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425095

registered interest
date	30/10/2015
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	Agriculture: Climate Change
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 research her Department is funding on the effects of climate change on agricultural production in the UK; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	14219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p>Under the Climate Change Act 2008, the Government has a statutory role to produce, on a five-yearly cycle, an assessment of the risks and opportunities for the UK arising from climate change. The first Climate Change Risk Assessment was published in 2012. Work is underway on the second CCRA, for which Defra is funding the Adaptation Sub-Committee of the Committee on Climate Change to produce the underpinning Evidence Report by July 2016. This will include an up-to-date review of evidence on the effects of climate change on agriculture, and all other sectors. The CCRA Government Report will be laid before Parliament no later than January 2017.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 09/11/2015 14:41:13 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

425096

registered interest
date	30/10/2015
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	Greyhounds: Animal Welfare
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many greyhounds have been euthanized upon completion of their racing career in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Islwyn
tabling member printed	Chris Evans
uin	14227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2015 answer text <p>Under the Welfare of Racing Greyhounds Regulations 2010, there is no statutory requirement on any greyhound organisation or individual track to report any figures to Defra. The Regulations have now been in force for five years and Defra is currently undertaking a review of their effectiveness. The review is looking at the requirement on tracks to collect injury statistics and how they are then used; and the traceability of greyhounds after they have left the sport. Defra intends to consult on the initial findings of the review.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 14228 14233 question first answered 04/11/2015 16:31:06 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4040 label Biography information for Chris Evans

425098

registered interest
date	30/10/2015
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	Greyhounds
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, at what intervals her Department receives accident and injury data on (a) racing and (b) retired greyhounds from (i) the Greyhound Board of Great Britain and (ii) individual greyhound tracks.
tabling member constituency	Islwyn
tabling member printed	Chris Evans
uin	14228
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2015 answer text <p>Under the Welfare of Racing Greyhounds Regulations 2010, there is no statutory requirement on any greyhound organisation or individual track to report any figures to Defra. The Regulations have now been in force for five years and Defra is currently undertaking a review of their effectiveness. The review is looking at the requirement on tracks to collect injury statistics and how they are then used; and the traceability of greyhounds after they have left the sport. Defra intends to consult on the initial findings of the review.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 14227 14233 question first answered 04/11/2015 16:31:07 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4040 label Biography information for Chris Evans

425099

registered interest
date	30/10/2015
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	Dogs: Animal Breeding
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 estimate her Department has made of the number of (a) licensed and (b) unlicensed dog breeders operating in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Islwyn
tabling member printed	Chris Evans
uin	14229
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2015 answer text <p>No recent estimate has been made by Defra, but Battersea Dogs and Cats Home recently estimated that there are 895 licensed dog breeders in Great Britain.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 04/11/2015 16:41:22 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4040 label Biography information for Chris Evans

425100

registered interest
date	30/10/2015
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	Dangerous Dogs
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 estimate she has made of the number of dogs that have been put to sleep for meeting the physical characteristics of a banned breed under section 1 of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Islwyn
tabling member printed	Chris Evans
uin	14230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2015 answer text <p>No estimate has been made of the number of dogs humanely destroyed under section 1 of the 1991 Act. There are 3,222 dogs on the list of exempted section 1 dogs in Great Britain. These are dogs assessed by the courts not to be a danger to public safety including, since 13 May 2014 in relation to England and Wales, assessed as being in the charge of a fit and proper person. Guidance for enforcers of the law on dangerous dogs was issued in March 2009 and is available on line via the link below.</p><br /><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/69263/dogs-guide-enforcers.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/69263/dogs-guide-enforcers.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 14231 14232 question first answered 04/11/2015 16:54:03 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4040 label Biography information for Chris Evans

425101

registered interest
date	30/10/2015
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	Dangerous Dogs
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 guidance her Department provides to dog legislation officers on enforcing section 1 of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991.
tabling member constituency	Islwyn
tabling member printed	Chris Evans
uin	14231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2015 answer text <p>No estimate has been made of the number of dogs humanely destroyed under section 1 of the 1991 Act. There are 3,222 dogs on the list of exempted section 1 dogs in Great Britain. These are dogs assessed by the courts not to be a danger to public safety including, since 13 May 2014 in relation to England and Wales, assessed as being in the charge of a fit and proper person. Guidance for enforcers of the law on dangerous dogs was issued in March 2009 and is available on line via the link below.</p><br /><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/69263/dogs-guide-enforcers.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/69263/dogs-guide-enforcers.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 14230 14232 question first answered 04/11/2015 16:54:03 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4040 label Biography information for Chris Evans

425102

registered interest
date	30/10/2015
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	Pit Bulldogs
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 she has made of the effect of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 on the number of pitbull terriers in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Islwyn
tabling member printed	Chris Evans
uin	14232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2015 answer text <p>No estimate has been made of the number of dogs humanely destroyed under section 1 of the 1991 Act. There are 3,222 dogs on the list of exempted section 1 dogs in Great Britain. These are dogs assessed by the courts not to be a danger to public safety including, since 13 May 2014 in relation to England and Wales, assessed as being in the charge of a fit and proper person. Guidance for enforcers of the law on dangerous dogs was issued in March 2009 and is available on line via the link below.</p><br /><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/69263/dogs-guide-enforcers.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/69263/dogs-guide-enforcers.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 14230 14231 question first answered 04/11/2015 16:54:03 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4040 label Biography information for Chris Evans

425103

registered interest
date	30/10/2015
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	Greyhounds
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 information her Department holds on the number of greyhounds which retired from racing in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Islwyn
tabling member printed	Chris Evans
uin	14233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2015 answer text <p>Under the Welfare of Racing Greyhounds Regulations 2010, there is no statutory requirement on any greyhound organisation or individual track to report any figures to Defra. The Regulations have now been in force for five years and Defra is currently undertaking a review of their effectiveness. The review is looking at the requirement on tracks to collect injury statistics and how they are then used; and the traceability of greyhounds after they have left the sport. Defra intends to consult on the initial findings of the review.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 14227 14228 question first answered 04/11/2015 16:31:07 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4040 label Biography information for Chris Evans

425104

registered interest
date	30/10/2015
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	Agriculture
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 she expects work on a long-term strategy for UK food and farming to conclude; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	14216
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2015 answer text <p>We are due to publish our 25 year plan for British food and farming early in 2016.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 05/11/2015 10:56:16 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

425105

registered interest
date	30/10/2015
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	Food Supply
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 assessment she has made of the most significant key risks to the UK's food security; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	14217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2015 answer text <p>Food supply is one of the UK’s critical national infrastructures and Defra produces an annual sector resilience plan as lead Government Department.</p><br /><p>The UK food sector has a highly effective and resilient food supply chain, owing to the size, geographic diversity and competitive nature of the industry. The resilience of the sector has been demonstrated by the response to potentially disruptive challenges in recent years, although it is dependent on other critical services such as fuel, energy, transport and communications. The Government and industry work together closely to identify and mitigate risks and ensure the continued resilience of food supply.</p><br /><p>The Government is developing a 25 year food and farming plan to further grow our food and farming industry. We want to export more and produce more for the domestic market. We aim to improve productivity and profitability through greater efficiency, the deployment of new technology and by building on the strong international reputation of British food at home and abroad.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 05/11/2015 11:23:10 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching