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943132

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2018
	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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Former Members
	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 former hon. Members hold (a) paid and (b) unpaid roles within his Department as of 17 July 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	164948
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>We do not hold a central record in the core Department of all employees, either paid or unpaid, who have previously been Members of Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 23/07/2018 15:21:07 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

723851

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2017
	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	Dogs: Sales
	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 International Fund for Animal Welfare's proposals of February 2017 to (a) ban sales of puppies through third party intermediaries, (b) ensure all dog purchases are traceable through a robust licensing system and (c) place greater legal restrictions on online puppy sales.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	71815
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p /><p>The Government set out its position on these and other recommendations in its response, which was published in February, to the review by the Parliamentary Select Committee on Environment, Food &amp; Rural Affairs, entitled <em>Animal Welfare in England: Domestic Pets. </em></p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 27/04/2017 06:57:08 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

642239

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2016
	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	Animals: Advertising
	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 inappropriate advertisements for animals were removed from websites as a result of work with the Pet Advertising Advisory Group and other bodies in each year since 2009-10.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	54164
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2016 answer text <p>Defra does not keep records of the number of inappropriate advertisements for pet animals removed from websites. In 2014 the Pet Advertising Advisory Group ran a pilot exercise covering the UK over 12 months which resulted in around 130,000 inappropriate adverts being removed from websites.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 29/11/2016 15:11:42 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

605895

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2016
	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	Common Agricultural Policy and Common Fisheries Policy
	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 it is her policy to negotiate to participate in the (a) Common Agricultural Policy and (b) Common Fisheries Policy after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	49339
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2016 answer text <p>Exit from the EU presents us with a unique opportunity to review the way we manage our farming and fisheries sectors and design a set of policies tailored to the needs of the UK. These sectors are immensely valuable and supporting them will form an important part of our exit from the EU. The Secretary of State, and her ministerial team and cross-Whitehall colleagues, are therefore working with industry, rural and coastal communities, and the wider public to shape our plans for farming and fisheries outside the EU.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 25/10/2016 14:50:42 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

576974

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2016
	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	Agriculture: Subsidies
	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 devolution of the policy and administration of agricultural subsidies to the devolved administrations once the UK exits the Common Agricultural Policy.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	45268
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2016 answer text <p>Across the UK, agriculture will receive the same level of funding that it would have received under the Common Agricultural Policy until at least the end of the Multi-Annual Financial Framework in 2020, even if the UK leaves the EU before this point.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government will be working closely with the devolved administrations as we work on future agriculture policy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 14/09/2016 11:47:48 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

541165

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2016
	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	Fish: 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, what her policy is on future collaboration with the EU on fish stock management; and what discussions she has had to date with the European Commission on that matter.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	43538
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2016 answer text <p>Exit from the EU presents us with an opportunity under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea to improve the way in which waters within the UK’s Exclusive Economic Zone are managed. Defra officials will be working with the new Department for Exiting the European Union, Devolved Administrations and stakeholders to develop proposals that will allow the UK to best take advantage of this opportunity.</p><p> </p><p>No formal discussions have taken place with the European Commission at this stage.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 06/09/2016 13:54:26 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

541280

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2016
	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	Agriculture: Subsidies
	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 plans to devolve agricultural subsidies to the devolved administrations once Britain exits the Common Agricultural Policy.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	43705
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2016 answer text <p>Across the UK, agriculture will receive the same level of funding that it would have received under the Common Agricultural Policy until at least the end of the Multi-Annual Financial Framework in 2020, even if the UK leaves the EU before this point.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government will be working closely with the devolved administrations as we work on future agriculture policy.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 09/09/2016 08:59:41 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

541291

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2016
	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	Poultry: 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, if she will make it her policy to ensure the UK maintains the requirements of Council Directive 1999/74/EC on battery hens.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	43718
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2016 answer text <p>The EU-wide ban on keeping hens in ‘battery’ (conventional) cages in 2012 represented a significant welfare advance across the EU was supported by the UK and has been implemented in full. The Government has a manifesto commitment to protect farm animal welfare and to push for high animal welfare standards to be incorporated into farming policy.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 08/09/2016 11:54:03 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

540027

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2016
	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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Brexit
	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 steps she has taken to ensure that the (a) devolved administrations, (b) local government and (c) regional bodies are represented in negotiations to exit the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	43448
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2016 answer text <p>Until we leave the EU, current arrangements for farming, fisheries, food and drink, rural affairs and our environment remain in place.</p><p> </p><p>We are now preparing to negotiate our exit. Defra officials will be working with the new Department for Exiting the European Union to look at future arrangements. The Government will work very closely with the Devolved Administrations, local government and regional bodies on this approach.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 26/07/2016 10:10:48 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

443719

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2016
	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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Information Officers
	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 press and public relations staff are employed by her Department; how many of those employees are paid more than (a) £50,000 and (b) £100,000; and what the total expenditure was on press and public relations by her Department in the most recent year for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	21967
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2016 answer text <p>Defra is in the midst of a transformation programme which is yielding significant reductions in communication staff.Defra currently employs 41 full time staff to deliver press and public relations. Nine staff are paid over £50,000 per annum. No staff are paid over £100,000 per annum.</p><br /><p>Our controls on communication spending have saved over £1million in 2015/16. The total committed expenditure for Defra’s press and public relations programme for 2015/16 is £46,761.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 14/01/2016 14:52:18 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson