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      ], "questionText" : "To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the (1) number, and (2) subject matter, of statutory instruments the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs plans to publish before the end of 2023.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1651024", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1651024/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Defra expects to publish the below PIRs as follows:<\/p><p> <\/p><p>(1) The African Horse Sickness (England) Regulations 2012 - July 2023<\/p><p>(2) The Animals and Animal Products (Examination for Residues and Maximum Residue Limits) (England and Scotland) Regulations 2015 - Autumn 2023<\/p><p>(3) The Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2013 - August 2023<\/p><p>(4) The Sea Fishing (Points for Masters of Fishing Boats) Regulations 2014 - September 2023<\/p><p>(5) The Alien and Locally Absent Species in Aquaculture (England and Wales) Regulations 2011 - July 2023<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask His Majesty's Government when they will publish the statutory post implementation reviews of (1) the African Horse Sickness (England) Regulations 2012, (2) the Animals and Animal Products (Examination for Residues and Maximum Residue Limits) (England and Scotland) Regulations 2015, (3) the Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2013, (4) the Sea Fishing (Points for Masters of Fishing Boats) Regulations 2014, and (5) the Alien and Locally Absent Species in Aquaculture (England and Wales) Regulations 2011.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4719", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1147053", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1147053/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3934", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for George Eustice"}
        }
        , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Camborne and Redruth"}
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "George Eustice"}
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        , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-10-08T16:52:52.243Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-09-30", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Statutory Instruments"}
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      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many statutory instruments her Department needs Parliament to pass before the UK leaves the EU on 31 October 2019.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/252", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dr David Drew"}
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      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Stroud"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Dr David Drew"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1064624", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1064624/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Defra has already laid a substantial number of the statutory instruments necessary in order to maintain a fully functioning statute book for our departure from the EU.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>As of 4 March, in relation to the UK leaving the EU, we have laid a total of 114 statutory instruments (23 of which were on behalf of Northern Ireland) before Parliament, and plan to lay a further 11 (3 on behalf of Northern Ireland). We have made a total of 63 SIs.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4161", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble"}
        }
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lord Gardiner of Kimble"}
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        , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-03-05T12:40:36.983Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Environment, Food and Rural Affairs"}
      , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Environment, Food and Rural Affairs"}
      , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-02-20", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Statutory Instruments"}
      , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"}
      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government how many statutory instruments in total the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) has laid before Parliament, and (2) is planning to lay, in relation to the UK leaving the EU; and how many such instruments have been approved by Parliament to date.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4260", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Trees"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lord Trees"}
      ], "uin" : "HL13943"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1052466", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1052466/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Reading Room was developed based on feedback from stakeholders to give them advanced sight of SIs before they are laid in Parliament. It is an online platform where stakeholders can check the technical aspects of near-final SIs before they are laid before Parliament. It has been designed with a specific audience in mind. Parliamentarians are able to scrutinise these SIs through the usual process. Unlike stakeholders, Parliamentarians have a significant scrutiny timetable and can chose to accept or reject the SIs.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4033", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for David Rutley"}
        }
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "David Rutley"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-02-11", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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        , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-02-11T17:07:11.867Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "13"}
      , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Environment, Food and Rural Affairs"}
      , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Environment, Food and Rural Affairs"}
      , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-02-01", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Statutory Instruments"}
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      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will grant access to his Department\u2019s Statutory Instrument reading room to Parliamentarians to enhance pre-laying scrutiny of Statutory Instruments.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4682", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Luke Pollard"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Luke Pollard"}
      ], "uin" : "215617"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1051370", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1051370/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Information on stakeholder engagement, where applicable, is contained in the Explanatory Memorandum accompanying each Statutory Instrument (SI). For instance, Defra organised informal discussions with 23 stakeholders on The REACH Regulations 2019, and undertook targeted engagement with stakeholders for the Fisheries Regulations 2019 alongside coverage in the Fisheries White Paper.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Defra has also invited some specialists, on a personal basis, to preview late stage drafts of SIs. This provides an opportunity for technical scrutiny before the SI is laid before Parliament. This is independent of a specialist\u2019s right to comment on SIs once public or as a member of an organisation. So far 44 specialists have been involved.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4033", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for David Rutley"}
        }
        , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Macclesfield"}
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "David Rutley"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-02-04", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
        , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-02-04T17:50:07.357Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "13"}
      , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Environment, Food and Rural Affairs"}
      , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Environment, Food and Rural Affairs"}
      , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-01-30", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Statutory Instruments"}
      , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 28 January 2019 to Question 211247, which external organisations have been invited to view each Statutory Instrument in draft; and if he will publish the comments that those organisations have made on each instrument.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4395", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Workington"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Sue Hayman"}
      ], "uin" : "214570"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1051371", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1051371/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The corrections contained in Defra\u2019s EU Exit SIs ensure operability of current EU law and are mainly technical in nature and do not make changes to existing policy. In line with the Government\u2019s overall approach to EU exit, the corrections made in Defra\u2019s EU Exit SIs seek to ensure that legislation can work sensibly in a non-EU context.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Each SI will be accompanied by an explanatory memoranda which will provide details of legislative corrections and their impacts. These explanatory memoranda will be published at the time the SI is laid.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4033", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for David Rutley"}
        }
        , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Macclesfield"}
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "David Rutley"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-02-04", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
        , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-02-04T17:29:06.78Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "13"}
      , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Environment, Food and Rural Affairs"}
      , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Environment, Food and Rural Affairs"}
      , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-01-30", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Statutory Instruments"}
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      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 28 January 2019 to Question 211247, whether each Statutory Instrument listed (a) makes policy changes; (b) will lead to a change in operational delivery; (c) will impose additional costs on (i) business, (ii) individuals, or (iii) the public sector; (d) makes changes to primary legislation; (e) will result in additional environmental effects compared with the legislation being amended or replaced; and (f) is only required in the event that the UK leaves the EU with no deal.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4395", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock"}
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      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Workington"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Sue Hayman"}
      ], "uin" : "214571"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1046009", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1046009/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Defra currently has a total of 56 planned statutory instruments subject to the affirmative procedure. These will be scheduled for parliamentary debate in the usual way, and their timings and duration will be published on gov.uk in due course.<\/p><p>The attached table includes the titles of these statutory instruments.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3934", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for George Eustice"}
        }
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "George Eustice"}
        , "attachment" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1046009/answer/attachment/1", "fileName" : {"_value" : "PQ 211247 List of affirmative SIs.docx"}
          , "title" : "List of affirmative SIs"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-01-28", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
        , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-01-28T17:35:24.987Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "13"}
      , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Environment, Food and Rural Affairs"}
      , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Environment, Food and Rural Affairs"}
      , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-01-22", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Statutory Instruments"}
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      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will provide a list of the titles of his Department\u2019s draft statutory instruments subject to the affirmative procedure which are awaiting debate in either House with (a) an indication of the order in which he expects them to be scheduled for debate in each House, (b) the week in which he expects that debate to take place and (c) the time he expects to be allocated for each debate.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4395", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Sue Hayman"}
      ], "uin" : "211247"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1020332", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1020332/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Since presenting a consolidated secondary legislation programme in October, and as of 7 December, Defra has laid, in draft, a total of 70 statutory instruments (SIs). This is in addition to five SIs related to leaving the EU laid in July and September.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Defra plans to lay a further 71 statutory instruments before the end of March 2019. These are comprised of 58 SIs related to leaving the EU, of which 12 are on behalf of Northern Ireland, and 13 SIs not related to leaving the EU.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>19 of these are planned to be laid in December, 29 in January, 13 in February and 10 in March, but these may be subject to change. Of these:<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The attached Table 1 provides a breakdown of the 71 SIs by parliamentary procedure and application. Table 2 provides a breakdown by laying application and laying period.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3934", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for George Eustice"}
        }
        , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Camborne and Redruth"}
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "George Eustice"}
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          , "title" : "Table 1 and 2"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-12-13", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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        , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-12-13T15:55:40.683Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-12-05", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Statutory Instruments"}
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      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many statutory instruments under (a) affirmative and (b) negative procedure his Department plans to lay before March 2019; which countries those instruments apply to; and on what date his Department plans to lay those instruments.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/252", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dr David Drew"}
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      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Stroud"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/827886", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/827886/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>In the next 14 months we currently expect to lay around 95 SIs, which will be required to convert over 850 individual pieces of EU related legislation into domestic law by 29 March 2019. We will also continue our programme of business as usual SIs, of which around 75-80 are laid in any one year. Ministers keep the policy priorities to be taken forward under constant review, and this will be particularly important as we manage the legislation introduced before Parliament in the period before we leave the EU.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>We do not hold information on the date on which individual policies are initiated and which may subsequently result in regulatory proposals.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government how many statutory instruments are being prepared by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) but have not yet been laid before either House of Parliament; and of those, how many DEFRA started to prepare (1) within the last six months, (2) within the last seven to 12 months, (3) within the last 13 to 24 months, and (4) over 24 months ago.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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