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1627243

	registered interest
	date	12/05/2023
	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: Animal Housing
	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 provide funding to farmers to transition to cage-free farming systems in 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	184810
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2023 answer text <p>We are providing a range of financial incentives for improving animal health and welfare to farmers through the new Animal Health and Welfare Pathway. These incentives focus on published health and welfare priorities for each sector and will include support for farmers wishing to transition away from the use of enriched ‘colony’ cages for laying hens and farrowing crates for pigs.</p><p> </p><p>Specifically, we are exploring options for large infrastructure grants, building on the animal health and welfare grants already available towards the cost of equipment and technology which offer improvements in the health and welfare of livestock.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 17/05/2023 14:12:37 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1627240

	registered interest
	date	12/05/2023
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Batteries: Recycling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, steps her Department is taking to increase investment in the domestic battery recycling industry.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	184807
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2023 answer text <p>The Critical Minerals Refresh published in March, sets out our approach to delivering on the Critical Minerals Strategy, and confirms our participation in the Minerals Security Partnership. Working with international partners, this aims to spur investment in supply chains across four pillars, including recycling and reuse, and will support our work to accelerate a circular economy of critical minerals in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also funding record investment in battery innovation and commercialisation, including in recycling. The £541m Faraday Battery Challenge is supporting projects such as REBLEND, which is developing commercial processes to directly recover valuable cathode active materials (CAM) for reuse in automotive batteries. The project is led by Ecoshred, with University of Leicester, University of Birmingham, Minviro, Iconichem Widnes, Watercycle Technologies, Ecolamp Recycling, and Cornish Lithium.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 17/05/2023 10:55:25 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1627239

	registered interest
	date	12/05/2023
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps her Department is taking to support electric vehicle manufacturing.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	184806
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/05/2023 answer text <p>The Automotive Transformation Fund (ATF) aims to support the creation of an internationally competitive electric vehicle supply chain in the UK. The Government continues to work with industry via the ATF to unlock strategic investments in gigafactories, motors and drives, power electronics, and fuel cell systems.</p><p> </p><p>In the coming months, after engagement with industry, the Government will build on the ATF and the long-term Advanced Propulsion Centre R&amp;D programme to take decisive action to ensure future investment in the manufacturing of zero emission vehicles.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 31/05/2023 11:46:47 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1627241

	registered interest
	date	12/05/2023
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Minerals: Industry
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the report by the British Geological Society entitled Potential for Critical Raw Material Prospectivity in the UK, published on 17 April 2023, what steps her Department is taking to develop a domestic critical minerals industry.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	184808
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2023 answer text <p>The report <em>“Potential for Critical Raw Material Prospectivity in the UK” </em>delivers on the commitment in the Government’s Critical Minerals Strategy to collate geoscientific data and identify target areas of potential for critical minerals within the UK. We are working with the British Geological Survey to understand next steps.</p><p>Through the Critical Minerals Strategy we are working to accelerate the UK’s domestic capabilities along the whole critical minerals value chain. Our support for businesses like Cornish Lithium and Green Lithium shows our determination to put the Strategy into action. We have also established the new Task &amp; Finish Group on Industry Resilience for Critical Minerals which will investigate the critical mineral dependencies and vulnerabilities faced by UK Industry and help it to mitigate risks.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 24/05/2023 13:45:55 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1627242

	registered interest
	date	12/05/2023
	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 Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 28 March 2023 to Question 173051, what steps her Department have taken to examine the use of cages for laying hens.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	184809
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2023 answer text <p>We are providing a range of financial incentives for improving animal health and welfare to farmers through the new Animal Health and Welfare Pathway. These incentives focus on published health and welfare priorities for each sector and will include support for farmers wishing to transition away from the use of enriched ‘colony’ cages for laying hens.</p><p> </p><p>Specifically, we are exploring options for large infrastructure grants, building on the animal health and welfare grants already available towards the cost of equipment and technology which offer improvements in the health and welfare of livestock.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 17/05/2023 14:16:17 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1627244

	registered interest
	date	12/05/2023
	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 Housing
	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 implications for her policies of undercover investigation footage from Carr Farm in East Yorkshire published by the Daily Mail newspaper on 14 April 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	184811
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2023 answer text <p>All livestock are protected by comprehensive and robust animal health and welfare legislation: the Animal Welfare Act 2006 makes it an offence either to cause any captive animal unnecessary suffering or to fail to provide for the welfare needs of the animal; and The Welfare of Farmed Animals (England) Regulations 2007 set down detailed requirements on how farmed livestock should be kept. Breaches of animal welfare legislation are taken very seriously and every allegation that is reported to us is investigated.</p><p> </p><p>Appropriate action is taken where welfare regulations are breached. It is imperative that any suspicion of animal cruelty is alerted to the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) in the first instance, so that timely investigations can take place and the welfare of animals can be safeguarded.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 17/05/2023 14:19:50 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1627245

	registered interest
	date	12/05/2023
	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 Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20 April 2023 to Question 179978 on Poultry: Animal Housing, if she will make an estimate of the costs to industry of a ban on the use of cages for laying hens.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	184812
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2023 answer text <p>There are no current plans to estimate the cost to industry of a ban on the use of cages for laying hens.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 17/05/2023 14:09:27 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith