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1131821

	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	Food: 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, with reference to the National Audit Office report Ensuring food safety and standards published 12 June 2019, what steps is he taking to bring forward new regulations on imported products in preparation for the UK leaving the EU on 31st October 2019; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
	tabling member printed	Angela Smith
	uin	263779
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>The Food Standards Agency has welcomed the NAO report ‘Ensuring food safety and standards’. The FSA is already taking steps to address the proposals and is committed to working closely with other parts of government to ensure that a high level of food safety standards is maintained.</p><p> </p><p>When we leave the European Union, we will maintain our current standards. We will keep our existing UK legislation, and the EU Withdrawal Act will convert EU law into UK law as it applies at the moment of departure.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to maintaining our rigorous standards on animal welfare and food safety after the UK’s withdrawal from the EU - high standards and high quality are what our domestic and global customers demand, and that is what we will provide.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 19/06/2019 15:11:19 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

1109521

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2019
	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	Horses: 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 checks will be carried out on the documentation required by equines entering the UK once the UK has left the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
	tabling member printed	Angela Smith
	uin	240536
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2019 answer text <p>No new animal health checks at the point of entry will be introduced as a result of the UK leaving the EU. Equines entering the UK from the EU will be required to pre-notify APHA (or DAERA in Northern Ireland) if they are travelling using a UK Health Certificate or from France using a commercial document (UK DOCOM). The UK Health Certificate is a replacement for the existing Intra Trade Animal Health Certificate used for EU trade. The UK DOCOM is a replacement for this existing DOCOM used for the movement of high health status horses from France to the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Equines entering the UK directly from the EU will not be required to do so via a border inspection post. Risk based checks will continue to be undertaken at the point of destination on these equines. Equines entering the UK from third countries will follow the same processes as they do now, with checks undertaken at an approved UK BIP.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 12/04/2019 13:32:14 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

1109522

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2019
	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	Horses: 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, whether the Import of Products, Animals, Food and Feed System will enable horses to be traced post import.
	tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
	tabling member printed	Angela Smith
	uin	240537
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2019 answer text <p>The Import of Products, Animals, Food and Feed System has been designed, for a scenario where the UK no longer has access to the Trade Control and Expert System (TRACES), to enable notifications of imports coming into this country, so that appropriate border controls can be carried out and recorded. The notifications reveal the origin of the consignments just as TRACES does now and so can be used to trace a consignment back to its country of origin. It does not itself provide for traceability of movements afterwards, however, once in the UK, horses and other equines must be identified in accordance with UK law and recorded on the UK Central Equine Database (CED). This records the identification details of the equine, including the name and address of the owner. An exception is made for equines from other EU Member States that are only in the UK for a short stay for specific purposes such as competition, racing or breeding, on the basis that they are already fully identified in accordance with EU law. This will include a record having been made in the CED of their Member State of origin.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 16/04/2019 15:26:12 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

1092071

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2019
	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	Horses: Transport
	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 (a) trends in the level of non-compliant movement of equines with (i) fraudulent and (ii) non-existent documentation and (b) the potential effect on biosecurity and animal welfare of conducting spot checks on equines entering at ports after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
	tabling member printed	Angela Smith
	uin	234700
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>The Animal and Plant Health Agency does not hold the information requested because fraudulent or non-compliant movements are not recordable on the TRACES system. It also does not record, in most cases, the ports of departure or entry for equines moving to or from the EU. The information requested is best covered by the local authority and the Intelligence and Regulation Hub.</p><p> </p><p>However, horses with fraudulent or non-existent documentation that are illegally moved would be covered by equine identification legislation in England. The local authorities have a statutory duty to enforce the regulations. Also, there is statutory duty on local authorities to deliver an annual prosecutions return under the Animal Health Act 1981. This information is collated and presented to Parliament at the end of March by APHA and subsequently published (on GOV.UK). This return provides details of expenditure incurred and prosecutions taken under the Act and incidences of disease in imported animals, which details successful prosecutions undertaken by local authorities in England.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 28/03/2019 16:49:03 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

1090956

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2019
	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	Horses: 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, whether the Import of Products, Animals, Food and Feed System will enable horses to be traced post-import and check-tested.
	tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
	tabling member printed	Angela Smith
	uin	233513
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2019 answer text <p>If we leave the EU without a deal, horse movements into the UK from countries outside the EU will have to be notified before arrival in the UK using the Import of Products, Animals, Food and Feed System (IPAFFS). Those horses will need to enter the UK via an appropriate Border Inspection Post in the UK for checks.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notifications before arrival will also be required for horses coming into the UK from the EU, with the exception of horses travelling from the Republic of Ireland which will be exempt.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For an initial period, these notifications for horses travelling from the EU will not be raised through IPAFFS. The importer should download and complete a notification form from <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/eu-import-of-animals-and-products-food-feed-notify-authorities" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/eu-import-of-animals-and-products-food-feed-notify-authorities</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This form should then be sent to the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) for all imports coming into England, Wales and Scotland, or to the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) for movements into Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Those authorities will issue a unique notification number, which is required to complete the health certificate that must accompany consignments. Health certificates are available here: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/eu-import-health-certificates" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/eu-import-health-certificates</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>APHA and DAERA will, after the arrival of the horses in the UK, carry out risk-based checks at the final point of destination as they do now.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>From autumn 2019, notifications will be made using IPAFFS.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Detailed guidance for importers is available at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/guidance/importing-animals-animal-products-and-high-risk-food-and-feed-not-of-animal-origin-after-eu-exit" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/guidance/importing-animals-animal-products-and-high-risk-food-and-feed-not-of-animal-origin-after-eu-exit</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 27/03/2019 17:32:26 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

1000304

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2018
	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	Game
	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 his Department has made of the effect on game meat producers of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
	tabling member printed	Angela Smith
	uin	187353
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government aims to secure a deep and comprehensive free trade deal with the EU that continues to provide for frictionless, tariff-free trade, supporting the continued success of our agricultural sectors. Our departure from the EU also provides an opportunity for the UK to have an independent trade policy and a new agriculture policy which enables game producers and other sectors to improve their productivity and competitiveness outside of the EU, while also improving our environment. We remain confident in the resilience of our agricultural sectors and their ability to thrive outside of the EU.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 12/11/2018 15:42:26 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith