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785118

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2017
	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	Animal Breeding: Licensing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department plans to publish draft regulations on single animal establishment licences.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	111822
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>We intend to lay draft regulations on animal activity licensing schemes before Parliament early next year. Since the end of the public consultation last year and the publication of the Next Steps document setting out the way forward in February 2017, Defra has been working closely with key sectors and stakeholders to refine the regulations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 16/11/2017 16:17:34 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

914819

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2018
	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	Draft Animal Welfare (Sentencing and Recognition of Sentience) Bill
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department plans to publish its response to the Draft Animal Welfare (Sentencing and Recognition of Sentience) Bill 2017 Consultation, published on 12 December 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	148736
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2018 answer text <p>I refer my Hon Friend to the reply given to the Honourable Member for Bristol East, on 27 March 2018 PQ UIN 133919.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 05/06/2018 14:17:20 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

926943

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2018
	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	Draft Animal Welfare (Sentencing and Recognition of Sentience) Bill
	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 plans for Clause 1 and Clause 2 of the draft Animal Welfare (Sentencing and Recognition of Sentience) Bill to be introduced as separate pieces of primary legislation.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	155256
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2018 answer text <p>I refer my Hon Friend to the reply given to the Hon Member for Bristol East, Kerry McCarthy, on 27 March 2018 to PQ 133919.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 22/06/2018 09:24:04 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

786829

	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	Non-commercial Movement of Pet Animals Order 2011
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Government plans to publish its post-implementation review of the Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals Order 2011, following the consultation on the review of that order that closed on 27 October 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	112219
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>Defra will publish the post implementation review (PIR) of the Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals Order (NCMPAO) 2011 following clearance of the PIR report by the Regulatory Policy Committee and the Draft Statutory Review Report by the Reducing Regulatory Sub-Committee.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 20/11/2017 15:34:20 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

937754

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2018
	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	Game: Birds
	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 comparative assessment his Department has made of the welfare of (a) caged and (b) non-caged game birds; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	162527
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>Defra commissioned research into gamebird rearing from 2010 to 2012: AW1303 “Study to determine whether cage-based breeding can meet the needs of game birds, and if not, to identify best practice”. This research found that for pheasants and partridges, providing increased space does not necessarily equate with enhanced welfare.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Defra’s advisory body, the Farm Animal Welfare Committee (FAWC), was tasked with considering all aspects of gamebird farming to feed into future work in this area. This assessment included a range of traditional and more intensive methods of gamebird breeding and rearing, including: breeding partridges in cages; breeding pheasants in grass pens or raised cages; rearing partridges and pheasants in brooder huts with grass pens; and commercial broiler chicken-type sheds with outdoor runs. In 2008, it published an Opinion on the Welfare of Farmed Gamebirds and its recommendations fed into Defra’s current Code of Practice for the Welfare of Gamebirds Reared for Sporting Purposes: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/325047/FAWC_opinion_on_the_welfare_of_farmed_gamebirds.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/325047/FAWC_opinion_on_the_welfare_of_farmed_gamebirds.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 17/07/2018 10:46:36 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

797469

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2017
	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	Wildlife: Smuggling
	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 steps his Department has taken to tackle the illegal trade in wildlife; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	116432
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2017 answer text <p>Combatting the illegal wildlife trade (IWT) is a priority for the UK government. This is why we are investing £26 million globally, and working with international partners, to tackle the systemic issues driving IWT. This includes funding initiatives directly and through Defra’s IWT Challenge Fund to reduce demand, strengthen enforcement, ensure effective legal frameworks and develop sustainable livelihoods for communities affected by IWT.</p><p> </p><p>The UK government is committed to taking action as part of global efforts to assure the future of elephants. That is why we are currently consulting on proposals to ban all UK sales of ivory which contribute directly or indirectly to the poaching of elephants.</p><p> </p><p>Following the success of the inaugural international conference on IWT in London in 2014, and subsequent successful conferences in Kasane in 2015 and Hanoi in 2016, the UK will bring global leaders back to London in October 2018 for a fourth high-level international meeting. This meeting will ensure that IWT stays at the top of the political agenda and that all participants deliver on the commitments they have made.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 06/12/2017 09:54:51 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

896497

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2018
	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	Forestry
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to appoint the national tree champion; and to whom that person will report.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	140695
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2018 answer text <p>A decision on the appointment of the national Tree Champion, including to whom that person will report, will be made in due course.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 10/05/2018 14:19:22 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith