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1543782

registered interest
date	21/11/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Right to Buy Scheme: Housing Associations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What progress he has made on enabling housing association tenants to purchase their homes.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Duncan Baker
uin	902305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>Our overall priority as a government is to ensure that more people become home owners, and more people live in secure and safe accommodation whatever their tenancy.</p><p>Right to Buy has helped over 2 million tenants buy homes since 1980. We will be working closely with the Housing Associating sector on the approach to these schemes and will announce any developments in due course.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 21/11/2022 16:13:44 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4784 label Biography information for Duncan Baker

1543783

registered interest
date	21/11/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	First Time Buyers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to support first-time house buyers.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	902306
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>Getting people on the housing ladder realising their dream of owning a home has been a long held conservative value. I am proud that since Spring 2010, over 800,000 households have been helped to purchase a home through Government-backed schemes, including Right to Buy and shared ownership.</p><p>And the annual number of first-time buyers was at a 20-year high in 2021.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 21/11/2022 16:16:11 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1543785

registered interest
date	21/11/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Social Rented Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What progress his Department has made on increasing the supply of social housing.
tabling member constituency	Chelmsford
tabling member printed	Vicky Ford
uin	902308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>This Government understands the importance of social housing and are clear that more homes must be built.</p><p>Our £11.5 billion Affordable Homes Programme will deliver tens of thousands of high-quality social homes right across the country, ensuring that hard working families and individuals can live in safety and security in the communities they call home.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 21/11/2022 16:17:19 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford

1543136

registered interest
date	17/11/2022
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	Nature 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 is taking to protect nature.
tabling member constituency	Putney
tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
uin	902212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2022 answer text <p>We have already announced a legally binding target to halt nature’s decline by 2030. We have an extensive policy programme, including environmental land management schemes, biodiversity net gain, woodlands for water, and more.</p><p> </p><p>We have established over 360,000 acres of new habitat, helping to ensure we leave the environment in a better state than we found it.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 17/11/2022 13:08:30 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson

1543137

registered interest
date	17/11/2022
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	Walley's Quarry Landfill: Regulation
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 recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the regulation of the operators of Walley's Quarry landfill site in Newcastle-under-Lyme.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Aaron Bell
uin	902213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2022 answer text <p>Walley’s Quarry has been the source of unacceptable levels of odour for the local community, who have my sympathy. The Environment Agency is using the regulatory framework to drive improvement and continues to make announced and unannounced site inspections. In the five months to the end of September 2022, monitoring data indicates a monthly average hydrogen sulphide concentration close to or below the long-term health-based guidance value.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 17/11/2022 13:18:15 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4837 label Biography information for Aaron Bell

1543138

registered interest
date	17/11/2022
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 and Rural Areas
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 recent assessment she has made of the impact of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU on (a) rural communities and (b) the food and drink sector.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	902214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2022 answer text <p>Rural development is a devolved matter. Our report “Delivering for Rural England” sets out the key challenges facing rural communities in England and how the Government plans to address them.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has a highly resilient food supply chain. The Government has delivered the first free trade agreement the EU has ever reached based on zero tariffs and zero quotas, whilst our recent Food Strategy sets out how we will support a prosperous agri-food sector.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 17/11/2022 13:09:58 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

1543139

registered interest
date	17/11/2022
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	Marine Conservation Zones
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 her Department is taking to protect Marine Conservation Zones.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Duncan Baker
uin	902215
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2022 answer text <p>Marine Protected Areas are an integral part of how we will protect 30% of our land and sea by 2030. Our seas play a critical role in biodiversity and regulating the Earth’s climate. The ocean absorbs over 90% of all excess heat in the Earth’s system and also provides a home to up to 80% of all life on the planet.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 17/11/2022 13:13:04 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4784 label Biography information for Duncan Baker

1543140

registered interest
date	17/11/2022
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: Sustainable Development
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 is taking to support sustainable farming.
tabling member constituency	Aldridge-Brownhills
tabling member printed	Wendy Morton
uin	902216
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2022 answer text <p>Environmentally-sustainable farming is fundamental to our approach to England’s agricultural system. We are introducing new schemes that reward farmers for sustainable farming practices. The first scheme, the Sustainable Farming Incentive, launched this year and pays farmers for managing their land sustainably, beyond regulatory requirements. Actions are grouped into simple packages known as standards, to make it easy for farmers to identify suitable actions. More standards will be introduced in the coming years.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 17/11/2022 13:14:31 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton

1543141

registered interest
date	17/11/2022
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	Sustainable Farming Incentive
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 is taking to encourage take-up of the Sustainable Farming Incentive.
tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
uin	902218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2022 answer text <p>The SFI pays farmers for managing their land sustainably.</p><p> </p><p>We have worked closely with farmers to make sure the scheme is attractive and accessible, grouping actions into simple packages set out as standards.</p><p> </p><p>As we expand the SFI offer by adding additional standards in 2023 and 2024, we expect uptake to accelerate. Increasing the number of standards available will increase the total amount of revenue that farmers can access by applying for multiple SFI standards.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 17/11/2022 13:19:53 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1543142

registered interest
date	17/11/2022
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	Fisheries: Cornwall and Devon
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 support her Department is providing to the fishing industry in (a) Devon and (b) Cornwall.
tabling member constituency	Torbay
tabling member printed	Kevin Foster
uin	902219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2022 answer text <p>In England, the Fisheries and Seafood Scheme invests at least £6 million in the sector annually. Last year, it approved around 240 projects worth almost £4 million in Devon and Cornwall investing in health and safety, limiting the environmental impact of fishing and improving the value and quality of fisheries products. Wider support via the £100 million United Kingdom Seafood Fund is also available.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 17/11/2022 13:16:26 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster