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57561

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
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	RSPCA
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord de Mauley on 11 March (WA 374), further to making a complaint about an RSPCA inspector directly to that organisation, what other bodies have the power to regulate the conduct of RSPCA inspectors; and what advice is publicly available to individuals wishing to make a complaint about an investigator.
tabling member printed	Lord Donoughue
uin	HL34
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>A complaint can also be made to the police or the Charity Commission depending on the nature of the complaint.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord De Mauley question first answered 17/06/2014 14:51:42 answering member 2202 label Biography information for Lord De Mauley
tabling member	2709 label Biography information for Lord Donoughue

50219

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what sea defences are currently in place in East Sussex; and what defences in that region are at present in the planning stages.
tabling member printed	Lord Bassam of Brighton
uin	HL6937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>There are sea defences, including many shingle beaches, along the Sussex coastline and some of these defences are backed by sea walls. There are also concrete defences at the foot of cliffs between Brighton and Newhaven. Full details of the sea defences can be found in the Shoreline Management Plans for ‘South Foreland to Beachy Head' and ‘Beachy Head to Selsey Bill' on the Gov.uk website at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/shoreline-management-plans-smps/shoreline-management-plans-smps" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/shoreline-management-plans-smps/shoreline-management-plans-smps</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Work is ongoing to repair “soft defences” (beaches and shingle structures) which were affected by the storms during the past winter. Lewes District Council is planning to initiate a Newhaven to Brighton Marina Strategy, which will consider options for the currently undefended section of the chalk cliffs at Peacehaven. The Environment Agency and local councils have an ongoing programme to maintain, and in some cases improve, their defences. Investment in improvements over recent years means that work planned in the next few years is principally oriented to maintaining existing defences.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord De Mauley question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 2202 label Biography information for Lord De Mauley
tabling member	3504 label Biography information for Lord Bassam of Brighton

50220

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the status of the application for funding for extending sea berms and defences in Fairlight, East Sussex.
tabling member printed	Lord Bassam of Brighton
uin	HL6938
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Rother District Council has applied to the Environment Agency for funding for a study in 2015/2016, and a subsequent scheme in 2016/2017, under the Coast Protection Act 1949. The project is called ‘Fairlight Coast Protection Works phase 3'. The bid is being considered by the Environment Agency alongside other potential projects in England as part of a six year programme of flood and coastal erosion risk management works.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord De Mauley question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 2202 label Biography information for Lord De Mauley
tabling member	3504 label Biography information for Lord Bassam of Brighton

50221

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether there are any current or planned assessments of coastal erosion following recent cliff falls near residential areas in East Sussex.
tabling member printed	Lord Bassam of Brighton
uin	HL6939
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The management of coastal erosion along the East Sussex coastline is the responsibility of the Coast Protection Authorities under the Coast Protection Act 1949. Coast Protection Authorities regularly monitor and assess the condition of the coastal cliffs in their areas. The Coast Protection Authorities for the East Sussex coastline will continue to monitor the coast line following the cliff falls during the last winter.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord De Mauley question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 2202 label Biography information for Lord De Mauley
tabling member	3504 label Biography information for Lord Bassam of Brighton

50242

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether there is a requirement in the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive to treat surface rainwater runoff.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL6960
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive requires the collection and treatment of urban waste water. The Directive defines urban waste water as ‘domestic waste water or the mixture of domestic waste water with industrial waste water and/or run-off rain water'. Therefore, the treatment of surface rainwater runoff is required where it is mixed with domestic or industrial waste water and collected in a collecting system.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord De Mauley question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 2202 label Biography information for Lord De Mauley
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

50243

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government for how many spills a year the Environment Agency has licensed the upgraded Mogden sewage works; and how many were achieved in the first year of operation.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL6961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Mogden Sewage Treatment Works has an Environmental Permit issued by the Environment Agency to discharge treated and storm effluent to the Thames Estuary at Isleworth. The discharge of storm effluent is permissible only when the capacity of onsite facilities for treatment and containment are exceeded. This includes a 77,000m³ storm tank.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The permit does not specify a number of spills per year. It requires the works to provide secondary treatment for a specific flow rate of incoming sewage.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The current version of the permit came into effect on 31 March 2013. During the subsequent 12 months, Thames Water reported 54 occasions when the works discharged storm sewage to the Thames. Thirty-four of these were during the wet weather in January and February.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord De Mauley question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 2202 label Biography information for Lord De Mauley
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

50244

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what time period of asset use they have assumed in calculating the cost benefit of the Thames Tideway Tunnel.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL6962
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Government has used 100 years, in line with the Treasury Green Book recommendation that the appraisal period should be taken as the useful life of the assets. Further detail can be found in the November 2011 Defra document “Costs and Benefits of the Thames Tunnel”.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord De Mauley question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 2202 label Biography information for Lord De Mauley
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

50253

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which official, with what job title, is responsible and accountable for departmental management information in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL6971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Departmental Management Information (MI) is generated for a wide variety of business functions. Checking and sign off of MI produced is carried out within relevant areas of the Department.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord De Mauley question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 2202 label Biography information for Lord De Mauley
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

50284

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the provision in the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 on stop, search and seizure of vehicles suspected of involvement in fly-tipping has been commenced; and, if so, how many vehicles have been seized under that provision.
tabling member printed	Baroness Byford
uin	HL7002
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>In 2014/15 we plan to commence the revised powers under the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005in respect of the stop, search and seizure of vehicles. Local authorities and the Environment Agency have similar powers under the Control of Pollution (Amendment) Act 1989. Local authorities have reported to Flycapture, the national flytipping database, that 1149 vehicles have been seized since April 2008.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord De Mauley question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 2202 label Biography information for Lord De Mauley
tabling member	3343 label Biography information for Baroness Byford

49916

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will seek to persuade the European Union to revoke the ban on the import from India of alphonso mangoes.
tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
uin	HL6888
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The EU has banned the import of five plant products from India, including all varieties of mangoes, because of repeated findings of plant pests. Protecting the UK's plants from incursions of pests and diseases is a high priority for the Government, and the pests intercepted on imports from India could cause significant damage to UK glasshouse crops worth £321 million a year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Standing Committee for Plant Health will consider revoking the ban once India has demonstrated that it can meet the EU's import requirements designed to prevent the movement of plant pests. We are discussing with the Indian Government and the European Commission what steps can be taken by exporters and the Indian plant health authorities to ensure that the necessary standards are met so that trade can be resumed as soon as possible.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord De Mauley question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 2202 label Biography information for Lord De Mauley
tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill