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This is a devolved matter and the information provided therefore relates to England only.<\/p>
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The Government has committed to eliminating all avoidable plastic waste throughout the lifetime of the 25 Year Environment Plan. Our working definition of \u2018avoidable plastic waste\u2019 is plastic waste that is technically, economically, and environmentally feasible to reuse or recycle, or, where this does not apply, it is (technically, economically, and environmentally) feasible to replace with alternatives that are reusable or recyclable. It is our intention that there will not be any avoidable plastic waste by 2050.<\/p>
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We will be publishing an evaluation plan and indicator framework for the Resources and Waste Strategy later this year. This will set out further details on how we intend to monitor progress to reduce avoidable waste. This will be a living document where we will publish updates as we develop our methodologies to better capture the data and as new evidence comes to light, particularly with the indicator framework. We are confident that we have set out an ambitious programme of reform which will ensure that we meet our strategic goals.<\/p>
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The Government wants to become a world leader in using resources efficiently and cutting the amount of waste we create. This includes prolonging the lives of the materials and goods that we use, and moving away from the traditional \u2018linear\u2019 economic model of \u2018take, make, use, and throw\u2019.<\/p>
For this reason the Government has supported new requirements agreed in the EU for 11 energy related product groups from November 2018 to January 2019.<\/p>
The products subject to new requirements include white goods such as household refrigerators, dishwashers and washing machines and washer-dryers. Some of the requirements agreed in these new regulations for white goods related to improving the resource efficiency of the product. They include obligations for manufacturers to design products for ease of dismantling/disassembly and reuse; make spare parts available to repairers and/or end users for ease of repair; provide information on the length of commercial guarantees; provide information as to repair; and provide information as to critical raw material content to facilitate material recovery.<\/p>
In the Resources and Waste Strategy for England, we have also committed to drive more sustainable consumption through providing consumers with better information as to the sustainability of their purchasing decisions. This may include requiring consumer information be provided to support the purchase of products that have been designed, produced and packaged to minimise waste, for example by being more repairable, having longer warranties, produced with recycled material, or remanufactured.<\/p>
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The total number of residential properties at risk of flooding from rivers, the sea, surface water and groundwater over the past 5 years is:<\/p>
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Year<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Total number of residential properties at risk of flooding from rivers, the sea, surface water and groundwater (Millions)<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2015<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 4.8<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2016<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 5.2<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2017<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 5.2<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2018<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 5.2<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2019<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 5.1<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/p> Total properties at risk of flooding increased between 2015 and 2016 because of better property information from the Ordnance Survey.<\/p> <\/p> The Environment Agency\u2019s programme of investment in Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management will reduce the risk of flooding to 300,000 homes in the six year period to March 2021. However, it does not eliminate the risk of flooding in these areas entirely.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1024704/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The UK is investing £36 million between 2014 and 2021 to counter the illegal wildlife trade, including work to reduce demand, strengthen enforcement and ensure effective legal frameworks and develop sustainable livelihoods.<\/p> The UK has funded work to help CITES review implementation of its Resolution on the conservation of and trade in tigers and other Appendix-I Asian big cats. The UK\u2019s Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund is supporting several projects featuring tigers, including work in Sumatra tackling illegal wildlife trade across two globally important tiger landscapes and in South East Asia strengthening enforcement.<\/p> Institutions such as the Natural History Museum, the Royal Botanic Gardens Research Councils and many British universities are actively engaged in promoting UK conservation expertise globally. This is supported by UK government programmes promoting protection of biodiversity, including the Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund and Darwin Initiative.<\/p>"}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2018-12-13", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Tigers: Conservation"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of banning the commercial (a) internal trade and (b) import and export of tigers that have been bred in captivity after the UK leaves the EU.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1024706", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1024706/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Government reports on the implementation of the EU Habitats Directive, including the conservation status of a number of key habitats and European Protected Species, of which natterjack toad is one. The latest report was published in 2013 and assessed a number of important factors including range, population trends, habitat and pressures on the species.<\/p> <\/p> In summary, this highlighted that natterjack toad distribution in England is well understood and that long term trends show that sites where they can be found, in England, have improved in habitat quantity and quality due to conservation interventions, particularly management funded by Wildlife Enhancement Schemes and Stewardship Schemes.<\/p> <\/p> The full report can be found at the following link:<\/p> <\/p> |