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724557

registered interest
date	26/04/2017
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	Ivory: Sales
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 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.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	72014
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2017 answer text <p><B>The House of Commons was prorogued before the earliest date of answer for this Question.</B></p> answering member constituency answering member printed question first answered 02/05/2017 10:00:00 answering member 0
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

724135

registered interest
date	25/04/2017
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	Fly-tipping
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 financial assistance the Government provides for land owners to clear their land after they have been the victims of fly tipping.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	71836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p><em>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 27/04/2017 06:59:53 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

724136

registered interest
date	25/04/2017
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	Fly-tipping: Fines
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 18 April 2017 to Question 70108, on fly-tipping, who receives the proceeds of fines for small-scale fly-tipping incidents.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	71840
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p>Under the Unauthorised Deposit of Waste (Fixed Penalties) Regulations 2016, proceeds from Fixed Penalty Notices for small-scale fly-tipping are kept by the local authorities who issue the Notices.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 27/04/2017 06:18:20 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

724138

registered interest
date	25/04/2017
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, if she will make it her priority to extend the maximum sentence which the courts can impose for offences involving animal cruelty.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Mrs Theresa Villiers
uin	71877
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p /><p> </p><p>The maximum penalties for animal welfare offences are kept under review and Defra has been in regular discussion with the Ministry of Justice on appropriate sentencing levels. The Sentencing Council recently published revised magistrates’ court sentencing guidelines with the aim of ensuring that the most serious cases of animal cruelty receive appropriately severe penalties within the available maximum penalty.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 27/04/2017 07:00:48 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

723842

registered interest
date	24/04/2017
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: Sales
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 the Government will take steps to ensure that puppies are not sold without their mothers being present.
tabling member constituency	Gordon
tabling member printed	Alex Salmond
uin	71673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p /><p> </p><p>The Government set out its position on this and other recommendations in its response, which was published in February, to the review by the Parliamentary Select Committee on Environment, Food &amp; Rural Affairs, entitled <em>Animal Welfare in England: Domestic Pets. </em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 27/04/2017 06:57:26 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	577 label Biography information for Alex Salmond

723845

registered interest
date	24/04/2017
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	Recycling: Publicity
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 she is taking to improve people's knowledge of the merits of recycling.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	71710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p>Defra works with local authorities and the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) to provide advice and promote best practice among local authorities on waste and recycling. Local councils, and householders have played a key role in increasing the UK’s recycling rate from 11% at the turn of the century to 44% in 2015/16.</p><p> </p><p>Greater consistency in local authority recycling – taking account of best practice – in particular has potential to increase recycling rates further. WRAP are working with an Advisory Group of waste stakeholders, to look at the benefits and opportunities from having greater consistency in the materials collected and collection systems to enable local authorities to recycle more, and to make it easier for householders to put the right materials in the right bin.</p><p> </p><p>Recycle Now, launched in 2004, is the national recycling campaign for England. It is supported and funded by Defra and managed by WRAP. It is used locally by over 90% of Local Authorities in England and includes information to inform people about the many items that can be recycled around the home.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 71711 question first answered 27/04/2017 06:16:42 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

723846

registered interest
date	24/04/2017
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	Recycling: Standards
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 she is taking to spread best practice on recycling.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	71711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p>Defra works with local authorities and the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) to provide advice and promote best practice among local authorities on waste and recycling. Local councils, and householders have played a key role in increasing the UK’s recycling rate from 11% at the turn of the century to 44% in 2015/16.</p><p> </p><p>Greater consistency in local authority recycling – taking account of best practice – in particular has potential to increase recycling rates further. WRAP are working with an Advisory Group of waste stakeholders, to look at the benefits and opportunities from having greater consistency in the materials collected and collection systems to enable local authorities to recycle more, and to make it easier for householders to put the right materials in the right bin.</p><p> </p><p>Recycle Now, launched in 2004, is the national recycling campaign for England. It is supported and funded by Defra and managed by WRAP. It is used locally by over 90% of Local Authorities in England and includes information to inform people about the many items that can be recycled around the home.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 71710 question first answered 27/04/2017 06:16:42 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

723847

registered interest
date	24/04/2017
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	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, pursuant to the Answer of 24 April 2017 to Question 71069, how many emergency authorisation applications for the use of neonicotinoid pesticides the Government has approved in the last (a) 12 and (b) 24 months.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	71757
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p /><p>Three neonicotinoids are currently subject to restrictions which normally prohibit their use on a number of crops. Two emergency authorisations have been granted for the use of these restricted neonicotinoids. Those authorisations, issued in July 2015, allowed limited and controlled use on oilseed rape until November 2015. In total, eight applications for use of the same neonicotinoids have been turned down between 2015 and 2017. All decisions are made on the basis of advice from the independent UK Expert Committee on Pesticides.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 27/04/2017 06:55:54 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

723848

registered interest
date	24/04/2017
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	FairFuelUK
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 she has responded to FairFuelUK's letter of 7 April 2017 requesting a meeting on taxation and diesel cars; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Gordon
tabling member printed	Alex Salmond
uin	71774
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2017 answer text <p>HM Treasury has responsibility for taxation and the letter has been passed on for the responsible Minister to respond.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 26/04/2017 11:59:49 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	577 label Biography information for Alex Salmond

723849

registered interest
date	24/04/2017
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	Curlews: Conservation
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 her Department is taking to (a) protect and retain habitats for the curlew and (b) further assist in fox and crow control to maintain curlew numbers.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	71718
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p><em>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 27/04/2017 06:56:28 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon