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registered interest
date	17/06/2021
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	Flood Control: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What funding his Department is providing for the maintenance of flood defences.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	901413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2021 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of maintaining flood defence assets. Investment in Environment Agency asset management in England will be £178 million in 2021-22, an increase on the previous year. The Government will continue to review the future requirements for flood defence maintenance investment as part of future Spending Reviews.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 17/06/2021 11:41:09 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

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