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1245593

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2020
	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	Animals: Exports
	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 estimate he has made of the number of additional veterinary professionals required to process animal health export certificates prior to consignment after the end of the transition period in the event that a deal is not reached with the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	106987
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2020 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr on 5 October 2020, PQ 96843.</p><p> </p><p>[https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-09-29/96843]</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 02/11/2020 16:23:08 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

782074

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2017
	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	Borders
	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 preparations he is making to ensure sanitary and phytosanitary checks take place at the UK border on the day the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	110739
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2017 answer text <p>The precise nature of our future relationship with the EU is still to be determined and is the subject of negotiation. The Government is working to secure a deal which achieves the freest possible trade in goods and services between the UK and the EU.</p><p><br> Discussion on the sanitary and phytosanitary conditions and related official controls that will be applicable to trade in animal and plant products will form part of these negotiations. Negotiations between the UK and the EU have so far been limited to the withdrawal arrangements. Like all Government departments, Defra is working on preparations for a range of scenarios to deliver a smooth departure from the EU.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 08/11/2017 11:46:42 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

782116

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2017
	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
	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 Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on Government support for the food and farming sectors after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	110741
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2017 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has had productive discussions with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy as we design a future agricultural policy to best support our farmers to grow more, sell more and export more great British food. I have also met with BEIS ministers to discuss these issues.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 08/11/2017 17:13:33 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

782928

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2017
	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	Britvic: Norwich
	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 he has received an HR1 form from Britvic Soft Drinks Ltd notifying him of the potential loss of jobs at the company's Norwich site.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	111066
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>Information provided to the Government under Section 193 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992, regarding proposed redundancies is commercially confidential. The purpose of this information is to provide those facing redundancy, with assistance such as training and job seeking advice. Any information provided through this process is not in the public domain. It is open to employers to take legal action for breach of confidence if such unauthorised disclosures were made. Therefore, we are unable to provide the information requested.</p><p> </p><p>Officials at Defra have been in contact with Britvic. The company is in the process of consulting on the proposals with elected employee representatives and, therefore, it would be inappropriate for the Government to comment at this time. We know that this is an uncertain time for Britvic workers affected by the news and we will be working with the company to ensure that employees receive appropriate support.</p><p>Britvic is part of our dynamic and world-class food and drink industry, which is our largest manufacturing sector. It is a private company, and, therefore, the Government is not involved in its decision-making process. DWP stands ready to support the company’s workforce in the event of potential job losses.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 111067 111068 question first answered 07/11/2017 17:39:14 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

782930

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2017
	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	Britvic: Norwich
	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 made with the management at Britvic Soft Drinks Ltd on potential job losses in Norwich.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	111067
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>Information provided to the Government under Section 193 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992, regarding proposed redundancies is commercially confidential. The purpose of this information is to provide those facing redundancy, with assistance such as training and job seeking advice. Any information provided through this process is not in the public domain. It is open to employers to take legal action for breach of confidence if such unauthorised disclosures were made. Therefore, we are unable to provide the information requested.</p><p> </p><p>Officials at Defra have been in contact with Britvic. The company is in the process of consulting on the proposals with elected employee representatives and, therefore, it would be inappropriate for the Government to comment at this time. We know that this is an uncertain time for Britvic workers affected by the news and we will be working with the company to ensure that employees receive appropriate support.</p><p>Britvic is part of our dynamic and world-class food and drink industry, which is our largest manufacturing sector. It is a private company, and, therefore, the Government is not involved in its decision-making process. DWP stands ready to support the company’s workforce in the event of potential job losses.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 111066 111068 question first answered 07/11/2017 17:39:14 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

782931

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2017
	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	Britvic: Norwich
	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 recent discussions he has had with Britvic Soft Drinks Ltd on financial support for its site in Norwich.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	111068
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>Information provided to the Government under Section 193 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992, regarding proposed redundancies is commercially confidential. The purpose of this information is to provide those facing redundancy, with assistance such as training and job seeking advice. Any information provided through this process is not in the public domain. It is open to employers to take legal action for breach of confidence if such unauthorised disclosures were made. Therefore, we are unable to provide the information requested.</p><p> </p><p>Officials at Defra have been in contact with Britvic. The company is in the process of consulting on the proposals with elected employee representatives and, therefore, it would be inappropriate for the Government to comment at this time. We know that this is an uncertain time for Britvic workers affected by the news and we will be working with the company to ensure that employees receive appropriate support.</p><p>Britvic is part of our dynamic and world-class food and drink industry, which is our largest manufacturing sector. It is a private company, and, therefore, the Government is not involved in its decision-making process. DWP stands ready to support the company’s workforce in the event of potential job losses.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 111066 111067 question first answered 07/11/2017 17:39:15 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1248958

	registered interest
	date	04/11/2020
	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	Chemicals: Regulation
	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 he will carry out an economic impact assessment on the UK not being subject to EU REACH chemical regulations after the end of the transition period.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	111494
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2020 answer text <p>At the end of the Transition Period the UK will have in place its own independent chemicals regulatory framework, UK REACH. UK REACH will retain the principles and fundamental approach of the EU REACH system, with its aims of ensuring a high level of protection of human health and the environment, as well as enhancing innovation and competitiveness.</p><p> </p><p>Businesses will incur costs as a result of the transition to an independent UK regime, and to maintain their access to EU markets. However, it is impossible for a single model, number or scenario to capture the complexity or represent the varying impacts that will be felt across different parts of the economy as a result</p><p><br> We will continue to support businesses through the transition through our range of transitional measures, and seek to minimise cost and burden on industry as far as possible.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 09/11/2020 17:44:57 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1248959

	registered interest
	date	04/11/2020
	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	Chemicals: Regulation
	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 adequacy of chemical regulation data from EU REACH after the end of the transition period.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	111495
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2020 answer text <p>UK REACH will adopt the same information requirements as are currently in place under EU REACH meaning there will be no difference in the nature of the available data under the respective regimes.</p><p> </p><p>To support businesses to meet the separate regulatory requirements of the UK and EU markets, we aim to agree data and information sharing mechanisms with the EU, in line with the relevant provisions set out in UK and EU regulation and existing third-country mechanisms. We continue to push for this, but the EU has so far rejected sectoral annexes.</p><p> </p><p>We have introduced a phased timescale for the submission of this data that should facilitate more complete and better-quality registration dossiers. This approach also mitigates against further risk to human health and the environment because information on the higher tonnage and higher risk chemicals is provided first, with lesser tonnage and lower risk chemicals following.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 09/11/2020 17:43:17 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

786891

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2017
	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	Britvic: Norwich
	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 representations he has received from (a) Britvic and (b) recognised trades unions at Britvic on potential job losses at the Norwich site.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	112430
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>Britvic is part of our dynamic and world-class food and drink industry and is investing £240 million in their manufacturing operations in the UK. Officials at Defra have been in contact with Britvic, who have indicated that the proposal to transfer production from their current Norwich site is to consolidate their manufacturing operations.</p><p> </p><p>Britvic is in the process of consulting on the proposals with elected employee representatives and, therefore, it would be inappropriate for the Government to comment at this time. We know that this is an uncertain time for Britvic workers affected by the news and we will be working with the company to ensure that employees receive appropriate support.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 112431 question first answered 20/11/2017 11:44:02 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

786892

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2017
	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	Britvic
	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 recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on operations at Britvic in (a) Norwich and (b) the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	112431
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>Britvic is part of our dynamic and world-class food and drink industry and is investing £240 million in their manufacturing operations in the UK. Officials at Defra have been in contact with Britvic, who have indicated that the proposal to transfer production from their current Norwich site is to consolidate their manufacturing operations.</p><p> </p><p>Britvic is in the process of consulting on the proposals with elected employee representatives and, therefore, it would be inappropriate for the Government to comment at this time. We know that this is an uncertain time for Britvic workers affected by the news and we will be working with the company to ensure that employees receive appropriate support.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 112430 question first answered 20/11/2017 11:44:02 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson