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723126

registered interest
date	21/04/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Slaughterhouses: Horses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many horses and ponies were slaughtered in UK abattoirs (a) with no CCTV, (b) with no CCTV installed in stunning, killing or bleeding areas and (c) with CCTV in all areas in 2016.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Angela Smith
uin	71576
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p>The Food Standards Agency has the following data on numbers of equines slaughtered in approved premises in England. There were no operating equine slaughter premises in Wales during the year 2016.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Type of CCTV in slaughterhouse</p></td><td><p>Number of horses slaughtered between 1 January 2016 and 31 December 2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>With no CCTV</p></td><td><p>136</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>With no CCTV installed in stunning, killing or bleeding areas</p></td><td><p>3,077</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>With CCTV in all areas</p></td><td><p>115</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 27/04/2017 08:30:19 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

723128

registered interest
date	21/04/2017
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 steps the Government is taking to encourage voluntary take-up of CCTV in equine slaughterhouses.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Angela Smith
uin	71648
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2017 answer text <p>In February 2015, the Farm Animal Welfare Committee (FAWC) published an independent assessment of the use of CCTV in slaughterhouses which concluded that CCTV can offer real benefits, particularly to slaughterhouse operators, but that it cannot replace the need for businesses to have proper monitoring procedures in place.</p><p> </p><p>The vast majority of horses are slaughtered in slaughterhouses in England which have CCTV installed for welfare purposes, although cameras may not be present in all areas. Official Veterinarians also have the power to seize CCTV footage if they suspect that welfare standards are not being met.</p><p> </p><p>Defra continues to encourage slaughterhouses to install CCTV in all areas on a voluntary basis in order to realise the benefits to animal welfare set out in the FAWC report.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 26/04/2017 11:38:25 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

706718

registered interest
date	01/03/2017
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, pursuant to the Answer of 25 January 2017 to Question 60340, whether the last payment window for the equivalent CAP Pillar 1 funding to which the Government has committed will open in 2019 or in 2020.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Angela Smith
uin	66182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government has guaranteed that the agricultural sector will receive the same level of funding that it would have received under Pillar I of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) until the end of the Multi-Annual Financial Framework in 2020. The last payment window in this Multi-Annual Financial Framework will be that which opens on 1 December 2019 and runs until 30 June 2020.</p><p> </p><p>We will be announcing details of future domestic agricultural policy as soon as possible in order to provide certainty for farmers</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 66183 question first answered 09/03/2017 17:14:07 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

706719

registered interest
date	01/03/2017
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, pursuant to the Answer of 25 January 2017 to Question 60340, whether the Government plans to provide existing levels of CAP Pillar 1 funding for applications that are scheduled to begin to be paid on 1 December 2020.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Angela Smith
uin	66183
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government has guaranteed that the agricultural sector will receive the same level of funding that it would have received under Pillar I of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) until the end of the Multi-Annual Financial Framework in 2020. The last payment window in this Multi-Annual Financial Framework will be that which opens on 1 December 2019 and runs until 30 June 2020.</p><p> </p><p>We will be announcing details of future domestic agricultural policy as soon as possible in order to provide certainty for farmers</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 66182 question first answered 09/03/2017 17:14:07 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

678604

registered interest
date	25/01/2017
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	Water Treatment: 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, whether it is her policy that the EU Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive will be incorporated in full into UK law when the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Angela Smith
uin	61729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2017 answer text <p>The Prime Minister announced last year our plans for a Repeal Bill that will convert current EU law into domestic British law. Our intention is to ensure a smooth and orderly transition via the Repeal Bill. Without pre-judging what our future relationship with the EU will be or future decisions Parliament may make, this will provide as much certainty as possible by maintaining the existing laws; and this will include laws transposing the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 31/01/2017 13:46:21 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

678028

registered interest
date	24/01/2017
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	Water: 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, whether the contents of the EU Water Framework Directive will be transposed in full into UK law as part of the Great Repeal Bill.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Angela Smith
uin	61358
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2017 answer text <p>The Prime Minister announced last year our plans for a Repeal Bill that will convert current EU law into domestic British law. Our intention is to ensure a smooth and orderly transition via the Repeal Bill. Without pre-judging what our future relationship with the EU will be or future decisions Parliament may make, this will provide as much certainty as possible by maintaining the existing laws; and this will include the laws that transpose the EU Water Framework Directive.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 30/01/2017 15:39:48 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

654372

registered interest
date	07/12/2016
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	Animals: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department's consultation on the review of animal establishments licensing in England, which closed on 12 March 2016, when she plans to publish draft regulations on the licensing of animal establishments, and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Angela Smith
uin	56617
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government proposes to publish a next steps document shortly which will set out our proposals for the animal establishments licensing review, following analysis of the 1,700 responses to the consultation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 16/12/2016 11:06:06 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

654373

registered interest
date	07/12/2016
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	Deer: Imports
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 reindeer in how many consignments and from which countries have been imported into the UK in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Angela Smith
uin	56616
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2016 answer text <p>The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) are not able to provide any data regarding the number of imports from non-EU countries, as these are covered by a commodity code in TRACES which will not allow us to break the species down as far as reindeer for third country imports.</p><p> </p><p>The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) does not hold data on how long reindeer survive after they are imported into the UK. Reindeer are protected by the Animal Welfare Act 2006 and Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006. It is an offence to cause unnecessary suffering and for keepers to fail to ensure their needs are met to the extent required by good practice. Defra has a welfare Code for farmed deer which offers guidance on their health and welfare, some of which would also be applicable to reindeer.</p><p> </p><p>See the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Country from</p></td><td><p>Count of Consignments</p></td><td><p>Sum of Quantities</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p>Denmark</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Finland</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>125</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Sweden</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011 Total</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>170</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p>Finland</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>59</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012 Total</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>59</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>Finland</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>97</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Norway</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Sweden</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>86</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013 Total</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>195</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p>Finland</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>72</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Sweden</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>148</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014 Total</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>220</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p>Finland</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>62</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Norway</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Sweden</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>96</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015 Total</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>174</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>37</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>818</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 56615 question first answered 16/12/2016 11:55:21 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

654377

registered interest
date	07/12/2016
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	Deer
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 legal requirements govern the importation, movement and keeping of reindeer in the UK; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Angela Smith
uin	56614
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2016 answer text <p>Reindeer are protected by the Animal Welfare Act 2006 and Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006. It is an offence to cause unnecessary suffering and for keepers to fail to ensure their needs are met to the extent required by good practice. Defra has a welfare Code for farmed deer which offers guidance on their health and welfare, some of which would also be applicable to reindeer.</p><p> </p><p>Certain diseases affecting reindeer are notifiable. These diseases include foot and mouth disease, bluetongue and chronic wasting disease. We are aware of suspected cases of chronic wasting disease which have been disclosed in wild reindeer, and potentially also moose, in Norway. Exports of deer species, including reindeer and moose, have subsequently been banned from Norway and Sweden by the EU Commission as a special measure to protect deer species elsewhere in the EU.</p><p> </p><p>Imports of reindeer from the rest of the EU to the UK are subject to the import controls outlined below:</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>They must be identified in accordance with the requirements of Article 6 of Council Directive 92/65/EEC and be registered by the competent authority in such a way that the holding of origin can be traced.</p><p> </p></li></ul><ul><li>They must not be intended for slaughter under a programme for the eradication of an infectious disease.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li><p>They must not have been vaccinated against foot and mouth disease and must satisfy the control measures to be applied in the event of a foot and mouth outbreak.</p><p> </p></li><li><p>They must not come into contact with ungulates other than those of a similar health status.</p><p> </p></li><li><p>They must come from a holding that is not subject to any restrictions for animal health reasons.</p><p> </p></li><li><p>They must have been kept on the holding of origin since birth or for at least 30 days, before despatch.</p><p> </p></li><li><p>They must come from an officially tuberculosis-free/officially brucellosis-free herd/holding or from a holding where it/they was/were subjected with negative results to the tests laid down in Article 6(2)(b) [tuberculosis and brucellosis] of Council Directive 92/65/EEC.</p><p> </p></li><li><p>If both the destination and origin of the animals are establishments approved in accordance with Annex C of the Balai Directive, the consignment should be accompanied by the certificate laid down in Annex E III of Council Directive 92/65/EEC. Otherwise, the consignment must be accompanied by the certificate corresponding to the specimen given in Annex E I to Council Directive 92/65/EEC, signed by an official veterinary surgeon of the country of origin.</p></li></ul> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 20/12/2016 11:23:24 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

654378

registered interest
date	07/12/2016
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	Deer: Imports
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 reindeer imported into the UK in the last five years have survived for longer than two years; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Angela Smith
uin	56615
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2016 answer text <p>The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) are not able to provide any data regarding the number of imports from non-EU countries, as these are covered by a commodity code in TRACES which will not allow us to break the species down as far as reindeer for third country imports.</p><p> </p><p>The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) does not hold data on how long reindeer survive after they are imported into the UK. Reindeer are protected by the Animal Welfare Act 2006 and Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006. It is an offence to cause unnecessary suffering and for keepers to fail to ensure their needs are met to the extent required by good practice. Defra has a welfare Code for farmed deer which offers guidance on their health and welfare, some of which would also be applicable to reindeer.</p><p> </p><p>See the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Country from</p></td><td><p>Count of Consignments</p></td><td><p>Sum of Quantities</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p>Denmark</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Finland</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>125</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Sweden</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011 Total</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>170</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p>Finland</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>59</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012 Total</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>59</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>Finland</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>97</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Norway</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Sweden</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>86</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013 Total</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>195</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p>Finland</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>72</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Sweden</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>148</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014 Total</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>220</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p>Finland</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>62</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Norway</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Sweden</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>96</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015 Total</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>174</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>37</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>818</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 56616 question first answered 16/12/2016 11:55:21 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith