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1309329

registered interest
date	15/04/2021
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	Fisheries: Crime
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 the Government is taking to tackle illegal fishing in UK waters.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	181272
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2021 answer text <p>On 1 January 2021 the UK became an independent coastal state and retained the Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Regulation (IUU) in UK Law. This means that imports of most fish and fishery products into the UK will need to be accompanied by a catch certificate and other relevant IUU documentation. As an independent coastal state, the UK has full responsibility over how it ensures compliance with fisheries regulations within its waters. We are committed to ensuring an effective and robust enforcement system. Control and enforcement is a devolved matter. Defra, the Scottish Government, Welsh Government and Northern Ireland Executive continue to work together to share information and ensure a coordinated approach to monitoring, compliance and enforcement across UK waters. In England, the Government has put in place a significant increase in the number of personnel and surveillance assets dedicated to fisheries protection, including offshore patrol vessels for at-sea surveillance, and planes for aerial surveillance. This strong presence will deter against fisheries infringements, while also enabling our agencies to take robust action where they may occur.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 23/04/2021 13:30:20 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1309454

registered interest
date	15/04/2021
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: 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 he is taking to introduce a water labelling efficiency scheme linked to building regulations and minimum standards.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	181455
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2021 answer text <p>The Government consulted on measures to reduce personal water use in 2019, which included amendments to building regulations, introducing a water efficiency labelling scheme and minimum standards. The response is due to be published in late spring and sets out our ambition and a package of policies to reduce household water consumption.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 23/04/2021 13:36:41 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1309455

registered interest
date	15/04/2021
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: 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 estimate he has made of potential saving in water per person from the introduction of a mandatory water efficiency labelling scheme linked to building regulations and minimum standards.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	181456
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2021 answer text <p>The Government consulted on measures to reduce personal water use in 2019 and we have committed to publish our response in late spring. Our ambitions are aligned with the recommendations set out in the National Framework to reduce personal water consumption to 110 litres per person per day by 2050. We believe our measures will enable this ambition to be met without affecting the quality of life and the enjoyment of water used by households.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 23/04/2021 13:36:35 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1309530

registered interest
date	15/04/2021
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	Livestock: Transport
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 impact assessment his Department has made of the proposed reforms to animal welfare in transport.
tabling member constituency	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
tabling member printed	Dr Dan Poulter
uin	181230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2021 answer text <p>We published a consultation stage impact assessment which estimated the potential impact on businesses of proposals to end live animal exports for slaughter and fattening and introduce further improvements to animal welfare during transport.</p><p> </p><p>Our aim was to gather additional evidence through the consultation process to further refine the impact assessment. The public consultation ended on 25 February and we are currently analysing all the responses we received.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 23/04/2021 13:12:13 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter

1309531

registered interest
date	15/04/2021
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	Poultry: Transport
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 impact assessment his Department has made of the transport of day-old chicks for up to 72 hours.
tabling member constituency	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
tabling member printed	Dr Dan Poulter
uin	181231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2021 answer text <p>No such assessment has been undertaken.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 23/04/2021 13:10:28 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter

1309538

registered interest
date	15/04/2021
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	Chemicals: Regulation
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 UK REACH plans to initiate restrictions on each of the 11 hazardous substances on which opinions have been adopted by the European Chemicals Agency, that will not be initiated by UK REACH in its first year.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	181429
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2021 answer text <p>The UK REACH Work Programme will be published annually, setting out the Health &amp; Safety Executive’s priorities, including work on restrictions. We will continue to identify further measures to safeguard human health and the environment based on robust science and the best available evidence, including considering evidence developed by the European Chemicals Agency. Restriction dossiers that we ask the Health &amp; Safety Executive to prepare in future Work Programmes will address issues that we consider to be most pressing in Great Britain.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 23/04/2021 13:31:40 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1309539

registered interest
date	15/04/2021
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	Chemicals: Regulation
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 publish the Health and Safety Executive and the Environment Agency analysis on which EU restrictions the European Chemicals Agency has adopted an opinion on were prioritised for consideration by UK REACH in its first year.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	181430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2021 answer text <p>HSE and the Environment Agency used a wide range of sources of information to identify priorities for initial restriction proposals under UK REACH. They will continue to keep this analysis under review in considering priorities for future years.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 23/04/2021 13:35:42 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1309566

registered interest
date	15/04/2021
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, for what reason an emergency authorisation for the use of neonicotinoids on sugar beet was approved.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	181286
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2021 answer text <p>Defra applies the precautionary principle to pesticides policy. That is why, for example, we supported a ban on the use of neonicotinoids to treat crops including sugar beet in 2018 and removed the general authorisation for its use. However, we can consider applications for emergency authorisations, just as other countries across Europe continue to do. In fact, ten EU countries have repeatedly granted emergency authorisations for use of the withdrawn neonicotinoids in sugar beet.  Emergency authorisation was granted for the use of a neonicotinoid seed treatment this year to address a potentially serious risk to the sugar beet crop.</p><p> </p><p>We will only grant an emergency authorisation where the relevant statutory requirements are met. In particular, that is where use of the product is necessary because of a danger which cannot be contained by any other reasonable means and any potential risks to humans, animals and the environment (including risks to bees and other pollinators) are considered to be acceptably low.</p><p> </p><p>The product will not now be used on the crop because disease levels were forecast to be below a threshold set as a condition of authorisation.</p><p> </p><p>The reasons for the decision to issue this emergency authorisation for the product Cruiser SB were set out in the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/neonicotinoid-product-as-seed-treatment-for-sugar-beet-emergency-authorisation-application/statement-on-the-decision-to-issue-with-strict-conditions-emergency-authorisation-to-use-a-product-containing-a-neonicotinoid-to-treat-sugar-beet" target="_blank">Statement on the decision to issue – with strict conditions – emergency authorisation to use a product containing a neonicotinoid to treat sugar beet seed in 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 23/04/2021 13:28:45 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1309567

registered interest
date	15/04/2021
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, for what reason the Health and Safety Executive risk assessment for the application for emergency use of the neonicotinoid thiamethoxam on sugar beet was based on industry studies and did not examine evidence from independent scientific studies.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	181287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2021 answer text <p>Any consideration of possible authorisation of a pesticide, including emergency authorisation, starts from the information provided by the applicant. Those carrying out the risk assessment will also draw on their wider knowledge. In this case, the assessment carried out by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) for Cruiser SB took account of an earlier assessment by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).</p><p> </p><p>The EFSA work considered honeybees, bumblebees and solitary bees, although the available data mostly relates to honeybees. HSE’s assessment considered the risks from residues of thiamethoxam in the soil being taken up by flowering plants attractive to bees in future years. The assessment focussed on following crops such as oilseed rape, which have a greater potential to expose bees than wildflowers in field margins.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis grouped question UIN 181289 181290 question first answered 23/04/2021 13:26:34 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1309568

registered interest
date	15/04/2021
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, with reference to the emergency authorisation for the use of the neonicotinoid thiamethoxam in January 2021, for what reason his Department did not include a mitigation measure to tackle the risk of guttation on following maize crops.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	181288
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2021 answer text <p>The mitigations built into the emergency authorisation to protect bees were considered sufficient to support the granting of the authorisation.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 23/04/2021 13:19:18 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner