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1132504

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2019
	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	Air Pollution: Schools
	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 discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on planting (a) grass, (b) trees and (c) plants in schools to help tackle air pollution.
	tabling member constituency	Chatham and Aylesford
	tabling member printed	Tracey Crouch
	uin	265485
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2019 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has regular discussions with Ministers across Government Departments about air pollution and how to reduce it. There remains a significant debate among experts about the efficacy of vegetation in reducing air pollution. Defra’s Air Quality Expert Group conclude that overall, vegetation and trees in particular are regarded as beneficial for the environment but they are not a solution to air quality problems in our cities and towns. The Government is giving priority to action on the multiple sources of pollutants, delivered through the Clean Air Strategy.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 20/06/2019 16:08:15 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch

1131641

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2019
	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	Solid Fuels: Heating
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the consultation on cleaner domestic burning of solid fuels and wood in England, if he will deposit in the Library copies of all reports and datasets his Department is aware of on non PM2.5 toxic pollutants released when burning (a) smokeless briquettes, (b) wet wood, (c) dried wood and (d) house coal on open domestic fires; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	263780
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2019 answer text <p>Any publicly available resources we have used to inform our analysis of the proposals in the consultation will be made available with the Government response.</p><p> </p><p>Various respondents to the consultation on cleaner domestic burning of solid fuels and wood sent in their own price analyses of fuels. These note that there are price differentials associated with volumes purchased, and seasonality as well as between differing locations across England. Research has been undertaken based on these responses along with further analysis of advertised retail prices to assess the effect of the proposals in the consultation.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 263781 question first answered 20/06/2019 10:17:38 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1131642

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2019
	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	Coal: Heating
	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 analysis his Department has conducted on the effect on solid fuel prices of house coal being banned; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	263781
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2019 answer text <p>Any publicly available resources we have used to inform our analysis of the proposals in the consultation will be made available with the Government response.</p><p> </p><p>Various respondents to the consultation on cleaner domestic burning of solid fuels and wood sent in their own price analyses of fuels. These note that there are price differentials associated with volumes purchased, and seasonality as well as between differing locations across England. Research has been undertaken based on these responses along with further analysis of advertised retail prices to assess the effect of the proposals in the consultation.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 263780 question first answered 20/06/2019 10:17:38 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1132043

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2019
	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	Birds: Conservation
	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 his Department is taking to protect offshore foraging areas for cliff nesting seabirds.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	264370
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to implementing the Food and Agriculture Organisation Plan of Action on Seabird Bycatch, and is working closely with the Joint Nature Conservation Committee and a wide group of stakeholders including environmental groups and the fishing industry to progress the UK’s own national Plan of Action. This will protect offshore foraging areas for cliff-nesting seabirds, by mitigating bycatch in places where they are most at risk. In addition, we have designated 47 Special Protection Areas in English waters for seabirds covering 13,000km<sup>2</sup> in our inshore waters that protect nesting sites and nearby foraging areas.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 20/06/2019 10:57:31 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1132425

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2019
	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	Eels: Smuggling
	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 additional steps he plans to take to tackle the illegal trade in eels and elvers.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	265415
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government takes the issue of illegal trade in eels very seriously and is keen to ensure that at all stages of development – glass eel, elver, or mature eel - they are appropriately protected.</p><p> </p><p>The glass eel fishery in England is highly regulated, and we remain confident we have a good traceability of the catch from the riverbank to the point of export. All known exports of catch from the UK glass eel fishery in recent years have been destined for the known legal market in the EU for restocking and aquaculture.</p><p> </p><p>Moreover, the UK continues to contribute to and support Operation Lake – Europol’s operation to tackle illegal eel trafficking across international borders. We work closely with our European and other international partners in a number of international fora, such as the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), to ensure we are taking strong and effective measures to deter any illegal trade.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 20/06/2019 09:49:39 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew