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1277357

registered interest
date	18/01/2021
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	Furs: Sales
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ban the sale of real fur in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Judd
uin	HL12224
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2021 answer text <p>Fur farming has been banned in England and Wales since 2000 and since 2002 in Scotland and Northern Ireland.</p><p>There are restrictions on some skin and fur products which may never be legally imported into the UK. These include fur and products from cats and dogs, and seal skins and products from commercial hunts.</p><p>We have established controls on fur from endangered species protected by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) and we do not allow imports of fur from wild animals caught using methods which are non-compliant with international humane trapping standards.</p><p>Now our future relationship with the EU has been established the government is considering any further steps it could take in relation to fur.</p> answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park question first answered 01/02/2021 14:54:16 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
tabling member	1660 label Biography information for Lord Judd

1277437

registered interest
date	18/01/2021
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	Pollution: Parliamentary Scrutiny
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 legislative proposals on pollution he plans to bring forward in this Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	138908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2021 answer text <p>The Environment Bill will bring forwards legislative proposals for tackling pollution.</p><p> </p><p>It will drive significant environmental improvement and tackle pollution by setting and achieving legally-binding, long-term targets in key areas including air quality, water, and resource efficiency and waste.</p><p> </p><p>Some of the leading measures in the Bill to support the delivery of targets include:</p><ul><li>Air Quality: The Bill introduces a duty on the government to set at least two air quality targets by October 2022:</li></ul><p>o To reduce the annual average level of fine particulate matter (PM<sub>2.5</sub>) in ambient air</p><p>o A further target to improve air quality</p><ul><li>Water: The Bill makes drainage and sewerage management planning, through which companies develop the capacity of their networks, a statutory duty.</li><li>Resource Efficiency and Waste Reduction – The Bill will enable Government to make waste producers cover the cost of collecting and recycling packaging waste, introduce deposit returns schemes, and introduce charges for single-use plastic items.</li></ul> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 21/01/2021 17:05:40 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1277453

registered interest
date	18/01/2021
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	Neonicotinoids
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 his Department has made of the environmental risks to allow the use of neonicotinoid thiamethoxam pesticides on sugar beet seed; and what assessment he has made of how that evidence differs from the evidence used in 2018.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	139058
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2021 answer text <p>The Government considered the potential risks to the environment posed by the use of the product Cruiser SB on the basis of expert scientific assessment, and in accordance with the requirements for the grant of an emergency authorisation set out in Regulation (EC) 1107/2009. The Government concluded that, when mitigated by the strict conditions attached to the emergency authorisation, these risks were acceptably low in the circumstances and outweighed by the benefits of use. The Government remains committed to tight controls on neonicotinoids and has no intention of lifting the restrictions that were put in place in 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Each application for emergency authorisation is considered on its own merits and particular facts. The application made for use this year contained new scientific information relevant to the assessment of environmental risks and made some different proposals for conditions of use, including a reduced application rate and a longer period between sowing the treated sugar beet seed and planting any flowering crop.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 21/01/2021 12:02:45 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1277515

registered interest
date	18/01/2021
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	Wholesale Trade: Coronavirus
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 the covid-19 lockdown restrictions announced on 4 January 2021 on the level of stock held by food service wholesalers.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	139179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2021 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Members to the reply previously given on 25 January 2021, PQ 138473.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-01-15/138473" target="_blank">https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-01-15/138473</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis grouped question UIN 138930 question first answered 26/01/2021 17:55:40 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1277531

registered interest
date	18/01/2021
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	Delivery Services: Plastic Bags
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 potential merits of reinstating the waiver on the plastic bag charge for home-delivery purchases that applied during the covid-19 lockdown announced in March 2020, to help prevent virus transmission via delivery drivers through allowing the doorstep deposit of delivered goods.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	138950
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2021 answer text <p>The obligation for supermarkets to charge for single-use carrier bags (SUCBs) supplied with online deliveries was temporarily removed in response to the first Covid-19 lockdown. This change was only temporary to allow retailers time to adapt their delivery systems, and the charge was reinstated in September 2020.</p><p> </p><p>The department does not have any plans to further assess the need to reinstate the suspension of the charge for online deliveries. Since March, supermarkets have updated and improved their delivery systems to meet the increased demand due to the pandemic. They have also developed new practices to improve safety for both drivers and customers, and citizens are far more aware of the importance of social distancing. Retailers can still provide single-use carrier bags as a delivery option for customers so long as the charge is still in place.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 26/01/2021 10:42:39 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1277551

registered interest
date	18/01/2021
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	Sugar Beet
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 his Department has made of the economic effect of virus yellows on sugar beet farmers in (a) 2019 and (b) 2020.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	139012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2021 answer text <p>Husbandry approaches and alternative pesticides were considered in the assessment of the application for emergency authorisation of the neonicotinoid product Cruiser SB. The evidence, including experience in 2020, suggests that these will not be adequate to protect the emerging sugar beet crop this year.</p><p>The incidence of virus yellows in sugar beet was low in 2019 and consequent production losses are estimated to have been low. Virus levels were much higher in 2020 and yields are expected to be down by around 25%, equating to an economic loss of the order of £50 million. Other factors may have contributed to this loss, but the level of virus infection was key.</p><p>At this stage, it is not possible to assess the economic impact virus yellows will have in 2021. If, as is likely, winter temperatures are not sufficiently low, the high virus reservoir legacy numbers from 2020 could mean that the incidence rate remains high in 2021. Without effective aphid control, that is likely to translate to significant economic loss. The authorisation provides that likely pest pressures for 2021 will be modelled using data on temperatures over this winter. Only if this indicates that crop infection rates are expected to exceed a 9% threshold will the seed treatment be permitted for use.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis grouped question UIN 139013 139017 question first answered 26/01/2021 16:09:18 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1277552

registered interest
date	18/01/2021
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	Neonicotinoids
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 his Department has made of the potential economic effect of virus yellows on sugar beet farmers in 2021 in the event that neonicotinoid use (a) is permitted and (b) is not permitted.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	139013
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2021 answer text <p>Husbandry approaches and alternative pesticides were considered in the assessment of the application for emergency authorisation of the neonicotinoid product Cruiser SB. The evidence, including experience in 2020, suggests that these will not be adequate to protect the emerging sugar beet crop this year.</p><p>The incidence of virus yellows in sugar beet was low in 2019 and consequent production losses are estimated to have been low. Virus levels were much higher in 2020 and yields are expected to be down by around 25%, equating to an economic loss of the order of £50 million. Other factors may have contributed to this loss, but the level of virus infection was key.</p><p>At this stage, it is not possible to assess the economic impact virus yellows will have in 2021. If, as is likely, winter temperatures are not sufficiently low, the high virus reservoir legacy numbers from 2020 could mean that the incidence rate remains high in 2021. Without effective aphid control, that is likely to translate to significant economic loss. The authorisation provides that likely pest pressures for 2021 will be modelled using data on temperatures over this winter. Only if this indicates that crop infection rates are expected to exceed a 9% threshold will the seed treatment be permitted for use.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis grouped question UIN 139012 139017 question first answered 26/01/2021 16:09:18 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1277553

registered interest
date	18/01/2021
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	Neonicotinoids
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 adequacy of UK scrutiny measures for emergency authorisations of neonicotinoid use since the UK’s departure from the EU.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	139014
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2021 answer text <p>All applications for emergency authorisation follow the same process within the legal framework. Each application for emergency authorisation is assessed by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), with independent scientific advice from the UK Expert Committee on Pesticides. Pesticides regulation is devolved and so each of the four UK administrations may take a decision on applications for emergency authorisation within their territory or may leave the decision with HSE. There are no plans to alter these arrangements following the end of the transition period.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 26/01/2021 14:41:05 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1277554

registered interest
date	18/01/2021
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	Neonicotinoids
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 have been taken by (a) his Department and (b) the British sugar beet industry to develop alternative sustainable approaches to protect crops without the use of neonicotinoid seed treatments.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	139015
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2021 answer text <p>The sugar beet industry has been developing alternative approaches including improved husbandry, plant breeding to develop new varieties and potential new insecticide products. Their forward plan, included in their application for emergency authorisation, maps out the route to develop each of these areas further so that economic production is possible without neonicotinoid seed treatments.</p><p> </p><p>There is no conflict between the positions of Defra and HSE on the issue of repeat emergency authorisations. Emergency authorisations reflect special circumstances and so should not be repeated indefinitely; those seeking emergency authorisations need to formulate a clear plan to find a permanent solution. It is, however, accepted that it will not always be possible to deliver that plan in a single year.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis grouped question UIN 139016 139018 question first answered 26/01/2021 16:04:55 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1277555

registered interest
date	18/01/2021
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	Neonicotinoids
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 his Department has made of the adequacy of the British sugar beet industry’s strategy to move away from a reliance on emergency authorisations of neonicotinoid use.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	139016
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2021 answer text <p>The sugar beet industry has been developing alternative approaches including improved husbandry, plant breeding to develop new varieties and potential new insecticide products. Their forward plan, included in their application for emergency authorisation, maps out the route to develop each of these areas further so that economic production is possible without neonicotinoid seed treatments.</p><p> </p><p>There is no conflict between the positions of Defra and HSE on the issue of repeat emergency authorisations. Emergency authorisations reflect special circumstances and so should not be repeated indefinitely; those seeking emergency authorisations need to formulate a clear plan to find a permanent solution. It is, however, accepted that it will not always be possible to deliver that plan in a single year.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis grouped question UIN 139015 139018 question first answered 26/01/2021 16:04:55 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner