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837740

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date	06/02/2018
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	Heathrow Airport: Inland Waterways
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 proposals to expand Heathrow airport on the (a) environmental and (b) financial cost to operators and owners of waterways and canals in the areas surrounding Heathrow.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	126771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2018 answer text <p>The Environment Agency (EA) has not yet made a detailed assessment of the effect of proposals to expand Heathrow Airport.</p><p> </p><p>Heathrow Airport Ltd (HAL) is currently working on its detailed proposal and once this is submitted the EA will assess it. The EA will be responding to the first phase of HAL’s public consultation which was launched on 17 January 2018. The EA will not be able to assess the detailed proposals until HAL submit their application for a Development Consent Order, which they expect to do by the end of 2019.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 14/02/2018 11:10:56 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

837753

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
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 Breeding: Licensing
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 inspections carried out by inspectors certified by a body accredited by UKAS will be duplicated by local authority inspectors under the forthcoming animal establishments licensing regime.
tabling member constituency	Workington
tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
uin	126784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>New regulations on licensing of activities involving animals were laid in draft on 8 February. They replace the existing laws on dog breeding, and in conjunction with supporting guidance being finalised, will allow those operators certified by UKAS-accredited organisations to be assessed as lower risk and subject to fewer inspections and a lower fee. Within the requirements of the inspection regime set out in the regulations, local authorities will be encouraged to avoid duplication of inspections where facilities are already inspected by UKAS-accredited bodies and to work collaboratively with UKAS-accredited organisations on this. My officials have held a number of joint meetings with UKAS and local authority representatives to encourage this cooperation.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 127528 question first answered 20/02/2018 14:21:28 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

837770

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
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	Dogs: Animal Breeding
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 dog breeders will require a licence under the forthcoming animal establishments licensing regime.
tabling member constituency	Workington
tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
uin	126801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>My department estimated in the impact assessment that around 4,950 dog breeders will need licences under the new regulatory scheme up from around 600 at present.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 20/02/2018 11:18:01 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

837798

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
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: Brexit
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 his Department plans to spend on projects relating to the UK leaving the EU in the next five years; and if he will list the projects to which that funding has been assigned.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	126829
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2018 answer text <p>HM Treasury has already allocated departments nearly £700 million to prepare for Brexit: £412m for DIT, FCO and DExEU over the parliament at Autumn Statement 2016 and nearly £300m across a number of departments from the Reserve in 17/18 - Defra received £67m of this funding to support our comprehensive EU exit programme of projects and other activities.</p><p> </p><p>At Autumn Budget 2017 HM Treasury made another £3bn of additional funding available over 18/19 and 19/20 – £1.5bn in each year. We are currently working with HM Treasury to determine our allocation for 18/19 with the aim to agree this soon.</p><p> </p><p>Departmental allocations for 19/20 will be agreed later on in the year and decisions on funding in 20/21 and beyond will be decided at the next Spending Review. This is because requirements in these years will be heavily affected by what is agreed in our negotiations with the EU.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 13/02/2018 11:10:00 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

837825

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
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	Horse Riding
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 his Department has made of the potential effects on the equestrian sector of the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Meriden
tabling member printed	Dame Caroline Spelman
uin	126856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2018 answer text <p>We are undertaking a comprehensive programme of analytical work looking at the implications of UK withdrawal from the EU. The Government is examining all areas of the UK economy and seeking input from a wide range of businesses and industry bodies in order to inform our negotiations with the EU.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s priority for the equine sector in the context of leaving the EU, remains to ensure the continued movement of horses between the UK and EU, with the minimum of delay and bureaucracy, whilst at the same time providing appropriate disease control and welfare protection from Day 1 of EU Exit onwards. We have been working through a number of options in this area, considering a wide range of stakeholder views, and intend to embark on an extensive period of stakeholder engagement.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 16/02/2018 10:58:38 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman

837828

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
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	Agriculture: Subsidies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to communicate to farmers how the Basic Payment Scheme will operate in 2020.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	126859
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>We plan to guarantee that Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) payments will continue for a transition period in England, lasting a number of years beyond the implementation period. During this transition period, we propose to first reduce the largest BPS payments in England. We will consult widely on both the approach to reducing payments and on how long the transition should be. We will set out further detail in our command paper, which we plan to publish this spring.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 20/02/2018 11:36:25 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

837832

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
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	Foie Gras: Imports
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 the Government plans to ban the import of foie gras after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	126863
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>The production of foie gras by force feeding is banned in the UK. However foie gras is produced in some EU member states and can be imported to the UK. Under the rules of the single market it is not possible to prevent the import of foie gras. Leaving the EU and the single market therefore provides an opportunity to consider whether the UK can adopt a different approach in future. However, were the UK to commit to continue following the rules of the single market, as proposed by some, it would not be possible to consider a ban on foie gras imports.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 126864 question first answered 20/02/2018 11:04:44 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

837833

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
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	Foie Gras: Imports
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 his Department has made of the feasibility of prohibiting the importation of foie gras.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	126864
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>The production of foie gras by force feeding is banned in the UK. However foie gras is produced in some EU member states and can be imported to the UK. Under the rules of the single market it is not possible to prevent the import of foie gras. Leaving the EU and the single market therefore provides an opportunity to consider whether the UK can adopt a different approach in future. However, were the UK to commit to continue following the rules of the single market, as proposed by some, it would not be possible to consider a ban on foie gras imports.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 126863 question first answered 20/02/2018 11:04:44 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

837939

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
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	Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease 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, how many of the 100 holdings in High Risk Bovine TB control area in England that were interferon gamma tested in 2017 were so tested on account of (a) being located in an area that had completed two years of successful badger population control, (b) there being clear evidence that repeated skin testing has failed to resolve a TB breakdown and (c) the APHA veterinary investigation concluding that the most likely transmission route for the affected herd was contact with infected cattle and that measures were in place to prevent further spread of disease from that source.
tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
tabling member printed	Bill Wiggin
uin	126969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2018 answer text <p>The number of holdings in the high risk area of England that underwent interferon gamma testing in 2017 on account of:</p><p> </p><ol><li><p>a) being located in a cull area that has completed 2 seasons of effective</p><p>culling : <strong>26</strong></p><p> </p><p>b) clear evidence that repeated skin testing has failed to resolve the breakdown : <strong>68</strong></p><p> </p><p>c) the veterinary investigation concludes that cattle to cattle transmission is most likely transmission route *: <strong>0</strong></p><p> </p><p>d) other reasons ** : <strong>6</strong></p><p> </p><p>* This criterion for interferon gamma testing was announced in 2017 but was not effectively implemented by the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) until January 2018, as agreed with Defra TB Programme. This allowed resources to be focussed on the delivery of interferon gamma testing in the culling areas, which was the policy priority.</p><p> </p><p>** These include, for instance, discretionary ad hoc interferon gamma testing of holdings affected by ‘explosive’ TB breakdowns, in order to inform APHA decisions about possible slaughter of whole herds or specific management groups of cattle.</p></li></ol> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 13/02/2018 11:21:44 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

837961

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
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: Production
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 the Government is taking to support the environment by producing more food locally.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	126991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government recognises the value that high-quality, locally produced food has to consumers, the environment and the economy. In October 2017, the Government launched a new web market that food producers can use to promote their products to public sector bodies to increase public procurement of nutritious local food. We have set out our intention to publish a command paper on the future of domestic agriculture policy later this spring. The paper will set out our proposals for the future of agriculture and the opportunities for farmers in all sectors. We look forward to receiving views from across industry.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 13/02/2018 11:28:28 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman