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1020639

registered interest
date	06/12/2018
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	Trees
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 plans he has to progress a tree assurance scheme overseen by his Department.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	199776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>Assurance schemes are of vital importance for garden centres, nurseries and gardeners in ensuring a biosecure purchase. We recognise the importance of partnership working on this issue as we are keen for the nursery sector to demonstrate leadership in driving up biosecurity standards and encouraging more responsible sourcing of trees and timber.</p><p> </p><p>Defra has encouraged and invested in voluntary-led initiatives such as the ‘UK Sourced and Grown’ nursery assurance scheme from the Woodland Trust and the now separate UK Grown in Britain scheme.</p><p> </p><p>Defra is also supporting the Plant Health Assurance Standard being developed by the Horticultural Trades Association, which aims to drive up biosecurity standards.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 13/12/2018 12:01:00 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1020224

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
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: Meat
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to ban the human consumption of dog meat.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	199404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow, Dr Lisa Cameron, on 12 November 2018, PQ UIN 187378.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 11/12/2018 11:57:37 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1020325

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
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	Salmonella
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 cases of salmonella on farms have been reported on each type of farm in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	199426
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the annual Salmonella in livestock production in Great Britain reports produced by the Animal and Plant Health Agency, which show reported cases of salmonella for each livestock sector. The reports are available on the GOV.UK website.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 12/12/2018 15:40:32 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1020332

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Statutory Instruments
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 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.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	199274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <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> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 13/12/2018 15:55:40 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice attachment 1 file name PQ 199274 Tables.docx title Table 1 and 2
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1020336

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Staff
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 full-time equivalent staff were employed by (a) his Department, (b) the Environment Agency, (c) the Food Standards Agency and (d) the Animal and Health Plant Agency in (i) April 2010, (ii) April 2015, (iii) April 2016, (iv) April 2017, (v) April 2018 and (vi) October 2018.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	199275
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>The full-time equivalent staff for Defra and agencies are shown in the table below;</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Apr-10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Apr-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Apr-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Apr-17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Apr-18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Oct-18</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Core Defra </strong></p></td><td><p>2,558</p></td><td><p>2,004</p></td><td><p>1,635</p></td><td><p>2,107</p></td><td><p>3,539</p></td><td><p>3,979</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>AH</strong></p></td><td><p>1,603</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>VLA </strong></p></td><td><p>1,220</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>APHA</strong></p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>2,183</p></td><td><p>2,173</p></td><td><p>2,111</p></td><td><p>2,095</p></td><td><p>2,098</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>EA</strong></p></td><td><p>12,282</p></td><td><p>9,697</p></td><td><p>9,606</p></td><td><p>10,109</p></td><td><p>9,500</p></td><td><p>9,726</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The agency APHA was launched on 1 October 2014. It merges the former Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency (AHVLA) with parts of the Food and Environment Research Agency (FERA) responsible for plant and bee health to create a single agency responsible for animal, plant and bee health.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Health and Social Care are responsible for the Food Standards Agency.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 10/12/2018 15:24:27 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1020401

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
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	Sea Bass
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 he is taking with the European Commission to tackle illegal seabass fishing activity from commercial fixed netters.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	199339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2018 answer text <p>Under recovery measures for the bass stock, there is a general prohibition in EU legislation on fishing for bass, with a number of specific derogations allowing for limited bass landings from directed and by-catch fisheries. The current derogation for fixed gillnetters provides for a 1.2 tonne annual limit per vessel to allow for unavoidable by-catches of bass. This limit means landings of UK gillnetting bass catches are over 70% lower than pre-recovery measures levels.</p><p> </p><p>I am aware of concerns being raised about targeting of bass under that unavoidable by-catch provision and at this year’s Fisheries Council on 17-18 December, we will be considering new management measures relating to seabass, including new proposals from the European Commission in relation to commercial fixed gillnets.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 12/12/2018 10:52:53 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

1020412

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
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	Air Pollution: East Midlands
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 steps his Department has taken to improve air quality in the East Midlands.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	199478
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2018 answer text <p>We have consulted on our new world-leading Clean <strong>Air</strong> Strategy, which includes new and ambitious goals, legislation, investment and policies to help us to clean up our <strong>air</strong> faster and more effectively. The Government has put in place a £3.5 billion plan to improve <strong>air</strong><strong> quality</strong> and reduce harmful emissions. The £3.5 billion plan to improve air quality does not set allocations by areas and future funding awards cannot be prejudged. But some examples of spending under this plan in the East Midlands are as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>£495m of this funding is focused on supporting local authorities across England with the most significant air quality challenges; including Derby City Council, Bolsover District Council, Nottingham City Council, and Leicester City Council, all of which are developing local plans to ensure compliance with NO<sub>2 </sub>limits in the shortest possible time.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>On 20 November, we approved Nottingham’s plan to bring forward compliance with NO<sub>2</sub> concentration limits and issued a Ministerial Direction requiring the council to implement the plan, accompanied by £1 million of funding from the Clean Air Fund. Nottingham City Council has received further funding from the Government to retrofit 171 buses and to convert its own fleet. Derby City Council and Nottingham City Council been awarded grants totalling £3.1 million to support the implementation of early measures to improve air quality.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 14/12/2018 14:33:41 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1020422

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
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	Slugs: Neonicotinoids
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 discussions he has had with the National Farmers Union on the potential increase in the number of slugs as a result of ban on the use of neonicotinoids; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	199276
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>Ministers have not discussed the issue of a potential increase in the number of slugs with the National Farmers Union.</p><p>From 19 December use of the three neonicotinoids clothianidin, imidacloprid and thiamethoxam will be restricted to greenhouse crops only. The Government supported these restrictions in the light of growing evidence that these pesticides can harm pollinators.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 10/12/2018 09:44:41 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

1020426

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
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	Waste Disposal
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 he the resources and waste strategy is planned to be published.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	199340
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>The Resources and Waste Strategy will be published shortly. In its 2017 Clean Growth Strategy the UK Government committed to work towards no food waste being sent to landfill by 2030, and in our 25 Year Environment Plan we stated that recycling food waste is a key priority. We have regular discussions with other departments about work to support an increase in food waste collections so that the amount of food waste sent to landfill continues to decline.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 199341 question first answered 10/12/2018 15:28:14 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1020427

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
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: Waste Disposal
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has discussed with other Departments the inclusion in the forthcoming resources and waste strategy of funding for mandatory separate food waste collections in England; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	199341
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>The Resources and Waste Strategy will be published shortly. In its 2017 Clean Growth Strategy the UK Government committed to work towards no food waste being sent to landfill by 2030, and in our 25 Year Environment Plan we stated that recycling food waste is a key priority. We have regular discussions with other departments about work to support an increase in food waste collections so that the amount of food waste sent to landfill continues to decline.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 199340 question first answered 10/12/2018 15:28:14 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy