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1150137

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2019
	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	Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
	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 delaying the proposed introduction in 2020 of charges for Musical Instrument Certificates (MICs) where instruments contain Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)-listed materials.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	924
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>We are expecting to introduce a new fees and charges structure for Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) permitting in 2020. This new structure seeks to standardise and simplify the existing charging criteria, and bring CITES Musical Instrument Certificates (MICs) in-line with other permit costs. This will be based on a cost recovery model and supported by a full public consultation and impact assessment. The consultation will consider the timing of implementation as well as the fee structure.</p> answering member constituency Richmond Park answering member printed Zac Goldsmith question first answered 21/10/2019 15:12:41 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1150139

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2019
	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	Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
	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 plans to include transitional arrangements for CITES-listed materials in (a) any withdrawal agreement made with the EU and (b) in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	925
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>The UK Government has been working hard to ensure we maintain continuity and minimise disruption for those who trade and move CITES listed species after the UK leaves the EU.</p><p> </p><p>With regard to a withdrawal agreement, current CITES controls and procedures in place between the UK and EU27 will continue during the implementation period. The UK will inherit the current EU Wildlife Trade Regulations, which at present implement CITES across the EU, with necessary deficiencies corrected. On an ongoing basis we will consider amendments necessary to continue to meet our obligations under the Convention in a UK context.</p><p> </p><p>As a committed Party to CITES in its own right, the UK will continue to honour its international commitments under the Convention and implement the necessary controls accordingly.</p> answering member constituency Richmond Park answering member printed Zac Goldsmith question first answered 21/10/2019 14:51:39 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1149993

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2019
	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	Animal Products: Imports
	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 the 12 week public consultation on trophy hunting imports will commence.
	tabling member constituency	Chatham and Aylesford
	tabling member printed	Tracey Crouch
	uin	976
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2019 answer text <p>Last month we announced that we will be consulting on whether to further restrict the import and export of hunting trophies. We are acting quickly to respond to the public’s concerns and the consultation will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Richmond Park answering member printed Zac Goldsmith question first answered 25/10/2019 10:02:57 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
	tabling member	3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch

1150210

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2019
	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	Pigs: Animal Welfare
	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 had with (a) the National Farmers' Union and (b) other relevant bodies before publishing the updated Code of Practice for the welfare of pigs; for what reason that Code applies to England only; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
	tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
	uin	919
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>Defra held an open public consultation in 2018 on a draft code of practice for pigs. The National Farmers’ Union and a range of key stakeholders engaged in the consultation process. Defra convened a sub-group which included the National Pig Association, the Pig Veterinary Society, AHDB Pork and the RSPCA to develop and refine the draft code further, and also engaged further with Compassion in Word Farming (CIWF). The Farm Animal Welfare Committee (FAWC) approved the final version of the draft code. The code applies to England only as animal welfare is a devolved matter.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to work very closely with the pig sector and will ensure owners and keepers of farmed pigs, are fully aware of the updated statutory code when it comes into force.</p> answering member constituency Richmond Park answering member printed Zac Goldsmith question first answered 21/10/2019 14:33:20 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
	tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

1150083

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2019
	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	Peatlands: Controlled Burning
	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 bring forward legislative proposals to ban the burning of (a) blanket bog and (b) the peat soils that blanket bog depends on.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	1119
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2019 answer text <p>This is a devolved matter and the information provided therefore relates to England only.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to ceasing rotational burning on blanket bog on European sites. Natural England has been working with landowners/managers to enter into voluntary agreements to cease rotational burning, and surrender extant consents to burn. The Government will set out its further plans to restore and protect peat in the England Peat Strategy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 1121 question first answered 23/10/2019 15:16:53 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1150085

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2019
	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	Peatlands: North of England
	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 ensure compliance with the European Commission's infraction procedure relating to the EU Habitats Directive on the protection and management of blanket bogs in northern England Special Areas of Conservation.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	1121
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2019 answer text <p>This is a devolved matter and the information provided therefore relates to England only.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to ceasing rotational burning on blanket bog on European sites. Natural England has been working with landowners/managers to enter into voluntary agreements to cease rotational burning, and surrender extant consents to burn. The Government will set out its further plans to restore and protect peat in the England Peat Strategy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 1119 question first answered 23/10/2019 15:16:53 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1149860

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2019
	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	Packaging: Waste Disposal
	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 improve consumer education on using compostable packaging.
	tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
	tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
	uin	1000
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government recognises that innovation into biodegradable and compostable packaging could help reduce the environmental impacts of packaging if it is disposed of in the right way. However, currently this is often not the case. If biodegradable packaging is put in the domestic waste bin, for example, it is likely to end up in landfill and can break down to release powerful greenhouse gases, such as methane. If biodegradable plastic is mistakenly recycled with other plastics, it has the potential to damage the quality of the new products made from the recycled plastic.</p><p> </p><p>As a consequence of these concerns, the Government published a call for evidence in July 2019 to help consider the development of standards or certification criteria for all bio-based, biodegradable, and compostable plastics to better understand their effects on the environment and our current waste system. As we develop our proposals to reform the packaging producer responsibility system we will consider the role of composting, informed by the outputs of this work.</p><p> </p><p>Building on commitments in the Resources and Waste Strategy we launched a consultation earlier this year on reforming the packaging producer responsibility system, which proposed a mandatory UK-wide labelling system that provides clear information to help people to recycle. Defra officials are exploring how a mandatory labelling scheme can address consumer confusion about what to do with compostable packaging. We will take primary powers in the Environment Bill to enable us to implement a mandatory labelling scheme. The consultation closed on 13 May and the summary of responses and next steps can be found via the below link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/packaging-waste-changing-the-uk-producer-responsibility-system-for-packaging-waste" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/packaging-waste-changing-the-uk-producer-responsibility-system-for-packaging-waste</a></p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 1001 1002 question first answered 25/10/2019 10:22:11 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1149861

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2019
	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	Packaging: Waste Disposal
	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 it her policy to (a) introduce and (b) enforce of European standards for compostable packaging in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
	tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
	uin	1001
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government recognises that innovation into biodegradable and compostable packaging could help reduce the environmental impacts of packaging if it is disposed of in the right way. However, currently this is often not the case. If biodegradable packaging is put in the domestic waste bin, for example, it is likely to end up in landfill and can break down to release powerful greenhouse gases, such as methane. If biodegradable plastic is mistakenly recycled with other plastics, it has the potential to damage the quality of the new products made from the recycled plastic.</p><p> </p><p>As a consequence of these concerns, the Government published a call for evidence in July 2019 to help consider the development of standards or certification criteria for all bio-based, biodegradable, and compostable plastics to better understand their effects on the environment and our current waste system. As we develop our proposals to reform the packaging producer responsibility system we will consider the role of composting, informed by the outputs of this work.</p><p> </p><p>Building on commitments in the Resources and Waste Strategy we launched a consultation earlier this year on reforming the packaging producer responsibility system, which proposed a mandatory UK-wide labelling system that provides clear information to help people to recycle. Defra officials are exploring how a mandatory labelling scheme can address consumer confusion about what to do with compostable packaging. We will take primary powers in the Environment Bill to enable us to implement a mandatory labelling scheme. The consultation closed on 13 May and the summary of responses and next steps can be found via the below link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/packaging-waste-changing-the-uk-producer-responsibility-system-for-packaging-waste" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/packaging-waste-changing-the-uk-producer-responsibility-system-for-packaging-waste</a></p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 1000 1002 question first answered 25/10/2019 10:22:11 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1149862

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2019
	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	Packaging: Recycling
	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 plans she has to reform the producer responsibility system for packaging to make composting recognised as a form of recycling.
	tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
	tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
	uin	1002
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government recognises that innovation into biodegradable and compostable packaging could help reduce the environmental impacts of packaging if it is disposed of in the right way. However, currently this is often not the case. If biodegradable packaging is put in the domestic waste bin, for example, it is likely to end up in landfill and can break down to release powerful greenhouse gases, such as methane. If biodegradable plastic is mistakenly recycled with other plastics, it has the potential to damage the quality of the new products made from the recycled plastic.</p><p> </p><p>As a consequence of these concerns, the Government published a call for evidence in July 2019 to help consider the development of standards or certification criteria for all bio-based, biodegradable, and compostable plastics to better understand their effects on the environment and our current waste system. As we develop our proposals to reform the packaging producer responsibility system we will consider the role of composting, informed by the outputs of this work.</p><p> </p><p>Building on commitments in the Resources and Waste Strategy we launched a consultation earlier this year on reforming the packaging producer responsibility system, which proposed a mandatory UK-wide labelling system that provides clear information to help people to recycle. Defra officials are exploring how a mandatory labelling scheme can address consumer confusion about what to do with compostable packaging. We will take primary powers in the Environment Bill to enable us to implement a mandatory labelling scheme. The consultation closed on 13 May and the summary of responses and next steps can be found via the below link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/packaging-waste-changing-the-uk-producer-responsibility-system-for-packaging-waste" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/packaging-waste-changing-the-uk-producer-responsibility-system-for-packaging-waste</a></p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 1000 1001 question first answered 25/10/2019 10:22:12 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1149924

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2019
	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	Gun Sports: Lead
	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 representatives of field sports association on reducing the level of use of lead-shot through an increase in the use of steel-shot.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	1032
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2019 answer text <p>As far as we are aware, Defra Ministers have not had any recent discussions with field sport organisations on reducing the level of use of lead-shot through an increase in the use of steel-shot.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 23/10/2019 15:36:29 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon