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167735

registered interest
date	03/12/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he has taken to insulate his Departmental estate in order to improve energy efficiency; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	217043
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2014 answer text <p>The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has investigated the viability of insulating the two buildings it manages and has installed additional insulation in its headquarters building, 3 Whitehall Place. DECC is committed to running its estate as energy efficiently as possible and making significant reductions in its energy use. This is done through a range of measures, including insulation, which are carefully assessed for their feasibility and cost effectiveness.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 08/12/2014 15:01:12 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

167736

registered interest
date	03/12/2014
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	Energy
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 has taken to insulate her Departmental estate in order to improve energy efficiency; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	217044
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2014 answer text <p>Insulation surveys were carried out across all core Defra’s buildings in 2011 and window frame draught proofing installed at both Nobel House, London and Kings Pool, York. More recently, in 2013, all ceiling void and wall insulation was replaced throughout Nobel House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 08/12/2014 16:39:44 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

167737

registered interest
date	03/12/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Tidal Power
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the effect of tidal lagoons on (a) coastal tourism and (b) aquaculture.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	217006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p>I have not made an assessment of the effect of tidal lagoons on coastal tourism or aquaculture.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 10/12/2014 15:43:21 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

167738

registered interest
date	03/12/2014
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	Tree Planting
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 for contour tree planting in areas with arable farming and the farming of sheep and cattle to improve (a) river water quality and (b) bathing water quality.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	217002
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p>Contour tree planting has been assessed alongside a large number of other mitigation measures for water pollution from agriculture through various research reports. More evidence is available on the benefits of contour tree planting to mitigate pollutants such as nutrients and sediments, while pathogens, which impact bathing water quality, have been less studied. However, it is believed that woodland creation could help to reduce pathogen delivery to watercourses as a result of soil structure and hydrological benefits (e.g. improved soil infiltration, drier and better structured soils and reduced surface runoff).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Forestry Commission published a technical report in 2011 (<em>Woodland for water: Woodland measures for meeting Water Framework Directive objectives</em>), which set out the benefits of tree planting for water quality and flooding. The review highlighted how woodland creation could help to improve water quality by reducing nutrient, sediment and pesticide losses to water, as well as deliver other water and wider ecosystem benefits. This led to the development and use of national, regional and catchment ‘opportunity maps’ to direct planting to where woodland would be most effective within England. New national opportunity maps, showing where woodland creation could help to improve river and bathing water quality, will inform the targeting of grant payments under the new Countryside Stewardship scheme in England. This will include woodland creation options.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The report can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.forestry.gov.uk/pdf/Woodland_and_WFD_mapping.pdf/$FILE/Woodland_and_WFD_mapping.pdf" target="_blank">www.forestry.gov.uk/pdf/Woodland_and_WFD_mapping.pdf/$FILE/Woodland_and_WFD_mapping.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Other research projects (relevant to both England and Wales) include:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>Defra project LM0106 (<em>Regulatory services delivered by hedges</em>), which found strong evidence that hedges can be effective at preventing nutrients and other pollutants reaching water bodies if they follow slope contours; and</li><li>Defra project WQ0106, which quantified the benefits of hedge and tree planting alongside a large number of other pollution reduction methods for farming.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Defra research reports can be found at: <a href="http://randd.defra.gov.uk/" target="_blank">http://randd.defra.gov.uk</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 09/12/2014 13:44:59 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

167739

registered interest
date	03/12/2014
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	Tidal Power
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 for tidal lagoons which are connected to the land to reduce the risk of flooding.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	217010
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2014 answer text <p>Defra’s guidance recommends that all options should be appraised when considering potential solutions to flood risk. The potential for options will depend on the impacts, including the costs and the benefits, of each option on a case by case basis.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 08/12/2014 16:43:02 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

167740

registered interest
date	03/12/2014
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	Tidal Power
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 effect of river effluent on bathing water quality on coastal beaches which are located in tidal lagoon impoundment areas.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	217008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p>No assessment has been made of the effect of river effluent on bathing water quality on coastal beaches which are located in tidal lagoon impoundment areas.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 09/12/2014 13:49:28 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

167741

registered interest
date	03/12/2014
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	Dairy Products: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she last met the Agriculture and Rural Development Minister for Northern Ireland to discuss the volatility of prices in the dairy industry.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Dr William McCrea
uin	216985
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p>The Secretary of State chairs regular meetings with Ministers in the Devolved Administrations on issues of mutual interest. The next meeting is currently being arranged and will provide an opportunity to discuss the dairy industry. I also regularly meet representatives of the dairy industry from across the UK, including from Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Defra officials maintain regular contact with their counterparts in the Devolved Administrations on a range of dairy issues.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 10/12/2014 16:14:06 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	655 label Biography information for Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown

167742

registered interest
date	03/12/2014
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	Porpoises: Conservation
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 representations she or her ministerial colleagues have made to the government of Mexico on steps to protect the vaquita from extinction.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	216966
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2014 answer text <p>At my request, the UK Commissioner to the International Whaling Commission (IWC) raised the critically endangered status of the vaquita at the IWC meeting in September 2014, as well as in bilateral meetings with Mexican officials. The UK commended the efforts and progress made by the Mexican Government in tackling this issue and urged it to continue its important work.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK also announced a donation to the IWC Small Cetaceans Fund, which supports research projects, including on the vaquita.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 08/12/2014 14:10:51 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

167743

registered interest
date	03/12/2014
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	White Fish: Conservation
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 plans to take in collaboration with the devolved administrations to preserve sea bass stocks to ensure that a sustainable recreational angling sector is created throughout the UK.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	217087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2014 answer text <p>The conservation of sea bass stocks will be an important issue at the December Council of the European Union fisheries ministers. We are working with the Devolved Administrations to secure the best possible agreement at the Council for both recreational and commercial catchers of sea bass.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 08/12/2014 14:10:10 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

167744

registered interest
date	03/12/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Ascension Island
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which Asian companies purchased commercial fishing licences in Ascension Island's waters in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	217075
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p>Fisheries management is a devolved issue and as such is the responsibility of the Ascension Island Government. We have consulted the Ascension Island Government regarding this information. It would not be appropriate to provide the names of companies which purchased commercial fishing licences as this information is held in commercial confidence by the Ascension Island Government. All existing fishing licences expired at the end of 2013 and the Ascension Island Government are not issuing any new fishing licences until a decision has been made on the future management regime.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 10/12/2014 16:57:52 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner