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1141970

	registered interest
	date	25/07/2019
	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	If he will bring forward legislative proposals to recognise animal sentience.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	912198
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2019 answer text <p>There has never been any question that this Government’s policies on animal welfare are driven by the fact that animals are sentient beings. However, the Government has been very clear that we will make any necessary changes required to UK law in a rigorous and comprehensive way to ensure animal sentience is recognised after we leave the EU.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 25/07/2019 15:44:16 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

100164

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2014
	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	Pay
	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 staff employed by contractors working for her Department are paid below the Living Wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation; and if she will estimate the cost to the public purse of ensuring that all staff employed by contractors working for her Department are paid that wage.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mrs Mary Glindon
	uin	211260
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>There are 2 major contracts arranged by the core Department which employ some people who earn less than the Living Wage or London Living Wage. Outside London, 179 people are employed on these contracts and earn less than the Living Wage. In London, 28 people are employed on these contracts and earn less than the London Living Wage, although 4 of those earn more than the national Living Wage.</p><p> </p><p>We do not currently have an accurate cost estimate for ensuring that all these staff are paid the living wage rates for the UK and London.</p><p> </p><p>It would incur disproportionate cost to examine all our smaller contracts.</p><p> </p><p>There are currently 9 temporary staff from employment agencies who are paid less than the UK Living Wage and employed outside London, and none in London paid less than the London Living Wage. These numbers can change at any time.</p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson grouped question UIN 211261 question first answered 03/11/2014 15:11:41 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

169493

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2014
	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	Ministers' Private Offices
	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 staff in ministerial offices in her Department were appointed from (a) the Civil Service and (b) other bodies (i) between May 2005 and May 2010 and (ii) since May 2010.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mrs Mary Glindon
	uin	218181
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not available as staff working in ministerial offices are not separately identifiable on Defra’s HR IT system across the periods of time covered by the question.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 15/12/2014 16:37:40 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1193132

	registered interest
	date	05/05/2020
	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	Forestry England: Coronavirus
	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 emergency funding he plans to allocate to Forestry England to enable that organisation to continue (a) operating and (b) paying staff (i) during and (ii) after lockdown.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	43644
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2020 answer text <p>Defra and the Forestry Commission are discussing options to manage financial impacts arising from COVID-19. With reduced income from timber and visitors, Forestry England (FE) has made use of the Government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to reduce costs, protect jobs and retain staff. FE continues to manage and care for the nation’s forests, adapting working practices in line with public health guidelines.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 43645 43646 question first answered 11/05/2020 16:41:02 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

709666

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2017
	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	Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control
	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 her Department has spent on administering badger control measures in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	67288
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2017 answer text <p>In August 2016 the Government published its badger control costs for 2013 -2015. These can be found on the GOV.UK website under Bovine TB Government badger control costs 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The costs for the 2016 badger control operations are still to be finalised and will be published later this year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 14/03/2017 14:19:48 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

169485

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2014
	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	Rivers: North Tyneside
	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 take steps to expedite the licence application made by North Tyneside Council to the Marine Management Organisation to enable repair work to the quay walls and the dredging of the riverside berth.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mrs Mary Glindon
	uin	218035
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>I understand that this is an important local issue, and that the Marine Management Organisation has recently met with the Council and agreed on the next steps to be taken by the Council and by the MMO.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 15/12/2014 17:25:36 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1302540

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2021
	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	Plastics: Packaging
	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 potential merits for reducing single-use plastics by allowing larger e-liquid bottles for e-cigarettes.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	168922
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2021 answer text <p>The Government has made no specific assessment of the potential merits for reducing single-use plastics by allowing larger e-liquid bottles for e-cigarettes.</p><p>Regardless of size, e-liquid bottles can and should be recyclable. The Government's landmark Resources and Waste Strategy sets out our plans to eliminate avoidable plastic waste over the lifetime of the 25 Year Plan and drive up recycling rates. We will also be introducing a new world-leading tax on plastic packaging which will apply to businesses producing or importing plastic packaging which doesn't meet a minimum threshold of at least 30% recycled content, subject to further consultation, from April 2022. Together with the government's reform of the Packaging Producer Responsibility system, this will transform the economic incentives of producers by encouraging more use of recycled plastic and driving up recycling rates.</p><p>The Department of Health and Social Care is undertaking a post implementation review of the Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016 that provides the regulatory framework for e-cigarettes. This includes a public consultation, which closed on the 19 March, which allowed the opportunity for people to share their opinions on the regulations. The Government will publish its response later this year.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 23/03/2021 11:24:48 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

709667

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2017
	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	Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control
	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 relative effectiveness of cage trapping and controlled shooting in controlling badger populations.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	67289
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2017 answer text <p>No direct comparison between the effectiveness of cage trapping and controlled shooting has been made. A combination of cage trapping and controlled shooting is the most efficient approach to obtain the required 70% population reduction to ensure disease control benefits.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The numbers of badgers removed by cage trapping and controlled shooting in the cull areas in 2016 was published in December 2016.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 14/03/2017 14:25:37 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

670209

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2017
	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	Agriculture: Migrant 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 discussions her Department has had with the Home Office on the employment of migrant workers by UK farmers after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	59026
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2017 answer text <p>Defra is very aware that migrant workers from other EU countries will be one of the complex issues that will have to be resolved as part of our exit negotiation and future relationship with the EU.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently working with colleagues across government to understand the issues and explore options.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 12/01/2017 11:45:19 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

674248

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2017
	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	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 discussions she has had with each of the devolved institutions on immigration rules for seasonal agricultural workers after the UK has left the EU.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	60265
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2017 answer text <p>Defra is very aware that seasonal workers from other EU countries will be one of the complex issues that will have to be resolved as part of our exit negotiation and future relationship with the EU.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently working with colleagues across government to understand the issues and explore options.</p><p> </p><p>Defra is also working closely with the devolved administrations to establish their views and priorities to get the best possible outcome for all parts of the United Kingdom as we leave the EU.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 20/01/2017 11:56:08 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon