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90063

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
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	Insects
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 to the hon. Member for Truro and Falmouth of 14 May 2014, Official Report, column 614W, on insects, when the Government is likely to publish its final National Pollinator Straetgy.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	207613
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The National Pollinator Strategy is planned for publication this autumn. This enables us to consider its content in light of the findings of the Environmental Audit Committee’s report on the Strategy, which was published in July.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 04/09/2014 09:44:26 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

90067

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
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	Meat
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 educate the public about the (a) health and (b) environmental effects of eating high amounts of red meat.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	207746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Government provides tips and information on healthy eating through the Live Well pages of NHS Choices website and through promotional material on the ‘eatwell’ plate, to educate the public on eating meat as part of a healthy balanced diet.</p><p> </p><p>As depicted in the ‘eatwell’ plate, the Government recommends eating some meat, fish, eggs, beans and other non-dairy sources of protein as part of a healthy balanced diet.</p><p> </p><p>In response to one of the Green Food Project’s recommendations in 2012, Defra initiated a debate about sustainable food consumption. The Sustainable Consumption report from the group of interested organisations which came together to work on this project, published in July 2013, included eight principles of a healthy and sustainable diet. These are being reviewed by the Global Food Security Programme and will be published as part of its Insight series in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 04/09/2014 17:01:23 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

90068

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
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: Greenhouse Gas Emissions
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 UK is taking to monitor the effect of the UK food industry on greenhouse gas emissions.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	207747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>The Food Statistics Pocketbook 2013 (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/food-statistics-pocketbook" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/food-statistics-pocketbook</a>) contains a chapter on environmental statistics, including greenhouse gas emissions. Around 176 million tonnes of CO<sub>2</sub> equivalent greenhouse gases (mt CO<sub>2</sub>e) were emitted within the UK from domestic agri-food sector activity in 2011. This excludes emissions from non-fertiliser pre-farm gate production, food packaging, food waste and land use change; the largest contributor is net trade in food and drink, estimated at 61 mt CO<sub>2</sub>e. The UK farming and fishing sector was the second largest contributor, accounting for 55.1mt CO<sub>2</sub>e.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 04/09/2014 12:21:32 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

90070

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
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	Agricultural Products: Russia
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 assistance she plans to offer farmers and businesses affected by sanctions on Russia which apply to agricultural products from the EU.
tabling member constituency	South Down
tabling member printed	Ms Margaret Ritchie
uin	207722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The UK has been monitoring the situation closely since the ban came into effect on 7 August.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the UK, the ban will affect approximately £39m of agricultural produce – this is 0.2% of UK’s total food, feed and drink exports for 2013 at £18.9bn. UK producers may face lower prices in some products as producers sell what was originally intended for Russia on the EU market. Some UK businesses had goods in transit, including dairy, poultry and fish consignments, which were turned away. Our investigations show very limited market impact caused by the ban with stable prices for most products.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We recognise that the ban will have an impact on some businesses, particularly the pelagic sector of the Scottish fishing industry. At a UK level, exports of fish (mainly frozen mackerel) to Russia were approximately £18m in 2013. That was 1% of UK total fish and seafood exports and 8% of frozen fish exports but 18% of UK mackerel exports.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The cheese industry, which exported about £5.8m to Russia (1.3% of UK’s total exports) may be affected. Northern Ireland exported almost £3m worth of food (mainly dairy) to Russia in 2013/14.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK’s produce is world class and our priority is to minimise the potential impact of the totally unjustified Russian ban by working with trade associations and industry in identifying alternative markets. We encourage our growers to find other outlets such as processing, and to utilise existing EU Producer Organisation promotion funds.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The European Commission has now announced support measures for EU farmers and growers: €125m worth of aid for fruit and vegetable producers and €10-20m for dairy farmers to pay for the temporary storage of butter, cheese and skimmed milk powder. Both schemes will be available within the UK. On 3 September, the Commission also announced an additional €30m for EU Promotions to help the industry find other markets for products that might otherwise have been exported to Russia.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are working with the Scottish Government, the European Commission and pelagic industry to develop new and emerging markets.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 207721 question first answered 04/09/2014 16:27:23 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

90074

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
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	Agricultural Products: Russia
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 she has made of the potential effect of sanctions on Russia on the UK agriculture industry.
tabling member constituency	South Down
tabling member printed	Ms Margaret Ritchie
uin	207721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The UK has been monitoring the situation closely since the ban came into effect on 7 August.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the UK, the ban will affect approximately £39m of agricultural produce – this is 0.2% of UK’s total food, feed and drink exports for 2013 at £18.9bn. UK producers may face lower prices in some products as producers sell what was originally intended for Russia on the EU market. Some UK businesses had goods in transit, including dairy, poultry and fish consignments, which were turned away. Our investigations show very limited market impact caused by the ban with stable prices for most products.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We recognise that the ban will have an impact on some businesses, particularly the pelagic sector of the Scottish fishing industry. At a UK level, exports of fish (mainly frozen mackerel) to Russia were approximately £18m in 2013. That was 1% of UK total fish and seafood exports and 8% of frozen fish exports but 18% of UK mackerel exports.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The cheese industry, which exported about £5.8m to Russia (1.3% of UK’s total exports) may be affected. Northern Ireland exported almost £3m worth of food (mainly dairy) to Russia in 2013/14.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK’s produce is world class and our priority is to minimise the potential impact of the totally unjustified Russian ban by working with trade associations and industry in identifying alternative markets. We encourage our growers to find other outlets such as processing, and to utilise existing EU Producer Organisation promotion funds.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The European Commission has now announced support measures for EU farmers and growers: €125m worth of aid for fruit and vegetable producers and €10-20m for dairy farmers to pay for the temporary storage of butter, cheese and skimmed milk powder. Both schemes will be available within the UK. On 3 September, the Commission also announced an additional €30m for EU Promotions to help the industry find other markets for products that might otherwise have been exported to Russia.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are working with the Scottish Government, the European Commission and pelagic industry to develop new and emerging markets.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 207722 question first answered 04/09/2014 16:27:23 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

89590

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
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	Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, under what timetable her Department plans to phase-out use of telephone lines with the prefix (a) 0845, 0844 and 0843 in accordance with the Cabinet Office guidance on customer service lines published in December 2013 and (b) 03 and 08, where 03 is the primary number under a dual numbering system.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	207453
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Core Defra operates three telephone lines under a dual numbering system with the prefix 0345 as the primary number. In accordance with Cabinet Office guidance, the 0845 prefix numbers have been retained for these lines to allow callers a choice based on their call package arrangements. There are no plans to phase out either the 0845 or 0345 prefixed numbers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 03/09/2014 09:22:56 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

89591

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
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 Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farms in Cumbria which received payments under the (a) Hill Livestock Compensatory Allowance, (b) Sheep Annual Premium Scheme, (c) Hill Farm Allowance and (d) Uplands Entry Level Stewardship Scheme in each of the last 30 years; and what aggregate local payments were made under each scheme in each such year.
tabling member constituency	Penrith and The Border
tabling member printed	Rory Stewart
uin	207462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Rural Payments Agency does not hold assured data for the time period and area requested. As the majority of these schemes ended some time ago, and a new finance system was introduced in the intervening period, extracting this historic information is not possible.</p><p>The Agency does not hold this level of historic payment information for Uplands Entry Level Stewardship.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 03/09/2014 14:32:36 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart

89592

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
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: Insurance
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 establish a scheme to provide affordable insurance cover for leasehold dwellings and small businesses in areas at high risk of flooding modelled on the existing Flood Re scheme for freehold dwellings.
tabling member constituency	North Devon
tabling member printed	Sir Nick Harvey
uin	207550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Government has been advised by the insurance industry that those leaseholders in high risk areas who will not be eligible for Flood Re will still be able to access affordable insurance. Insurers will also continue to provide insurance to small businesses in areas of high flood risk on a competitive basis.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Based on current evidence, Flood Re would not be an appropriate scheme for leasehold properties and small businesses in areas at a high risk of flooding.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Government has separately commissioned research into the commercial insurance market as part of its evidence gathering.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 02/09/2014 15:53:33 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	231 label Biography information for Sir Nick Harvey

89593

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
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 Networks Review
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 to Lord Rooker of 11 August 2014, HL1378, on the food supply networks review, for what reasons Professor Elliott's final report on horsemeat fraud and the food supply networks review has not yet been published; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	207528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Government believes that the report is important, which is why the Secretary of State wanted to review it thoroughly and meet Professor Elliott before its publication. The Government also wanted to publish the report when Parliament was sitting. Professor Elliott’s report is due to be published soon.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 03/09/2014 16:21:21 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

89594

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
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	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, how many new EU directives and regulations have been transposed into UK law by her Department since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Wokingham
tabling member printed	Mr John Redwood
uin	207259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>According to departmental records, Defra has transposed a total of 36 EU Directives into UK law since May 2010, 9 of which were transposed without the need to introduce new legislation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We do not hold a central record of all directly applicable EU regulations coming into effect since 2010. Details of all current European legislation are on the Euro-Lex website:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://eur-lex.europa.eu/browse/summaries.html" target="_blank">http://eur-lex.europa.eu/browse/summaries.html</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 05/09/2014 10:05:16 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood