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1782943

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date	10/03/2025
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	Sewage: Water
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 assessed the potential merits when sewage is released by water companies that poses a risk to human health of requiring (a) a physical warning system and (b) the flying of warning flags for a minimum time duration at (i) beaches and (ii) waterways.
tabling member constituency	North Cornwall
tabling member printed	Ben Maguire
uin	36975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2025 answer text <p>Under the Bathing Water Regulations 2013, local authorities with a designated bathing water must actively disseminate and promptly make available to the public, in the near vicinity of the bathing water, a warning whenever short-term pollution is predicted or present.</p> answering member constituency Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice answering member printed Emma Hardy question first answered 17/04/2025 16:18:45 answering member 4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy
tabling member	5350

1792411

registered interest
date	03/04/2025
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements: USA
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, what discussions they have had with the government of the United States of America about the Online Safety Act 2023 and the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 in the context of a free trade agreement.
tabling member printed	Baroness Morgan of Cotes
uin	HL6566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2025 answer text <p>We will always act in the best interests of UK businesses and consumers. That’s why, throughout the last few weeks, the government has been fully focused on negotiating an economic deal with the United States that strengthens our existing fair and balanced trading relationship. The UK remains committed to continuing these discussions.</p> answering member printed Baroness Jones of Whitchurch question first answered 17/04/2025 15:48:40 answering member 3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
tabling member	4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes

1792451

registered interest
date	03/04/2025
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: Employment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of impact of growth in the reuse and repair sector on opportunities for green skilled jobs.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL6546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2025 answer text <p>No formal assessment has been made of the impact of growth in the reuse and repair sector on opportunities for green skilled jobs.</p><p> </p><p>Defra recognises that repair and reuse are fundamental tenets of any circular economy, and a successful circular transition will deliver increased supply chain resilience, economic productivity, and economic growth. Furthermore, capitalising on the opportunity to effect a circular transition will attract investment into new product manufacturing and processing infrastructure; create new highly skilled green jobs in circular product design and development; and help our economy retain more of the critical resources on which it depends. We will consider the evidence for appropriate action right across the economy as we develop the Circular Economy Strategy for England.</p> answering member printed Baroness Hayman of Ullock question first answered 17/04/2025 15:41:52 answering member 4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

1792528

registered interest
date	04/04/2025
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	Forests: Access
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 19 March 2025 to Question 35439 on Forests and Rivers: Access, what plans he has considered for other national forests.
tabling member constituency	Mid Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Blake Stephenson
uin	44305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2025 answer text <p>Defra launched the Western Forest on 21 March 2025 and is considering its approach to the creation of further national forests.</p> answering member constituency Coventry East answering member printed Mary Creagh question first answered 17/04/2025 15:13:48 answering member 1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh
tabling member	5100

1791292

registered interest
date	01/04/2025
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: Hospitality Industry
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 made an assessment of the potential merits of exempting businesses in the hospitality sector from charges under Extended Producer Responsibility.
tabling member constituency	Falkirk
tabling member printed	Euan Stainbank
uin	43326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2025 answer text <p>Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging obligates brands and packaging producers to pay the costs of managing household packaging waste. Therefore, no assessment has been made of the merits of exempting all businesses in the hospitality sector.</p><p> </p><p>This is because a wide range of hospitality businesses operate take away business models, where food, and primarily non-alcoholic drinks, are taken away by consumers and disposed of off premises. There is also packaging used in the hospitality sector which can be evidenced as not ending up in household bins. Under the current regulations producers can exempt this packaging from being classed as household packaging.</p><p> </p><p>Since autumn 2024, the Government has been working with stakeholders to make an assessment of whether amendments to the regulations or the guidance can be made to further help producers in exempting packaging.</p> answering member constituency Coventry East answering member printed Mary Creagh question first answered 17/04/2025 14:57:27 answering member 1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh
tabling member	5110

1792374

registered interest
date	03/04/2025
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Artificial Intelligence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment they have made of the potential impact of the use of AI in their Department on security.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	44013
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2025 answer text <p>The UK government is dedicated to leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance public services safely and securely. The AI Playbook for the UK Government security section (p. 74) includes an assessment of the risks coming from the use of AI. The Playbook includes worked scenarios for AI use which detail potential impacts for the different types of risk. All AI services must adhere to Secure by Design principles and conduct risk assessments, including Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs).</p><p>All use of AI in the department is considered carefully. We conduct assurance of AI tools in line with industry guidance and regulatory standards for AI, including HMG AI frameworks.</p><p>The department has completed a range of assessments against various AI solutions based on a robust risk and assurance process. Where risks have been identified, the department has put appropriate adjustments in place to minimise those risks.</p> answering member constituency Barnsley North answering member printed Dan Jarvis question first answered 17/04/2025 14:44:17 answering member 4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1791930

registered interest
date	02/04/2025
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: Poultry
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have for the vaccination of hens against bird flu.
tabling member printed	Earl Cathcart
uin	HL6481
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2025 answer text <p>The vaccination of poultry and captive birds, excluding those in licensed zoos in England, against avian influenza is not currently permitted. While vaccination is not a viable option at present, Defra continues to explore the potential for use of vaccination as a preventative measure for avian influenza through the work of the cross-Government and industry avian influenza vaccination task force. The task force published an <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/vaccination-of-birds-against-high-pathogenicity-avian-influenza-bird-flu-joint-statement" target="_blank">interim statement</a> on 7 March 2025 (copy attached), and will publish a more detailed report in summer 2025.</p><p> </p><p>As part of this work, Defra and the Veterinary Medicines Directorate will continue to monitor the development and availability of vaccines for their utility in preventing and responding to avian influenza outbreaks as they are put forward for market authorisation by vaccine manufacturers.</p> answering member printed Baroness Hayman of Ullock question first answered 17/04/2025 14:41:28 answering member 4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock attachment 1 file name Vaccination of birds against high pathogenicity avian influenza (bird flu) joint statement from the avian influenza vaccination taskforce - GOV.UK.pdf title Vaccination of birds joint statement
tabling member	2463 label Biography information for Earl Cathcart

1789672

registered interest
date	27/03/2025
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	Fish: Animal Welfare
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce legislation to protect the welfare of farmed fish at the time of killing.
tabling member printed	Lord Gascoigne
uin	HL6232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2025 answer text <p>Current legislation already provides protection for farmed fish kept for the production of meat or other products whilst on farm and during transport. The Animal Welfare Act 2006 makes it an offence to cause unnecessary suffering to any protected animal, including fish, or to fail to provide for the welfare needs of a protected animal, for which that person is responsible. Legislation on the protection of animals at the time of killing also requires that farmed fish are spared avoidable pain, distress or suffering during their killing and related operations.</p><p> </p><p>The <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/opinion-on-the-welfare-of-farmed-fish-at-the-time-of-killing" target="_blank">Animal Welfare Committee’s updated Opinion on the welfare of farmed fish at the time of killing</a> was finalised in 2023. A copy is attached to this answer. As a result of this a GB-wide joint government and industry working group on farmed trout has been examining the issues raised in the report to explore potential options for more detailed welfare at killing requirements. This co-design work is making good progress. The Scottish Government is also working closely with the salmon industry regarding more detailed welfare at killing requirements. We are awaiting the completion of this group’s work and we will then explore all the potential next steps, including options for creating detailed guidance and new legislation.</p> answering member printed Baroness Hayman of Ullock question first answered 17/04/2025 14:27:20 answering member 4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock attachment 1 file name Update to the 2024 Opinion on the welfare of farmed fish at the time of killing.pdf title Update to the 2014 FAWC Opinion
tabling member	4986 label Biography information for Lord Gascoigne

1792301

registered interest
date	03/04/2025
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Listed Events
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changing viewing habits on the relevance of the Listed Events regime as a means of ensuring (a) the wide and (b) free availability of key national sporting moments.
tabling member constituency	Rossendale and Darwen
tabling member printed	Andy MacNae
uin	44127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2025 answer text <p>As viewing increasingly shifts from traditional broadcasting to a variety of online and on-demand formats, the Government is keen to ensure that key sporting events remain available for people to watch for free in years to come.</p><p>The current ‘Listed Events’ regime only covers linear coverage rights. While we are fortunate that on-demand and linear rights continue to be sold together, and therefore jointly benefit from the protections afforded by the regime, the Government is conscious that this may not always remain the case.</p><p>The Government will set out its position on the inclusion of on-demand (or “digital”) rights in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Barnsley South answering member printed Stephanie Peacock question first answered 17/04/2025 14:12:55 answering member 4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock
tabling member	5134

1792404

registered interest
date	03/04/2025
answering body	Restoration and Renewal Client Board
answering dept id	213
answering dept short name	Restoration and Renewal Client Board
answering dept sort name	Restoration and Renewal Client Board
hansard heading	Palace of Westminster: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker how many members of both Houses who have not yet accepted the Restoration and Renewal Programme’s invitation to visit the Palace of Westminster basement would need to visit on average on every anticipated sitting day before the end of October in order for all parliamentarians to have undertaken such a visit before the presentation of fully costed proposals which are expected by the end of the year; and what steps are being taken to encourage parliamentarians to visit.
tabling member printed	Lord Fuller
uin	HL6559
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2025 answer text <p>The R&amp;R Programme offers tours of the Palace of Westminster, starting in Royal Court and including the medieval Cloister Court and the basement, for members, staff of both Houses, and members’ staff. Attendees are provided with an insight into the work already being undertaken to maintain the Palace as well as an understanding of the future works needed and the challenges facing the Palace.</p><p>Of the current members of either House, 193 members have been on a Palace R&amp;R tour. There are an estimated 85 sitting days before the end of October in which at least one of the Houses is sitting. This would mean an average of 15.1 members would need to take a tour on every anticipated sitting day before the end of October for all parliamentarians to have undertaken a tour (the number of Lords members is based on those eligible to attend proceedings as of 10 April 2025). Given the basement is a working space, there are restrictions on access and tours are timed to avoid the busiest operational periods.</p><p>The tours have been publicised by various means in the current Parliament, including through the other engagement fora that the Programme uses to engage with parliamentarians. Tours have been advertised on internal communication channels such as ParliNet, Red Benches, PeerHub and offered in-person at R&amp;R engagement stands (for example, in the 1 Millbank House Library and Portcullis House), at the Lords Members’ Fair, and during 1-to-1 R&amp;R briefings with members of both Houses and others in the parliamentary community. To target new members specifically, the tours were advertised by e-mail to new members of the House of Lords and leaflets offering tours and briefings were available in the communal workspaces used by newly elected MPs. In addition, the Chair and Deputy Chair of the R&amp;R Programme Board e-mailed all MPs and Lords in January 2025 inviting them to engage with the Programme and I also recommended the tour to noble Lords in my opening speech in the parliamentary debate in January 2025 on the R&amp;R annual progress report.</p><p>Tours are only one way in which the R&amp;R Programme engages with parliamentarians. The R&amp;R Client Team has held engagement stalls in prominent places such as Portcullis House, offered and held 1-to-1 briefings with members, appeared at committees and party groups, and provided information about R&amp;R on ParliNet and in leaflets. As part of its interactions with members, the team also regularly checks that its engagement channels are working for members and explains how to obtain further information about the Programme.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 17/04/2025 14:08:24 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	5017 label Biography information for Lord Fuller