Defra is committed to take action to mitigate climate change and to adapt to its impact. As the cornerstone of our future agriculture policy, the new Environmental Land Management (ELM) system will pay public money for the provision of environmental public goods, including mitigation and adaption to climate change. Our Clean Growth Strategy (CGS) and 25 Year Environment Plan also set out a range of specific commitments to reduce emissions from agriculture.<\/p>
This year we have started to develop a new emissions reduction plan for agriculture, which will set out our long-term vision for a more productive, low-carbon farming sector. This policy development will be informed by research, modelling, stakeholder engagement and feasibility studies. We are establishing a Lowland Agricultural Peat Taskforce to identify how to protect our peat carbon stores and prevent further emissions. In addition we are making progress towards our target to plant 11 million new trees in this parliament and continuing to phase down fluorinated gases.<\/p>
For waste, the majority of our emissions are in the form of methane generated by biodegradable waste breaking down anaerobically in landfill. We have made significant improvements in this area, with emissions from the waste sector falling by 70% since 1990. This is mostly due to the implementation of methane recovery systems at UK landfill sites, as well as policies such as the landfill tax reducing the amount of waste disposed of here.<\/p>
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Further improvements will come from policies announced in the recent Resources and Waste Strategy, which are currently being consulted on. For example, we want to introduce a consistent set of materials to be collected across local authorities and municipal businesses, which would include food waste being collected separately. This is expected to divert a significant amount of biodegradable waste away from landfill and therefore lead to a reduction in the associated emissions.<\/p>
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Organisations with 250 or more employees are now required to publish specific gender pay gap data on an annual basis. We believe that this transparency is motivating employers to take action, but these regulations are new and we will be monitoring them closely.<\/p>
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We continue to urge employers to go beyond the reporting requirements by publishing an action plan, setting out the steps they are taking to improve gender equality, just under half of employers did this in the first year. I intend to write to all public sector employers urging them to develop a plan, and will meet influential business leaders to press them to take action in their sectors.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4399", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Victoria Atkins"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Louth and Horncastle"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Victoria Atkins"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-06-11", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-06-11T14:56:14.73Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "31"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Women and Equalities"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Women and Equalities"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-05-01", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Employment: Equality"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she has plans to introduce further auditing and fines for employers who cannot prove their gender equality practices.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4638", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Slough"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi"} ], "uin" : "249918"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1124137", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1124137/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
We are regularly engaging at Ministerial and official level with interested countries and the Western European and Others Group of the United Nations, as part of a coordinated cross-Government effort to demonstrate the UK is a committed, effective and ambitious leader on climate change and a good potential COP26 host. Our offer to host builds on the strong progress we have made towards the legally binding targets in our world-leading Climate Change Act, and on our broader climate credentials. Between 1990 and 2017, we have reduced our emissions by over 40 per cent while growing the economy by more than two thirds. In order to continue this progress, we have placed clean growth at the heart of our Industrial Strategy and made it one of four Grand Challenges. Thanks to this robust platform of domestic action and our diplomatic network, we continue to be at the forefront of encouraging the world to move towards clean growth.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3974", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Claire Perry"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Devizes"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Claire Perry"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-05-09", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-05-09T16:51:59.127Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "201"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-05-01", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Climate Change Convention"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure the UK secures its bid to host the 2020 UN Climate Change Conference.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4638", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Slough"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi"} ], "uin" : "249919"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1124138", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1124138/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The Government is committed to upholding international law and holding those who commit the most serious crimes accountable for their actions.<\/p>
Apprehending and bringing to justice those suspected of crimes is a matter for the police and courts.<\/p>
Extradition requests from Rwanda for five people accused of involvement in the genocide were refused by the courts in July 2017. These individuals are currently under investigation. Any decision to bring charges under UK law will be a matter for the CPS following the investigation.<\/p>
The Government has published guidance to clarify the role of prosecutors and the police on the investigation and prosecution of crimes of universal jurisdiction.<\/p>
The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) War Crimes Unit is a dedicated specialist unit which investigates and prosecutes people living in the UK suspected of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity in line with universal jurisdiction and the CPS Counter Terrorism Division has the responsibility for prosecuting such crimes.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1561", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mr Nick Hurd"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-05-08", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-05-08T15:53:06.113Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-05-01", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Genocide: Rwanda"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps he has taken to (a) apprehend and (b) bring to justice people living in the UK who took part in the Rwandan genocide between April and July 1994.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4653", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Stephen Morgan"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Portsmouth South"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Stephen Morgan"} ], "uin" : "249920"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1124141", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1124141/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The CAA last conducted a campaign to raise awareness of the dangers of illegal public transport operations, and to guide consumers on what to look for when chartering an aircraft to ensure the flight is legal, in 2013. The CAA is planning further work to educate consumers about the rules, and the potential risks of illegal charter flights.<\/p>
It is not possible to link work aimed at raising awareness directly to specific enforcement actions. The CAA will prosecute people where there is sufficient evidence, and where it is in the public interest to do so, but enforcement action will vary depending on the circumstances of the incident. It includes educating individuals or organisations on the regulations to avoid breaches, a formal warning, the revocation of licences, approvals or certificates, or criminal investigations and prosecutions.<\/p>
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Ministry of Justice<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Prefix<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Ave Call Time (Mar 19)<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> - Public Enquiry Line<\/p><\/td> 0203<\/p><\/td> 00:02:191<\/sup><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> HMCTS<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Prefix<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Ave Call Time (Apr 2019)<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> - Divorce<\/p><\/td> 0300<\/p><\/td> 00:16:36<\/p><\/td><\/tr> - Employment and Tax Tribunals<\/p><\/td> 0300<\/p><\/td> 00:05:42<\/p><\/td><\/tr> - Family and Civil<\/p><\/td> 0300<\/p><\/td> 00:24:50<\/p><\/td><\/tr> - Immigration and Asylum<\/p><\/td> 0300<\/p><\/td> 00:12:09<\/p><\/td><\/tr> - London Magistrates<\/p><\/td> 0300<\/p><\/td> 00:10:06<\/p><\/td><\/tr> - Money Claims<\/p><\/td> 0300<\/p><\/td> 00:09:05<\/p><\/td><\/tr> - Probate<\/p><\/td> 0300<\/p><\/td> 00:05:29<\/p><\/td><\/tr> - Single Justice System<\/p><\/td> 0300<\/p><\/td> 00:11:17<\/p><\/td><\/tr> - Social Security Child Support<\/p><\/td> 0300<\/p><\/td> 00:15:19<\/p><\/td><\/tr> - Video Hearings<\/p><\/td> 0300<\/p><\/td> 00:04:22<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> HMPPS<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Prefix<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Ave Call Time (Mar 19)<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> - Public Enquiry Line<\/p><\/td> 01633<\/p><\/td> 00:01:591<\/sup><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Prefix<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Ave Call Time (2018/19)<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> - Customer Service Centre<\/p><\/td> 0300<\/p><\/td> 00:12:29<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> Office of the Public Guardian<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Prefix<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Ave Call Time<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> - Call Centre Helpline<\/p><\/td> 0300<\/p><\/td> Not available<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> Legal Aid Agency<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Prefix<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Ave Call Time<\/strong> (Apr 2019)<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> - Crime Contact Centre<\/p><\/td> 0300<\/p><\/td> 00:07:47<\/p><\/td><\/tr> - Civil Contact Centre<\/p><\/td> 0300<\/p><\/td> 00:08:02<\/p><\/td><\/tr> - Civil Legal Advice<\/p><\/td> 0345 / 08452<\/sup><\/p><\/td> 00:11:52<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> 1<\/sup> These do not include waiting times as this information is not held.<\/p> 2<\/sup> There is a recorded message on the 0845-number explaining the 0345 option for callers.<\/p>"}
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