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1132024

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2019
	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	Recycling: Infrastructure
	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 his Department is taking to support the creation of new recycling infrastructure.
	tabling member constituency	Hove
	tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
	uin	264445
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2019 answer text <p>Through our Resources and Waste Strategy we have set long-term targets to divert more waste from landfill and to drive up recycling. Key ambitions include delivering a 65% municipal waste recycling rate by 2035, a minimum 70% recycling rate for packaging waste by 2030 and implementing a deposit return scheme for drinks containers, subject to consultation. The publication of the Strategy, setting out the long-term policy environment will encourage and support the required investment.</p><p> </p><p>Specific measures taken by the Government that are already supporting the creation of new recycling infrastructure include:</p><p> </p><ul><li>£4.7m of grant funding, which was announced on 12 June and made available through the Waste and Resources Action Programme, to support new capital infrastructure projects that will help to recycle difficult plastic packaging and textile materials. Further grant opportunities around recycling will follow in due course.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>The packaging waste producer responsibility scheme, which raised £130 million in 2018 through the purchase by producers of packaging waste recovery and export notes. Just under £82 million of this supported the development of infrastructure. Proposed reforms will support the development of new and improved recycling infrastructure.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Investment of £3 billion of grant funding in 24 Private Finance Initiative waste infrastructure projects. These grants support infrastructure including material recovery, mechanical biological treatment and anaerobic digestion facilities, as well as implementation and expanding kerbside recycling services.</li></ul> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 18/06/2019 12:06:33 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1172933

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2020
	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	Tree Planting: East Sussex
	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 is taking to increase the number of trees planted in (a) Hove and (b) Brighton and Hove.
	tabling member constituency	Hove
	tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
	uin	7248
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government is developing policies to increase tree planting at a national scale and does not target particular constituencies.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to increasing tree planting across the UK to 30,000 hectares per year by 2025. The challenges we face to achieve net zero require cross-party support, collaboration with stakeholders and collective vision to mitigate and adapt to climate change. To support this we have announced a new Nature for Climate fund, which will support tree planting in England - our plans for this will be announced at the budget.</p><p> </p><p>The Government currently supports tree planting and woodland creation through a range of existing grant schemes. For example, the Urban Tree Challenge Fund, which plants trees in partnership with local authorities and community organisations. We are working hard to increase the uptake of existing schemes and strongly encourage eligible organisations to do so.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 28/01/2020 16:59:21 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1245435

	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	Seas and Oceans: Pollution Control
	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 potential merits of the Environment Agency undertaking year-round water testing at English beaches.
	tabling member constituency	Hove
	tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
	uin	107061
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2020 answer text <p>The Environment Agency (EA) is required to follow the monitoring requirements set out in the Bathing Water Regulations (2013). These specify a fixed bathing water season between 15 May and 30 September. Monitoring is required to take place within these dates, except for the first sample of the season which is to be taken shortly before the start of the season. This monitoring is used to produce a classification scheme set out within the Regulations.</p><p> </p><p>No systematic assessment has been carried out by the Environment Agency of the impact, or merits of going beyond current statutory monitoring requirements. Changes to these requirements to produce a classification would require the legislation to be changed and the Environment Agency to be appropriately funded to deliver the sampling needed.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 02/11/2020 17:32:34 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1247136

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2020
	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	Fisheries: Sussex
	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 the timeframe is for his Department to consider the Sussex Near Shore Trawling Byelaw proposal submitted by the Marine Management Organisation.
	tabling member constituency	Hove
	tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
	uin	109506
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2020 answer text <p>Defra is reviewing the full byelaw package including the results of the byelaw consultation and the evidence set out in the impact assessment in accordance with the statutory guidance on Inshore Fisheries Conservation Authority byelaws. An update will be provided when the final consideration process is concluded.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 04/11/2020 10:13:26 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1252169

	registered interest
	date	16/11/2020
	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	Water Companies: Sanctions
	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 the level of sanctions available to the Environmental Agency for water and sewerage companies which they assess as having performance significantly below target in multiple Environmental Performance Assessment metrics.
	tabling member constituency	Hove
	tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
	uin	115742
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2020 answer text <p>The Environment Agency (EA) uses a range of enforcement options ranging from warning letters to prosecutions. The EA has brought 44 prosecutions against water companies in the last five years, securing fines of £34 million. £7.9 million has also been donated to environmental and wildlife trusts organisations in the same period through enforcement undertakings. The EA will continue to prosecute water companies which fail to uphold the law or cause serious environmental harm.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 19/11/2020 13:59:59 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1645978

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2023
	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	Recycling
	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 her Department plans to publish its response to the consultation entitled, Consistency in Household and Business Recycling in England, which closed on 4 July 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Hove
	tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
	uin	190430
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2023 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Burton, on 7 June 2023, PQ UIN <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-06-07/188380" target="_blank">188380</a>.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 28/06/2023 10:20:14 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

442312

	registered interest
	date	04/01/2016
	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	National Wildlife Crime Unit
	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 Answers of 19 November 2015 to Question 16305 and 26 November 2015 to Question 18647, if her Department will provide a date by which a decision will be made on funding for the National Wildlife Crime Unit beyond March 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Hove
	tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
	uin	20868
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Bristol East, Kerry McCarthy, on 7 December 2015, PQ18534.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 07/01/2016 11:45:34 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

510053

	registered interest
	date	11/04/2016
	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	Sewers: Disposable Wipes
	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 the Government has made of the effectiveness of the flushability tests used by manufacturers of disposable wipes.
	tabling member constituency	Hove
	tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
	uin	33380
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/04/2016 answer text <p>Sewer blockages can be a serious problem, and sewer flooding can cause great distress to householders.</p><p> </p><p>We support the work that the industry is taking forward to reduce the number of blockages. Water UK, the representative body for the UK water and sewerage industry, has led on development of a voluntary test that sanitary manufacturers can use to establish whether or not their product is truly flushable.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/04/2016 16:53:14 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

511357

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2016
	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	Sewers: Disposable Wipes
	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 the Government is taking to ensure that manufacturers of disposable wipes follow water industry guidelines and use the do not flush logo.
	tabling member constituency	Hove
	tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
	uin	33533
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>The Government is encouraging the water industry to act collectively, through initiatives such as 21<sup>st</sup> century drainage. This continues its work with the manufacturers of flushable products to agree appropriate labelling and campaigns to inform the public what should, and should not, be flushed down the toilet.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 18/04/2016 09:41:05 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

573662

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2016
	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	Birds of Prey
	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 press release by Natural England of 29 July 2016 to issue a licence for buzzard control, whether she plans to issue further such licences during the current Parliament.
	tabling member constituency	Hove
	tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
	uin	44532
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2016 answer text <p>Responsibility for issuing licences for buzzard control is a matter for Natural England. All wild birds, including buzzards, are protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 which makes it illegal to take, injure, or kill a wild bird, or to disturb them while nesting and protects their nests and eggs except under the authority of a licence.</p><p> </p><p>Section 16 of the Act gives provision for Natural England to grant a licence to manage wildlife for a number of reasons including preventing serious damage to livestock. Natural England considers each application on its merits but would not license any activity which would adversely affect the conservation status of a species.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 07/09/2016 12:08:13 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle