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969121

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Health
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 uses Office for National Statistics estimates of personal well-being when formulating policy; and what policies his Department has introduced to improve national well-being in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	171302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p><br></p><p>In line with the Government’s Green Book, Defra policy is appraised and developed using an assessment of costs and benefits. This appraisal is based on improving well-being. Policy makers and analysts use a range of data sources in making this assessment, which can include ONS estimates of personal well-being.</p><p><br></p><p> </p><p><br></p><p>Defra recognises that the quality of the environment underpins our well-being and prosperity. During the last 12 months we have introduced a range of actions to improve well-being, including those set out in the 25 Year Environment Plan and the Clean Air Strategy.</p><p><br></p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 14/09/2018 11:26:57 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

969162

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
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	Animal Welfare: Sentencing
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 he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to increase the maximum sentence for animal cruelty sentences from six months to five years imprisonment.
tabling member constituency	Alyn and Deeside
tabling member printed	Mark Tami
uin	171315
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government has announced that it intends to increase the maximum penalty for animal cruelty from 6 months’ imprisonment to 5 years’ imprisonment. The necessary legislation needed to make this change will be introduced as soon as Parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 12/09/2018 15:08:19 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1383 label Biography information for Mark Tami

969217

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: World Health Organization
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether (a) Ministers and (b) officials of his Department have met officials from the World Trade Organisation since the EU referendum in June 2016; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	171332
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2018 answer text <p>The UK is a full and founding member of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Since June 2016, Defra officials have consulted with a range of partners, including the WTO Secretariat and other WTO members, as we re-establish our independent membership upon leaving the EU. The Department for International Trade is primarily responsible for the government’s relationship with the WTO, as such Defra Ministers have not met with any WTO officials.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 12/09/2018 14:54:22 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

969274

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Mobile Phones
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 a list of the mobile phone applications developed by his Department and its agencies in the last three years; and what the cost to the public purse was of developing of each of those applications.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	171519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally. <br></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 14/09/2018 11:22:27 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

969304

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Bicycles
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the prohibition of visitors bringing their folding bikes into the DEFRA office at 2 Marsham Street in London; and whether that prohibition is compatible with the aims of that Department’s environmental policies.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL10134
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>Defra is a tenant at 2 Marsham Street, with the Home Office (Defra’s Landlord) occupying the majority of the site. Defra follows the security protocols set by the Home Office.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For folding bikes the following protocols apply across the whole building:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li><p>Full building pass holders can bring folding bikes into the office but most enter via the car park and leave bikes at the bike racks.</p><p> </p></li><li><p>VIPs are permitted to enter the office space with a folding bike.</p><p> </p></li><li><p>Pre-booked visitors are requested to take their bike to the car park entrance where it can be left in a secure sheltered area (visitor bike racks are provided).</p><p> </p></li><li><p>Unannounced visitors are required to contact their host/sponsor to vouch for them and book them in on arrival so that they can leave their bike at the car park entrance.</p><p> </p><p>Folding bikes cannot be processed through the security scanners at the Marsham Street reception.</p></li></ul><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 13/09/2018 13:41:16 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

969319

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
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: UK Trade with EU
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the value of (1) exports, and (2) imports, of food and drink between the UK and the rest of the EU in each of the last three years.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL10149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2018 answer text <p>UK food and drink Exports are a success story, reaching £22bn for the first time in 2017. Our exports to Europe continue to increase, and have grown by £3.4bn since 2014.</p><p> </p><p>Exports</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>In 2015 the value of food and drink exports to the rest of the EU was £10.9bn.</p></li></ul><p> </p><ul><li><p>This increased to £12bn in 2016.</p></li><li><p>This increased again in 2017 to a total of £13.3bn.</p></li></ul><p> </p><p>Imports</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>In 2015 the value of food and drink imports from the rest of the EU was £27.6bn.</p></li></ul><p> </p><ul><li><p>In 2016 this increased to £29.8bn.</p></li><li><p>In 2017 this increased to £32.4bn.</p></li></ul><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 18/09/2018 11:36:30 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

969324

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
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	Bees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their latest assessment of the health of the bee population in the UK.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL10154
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The National Bee Unit has an extensive programme of monitoring and advisory visits to beekeepers to check for the presence of notifiable pests and diseases of honey bees and provide advice on biosecurity within the hive. They carry out around 5,000 visits per year. Levels of endemic notifiable diseases (European and American foulbrood) remain at low levels. The Government has well-tested plans to tackle incursions of exotic pests, such as the Asian hornet, which have been successfully used to find and destroy nests. The number of beekeepers registered on the BeeBase system (the National Bee Unit’s biosecurity system which underpins the bee health actions of the Government’s inspectorate) has increased significantly over the last 10 years from 12 thousand to over 40 thousand today.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In terms of wild bees, the UK’s ‘Status of Pollinating Insects’ indicator summarises trends for almost 400 pollinating insect species and was last published on the 19th July 2018. It measures how widespread each species is in each year since 1980 and shows that the overall status of pollinating insects has declined, but has stabilised in recent years. The Government is keeping this under review as an encouraging but not yet definitive sign of progress and is determined to continue working to see positive results across the full range of activities under the National Pollinator Strategy to improve the health of our bees.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 11/09/2018 15:42:37 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

969325

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
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	Pollinators: Conservation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether assessment they have made of the success of the National Pollinator Strategy.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL10155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>In 2017, the UK Government published the first progress report for the National Pollinator Strategy. It highlights positive progress with the Strategy’s 34 actions, undertaken in partnership with voluntary groups, farmers, growers and within the government estate.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For example, in 2015, we introduced a Pollinator and Wildlife Package to our Countryside Stewardship Scheme to provide a suite of habitats on farmland. Since 2011, through this package and other actions, we have established management on approximately 130,000 hectares of land to create new wildlife-rich habitat in the wider countryside.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have established a dedicated UK pollinator monitoring and research partnership, and developed an indicator of trends in the status of pollinating insects. The indicator was last published on 19 July 2018. It shows that the overall status of pollinating insects has declined since 1980, but has stabilised in recent years. We are keeping this under review as an encouraging but not yet definitive sign of progress.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We will review and refresh the Strategy’s aims by 2019 to strengthen our response based on an improved understanding of the baselines, the impact of pressures and the role of pollinators. We are determined to continue working to see positive results across the full range of the Strategy’s outcomes.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 11/09/2018 15:43:28 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

969335

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
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	Origin Marking
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to protect products that benefit from protected geographical or traditional status under EU legislation.
tabling member printed	Lord McNicol of West Kilbride
uin	HL10165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government recognises the economic and cultural importance of UK geographical indications (GIs). We are working with the Devolved Administrations and stakeholders to develop new UK GI schemes for when we leave the EU.</p><p> </p><p>We will use the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 to ensure that GI schemes are in place on day one of leaving the EU for wines, aromatised wines, spirit drinks, agricultural products and foodstuffs. This will provide UK protection for UK GIs when we leave the EU and ensure that the UK fulfils its obligations under World Trade Organisation Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights rules.</p><p> </p><p>The protection of UK GIs in the EU and EU GIs in the UK is subject to ongoing negotiations. We anticipate that all current UK GIs will continue to be protected by the EU’s GI schemes after we leave the EU.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 13/09/2018 13:41:40 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	4702 label Biography information for Lord McNicol of West Kilbride

969339

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
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	Fly-tipping: Prosecutions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of statistics for prosecutions for fly-tipping in England; and, in the light of those, whether local authorities have sufficient powers in relation to fly-tipping.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL10169
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2018 answer text <p>In 2016/17 there were 1,571 prosecutions by local authorities for fly-tipping offences. Ninety-eight per cent of those prosecutions resulted in a conviction. The 2017/18 figures are due to be published on GOV.UK in the autumn.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This Government is committed to tackling fly-tipping. We work closely with local authorities and the Local Government Association through the National Fly-tipping Prevention Group (NFTPG). It is the responsibility of local authorities to use the full range of enforcement powers available to them to tackle fly-tipping and we encourage them to do so. The NFTPG has published guidance which sets out clearly the powers available to local authorities when tackling fly-tipping. We have strengthened these powers in recent years by introducing fixed penalty notices for small scale fly-tipping and enhancing the ability of local authorities to search and seize vehicles of suspected fly-tippers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Earlier this year we consulted on proposals to introduce a new fixed penalty for householders who pass their waste to a fly-tipper. Subject to Parliamentary approval, we will seek to implement the changes later this year. We will also provide updated guidance for householders about how to ensure their waste is disposed of correctly. As two thirds of fly-tipping contains household waste, these additional measures will give local authorities another tool to tackle fly-tipping. Our strategic approach to waste crime will include further measures to tackle fly-tipping and will be published later this year as part of the Resources and Waste Strategy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 19/09/2018 08:48:13 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans