Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs<p><B>The House of Commons was prorogued before the earliest date of answer for this Question.</B></p>2017-05-02false2017-05-02T10:00:00.00Z13Environment, Food and Rural AffairsEnvironment, Food and Rural Affairs2017-04-26Microplastics: Animal Welfare1House of CommonsTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18 April 2017 to Question 69988, whether her Department plans to make an assessment of the effect of microplastics on the welfare of land animals.falseRomfordAndrew Rosindell72012Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs<p><B>The House of Commons was prorogued before the earliest date of answer for this Question.</B></p>2017-05-02false2017-05-02T10:00:00.00Z13Environment, Food and Rural AffairsEnvironment, Food and Rural Affairs2017-04-26Ivory: Sales1House of CommonsTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18 April 2017 to Question 69979, for what reason that Answer does not refer to any assessment of the effectiveness of the ban on the sale of antique ivory objects made after 1947.falseRomfordAndrew Rosindell72014Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs<p> </p><p>We are collating the information requested and will place it in the House Library as soon as possible.</p><p> </p>North CornwallDan Rogerson2014-06-11false2014-06-11T16:19:30.2284858Z13Environment, Food and Rural AffairsEnvironment, Food and Rural Affairs2014-06-04Biodiversity1House of CommonsTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department spent on biodiversity conservation in (a) the UK and (b) the Overseas Territories in 2013-14.falseRomfordAndrew Rosindell198676Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs<p> </p><p>We are collating the information requested and will place it in the House Library as soon as possible.</p><p> </p>North CornwallDan Rogerson2014-06-11false2014-06-11T16:34:34.3963104Z13Environment, Food and Rural AffairsEnvironment, Food and Rural Affairs2014-06-04Biodiversity1House of CommonsTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much (a) his Department and (b) the Joint Nature Conservation Committee spent on biodiversity research in (i) the UK and (ii) the Overseas Territories in each of the last four years.falseRomfordAndrew Rosindell198675Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs<p>The Government has announced that it intends to increase the maximum penalty for animal cruelty from 6 months’ imprisonment to 5 years’ imprisonment. The legislation needed to make this change will be introduced as soon as Parliamentary time allows.</p>MacclesfieldDavid Rutley2018-11-09false2018-11-09T10:39:19.057Z13Environment, Food and Rural AffairsEnvironment, Food and Rural Affairs2018-11-01Animal Welfare: Sentencing1House of CommonsTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals on five year sentences for animal cruelty.falseRomfordAndrew Rosindell186983Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs<p>The Government will introduce the necessary legislation to increase the maximum penalty for animal cruelty from 6 months’ imprisonment to 5 years’ imprisonment, as soon as Parliamentary time allows.</p>MacclesfieldDavid Rutley2019-01-22false2019-01-22T13:24:46.26Z13Environment, Food and Rural AffairsEnvironment, Food and Rural Affairs2019-01-15Animal Welfare: Sentencing1House of CommonsTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to introduce maximum five-year sentences for the worst cases of animal cruelty.falseRomfordAndrew Rosindell208811Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs<p>The Government has been very clear that our departure from the EU will not lead to a lowering of our high animal welfare standards.</p><p> </p><p>Our regulatory system will offer at least the same level of assurance of animal welfare following our departure from the EU as it does now. The EU Withdrawal Act will ensure that existing EU standards are maintained once we leave the EU, and we are actively exploring options for strengthening the UK system moving forward. This includes plans to increase maximum penalties for animal cruelty from six months’ to five years’ imprisonment.</p>MacclesfieldDavid Rutley2019-02-28false2019-02-28T14:20:59.587Z13Environment, Food and Rural AffairsEnvironment, Food and Rural Affairs2019-02-21Animal Welfare1House of CommonsTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department plans to take to increase standards for the care and protection of animals after the UK leaves the EU.falseRomfordAndrew Rosindell224482Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs<p>I refer the hon. Member to the reply previously given on 28 February 2019, PQ 224482.</p>MacclesfieldDavid Rutley2019-03-05false2019-03-05T11:30:45.137Z13Environment, Food and Rural AffairsEnvironment, Food and Rural Affairs2019-02-27Animal Welfare: Standards1House of CommonsTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to increase the standards of (a) care and (b) protection of animals after the UK leaves the EU.falseRomfordAndrew Rosindell226612Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs<p>The Government has made it clear that we will not water down our food or animal welfare standards in pursuit of any trade deal. Existing food standards on issues such as chlorinated chicken will come across through the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018. This will continue when we leave the EU.</p>MacclesfieldDavid Rutley2019-03-14false2019-03-14T11:45:57.367Z13Environment, Food and Rural AffairsEnvironment, Food and Rural Affairs2019-03-04Poultry: Chlorine1House of CommonsTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the suitability of chlorinated chicken for the UK market.falseRomfordAndrew Rosindell227989Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs<p>HM Treasury has already allocated over £4.2 billion of additional funding to departments and the devolved administrations for preparations for leaving the EU so far. This covers both staff and non-staff costs for departments and their agencies and breaks down as:</p><ul><li>£412 million of additional funding over the spending review period for the Department for Exiting the European Union, Department for International Trade and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office at Autumn Statement 2016.</li><li>£286 million of additional funding for 2017/18 (a full breakdown of which can be found in Supplementary Estimates 2017/18: (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/679738/PU2137_Supplementary_estimates_web.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/679738/PU2137_Supplementary_estimates_web.pdf</a>). Of this funding, Defra was allocated £67.4 million. HM Treasury also allowed the department to redirect £7 million earmarked for the UK Presidency of the EU and £20 million for voluntary staff exits towards exit preparations.</li><li>Over £1.5 billion of additional funding for 2018/19. A full breakdown of the allocations can be found in the Chief Secretary’s Written Ministerial Statement, HCWS540, laid on 13 March 2018: (<a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/</a>). Of this funding, Defra was allocated £310 million with a further £10 million being repurposed from existing budgets.</li><li>Over £2 billion of additional funding for 2019/20. A full breakdown of the allocations can be found in the Chief Secretary’s Written Ministerial Statement, HCWS1205, laid on 18 December 2018: (<a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-12-18/HCWS1205/" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-12-18/HCWS1205/</a>). Of this funding, Defra has been allocated £410 million.</li></ul><p>As at 31 January 2019 Defra group has filled over 2,600 posts to work on exit preparations with appointments to a further 250 posts working through pre-employment processes.</p><p><strong> </strong></p>MacclesfieldDavid Rutley2019-03-20false2019-03-20T14:16:56.553Z13Environment, Food and Rural AffairsEnvironment, Food and Rural Affairs2019-03-12Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Brexit1House of CommonsTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what additional funding for staff (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have received in allocated expenditure in respect of the UK leaving the EU.falseRomfordAndrew Rosindell2313771001261