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1648629

registered interest
date	28/06/2023
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	Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authorities
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 her Department has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of the performance of (a) inshore fisheries and (b) conservation authorities.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	191674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2023 answer text <p>Defra published an independent ‘Evaluation of Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authorities’ in 2021 as part of an ongoing evaluation programme which includes the production of Conduct and Operations Reports. Work is currently underway to gather feedback for the third Report covering 2018 to 2022. We expect to lay the Report in Parliament and publish in spring 2024.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 03/07/2023 15:45:25 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1625360

registered interest
date	02/05/2023
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	Maize: Imports
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 her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of restrictions on the import of forage maize seed treated with (a) Kori bird deterrent, (b) Redigo M fungicide and (c) Force insecticide on levels of maize production in the UK.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	183574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2023 answer text <p>From 1 January 2024, treated seeds can only be used if they are treated with Plant Protection Products authorised in GB. After we left the EU, transitional arrangements were put in place so that seeds treated with products authorised for use in the EU but not GB could continue to be imported, marketed and used. These arrangements come to an end on 31 December 2023. Industry has had the opportunity over the last three years to apply for the relevant GB authorisations, and the Health and Safety Executive has highlighted the actions that they need to take.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 09/05/2023 09:16:16 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1605574

registered interest
date	20/03/2023
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	Fast Food: Restaurants
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 an assessment of the potential merits of an (a) voluntary and (b) compulsory scheme to require drive through fast food outlets to print the car registration details of each customer's vehicle on the packaging containing their purchased items.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	169473
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2023 answer text <p>Defra does not intend to carry out a formal assessment of the potential merits of requiring drive through fast food outlets to implement a vehicle registration number printing system for packaging. We have concerns that the additional burden this would place on businesses and those responsible for enforcement would outweigh the benefits. We support voluntary initiatives aimed at reducing litter.</p><p>In recent years we have bolstered local authority enforcement powers, such as by allowing them to issue the keeper of a vehicle, from which litter is thrown, with a civil penalty. Councils also have powers to issue Community Protection Notices which can be used to require the owner of premises, such as fast-food outlets, to take certain actions to tackle litter created by their activities.</p><p>Furthermore, the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has recently updated planning guidance to clarify the powers available to councils to ensure new hot food takeaways do not increase the impact of litter on local communities. The guidance gives councils advice on what rules they can enforce when new takeaways open, such as ensuring they install more bins and anti-litter signs.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 23/03/2023 17:41:18 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1565388

registered interest
date	10/01/2023
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	Water Supply and Sewerage Services (Customer Service Standards) Regulations 2008
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 plans to (a) carry out a review of and (b) publish a report setting out the conclusions of the review of Part 3 of the Water Supply and Sewerage Services (Customer Service Standards) Regulations 2008 under Regulation 17P, as inserted by the Water Supply and Sewerage Services (Customer Service Standards) (Amendment) Regulations 2017.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	120121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2023 answer text <p>We recognise that the post implementation review (PIR) of The Water Supply and Sewerage Services (Customer Service Standards) Regulations 2008, as amended, is outstanding. We intend to complete our Post Implementation Review by the end of 2024.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 24/01/2023 16:34:26 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1546125

registered interest
date	28/11/2022
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	Avian Influenza: Norfolk
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 much her Department has paid in compensation to claimants in Norfolk with premises affected by avian influenza in each month of 2022.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	97763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2022 answer text <p>As of 1<sup>st</sup> December, there have been 59 cases of avian influenza confirmed in poultry and other captive birds in Norfolk in 2022. We have to date processed payments of £15.8 million in compensation to claimants at 40 of these infected premises, with payments to a remaining 19 premises in the process of being agreed with keepers.</p><p> </p><p>We do not comment on individual claims and the amount of compensation that individual keepers receive is not disclosed. It is not possible to disclose a monthly breakdown of compensation payments as this would enable individual payments to be identified.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 06/12/2022 13:24:56 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1546151

registered interest
date	28/11/2022
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	Wash Fishery Order 1992
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 an assessment of the potential effect of the proposal to replace the Wash Fishery Order 1992 made by Eastern Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority on the viability of the fishing fleet.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	97777
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2022 answer text <p>Defra is currently considering the application made by the Eastern Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority (EIFCA), the body responsible for fisheries management in the area. The intended effect of the proposal is to ensure that the aquaculture and wild capture fisheries continue to be regulated, a role undertaken by the EIFCA.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 12/12/2022 16:21:43 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1546172

registered interest
date	28/11/2022
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	Wash Fishery Order 1992
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 received representations on the extension of the Wash Fishery Order 1992.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	97788
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2022 answer text <p>Defra has received a letter requesting the extension of the Wash Fishery Order 1992. Once an Order is made, its duration cannot be subsequently extended without repeating the full application process.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 12/12/2022 16:15:28 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1538775

registered interest
date	02/11/2022
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	Avian Influenza: Compensation
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 make it his policy for avian influenza compensation to be applicable from the point of notification of a suspected outbreak.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	77621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2022 answer text <p>Compensation, as set out in the Animal Health Act 1981, is payable for healthy birds only. There is no compensation available for sick birds or birds that have died. Compensation policy for birds culled by HM Government for disease control purposes is designed to promote prompt reporting of suspicion, as swift and humane culling of birds on infected premises coupled with good biosecurity are critical for preventing the amplification of avian influenza and subsequent environmental contamination and to reduce the risk of disease spread from infected premises.</p><p>APHA makes its assessment of the disease status of the birds based on clinical inspection and veterinary judgment. Historically this assessment has been based on the actual number of birds culled rather than the number of healthy birds at the point that culling starts. The amount paid was therefore depended on the evolution of the disease on site between the initial assessment of the number of healthy birds close to the start of culling less any that die between the start and end of culling.</p><p>In response to significant concerns from industry on the impact the rapid mortality caused by the current H5N1 strain and risk that escalating cases numbers leading to substantial delays to culling can have on the amount of compensation paid, changes to the compensation scheme for avian influenza have been introduced (effective from the 1 October).</p><p>Compensation will now be linked to decisions taken at the start of planned culling rather than at the end. This will allow us to give earlier certainty about entitlement to compensation, better reflect the impact of outbreaks on premises and lead to swifter payments to help stem any cash flow pressures.</p><p>Compensation is not paid for consequential losses, including business interruption caused by control measures, nor for eggs or poultry meat. Compensation is also not paid for other things that have to be seized because they pose a risk of transmitting disease.</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/934688/biosecurity-poultry-guide.pdf" target="_blank">Biosecurity guidance</a> and a <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1072675/aipz-self-assessment-checklist.odt" target="_blank">biosecurity self-assessment checklist</a> have been published by HM Government to assist all bird keepers in instigating and maintaining good biosecurity.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 14/11/2022 19:18:48 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1506325

registered interest
date	08/09/2022
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	Water Supply: 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 he has taken to implement Recommendation 1 of Ofwat’s 2018 Call for evidence consultation – Guaranteed Standards Scheme.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	49794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2022 answer text <p>14 of the 17 water companies operating in England and Wales have fully implemented Ofwat’s recommendation to increase compensation payments for supply interruptions. One further company has partially implemented the recommendation.</p><p> </p><p>Ofwat’s Guaranteed Standards Scheme: Recommended changes to the UK Government report, 2018, is the latest assessment of compensation levels. It is the first assessment since 2001.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison grouped question UIN 49795 question first answered 22/09/2022 11:42:54 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1506327

registered interest
date	08/09/2022
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	Water Supply: 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 recent assessment his Department has made of the current minimum guaranteed standards scheme payment amounts for water supply interruptions.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	49795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2022 answer text <p>14 of the 17 water companies operating in England and Wales have fully implemented Ofwat’s recommendation to increase compensation payments for supply interruptions. One further company has partially implemented the recommendation.</p><p> </p><p>Ofwat’s Guaranteed Standards Scheme: Recommended changes to the UK Government report, 2018, is the latest assessment of compensation levels. It is the first assessment since 2001.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison grouped question UIN 49794 question first answered 22/09/2022 11:42:54 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild