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1311775

registered interest
date	23/04/2021
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: Seasonal Workers
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 he has made of the effect of the Pick for Britain campaign on the agriculture sector.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	186253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>The 'Pick for Britain' campaign was launched in April 2020 in response to the emerging risks that the COVID-19 pandemic posed to the UK's food supply chain. It was a joint initiative between Defra and industry stakeholders, aimed at promoting picking roles to British workers, particularly those unemployed or on furlough.</p><p> </p><p>This campaign, alongside other measures introduced by Defra, helped to ensure that British growers had access to the labour they needed last year. The harvest was brought home without issue in extraordinary circumstances, and with unprecedented interest from UK workers. We know the 'Pick for Britain' website was central to this uptake in interest - it received around 2 million unique page views following its launch, and recruiters featured on the site received significant numbers of enquiries about roles as a result. We are not able to share specific information about jobs, vacancies or recruitment, as this information is commercially sensitive and not held by Defra.</p><p> </p><p>Defra has collected feedback and lessons from stakeholders and partners to the 'Pick for Britain' campaign, and will use this to inform future work to promote domestic recruitment across the horticulture sectors.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 29/04/2021 12:06:33 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1311618

registered interest
date	22/04/2021
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: Seasonal Workers
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 much (a) funding and (b) other resources he allocated to the Pick for Britain campaign.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	186032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2021 answer text <p>Last year’s ‘Pick for Britain’ campaign was launched in April 2020 in response to the emerging risks that the COVID-19 pandemic posed to the UK’s food supply chain. It was a joint initiative between Defra and industry stakeholders, aimed at promoting horticultural picking roles to British workers, particularly those unemployed or on furlough.</p><p> </p><p>Defra secured co-investment from our industry project partners to deliver the campaign. This ensured that the wide-reaching campaign had a relatively small cost for the Government. Approximately £29,800 was spent by Defra on the ‘Pick for Britain’ campaign in 2020.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 27/04/2021 12:08:39 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1310965

registered interest
date	21/04/2021
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	Territorial Waters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which coastal waters have been re-designated as Class A waters from Class B waters.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	185474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has recently undertaken a review of <em>E.coli</em> testing data for Class B shellfish harvesting areas in England and Wales, which identified eleven new areas that meet the requirements for seasonal Class A classification for at least five months of the year. This includes shellfish waters in Kent, Essex, Dorset, Cornwall and Northumberland. Further details of the locations of these waters can be found on the FSA’s website at:</p><p><a href="https://www.food.gov.uk/sites/default/files/media/document/classification-list-1-april-2021_0.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.food.gov.uk/sites/default/files/media/document/classification-list-1-april-2021_0.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 29/04/2021 15:27:46 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1310966

registered interest
date	21/04/2021
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	Territorial Waters
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 the reclassification of coastal waters as Class A waters from Class B waters was explicitly requested by Government Ministers or reclassified as a result of a routine review.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	185475
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>Defra has worked at pace with the Food Standards Agency (FSA) over the past few months to explore the potential for re-classification of harvesting areas on a seasonal basis where supported by the testing data, to enable more businesses to export live bivalve molluscs to the EU from Class A waters. Existing procedures allow local authorities and harvesters to request a review of shellfish waters. The FSA has additionally revised its procedures so that it will proactively consider seasonal classifications. The outcome of this review was reflected in the classifications listing published on 31 March 2021 on the FSA’s website at:</p><p><a href="https://www.food.gov.uk/sites/default/files/media/document/classification-list-1-april-2021_0.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.food.gov.uk/sites/default/files/media/document/classification-list-1-april-2021_0.pdf</a>.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 29/04/2021 11:50:28 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1310521

registered interest
date	20/04/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Type 26 Frigates: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the change to the timescale for the Type 26 construction programme of gearbox delays.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	184544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2021 answer text <p>The Type 26 construction programme is sufficiently flexible to accommodate changes to the delivery of equipment without unduly impacting the in-service dates of the ships.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 28/04/2021 10:52:49 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1310150

registered interest
date	19/04/2021
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	Seals: 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, pursuant to the Answer of 15 April 2021 to Question 179538 on Seals, what (a) funding and (b) other Government resources have been allocated to the Give Seals Space campaign.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	183283
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2021 answer text <p>The Seal Alliance received a grant of £75,700 from Defra’s £40m <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/governments-40-million-green-recovery-challenge-fund-opens-for-applications" target="_blank">Green Recovery Challenge Fund</a> which has been used to support the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/public-urged-to-give-seals-space" target="_blank">Give Seals Space</a>’ campaign.</p><p> </p><p>Government officials have also been working with the Seal Alliance to help increase the reach of this government-backed campaign to ensure the impact of human disturbance on these vulnerable marine mammals is minimised.</p><p> </p><p>Further information on the campaign can be found on the <a href="https://www.sealalliance.org/downloads" target="_blank">Seal Alliance website</a>.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 22/04/2021 14:52:59 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1309469

registered interest
date	15/04/2021
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: Business Interests
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 and what proportion of officials employed by his Department receive remuneration as a result of working for an organisation or company outside of government.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	181426
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>On 23 April, the Cabinet Secretary wrote to the Chair of the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee on the management of outside interests in the Civil Service.</p><p> </p><p>The Committee published this letter on 26 April. It can be found here: <a href="https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/5623/documents/55584/default/" target="_blank">https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/5623/documents/55584/default/</a></p><p> </p><p>The Cabinet Secretary’s letter sets out a series of steps to improve processes. This programme of work will also take account of any recommendations that emerge from Nigel Boardman’s review.</p><p> </p><p>The Civil Service Management Code sets out, at paragraph 4.3.4, the requirement that civil servants must seek permission before accepting any outside employment which might affect their work either directly or indirectly. The applicable principles are those set out in the Business Appointment Rules. The Civil Service Management Code is published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-servants-terms-and-conditions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-servants-terms-and-conditions</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Where the civil servant is a member of the departmental board, any outside employment as well as other relevant interests will be published as part of the Annual Report and Accounts or other transparency publication.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 29/04/2021 11:56:06 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1308930

registered interest
date	14/04/2021
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	Emergency Services Network: Rural Areas
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 Health and Social Care on the effect on ambulance, flood and other emergency response times of the time taken to roll out the Emergency Services Network in rural areas with poor 4G coverage.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	181109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2021 answer text <p>The emergency services currently use the Airwave system which is not run on 4G. This will eventually be replaced by the Emergency Services Network when it is safe to do so. The Home Office is responsible for roll-out of the Emergency Services Network.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 181110 question first answered 23/04/2021 13:41:47 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1308931

registered interest
date	14/04/2021
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	Emergency Services Network: Rural Areas
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 Home Affairs on the effect on ambulance, flood and other emergency service response times in rural areas with inadequate 4G coverage of delays to the roll out of the Emergency Services Network.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	181110
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2021 answer text <p>The emergency services currently use the Airwave system which is not run on 4G. This will eventually be replaced by the Emergency Services Network when it is safe to do so. The Home Office is responsible for roll-out of the Emergency Services Network.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 181109 question first answered 23/04/2021 13:41:47 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1308932

registered interest
date	14/04/2021
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	Horses: 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 assessment he has made of the risks posed by stray horses.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	181111
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2021 answer text <p>Under the Animal Welfare Act 2006, animal owners and keepers are under a legal duty of care for the animals for which they are responsible on a permanent or temporary basis. It is an offence to cause any animal unnecessary suffering or to fail to provide for its welfare. The 2006 Act is backed up by the Code of Practice for the Welfare of Horses, Ponies, Donkeys and Their Hybrids which provides owners with information on how to meet the welfare needs of their equines, as required by the 2006 Act. That includes ensuring the animal has a suitable environment to live in and is protected from pain, suffering, injury and disease.</p><p> </p><p>The Control of Horses Act 2015 introduced more flexible options for the management of fly-grazing, straying or abandoned horses which present numerous difficulties for landowners, the public and the horses themselves. The 2015 Act allows landowners and occupiers to seize and, if necessary, remove horses unlawfully left on their land and take them immediately to a place of safety. In all cases, the person seizing the horse must notify the local police force within 24 hours of doing so, and if the horses' owners can be identified, the person must also notify them. If no owner can be identified within four working days, landowners, occupiers and local authorities may then decide what to do with the horses, including rehoming, either privately or via charities, or offering them for sale.</p><p> </p><p>The Government considers that the relevant legislation and guidance in place provides the right safeguards and powers in respect of protecting equine welfare and addressing the issue of straying horses. We remain committed to working with enforcement agencies and other interested parties to ensure issues of horse abandonments or neglect are effectively addressed.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis grouped question UIN 181112 question first answered 23/04/2021 13:08:12 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard