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1540521

registered interest
date	08/11/2022
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	Agriculture: Northern Ireland
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 Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on restoring smooth and frictionless trade for farmers in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	82304
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>UK Government Ministers meet regularly to discuss the Northern Ireland Protocol, including the impact to Northern Ireland’s agriculture sector. There are serious issues with how the Northern Ireland Protocol is currently operating. We are determined to resolve these issues, preferably through talks and negotiations or, if need be, via legislation. Defra officials also meet frequently with organisations from the whole Northern Ireland agri-food supply chain, including Northern Ireland farmers.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 21/11/2022 16:53:36 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1540543

registered interest
date	08/11/2022
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	Air Pollution: Babies
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 Answer of 7 November 2022 to Question 69799 on Air Pollution: Babies, if she will hold discussions with Cabinet colleague on the potential impacts of toxic air pollution particles on the lungs, livers and brains of unborn babies.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	82446
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2022 answer text <p>The Secretary of State is working across Government to tackle air pollution and its impacts on health.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 18/11/2022 14:55:11 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1540544

registered interest
date	08/11/2022
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	Royal Hampshire County Hospital: Accidents
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 discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the chemical leak at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester on 7 November 7 2022.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	82447
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2022 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has regular discussions with Cabinet colleagues on a range of subjects, and discussions among Cabinet colleagues are considered confidential.</p><p>At 17:53 on Monday 7 November 2022, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service (HIWFRS) notified the Environment Agency (EA) that they were attending Royal Hampshire County Hospital with their Environment Protection Unit, following reports of a leaking drum of potentially hazardous liquids, within the hospital. The Environmental Protection Unit is an EA and HIWFRS joint funded specialist vehicle used for incidents involved in hazardous or unknown substances.</p><p>The EA assessed the incident as having minimal environmental impact and HIWFRS led the containment response.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 18/11/2022 14:38:29 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1540591

registered interest
date	08/11/2022
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	Agriculture: Land
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 it remains her Department's policy to redefine best and most versatile land to include category 3b.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	82210
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2022 answer text <p>Best and most versatile agricultural land (BMVAL) is defined in the National Planning Policy Framework and Natural England’s guide to assessing development proposals on agricultural land as land in grades 1, 2 and 3a of the Agricultural Land Classification.</p><p> </p><p>Protecting our environment, backing British farmers and delivering long-term energy security with more renewables is at the heart of HM Government’s manifesto.</p><p> </p><p>That’s why we will be looking at the frameworks for regulation, innovation and investment that impact farmers and land managers to make sure that our policies are best placed to boost food production, increase resilience, deliver long-term energy security and protect the environment.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 15/11/2022 17:03:36 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1540601

registered interest
date	08/11/2022
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	Hedges and Ditches: Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in reference to the recommendation of the Committee on Climate Change, whether he will set a target to increase the UK’s hedgerow network by 40 per cent.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	82414
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2022 answer text <p>Defra will encourage and support increased hedgerows through our environmental land management schemes. Working with Sustainable Farming Incentive pilot participants and gathering learning from the pilots, we are incorporating this feedback into the development of the live version of the Hedgerow Standard and its supporting capital items, which are due to be rolled out into the scheme in 2023. Defra is currently working on a response to the Climate Change Committee report and their recommendations, which is likely to be published in early 2023.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 17/11/2022 20:57:02 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1540620

registered interest
date	08/11/2022
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	Fish Farming: Animal Welfare
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 plans to improve animal welfare protections for farmed fish in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	82415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2022 answer text <p>The Animal Welfare Act 2006 makes it an offence to cause unnecessary suffering to any protected animal, or to fail to provide for the welfare needs of an animal, including fish, for which that person is responsible</p><p><br> There is also legislation on the protection of animals at the time of killing which requires that farmed fish are spared avoidable pain, distress or suffering during their killing and related operations.</p><p>As part of HM Government’s Action Plan for Animal Welfare, we are considering improvements that could be made to the welfare of farmed fish at the time of killing. To inform this work, we have asked the Animal Welfare Committee for advice, and this is expected before the end of the year.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 18/11/2022 14:49:29 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1540621

registered interest
date	08/11/2022
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	Pets: Animal Welfare
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 protect companion animal welfare while in transport; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	82231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>HM Government is committed to improving the welfare standards of all animal journeys. We published our wide-reaching Action Plan for Animal Welfare in May 2021, setting out our current and future work to build on our already high standards of animal welfare.</p><p> </p><p>When companion animals are transported for a commercial purpose, their transportation must comply fully with legal requirements aimed at protecting their welfare, including the provision of sufficient space, feed and water. All transporters who wish to operate in Great Britain, including importing animals into or transiting through Great Britain, must hold a GB issued transporter authorisation. The Animal and Plant Health Agency acts as national regulator for the welfare of animals in transport rules and is able to take regulatory action following any non-compliance. Over the last year, one transporter authorisation relating to a cat or dog transporter has been revoked and two have been suspended.</p><p> </p><p>The Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill will allow us to protect the welfare of pets by introducing restrictions to crack down on the low welfare movements of pets into Great Britain and includes powers to introduce new restrictions on pet travel and the commercial import of pets on welfare grounds, via secondary legislation. In August 2021, HM Government launched a consultation on how these powers should be used. We are currently analysing the responses to the consultation and will publish a response in due course.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 21/11/2022 19:16:59 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1540622

registered interest
date	08/11/2022
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	Pets: Animal Welfare
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 planning legislative changes of health requirements for the (a) commercial and (b) non-commercial movement of companion animals into Great Britain; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	82232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>We take biosecurity seriously and operate one of the most rigorous and robust pet travel checking regimes in Europe. All pets entering Great Britain must be vaccinated against rabies, with a minimum 21 day wait period, and all dogs entering Great Britain must be treated for tapeworm no less than 24 hours and no more than 120 hours (5 days) before entry unless coming from tapeworm free countries. All non-commercial dogs, cats and ferrets entering Great Britain on approved routes under the Pet Travel rules and all commercial imports of pets undergo 100% documentary checks, and this includes checking animal health records to ensure compliance with these requirements.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, within 48 hours prior to the time of departure all commercial movements of dogs, cats and ferrets must undergo a clinical examination carried out by an official veterinarian, who must verify that the animals show no signs of diseases.</p><p> </p><p>We remain aware of the concerns around non-endemic diseases and continue to monitor the disease situation carefully. Our future policy will be guided by risk assessment.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 21/11/2022 19:43:37 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1540625

registered interest
date	08/11/2022
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	Environmental Land Management Schemes
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 take steps to help strengthen the Environmental land management schemes supporting farmers to protect and restore the environment.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	82416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2022 answer text <p>Our new environmental land management schemes are designed to support farmers to protect and restore the environment and we remain committed to rolling them out, as set out in the Agricultural Transition Plan.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 18/11/2022 14:53:15 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1540628

registered interest
date	08/11/2022
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	Flood 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, with reference to Met Office forecasts from November 2022 that February 2023 is predicted to be the wettest part of the 2022-23 winter, what steps her Department is taking to prepare for potential flooding in that month.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	82194
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2022 answer text <p>The Environment Agency (EA) is prepared to act wherever and whenever it is needed this winter. It has 5,000 trained staff across the country ready to respond. These staff will issue flood warnings, operate flood risk management assets such as the Thames and Boston barriers when flooding is forecast and work with partners to support at risk communities. The EA uses its flood warning system to directly alert over 1.6 million users when flooding is expected in their area. There are military personnel and contractors on standby who can be deployed to assist in the most significant incidents.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the EA continues to build and repair flood defences to make the nation more resilient to flooding, delivering on HM Government’s record £5.2 billion investment in flood and coastal risk management. This has already resulted in more than 35,878 properties being better protected from flooding and coastal erosion since April 2021.</p><p> </p><p>The EA launched its annual <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fnews%2Fflood-action-week-households-urged-to-prepare-in-2022-year-of-extremes&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7C22f4a6e52a444861dc5d08dac3010b76%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638036706500106967%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=89REq9AGVqQjVqmP8uCKI8mYV8TqH6Zh6UySQc50HzY%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Flood Action Campaign</a> on 7 November to encourage people to prepare in advance for flooding. This promotes the simple steps that people can take to protect themselves, their family and homes.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 17/11/2022 19:05:46 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick