><p>In July, I hosted a “beef summit”. This was a positive meeting with senior representatives from across the UK’s food and farming industry, including Northern Irish, Scottish and Welsh farming industry bodies, to ensure that we have a sustainable and profitable UK beef industry for the future. The outcomes included the decision by producers and processors to work together on a voluntary code of conduct on improving transparency of the charges that some abattoirs make for handling carcases and notice periods for changes to product specifications. The European Commission Short Term Outlook expects beef prices to remain firm although below the 2013 record highs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 11/09/2014 15:38:55 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice previous answer version 19395 answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick