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424126

registered interest
date	27/10/2015
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	Air Pollution: EU Law
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government which European Union directives apply to urban air pollution; and how each is enacted in United Kingdom law.
tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
uin	HL3037
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p>There are two main pieces of European legislation applicable to urban air pollution:</p><ul><li>The Ambient Air Quality and Cleaner Air for Europe Directive 2008 (“the Directive”) applies to urban air pollution. It has been transposed in England by the Air Quality Standards Regulations 2010. In Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland respectively, the Directive has been transposed by the Air Quality Standards (Scotland) Regulations 2010, the Air Quality Standards (Wales) Regulations 2010 and the Air Pollution and the Air Quality Standards Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010. The regulations reflect the legally binding limits set by the Directive for concentrations in outdoor air of major air pollutants that impact public health such as particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5) and nitrogen dioxide (NO<sub>2</sub>). The Directive requires the undertaking of air quality assessments and the reporting of findings to the European Commission annually. The UK has statutory monitoring networks in place to meet the requirements of the Directive, with air quality modelling used to supplement the monitored data.</li><li>The National Emission Ceilings Directive (2001/81/EC) (NECD) sets limits on total annual emissions of key air pollutants (sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, volatile organic compounds and ammonia) to help reduce transboundary air pollution. The NECD is transposed into UK law by the National Emission Ceilings Regulations 2002.</li></ul><br /><p>There is also further legislation aimed at delivering specific reductions in emissions from certain areas of the economy, which for competitive or single market reasons has been set at European level. This includes:</p><ul><li>The Industrial Emissions Directive (2010/75/EU)</li><li>The Sulphur Content of Liquid Fuels Directive (1993/32/EC)</li><li>Petrol Vapour Recovery Directive (94/63/EC)</li><li>The Quality of Petrol and Diesel Fuels Directive (98/70/EC)</li></ul><p>.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 09/11/2015 11:51:07 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

424127

registered interest
date	27/10/2015
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	Air Pollution
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government which authorities are responsible for the monitoring of urban air.
tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
uin	HL3038
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p>In England, overall responsibility for monitoring ambient air quality lies with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. In addition the Environment Agency is responsible for monitoring emissions from large and complex industrial processes in England. This function is undertaken by the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency in Scotland, Natural Resources Wales in Wales and the Northern Ireland Environment Agency in Northern Ireland. Under the Local Air Quality Management System, local authorities are responsible for reviewing and assessing ambient air quality.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 09/11/2015 11:51:37 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

424146

registered interest
date	27/10/2015
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the European Union policy of requiring farmers to erect notices advertising the European Union if they receive grants; whether such notices require planning consent; and whether they will require that all such advertising notices should also indicate information about the ratio of United Kingdom contributions to the European Union budget and the sums returned by way of grants to farmers and others.
tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
uin	HL3057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <br /><p>EU regulations require any business who receives over €500,000 for capital items to display a billboard setting out:</p><ul><li>The name of the project</li><li>A description of the activity supported by the project</li><li>The name of the funding stream: ‘European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development: Europe investing in rural areas’</li><li>The full relevant EU logo</li></ul><br /><p>We expect less than 1% of all agreements will be large enough to meet this requirement.</p><p>However, the Minister of State for farming, food and marine environment will be considering how this requirement might be removed in future CAP regulations.</p><br /> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 09/11/2015 11:52:57 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

424156

registered interest
date	27/10/2015
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	Livestock: Clones
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the amendments adopted by the European Parliament in September to the proposed Directive on the cloning of certain species for farming purposes (COM (2013) 0892); and what advice they gave to United Kingdom MEPs prior to their adoption.
tabling member printed	Baroness Parminter
uin	HL3067
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p>The UK sees no justification for either the original European Commission proposals for further restrictions on cloning activity or the European Parliament’s proposed extension to the progeny and descendants of clones; and all animal species.</p><p>The science is clear that the meat and milk from clones and their offspring is as healthy as from more traditionally reared animals; and EU and national rules already exist to protect the welfare of the livestock concerned.</p><p>What is more, there is no cloning of farm animals conducted in the EU at present, so introducing any further controls, will not materially increase welfare standards within the Community.</p><br /><p>Briefing to this effect was provided to UK MEPs in advance of the Parliament’s discussions.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 09/11/2015 15:22:20 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	4178 label Biography information for Baroness Parminter

424275

registered interest
date	27/10/2015
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	Slaughterhouses: CCTV
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 recent discussions she has had with animal welfare groups on the mandatory use of CCTV in slaughterhouses.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	13573
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2015 answer text <br /><p>On 3/2/15, the Farm Animal Welfare Committee (FAWC) published a report entitled “Opinion on CCTV in slaughterhouses”. I have had discussions with a number of animal welfare groups on the topic.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 04/11/2015 18:34:52 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

424276

registered interest
date	27/10/2015
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, if she will make it her policy to routinely test camelids for bovine tuberculosis before they are moved around the UK.
tabling member constituency	Eddisbury
tabling member printed	Antoinette Sandbach
uin	13566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2015 answer text <p>Defra has worked with the British Alpaca and Llama Societies on the design and promotion of a TB testing regime that includes voluntary routine surveillance, pre-movement testing and pre-export testing. A call for views on control of bovine TB in non-bovine farmed animals, including camelids, is currently in progress and will run until 20 November.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 03/11/2015 15:14:54 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4506 label Biography information for Antoinette Sandbach

424277

registered interest
date	27/10/2015
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	Nature Conservation: EU Law
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 recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the EU Birds and Habitats Directives.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	13554
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2015 answer text <p>The European Commission is running a REFIT Fitness Check of the Habitats and Wild Birds Directives. This is an evidence-based assessment of the Directives’ effectiveness and efficiency.</p><p>Defra supports the Fitness Check as a normal part of good policymaking and is fully engaged with the review. Our contribution to the evidence gathering process is available online here:</p><p><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature/legislation/fitness_check/evidence_gathering/index_en.htm" target="_blank">http://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature/legislation/fitness_check/evidence_gathering/index_en.htm</a>.</p><p><br></p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 04/11/2015 09:29:14 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

424278

registered interest
date	27/10/2015
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	Birds: Trapping
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 incidents of Larsen trap tampering there have been in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	13539
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2015 answer text <p>Defra does not collect data relating to the interference with traps, including Larsen traps.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 02/11/2015 11:59:53 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

424279

registered interest
date	27/10/2015
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	Foraging
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 her policy is on the foraging of food in natural habitats.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	13540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2015 answer text <p>Species targeted for wild food foraging are generally common and widespread. These species that are deemed at risk are protected by the provisions of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.</p><p>Guidelines on the picking of edible fungi can be accessed at <a href="http://www.forestry.gov.uk/pdf/Eng_NF_FungiCode.pdf/$file/Eng_NF_FungiCode.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.forestry.gov.uk/pdf/Eng_NF_FungiCode.pdf/$file/Eng_NF_FungiCode.pdf</a></p><p>Any proposals for wild food foraging on sites of special scientific interest in England would require consent from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_England" target="_blank">Natural England</a>.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 03/11/2015 15:09:31 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

424280

registered interest
date	27/10/2015
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	Squirrels
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 she is taking to control the population of grey squirrels; and if she will hold discussions with shooting organisations on their potential role in such control.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	13541
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2015 answer text <p>In December 2014 Defra and the Forestry Commission published an updated grey squirrel action plan for England. This reaffirms the Government’s commitment to working with land owners and other organisations as part of a reinforced package of measures to support targeted grey squirrel control. The action plan includes:</p><ul><li>Additional measures in forestry options of Countryside Stewardship for land managers to control grey squirrels (not just in red squirrel areas but in woodlands where squirrels are a threat to management plan objectives).</li><li>Plans for a national squirrel partnership to help local groups outside of grant schemes.</li><li>Support for research and evidence (for example squirrel pox vaccine and fertility control work).</li><li>Taking action on its land holding (the public forest estate).</li></ul><p>Defra is also one of 32 signatories to the UK Squirrel Accord, which aims to bring a concerted and coordinated approach to securing the future of our red squirrels and woodlands, and to controlling the introduced grey squirrel. The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) is also a signatory and a meeting of all the signatories is planned for 10 November.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 04/11/2015 09:09:22 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon