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1279010

registered interest
date	21/01/2021
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: Quotas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	Whether he has plans to reallocate (a) new and (b) existing UK fishing quota to small boat fishers.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	911179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2021 answer text <p>We recently consulted on how to apportion additional quota between the UK administrations. We also consulted on how we allocate England’s share. We will publish the Government’s response and our English allocation policy after annual negotiations conclude. It is for the devolved administrations to decide how to allocate their share.</p><p> </p><p>We have been clear since the 2018 White Paper that we would allocate our existing quota using the current method.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 21/01/2021 15:38:08 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1216052

registered interest
date	22/06/2020
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	Marine Protected Areas
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 ensure the effectiveness of the UK’s offshore marine protected areas.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	62497
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2020 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>Marine protection is a devolved matter and the information provided relates to England only.</p><p> </p><p>One of Defra’s biggest challenges in seeking to ensure effective management of offshore Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) has been the need to secure the agreement of other countries through the Common Fisheries Policy process. This requirement will end when the Transition Period has finished.</p><p> </p><p>The Fisheries Bill proposes a new power enabling the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) to implement fisheries management measures for conservation purposes both within our MPAs and more widely across English waters. The MMO will be able to use this power after the expiry of the Transition Period.</p><p> </p><p>Activities within MPAs that require planning or licensing consent are assessed by the relevant regulator, including the MMO, to prevent damage to these designated areas.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 30/06/2020 13:43:05 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1216053

registered interest
date	22/06/2020
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: Marine Protected Areas
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 assessment he has made of the effect of supertrawler fishing on the UK’s offshore marine protected areas.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	62498
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2020 answer text <p>Marine protection is a devolved matter and the information provided relates to England only.</p><p> </p><p>The Common Fisheries Policy has restricted our ability to implement fisheries management measures within offshore Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). The Fisheries Bill proposes a new power to allow the introduction of measures for conservation purposes, both within our MPAs and more widely across English waters.</p><p> </p><p>Not all fishing activities within MPAs will require management, only those likely to damage the designated features, such as trawling on the seabed. The Marine Management Organisation monitors activity to ensure fishing boats are complying with current rules, and will ensure compliance with new measures as they are introduced.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 30/06/2020 13:17:03 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1216054

registered interest
date	22/06/2020
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	Fishing Catches
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 ensure fishing catch limits do not exceed scientifically recommended sustainable levels.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	62499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government’s priority in relation to annual negotiations on fishing opportunities is to ensure that the total allowable catch for each fish stock that we have an interest in is set within sustainable limits taking account of scientific advice. Management measures, both technical and control based, are in place throughout the year to ensure monitoring and compliance of agreed catch limits and methods of capture. Enforcement of management measures is carried out through physical and electronic means as appropriate. The Fisheries Bill will put in place Fisheries Management Plans to help deliver and maintain stocks at sustainable levels into the future.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 30/06/2020 14:29:24 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

706720

registered interest
date	01/03/2017
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	Cryptosporidia: Lancashire
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 28 February 2017 to Question 64958, when she expects the Drinking Water Inspectorate to report its findings into the crytosporidium incident in Lancashire which took place in August 2015.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	66161
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2017 answer text <p>The Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI) remains very conscious of the level of interest in this investigation, but to avoid risks of prejudice or impediment to the course of justice, the publication of a report must follow the conclusion of this process.</p><p> </p><p>Once published, the report will be made available to those parties who have registered an interest with the DWI.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 07/03/2017 15:05:34 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

693246

registered interest
date	22/02/2017
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	Cryptosporidia: Lancashire
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 many staffing hours the Drinking Water Inspectorate put into investigating the cryptosporidium incident which took place in Lancashire in August 2015 in (a) 2015, (b) 2016 and (c) so far in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	64958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2017 answer text <p>The Drinking Water Inspectorate has put the following staffing hours into the investigation of the Cryptosporidium Incident which took place in Lancashire in August 2015.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Staff Hours</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>1366</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>650</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>222</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 28/02/2017 12:42:54 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

691880

registered interest
date	20/02/2017
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	Supermarkets: British Overseas Territories
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 commission research into the operation of zero-waste grocery shops in overseas territories to identify potential benefits that such shops could bring to the UK.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	64345
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2017 answer text <p>We do not intend to commission research into this. Manufacturing and retail supply chain food and packaging waste has reduced by 7.4% between 2009 and 2012, and a further 3% by 2015 by signatories under the previous Courtauld agreements. Under Courtauld 2025, we have a target to reduce total UK food waste by a further 20% by 2025.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 27/02/2017 11:15:40 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

674446

registered interest
date	17/01/2017
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	Common Agricultural Policy: Fines
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 EU disallowance fines relating to the Common Agricultural Policy are paid for through Common Agricultural Policy funds.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	60453
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2017 answer text <p>Disallowance relating to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is paid from national, not CAP scheme, funds.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 20/01/2017 15:26:04 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

674447

registered interest
date	17/01/2017
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	Common Agricultural Policy: Fines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on how many occasions the UK has incurred EU disallowance fines relating to the Common Agricultural Policy in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	60454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>Since the beginning of 2012 the European Commission has published 14 Commission Implementing Decisions which include UK disallowance. This relates to 55 instances where the European Commission asserted that UK controls, across the four administrations, failed to meet the rules set by the EU.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 23/01/2017 12:11:01 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

674449

registered interest
date	17/01/2017
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: Subsidies
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 partial Basic Payment Scheme payments to customers made by the Rural Payment Agency are included in the Agency's published performance results.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	60445
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2017 answer text <p>All Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) 2016 payments issued, and included in the published performance results, are complete based on the current 2016 claim information held by the Rural Payments Agency. Those who have received a BPS Financial Support Payment are not and therefore not included in the reported figures paid.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 25/01/2017 14:47:14 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith