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1693233

registered interest
date	04/03/2024
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	Marine Protected Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2024 to Question 12797 on Marine Protected Areas, when his Department expects to publish (a) the outcomes of the Marine Management Organisation’s calls for evidence on the development of byelaws to manage fishing activity impacts in marine protected areas and (b) its public consultation on those outcomes.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	16711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) issued a call for evidence for stage 3 of its offshore Marine Protected Area byelaw programme last year and is now preparing draft byelaws for consultation. A further call for evidence on stage 4 of the programme, covering highly mobile species, closed on 13 February 2024. The MMO is analysing the responses received to this latest call for evidence before deciding what byelaws might need to be consulted on. The outcomes of both processes will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 11/03/2024 12:28:46 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1693301

registered interest
date	04/03/2024
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: Tree Planting
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 trees have been planted on behalf of his Department since December 2019.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	16747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2024 answer text <p>Below are the annual figures for the number of trees planted:</p><ul><li>2019-20: 2,110,000 trees</li><li>2020-21: 4,252,000 trees</li><li>2021-22: 4,344,000 trees</li><li>2022-23: 4,399,000 trees</li><li>Up to 30 September 2023: 2,114,000 trees</li></ul><p> </p><p>Total Trees Planted (April 2019 - 30 September 2023): 17,219,000 trees.</p><p> </p><p>These figures reflect our continuous commitment to enhancing the UK's green spaces and contribute towards our environmental goals and targets.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 07/03/2024 14:42:49 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1693319

registered interest
date	04/03/2024
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	Litter
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 tackle litter.
tabling member constituency	Ashford
tabling member printed	Damian Green
uin	16579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2024 answer text <p>Our Litter Strategy for England sets out our aim to deliver a substantial reduction in litter and littering within a generation. The strategy contains a number of commitments, many of which have been completed or are nearing completion. Progress reports on delivering the Litter Strategy can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/litter-strategy-for-england-progress-reports" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/litter-strategy-for-england-progress-reports</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Prime Minister’s Anti-Social Behaviour Action Plan set out how we will support council’s to take tougher action against those that litter. For example, last July we significantly raised the upper limit on fixed penalty notices from £150 to £500.</p><p> </p><p>The Chewing Gum Task Force, established by Defra and funded by producers, has provided almost £2.5 million in grants since 2022 to help nearly 100 councils remove gum stains from high streets and invest in long-term behaviour change to prevent gum being dropped in the first place. The Task Force has just launched another grant scheme for councils this year. Further information can be be found at: <a href="https://www.keepbritaintidy.org/local-authorities/reduce-litter/gum-litter/chewing-gum-task-force" target="_blank">https://www.keepbritaintidy.org/local-authorities/reduce-litter/gum-litter/chewing-gum-task-force</a>.</p><p> </p><p>National Highways has developed a new campaign that aims to educate and change road users’ behaviour towards littering. The campaign will run from 12 February to 10 March and road users will be implored to stop littering as its deadly impact on wildlife is revealed.</p><p> </p><p>In January this year, we announced our plans to ban disposable vapes in the UK. This will help to tackle a huge and growing stream of hard-to-recycle waste and litter, with nearly 5 million thrown away every week.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 08/03/2024 13:54:25 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	76 label Biography information for Damian Green

1693360

registered interest
date	04/03/2024
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: Offenders
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 civil servants in his Department have a criminal conviction.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	16664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2024 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and to obtain it would incur disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p>New appointments to Defra undergo pre-employment criminal record checks. Where a conviction is flagged, appointment is dependent on a role-specific risk assessment. Convictions for the following offences result in the individual automatically failing pre-employment checks and not being appointed: life sentences, arson, sexual offences and hate and terror offences.</p><p> </p><p>Defra has participated in the Going Forward into Employment Scheme for Ex-Offenders and has appointed to posts via this scheme. We can confirm that the numbers appointed under this scheme are currently less than 10. However, exact numbers may enable individuals to be identifiable and the privacy and confidentiality of this information requires us to ensure individuals are properly protected.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 19/03/2024 14:40:03 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1693367

registered interest
date	04/03/2024
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	Hunting: Botswana
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 he has received recent representations from his counterpart in Botswana on the potential impact of his Department's legislative proposals on trophy hunting on that country.
tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
tabling member printed	Sir Bill Wiggin
uin	16671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2024 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has not received any representations from his international counterparts on the potential impact of the Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Private Members’ Bill introduced by the Rt. Hon. Member for Warley.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 16672 16673 16674 16675 16676 question first answered 18/03/2024 14:21:43 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

1693368

registered interest
date	04/03/2024
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	Hunting: Namibia
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 he has received recent representations from his counterpart in Namibia on the potential impact of his Department's legislative proposals on trophy hunting on that country.
tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
tabling member printed	Sir Bill Wiggin
uin	16672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2024 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has not received any representations from his international counterparts on the potential impact of the Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Private Members’ Bill introduced by the Rt. Hon. Member for Warley.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 16671 16673 16674 16675 16676 question first answered 18/03/2024 14:21:43 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

1693369

registered interest
date	04/03/2024
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	Hunting: Tanzania
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 he has received recent representations from his counterpart in Tanzania on the potential impact of his Department's legislative proposals on trophy hunting on that country.
tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
tabling member printed	Sir Bill Wiggin
uin	16673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2024 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has not received any representations from his international counterparts on the potential impact of the Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Private Members’ Bill introduced by the Rt. Hon. Member for Warley.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 16671 16672 16674 16675 16676 question first answered 18/03/2024 14:21:43 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

1693370

registered interest
date	04/03/2024
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	Hunting: South Africa
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 he has received recent representations from his counterpart in South Africa on the potential impact of his Department's legislative proposals on trophy hunting on that country.
tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
tabling member printed	Sir Bill Wiggin
uin	16674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2024 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has not received any representations from his international counterparts on the potential impact of the Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Private Members’ Bill introduced by the Rt. Hon. Member for Warley.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 16671 16672 16673 16675 16676 question first answered 18/03/2024 14:21:43 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

1693371

registered interest
date	04/03/2024
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	Hunting: Zimbabwe
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 he has received recent representations from his counterpart in Zimbabwe on the potential impact of his Department's legislative proposals on trophy hunting on that country.
tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
tabling member printed	Sir Bill Wiggin
uin	16675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2024 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has not received any representations from his international counterparts on the potential impact of the Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Private Members’ Bill introduced by the Rt. Hon. Member for Warley.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 16671 16672 16673 16674 16676 question first answered 18/03/2024 14:21:43 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

1693372

registered interest
date	04/03/2024
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	Hunting: Zambia
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 he has received recent representations from his counterpart in Zambia on the potential impact of his Department's legislative proposals on trophy hunting on that country.
tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
tabling member printed	Sir Bill Wiggin
uin	16676
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2024 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has not received any representations from his international counterparts on the potential impact of the Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Private Members’ Bill introduced by the Rt. Hon. Member for Warley.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 16671 16672 16673 16674 16675 question first answered 18/03/2024 14:21:43 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin