Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed grouped question UIN question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

1701722

registered interest
date	17/04/2024
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	Swifts: Conservation
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 make an assessment of the adequacy of the conservation status of the swift.
tabling member constituency	Camborne and Redruth
tabling member printed	George Eustice
uin	22288
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>The UK swift population is estimated at 59,000 pairs (2016) Swift population trends are monitored annually by the BTO/JNCC/RSPB Breeding Bird Survey (BBS), which recorded a decline of 62% between 1995 and 2021, and of 40% between 2011 and 2021. Due to the declines recorded by BBS, swifts were added to the Red List of Birds of Conservation Concern in the UK in 2021 and are considered ‘Endangered’ at GB level.</p><p>Natural England is currently undertaking a review of the conservation interventions needed to support the recovery of over 100 of our most threatened bird species, including the swift.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 24/04/2024 14:54:10 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	3934 label Biography information for George Eustice

1701723

registered interest
date	17/04/2024
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	Horticulture: Peat
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 2 February 2024 to Question 10078 on Horticulture: Peat, what (a) legal and (b) other advice he has received on the suitability of powers provided by section 53 and schedule 7 of the Environment Act 2021 in providing an appropriate legislative vehicle for restricting the sale of horticultural peat.
tabling member constituency	Camborne and Redruth
tabling member printed	George Eustice
uin	22289
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>I refer the Rt. Hon. Member to the reply previously given on 2 February 2024, PQ 10078.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 24/04/2024 13:37:15 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	3934 label Biography information for George Eustice

1701332

registered interest
date	16/04/2024
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	Swifts: Conservation
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 designate the swift as a species of bird which re-uses its nest under Schedule ZA1 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
tabling member constituency	Camborne and Redruth
tabling member printed	George Eustice
uin	21967
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>There are no plans to amend Schedule 1 or Schedule ZA1 at this time.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 21968 question first answered 23/04/2024 17:29:50 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	3934 label Biography information for George Eustice

1701333

registered interest
date	16/04/2024
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	Swifts: Conservation
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 designate the swift under Schedule 1 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 on birds which are protected by special penalties.
tabling member constituency	Camborne and Redruth
tabling member printed	George Eustice
uin	21968
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>There are no plans to amend Schedule 1 or Schedule ZA1 at this time.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 21967 question first answered 23/04/2024 17:29:50 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	3934 label Biography information for George Eustice

1682934

registered interest
date	17/01/2024
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	Horticulture: Peat
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 take steps to restrict the sale of horticultural peat under Section 53 and Schedule 7 of the Environment Act 2021.
tabling member constituency	Camborne and Redruth
tabling member printed	George Eustice
uin	10078
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2024 answer text <p>Government does not believe that this power provides an appropriate vehicle to legislate for a ban on the sale of peat and peat containing products.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 02/02/2024 14:12:33 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	3934 label Biography information for George Eustice

1682935

registered interest
date	17/01/2024
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	Pesticides
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 publish the National Action Plan for the Sustainable Use of Pesticides.
tabling member constituency	Camborne and Redruth
tabling member printed	George Eustice
uin	10079
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2024 answer text <p>We will publish the National Action Plan (NAP) for the Sustainable Use of Pesticides in due course. It will set out Defra’s ambition to minimise the risks and impacts of pesticides to human health and the environment and the actions that need to be taken to deliver those goals.</p><p> </p><p>Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is at the heart of our approach to support sustainable agricultural productivity, and we have not waited for the publication of the NAP to move forward with work to increase its uptake. Farmers can now sign up to paid IPM actions within the SFI scheme, through which they can be paid to complete an IPM assessment and produce an IPM plan; establish and maintain flower-rich grass margins, blocks, or in-field strips; establish a companion crop and to move towards insecticide-free farming.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 06/02/2024 17:30:55 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	3934 label Biography information for George Eustice

1682936

registered interest
date	17/01/2024
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 Supply: Vacancies
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 his Department plans to respond to the Independent Review into Labour Shortages in the Food Supply Chain, published in June 2023.
tabling member constituency	Camborne and Redruth
tabling member printed	George Eustice
uin	10080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2024 answer text <p>The Government is currently considering the 10 recommendations from the Independent Review into Labour Shortages in the Food Supply Chain and intends publishing a Government Response in early 2024.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 22/01/2024 17:20:16 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	3934 label Biography information for George Eustice

1673499

registered interest
date	28/11/2023
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 Vessels: Inspections
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 times fisheries patrol vessels boarded and inspected UK registered fisheries vessels in each year between 2018 to 2022 inclusive.
tabling member constituency	Camborne and Redruth
tabling member printed	George Eustice
uin	4129
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2023 answer text <p>Fisheries control and enforcement is a devolved matter, and each Devolved Administration is responsible for conducting inspections on vessels in their respective zones. Within England, the ten Inshore Fisheries Conservation Authorities are responsible for compliance and enforcement within inshore waters (0-6 nautical miles (nm)) and the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is responsible for control and enforcement of third country vessels and all UK vessels fishing outside of 6nms. There is no fishing allowed by foreign vessels inside 6nms.</p><p> </p><p>The number of inspections by MMO patrol vessels of EU vessels at sea in English waters by year are:</p><p>2018: 96</p><p>2019: 303</p><p>2020: 122</p><p>2021: 303</p><p>2022: 280</p><p> </p><p>The number of inspections by MMO patrol vessels of UK vessels at sea in English waters by year are:</p><p>2018: 94</p><p>2019: 245</p><p>2020: 135</p><p>2021: 248</p><p>2022: 304</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer grouped question UIN 4130 question first answered 05/12/2023 14:27:12 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	3934 label Biography information for George Eustice

1673500

registered interest
date	28/11/2023
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 Vessels: EU Countries
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 times fisheries patrol vessels boarded and inspected EU registered fisheries vessels in each year between 2018 and 2022 inclusive.
tabling member constituency	Camborne and Redruth
tabling member printed	George Eustice
uin	4130
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2023 answer text <p>Fisheries control and enforcement is a devolved matter, and each Devolved Administration is responsible for conducting inspections on vessels in their respective zones. Within England, the ten Inshore Fisheries Conservation Authorities are responsible for compliance and enforcement within inshore waters (0-6 nautical miles (nm)) and the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is responsible for control and enforcement of third country vessels and all UK vessels fishing outside of 6nms. There is no fishing allowed by foreign vessels inside 6nms.</p><p> </p><p>The number of inspections by MMO patrol vessels of EU vessels at sea in English waters by year are:</p><p>2018: 96</p><p>2019: 303</p><p>2020: 122</p><p>2021: 303</p><p>2022: 280</p><p> </p><p>The number of inspections by MMO patrol vessels of UK vessels at sea in English waters by year are:</p><p>2018: 94</p><p>2019: 245</p><p>2020: 135</p><p>2021: 248</p><p>2022: 304</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer grouped question UIN 4129 question first answered 05/12/2023 14:27:12 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	3934 label Biography information for George Eustice

1626518

registered interest
date	10/05/2023
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	Horticulture
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 the Government plans to publish the horticulture strategy.
tabling member constituency	Camborne and Redruth
tabling member printed	George Eustice
uin	184353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2023 answer text <p>The domestic horticulture sector plays an important role in the resilience of our food system as well as an important part of our wider economy. We are delivering for the sector by investing more than £168 million to drive innovation and support food production, and have passed the new Genetic Technology Act to reduce the regulatory burden and unlock the potential of new technologies.</p><p>Defra regularly engages with the horticulture industry's representatives and our existing stakeholder forums help inform future policy development and support for the sector.</p><p>Later this year, we will respond to the Labour Review and we will consider if a further tailored action plan is required. I look forward to discussing this and other issues at the upcoming Farm to Fork Summit.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer grouped question UIN 184354 question first answered 15/05/2023 17:43:32 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	3934 label Biography information for George Eustice