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1196967

registered interest
date	19/05/2020
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	Dairy Farming: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to support the dairy industry during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Morecambe and Lunesdale
tabling member printed	David Morris
uin	902736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2020 answer text <p>Dairy farmers are crucial in ensuring that food supplies remain resilient during this difficult period. In addition to the various HM Treasury COVID-19 support packages, Defra has introduced specific measures to support the dairy industry during the COVID-19 outbreak, particularly those impacted by the loss of the food service sector. These include a dairy support scheme, easements to competition law, support for an AHDB milk promotion campaign and the opening of various intervention and storage aid schemes.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 19/05/2020 17:12:07 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4135 label Biography information for David Morris

800642

registered interest
date	04/12/2017
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	Floods
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 his Department will make an assessment of the effect of riparian ownership laws on the number and extent of cases of flooding; and whether there are plans to transfer ownership of culverts with the potential to cause flooding to (a) the Environment Agency or (b) local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Morecambe and Lunesdale
tabling member printed	David Morris
uin	117263
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>The government has no plans to undertake an assessment of the effect of riparian ownership laws on the number and extent of cases of flooding. There is a common law duty on owners of land to keep watercourses clear of anything that could cause an obstruction, either on their own land or downstream if it is washed away. Land owners have the same responsibilities for the upkeep of a culverted watercourse as if it were an open watercourse.</p><p> </p><p>There are no plans to transfer ownership of culverts to the Environment Agency or local authorities. The Environment Agency, Lead Local Flood Authorities and Internal Drainage Boards have powers to require landowners to maintain the flow of their watercourses.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 07/12/2017 12:11:41 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4135 label Biography information for David Morris

797488

registered interest
date	29/11/2017
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	Flood Control: Morecambe and Lunesdale
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 Morecambe and Lunesdale will be eligible for funding from the additional £76 million announced for flood defence schemes in the Autumn Budget; what the (a) qualifiying criteria and (b) process for application for that funding will be; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Morecambe and Lunesdale
tabling member printed	David Morris
uin	116451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2017 answer text <p>£36 million will be invested in schemes using the same criteria as for other projects in our current record level six-year capital improvement programme to better protect 300,000 homes by 2021. This funding is focused on maximising the economic benefits of Government’s investment and the number of homes better protected.</p><p> </p><p>The remaining £40 million will be particularly focused on deprived communities at a high risk of flooding. We will announce the criteria for this funding in due course.</p><p> </p><p>Regional flood and coastal committees will liaise with the Environment Agency locally to clarify their flood and coastal defence improvement needs, and ensure these are well understood when funding becomes available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 04/12/2017 17:34:31 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4135 label Biography information for David Morris

679810

registered interest
date	27/01/2017
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	Water Companies: Competition
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 plans to widen the markets of the water companies to enable home competition in areas where one sole provider has a monopoly.
tabling member constituency	Morecambe and Lunesdale
tabling member printed	David Morris
uin	62086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2017 answer text <p>The Government continues to support competition where the evidence demonstrates that customers will benefit. Ofwat’s recent analysis of the costs and benefits of extending competition to household customers is an important part of the evidence basis. Other evidence, including learning lessons from opening up retail competition for business water customers, will be important, before reaching a decision on extending competition to households.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 01/02/2017 10:18:26 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4135 label Biography information for David Morris

678020

registered interest
date	24/01/2017
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	Flood Control: Lancaster
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 place in the Library successful applications made by the Environment Agency in (a) April 2016 to July 2016 and (b) August 2016 to November 2016 relating to the Lancaster City council area.
tabling member constituency	Morecambe and Lunesdale
tabling member printed	David Morris
uin	61347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2017 answer text <p>Between April and July 2016, the Environment Agency secured Local Levy funding for the Lancaster Phase 3 scoping study. The study will enable the Environment Agency to identify options to deliver a flood defence scheme in the future. This scheme is expected to better protect at least 100 properties in the Lancaster City Council area.</p><p> </p><p>A copy of the initial application will be placed in the Library in due course.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 27/01/2017 12:43:32 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4135 label Biography information for David Morris

678021

registered interest
date	24/01/2017
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	Flood Control: Lancaster
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 place in the Library a copy of applications made for funding of flood defences in the Lancaster City district area made by Lancashire County Council between April and July 2016.
tabling member constituency	Morecambe and Lunesdale
tabling member printed	David Morris
uin	61346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2017 answer text <p>Between April and July 2016, Lancashire County Council has been successful in securing government Flood Defence Grant-in-Aid for the ‘Lancaster Phase 4 – Mill Race Surface Water Study’. This study will enable Lancashire County Council to identify the most appropriate and feasible options to address surface water flooding within Lancaster City Centre.</p><p> </p><p>A copy of the initial application will be placed in the Library in due course.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 27/01/2017 12:47:56 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4135 label Biography information for David Morris

657866

registered interest
date	13/12/2016
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: Lancaster
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 received applications for flood defence funding from (a) Lancaster City Council, (b) Lancashire County Council and (c) the Environment Agency relating to the council district area of Lancaster City Council (i) between December 2015 and March 2016, (ii) between April 2016 and July 2016, (iii) between August 2016 and November 2016 and (iv) in December 2016.
tabling member constituency	Morecambe and Lunesdale
tabling member printed	David Morris
uin	57535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2016 answer text <p>The table below summarises the number of applications the department has received from Lancaster City Council, Lancashire County Council and the Environment Agency in partnership with Lancaster City Council since December 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Applicant</strong> <strong> </strong> <strong> </strong> <strong> </strong> <strong>Timescale</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(a) </strong><strong>Lancaster City Council<br> <br> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(b) </strong><strong>Lancashire County Council<br> <br> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(c) </strong><strong>Environment Agency (in partnership with Lancaster City Council) </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(i) December 2015 – March 2016</p></td><td><p>No application</p></td><td><p>No application</p></td><td><p>No application</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(ii) April 2016 – July 2016</p></td><td><p>No application</p></td><td><p>4 applications</p></td><td><p>1 application</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(iii) August 2016 – November 2016</p></td><td><p>No application</p></td><td><p>No application</p></td><td><p>1 application</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(iv)December 2016</p></td><td><p>No application</p></td><td><p>No application</p></td><td><p>No application</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 16/12/2016 10:46:38 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4135 label Biography information for David Morris

657867

registered interest
date	13/12/2016
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: Lancaster
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 much funding has been allocated to Lancashire for flood defences since December 2015.
tabling member constituency	Morecambe and Lunesdale
tabling member printed	David Morris
uin	57536
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2016 answer text <p>In Lancashire, a total of £91.9 million has been allocated to flood and coastal risk management schemes in the Government’s six year capital investment programme between 2016 and 2021.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 19/12/2016 12:28:58 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey previous answer version 27030 answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4135 label Biography information for David Morris

541007

registered interest
date	20/07/2016
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	Shrimps: Morecambe Bay
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 assess the potential merits of giving protected name status to Morecambe Bay shrimps.
tabling member constituency	Morecambe and Lunesdale
tabling member printed	David Morris
uin	43559
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2016 answer text <p>We recognise the benefits of protecting our traditional and geographical food products and continue to work with producers to encourage protected food name (PFN) applications. Each application is assessed on its own merits and eligibility under the scheme. We would encourage producers to make applications for PFNs in order to promote high quality products such as Morecambe Bay shrimps.</p><p> </p><p>The Protected Food Name (PFN) scheme enables producers to add value to their product and helps consumers to identify foods with a clear regional provenance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 08/09/2016 11:45:09 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4135 label Biography information for David Morris

541008

registered interest
date	20/07/2016
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	Gluten-free Foods: 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 representations to gluten-free food producers on reducing the cost to consumers of gluten-free products; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Morecambe and Lunesdale
tabling member printed	David Morris
uin	43560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2016 answer text <p>It is not the Government's role to set retail food prices. We work to promote transparency and open global markets internationally, as well as a competitive domestic market to help producers and retailers offer the best prices to consumers. Year on year food prices have continued to fall with an annual rate of inflation of -2.6 per cent in the year to July 2016, according to official figures released on 18 August.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 06/09/2016 13:58:01 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4135 label Biography information for David Morris