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1125667

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2019
	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 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, whether the Government has plans to improve animal rights after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
	tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
	uin	252554
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>We will maintain and enhance our high animal welfare standards as we leave the EU.</p><p> </p><p>We recently laid legislation to ban travelling circuses from using wild animals and to tackle puppy farming by ending third party sales. We have made CCTV mandatory in slaughterhouses and are introducing one of the world’s toughest bans on ivory sales to protect elephants from poaching. Each of these measures goes further than EU rules require.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 14/05/2019 16:03:41 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps

601064

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2016
	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: 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, whether her Department plans to review regulations on food and drink packaging after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
	tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
	uin	48653
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2016 answer text <p>The Government is developing its 25 Year Environment Plan, part of which will consider our regulations for resources, waste and recycling.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 21/10/2016 13:16:52 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps

601067

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2016
	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
	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 her Department plans to change its policy on the use of genetically modified organisms in farming after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
	tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
	uin	48641
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2016 answer text <p>As part of the preparations for EU exit, the Government is considering possible future arrangements for the regulation of genetically modified organisms. The Government’s general view remains that policy and regulation in this area should be science-based and proportionate.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 21/10/2016 10:51:54 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps

606783

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2016
	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	Cattle: Hormone Treatments
	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 relax rules on the use of animal growth hormones in beef farming once the UK has left the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
	tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
	uin	49612
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2016 answer text <p>There are no plans to relax rules on the use of hormones for the purposes of growth promotion, following the UK’s exit from the EU.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 27/10/2016 13:11:42 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps

606863

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2016
	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	Meat Products: USA
	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 enter negotiations with her US counterpart to have the ban on British haggis imports to that country lifted once the UK has left the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
	tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
	uin	49613
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2016 answer text <p>We are working with the US authorities to ensure the restrictions on British lamb are lifted as soon as possible. The US has a longstanding ban on the use of animal lungs as food, but the Scottish haggis industry is working on a US-specific recipe to allow the industry access to the US market at the earliest opportunity.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 27/10/2016 13:14:04 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps

626154

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2016
	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: 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, what her policy is on importing genetically modified organisms after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
	tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
	uin	51106
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government will continue to follow a science-based policy on genetically modified organisms, including in relation to imports.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 04/11/2016 14:27:55 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps

648677

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2016
	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	Thames Tideway Tunnel
	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 her policy is on the protection of (a) consumers and (b) the public purse from financial risks in the event that construction of the Thames Tideway Tunnel is finished behind schedule.
	tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
	tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
	uin	55733
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government is providing Tideway, which has responsibility for financing and delivering the Tunnel, with a contingent financial support package for some low-probability but high-impact risks that might arise during construction. These are risks that the private sector is unable or unwilling to cover at an acceptable cost to customers.</p><p> </p><p>If called upon, the Government Support Package (GSP) may provide support in five different scenarios. The statement made to the House by my right hon. Friend, the member for North Shropshire (Owen Paterson) on 5 June 2014 (Official Record, Col. 11WS) gives fuller details of these scenarios. It is important to note that if these risks do not materialise, there will be no cost to the taxpayer. As part of the project’s regulatory and commercial arrangements, Tideway is strongly incentivised to deliver the Tunnel on time and to budget.</p><p> </p><p>The project has an agreed threshold (130% of the original budget) for cost overruns, whether from a delay or otherwise, which is financed by Tideway. The upper end of the current estimated customer bill impact range of £20-£25 per year during the construction phase reflects expenditure at that threshold (if that is reached). If the project is late, the incentives regime applies time-related regulatory adjustments that are borne by the investors.</p><p> </p><p>If the cost threshold is reached then Tideway can apply to Ofwat for an increase in approved expenditure (and therefore customer charges), which Ofwat will determine (but may not necessarily agree) taking into account the estimated cost to complete the project, appropriate incentives, and the cost of the required additional capital based on market conditions at the time. Tideway may also make a call on the GSP for Government equity financing to enable the project to be completed, at which time the Government would become an investor in the project and would have increased rights of oversight until completion of the Tunnel. This would ensure that taxpayers’ interests continue to be protected.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 06/12/2016 12:01:02 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps

705589

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2017
	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	Crops: EU Action
	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 seek to delay the EU's proposed three-crop diversification scheme's implementation.
	tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
	tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
	uin	65794
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2017 answer text <p>The Common Agricultural Policy’s Greening requirements, which include the crop diversification rule, were implemented in 2015.</p><p> </p><p>As we prepare to leave the EU, we are looking at removing the rules that are unnecessarily burdensome, focusing instead on what works best for the UK. We want to free our farmers to grow more, sell more and export more British food, whilst upholding our high standards for the environment and animal health and welfare.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 65795 question first answered 06/03/2017 15:34:20 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps

705590

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2017
	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	Crops: EU Action
	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 an assessment of the effect that the EU's proposed three-crop diversification scheme will have on the UK's farming economy.
	tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
	tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
	uin	65795
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2017 answer text <p>The Common Agricultural Policy’s Greening requirements, which include the crop diversification rule, were implemented in 2015.</p><p> </p><p>As we prepare to leave the EU, we are looking at removing the rules that are unnecessarily burdensome, focusing instead on what works best for the UK. We want to free our farmers to grow more, sell more and export more British food, whilst upholding our high standards for the environment and animal health and welfare.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 65794 question first answered 06/03/2017 15:34:20 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps

714508

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2017
	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	Food: 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, whether she plans to repeal EU legislation on the size, shape and appearance of fruit and vegetables for sale in the UK after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
	tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
	uin	69525
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2017 answer text <p>As we prepare to leave the EU, we are looking at removing rules that are unnecessarily burdensome, focusing instead on what works best for the UK. We want to free our farmers to grow more, sell more and export more British food, whilst upholding our high standards for the environment. No decisions have been taken in relation to individual pieces of legislation, including EU Marketing Standards for fresh fruit and vegetables. We will consult widely with all those affected before making any changes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 03/04/2017 13:35:55 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps