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1042203

registered interest
date	16/01/2019
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: Labelling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	When his Department plans to respond to its consultation entitled Food labelling: amending laws.
tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Jo Swinson
uin	908633
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>Defra intends to provide a summary of responses and the Government response by 7 February as set out on the consultation web page.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 17/01/2019 17:46:13 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson

1042204

registered interest
date	16/01/2019
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	Nature Conservation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent discussions he has had with the Foreign Secretary on the protection of endangered species.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	908630
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>Ministers regularly meet with the Foreign Secretary to discuss international species conservation issues. Our close working delivered the highly successful Illegal Wildlife Trade Conference in London in October last year, which brought together global leaders to drive forward action to end this despicable trade. Our ban on ivory sales through the Ivory Act is one of the toughest in the world and demonstrates our joint leadership to galvanise action around the world.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 17/01/2019 16:14:23 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1041608

registered interest
date	15/01/2019
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	Animal Welfare: Sentencing
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 plans to bring forward legislative proposals to introduce maximum five-year sentences for the worst cases of animal cruelty.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	208811
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <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> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 22/01/2019 13:24:46 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1041701

registered interest
date	15/01/2019
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	Japan: Whales
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 representations the Government has made to the government of Japan to support the international ban on whaling.
tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
tabling member printed	Bill Wiggin
uin	208785
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>During the Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzō Abe’s, visit to the UK on the 9 January, the Prime Minister expressed her disappointment at Japan’s decision to leave the International Whaling Commission (IWC) and encouraged the Government to reconsider.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 22/01/2019 13:22:53 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

1041777

registered interest
date	15/01/2019
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	Gun Sports: Licensing
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 licences to shoot protected wild bird species were issued in each of the last ten years.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	208946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2019 answer text <p>This is a devolved matter and the information refers to England only. The table below shows the number of licences to permit the killing of wild birds for purposes permitted under Section 16 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 issued between 2009 and 2018. These figures include licences to permit shooting, shooting to reinforce scaring, and other methods such as round up and cull as these are all recorded together. Due to a change of IT systems and reporting of data, we are unable to provide reliable, accurate data for 2014.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of licences issued</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>640</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>614</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>719</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>556</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>828</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>UNAVAILABLE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>644</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>738</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>850</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>859</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 23/01/2019 16:19:32 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1041303

registered interest
date	14/01/2019
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	Plastics: Recycling
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 to increase plastic reprocessing in the UK.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	208239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>In the recently published Resources and Waste Strategy, the Government stated its ambition to further improve domestic reprocessing, and committed to several policies to help stimulate investment in UK reprocessing capacity and improve competitiveness. These policies, subject to consultation, include: implementing extended producer responsibility for various waste streams; introducing a deposit return scheme for drinks containers; raising recycling targets for plastic and other types of packaging; implementing a tax on plastic packaging with less than 30% recycled content; and exploring options to ensure fair competition for all reprocessors, including tighter monitoring and enforcement of waste exports.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 17/01/2019 11:23:45 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1041304

registered interest
date	14/01/2019
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: Exports
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 to reduce the amount of waste that the UK exports.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	208240
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>Waste must be properly managed whether processed at home or abroad. We work closely with the waste industry, Environment Agency and local authorities to achieve this. The Government outlines in the Resources and Waste Strategy its commitment to prevent waste from occurring in the first place, and managing it better when it does.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is recycling more than ever and the Government is committed to recycling more at home. Our approach in the Resources and Waste Strategy, from production through consumption to end of life, is focused on increasing supply and demand for secondary materials to be recycled in the UK. This will grow the UK recycling industry and reduce the need to export recyclable waste. Waste is a commodity and these secondary materials will always have a global market and exports from the UK will form an ongoing part of our resource management where there is demand.</p><p> </p><p>We also want to ensure, however, that any waste which we do send abroad is fit for recycling, and that it is recycled to equivalent standards as required in the UK. Increased monitoring and enforcement of exports should create a more level playing field for domestic recyclers.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 17/01/2019 15:48:33 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1041467

registered interest
date	14/01/2019
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	Sheep Meat: Northumbria
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 his Department has to support the Northumbrian lamb industry in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal and tariffs on its products are imposed.
tabling member constituency	Berwick-upon-Tweed
tabling member printed	Anne-Marie Trevelyan
uin	208415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>It is in everyone’s interests to secure a good deal with the EU and that is exactly what we are committed to. Whilst preparing for all outcomes, as any responsible government would, we are also preparing for the possibility of no deal.</p><p>We are in close contact with the sheep sector across the UK working to understand and anticipate the effects on the sector of the UK leaving the EU without a trade deal. Significant work is already underway to ensure that UK exporters can maintain access to EU markets after March 2019.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 17/01/2019 11:58:39 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan