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1607059

registered interest
date	24/03/2023
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	Pigs: Animal Housing
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 is taking steps to ban (a) pig farrowing crates, (b) sow stalls and (c) other caged farming systems.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	173051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to strengthening animal welfare standards and is currently examining the use of cages for laying hens and the use of farrowing crates for pigs. The UK banned sow stalls in 1999.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to work with retailers and producers to ensure we maintain and enhance the high standards of animal health and welfare we have in this country, including on our farms.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 28/03/2023 15:36:38 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1607159

registered interest
date	24/03/2023
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	Plants: Genetically Modified Organisms
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 are taking to support research on gene edited plants; and what assessment she has made of the potential merits of requiring researchers to have a license before conducting gene editing on animals.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Paul Girvan
uin	173072
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government has passed into law The Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act that unlocks growth and innovation in the bioscience sector. Precision breeding technology such as gene editing, taking place in the UK’s leading research institutes has the potential to tackle some of the major challenges of our time.</p><p> </p><p>Relevant licences under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 continue to be required for any scientific research involving gene-editing in animals.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 28/03/2023 15:31:13 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4633 label Biography information for Paul Girvan

1606684

registered interest
date	23/03/2023
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	Fruit and Vegetables: Prices
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 made an assessment of the extent to which recent increases in the costs of production incurred by British fruit and vegetables producers are reflected in the prices being paid by retailers to British suppliers.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	172514
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>The Department has not made an assessment of the extent to which recent cost of production increases are reflected in the prices being paid by retailers.</p><p> </p><p>We understand the importance of a well-functioning supply chain and regularly meet with industry representatives to discuss any issues being faced.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 28/03/2023 10:54:56 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1606792

registered interest
date	23/03/2023
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	Nutrition: Wales
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 discussions she has had with the Welsh Government on ensuring that healthy foods are more accessible and affordable.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	172346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>Defra Ministers have regular discussions with Devolved Administration Ministers on a range of issues including at meetings of the Inter-Ministerial Group for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (IMG EFRA). Food supply and sustainability was discussed at the last IMG EFRA meeting which was held on 6 March.</p><p>I recognise this is a challenging time for consumers and we are taking a large number of steps to support people with the cost of living, including targeted support of £26 billion announced by the Chancellor.</p><p>Defra works closely with retailers and producers to explore measures they can take to ensure the availability of healthy, affordable food.</p><p>A healthy diet is a key component of good health and the Government advises people to follow the Eatwell Guide. Encouraging more people to follow the Eatwell Guide will have a substantial benefit on health as well as the environment.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 28/03/2023 11:09:13 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1606844

registered interest
date	23/03/2023
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	Sewage and Water Abstraction: Water Companies
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 steps she has taken to ensure that (a) publicly and (b) privately owned water and sewerage companies fulfil the duty to provide details of water abstraction and sewerage discharges to the public upon request; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Broxbourne
tabling member printed	Sir Charles Walker
uin	172359
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>All data held by the Environment Agency on water abstractions, sewage treatment effluents or sewage related discharges is Environmental Information and available on request or in some cases is published on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p><p>Water and sewerage companies have published Event and Duration Monitoring (EDM) data relating to sewage discharges annually since 2020 that can be found <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fenvironment.data.gov.uk%2Fdataset%2F21e15f12-0df8-4bfc-b763-45226c16a8ac&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cwaterindustryteam%40defra.gov.uk%7C7a32d6f024994605165708dafe1b9c53%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638101691776880584%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Pv206bTBje97%2BO1bmTXHFNz%2BphMgmzNIUObR3WDdb78%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">here</a>. The 2022 data will be published at the end of March 2023.</p><p> </p><p>Defra also publish a summary of water abstraction statistics. The most recent update was published in July 2022, including data up until 2018: <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fwater-abstraction-estimates&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cwaterindustryteam%40defra.gov.uk%7Cec32f825a0c145bc778808db2ea572ad%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638155060348158262%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=%2BQZBj2b%2BSHiCAMONi7n8BzpLaple7PTYx7tECPTVgEw%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Water abstraction statistics: England, 2000 to 2018 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 28/03/2023 11:03:23 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker

1606873

registered interest
date	23/03/2023
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	Food: Profits
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 implications for her policies of trends in the level of profit made by large food and drink (a) retailers and (b) manufacturers in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
tabling member printed	Beth Winter
uin	172531
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>Defra works with stakeholders across the food sector to promote and deliver HMG policy priorities. We do not actively monitor the profits of food retailers and manufacturers.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer grouped question UIN 172533 question first answered 28/03/2023 14:51:44 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4809 label Biography information for Beth Winter

1606874

registered interest
date	23/03/2023
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	Food: Prices
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 comparative assessment of (a) food price inflation and (b) trends in the level of profits of (i) major UK food and drink retailers and (ii) major food and drink manufacturers over the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
tabling member printed	Beth Winter
uin	172532
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>Defra does not actively monitor the profits of food retailers and manufacturers. Defra relies on the Office for National Statistics (ONS) for monthly food price inflation statistics, which stood at 18.2% for food and non-alcoholic beverages in the year to February 2023.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 28/03/2023 15:21:06 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4809 label Biography information for Beth Winter

1606875

registered interest
date	23/03/2023
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	Food: Prices
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 implications for her policies of (a) anticipated pricing decisions and (b) anticipated profits of food and drink (i) manufacturers and (ii) retailers in the next 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
tabling member printed	Beth Winter
uin	172533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>Defra works with stakeholders across the food sector to promote and deliver HMG policy priorities. We do not actively monitor the profits of food retailers and manufacturers.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer grouped question UIN 172531 question first answered 28/03/2023 14:51:44 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4809 label Biography information for Beth Winter

1606240

registered interest
date	22/03/2023
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	Coastal Areas: Environment Protection
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 funding her Department plans to provide for rock armour coastal pathway protection schemes; and if she will increase UK-wide funding for those schemes.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	171407
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government announced in March 2020 a record £5.2 billion investment over 6 years in flood and coastal erosion schemes to better protect communities across England. Our £5.2 billion 2021-27 programme includes defences for the coast where it is sustainable and affordable to defend the coastline. In areas where it is not, other approaches such as managed realignment or transition will be needed. Approximately 1/6th of the projects in the £5.2bn programme will help better protect coastal communities.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 28/03/2023 11:20:18 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1606403

registered interest
date	22/03/2023
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	Sewage: Pollution Control
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 progress her Department has made on reducing sewage discharges.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	171533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>In August 2022 HM Government published the <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F1101686%2FStorm_Overflows_Discharge_Reduction_Plan.pdf&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7Cdd569f0dfb4140f771d208db2ecc242d%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638155226545187803%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=dDD53jeN7%2B1WvsahtiB5QWVcRjadmpBMWmmQZd1DxCc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Storm Overflows Discharge Reduction Plan</a>, requiring water companies to deliver their largest ever infrastructure investment - £56 billion capital investment over 25 years. £3.1 billion will be invested in storm overflow improvements between 2020 and 2025 (approximately 800 improvements). Water companies have already completed 43 storm overflow improvements schemes as part of their plans for the 2020-25 Price review period, and this will increase to almost 450 improvements by the end of next year.</p><p> </p><p>In February 2023 I asked water and sewerage companies to set an action plan on every storm overflow in England, prioritising those that are spilling more than a certain number of times a year, and those spilling into bathing waters and high priority nature sites. I have also announced water companies will face higher penalties that are quicker and easier to enforce.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 28/03/2023 14:46:09 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan