Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

written question – answered ar 22 Hydref 2019.

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  • Nightjars: Conservation

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the findings of the 2016 Joint Nature Conservation Committee review of Special Protection Areas, (a) what...

  • Packaging: Recycling

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of obligating all retailers to ensure that the packaging of products...

  • Packaging: Recycling

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the clarity of the information on recycling provided on the packaging of products...

  • Packaging: Recycling

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions her officials have had with representatives of supermarkets on the (a) presence and (b) clarity of...

  • European Chemicals Agency

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government is seeking to remain a member of European Chemicals Agency after the UK leaves the EU.

  • European Chemicals Agency

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received from industry on the UK’s ongoing relationship with the European Chemicals...

  • *No heading*

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of introducing a mandatory and consistent (a) UK-wide logo...

  • Sewage: Waste Disposal

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government plans to compensate property owners with septic tanks for the expense of (a) upgrading and (b)...

  • Sewage: Waste Disposal

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential financial effect on property owners of changes to septic tank regulations...

  • Plastics: Waste

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to reduce plastic waste in fast food outlets.

  • Fisheries

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to ensure the enforcement of UK fishing waters in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.

  • Bottles: Recycling

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government plans to introduce a bottle deposit scheme to increase the number of plastic bottles reused and recycled.

  • Recycling: High Rise Flats

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of high-rise accommodation without a waste shoot that allows for...

  • Recycling

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure consistency between local authorities on the waste that they collect for recycling.

  • Pigs: Diseases

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to reduce incidents of swine dysentery; and if she will make a statement.

  • Ragwort Control Act 2003

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how the effectiveness of the Ragwort Control Act 2003 is assessed; how frequently that assessment take place; what...

  • Agriculture: Carbon Emissions

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department has taken to establish (a) a baseline for existing carbon dioxide emissions from agriculture (b)...

  • Chemicals: Regulation

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost to the public purse was of setting up the IT system for UK REACH; and what estimate she has been made of...

  • Agriculture: Seasonal Workers

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the outcomes of the seasonal workers pilot scheme since that scheme opened; and if she...

  • Agriculture: Seasonal Workers

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many workers have (a) entered and (b) left the UK under the seasonal workers pilot scheme.

  • Agriculture: Seasonal Workers

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the geographical distribution by region is of workers that have entered the UK under the seasonal workers pilot scheme.

  • Agriculture: Seasonal Workers

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has received all information that operators are required to provide from the Seasonal Workers Pilot...

  • Agriculture: Seasonal Workers

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many inspections the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority has undertaken on farms employing workers under the seasonal...

  • Natural England

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of (a) the cost to Natural England of monitoring sites of special scientific interest, (b) the...

  • Environment Agency: Staff

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of Environment Agency FTE staff on (a) temporary and (b) permanent contracts in...

  • Environment Agency: Inspections

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of site inspections carried out by the Environment Agency in each year since 2014.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Equal Pay

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many equal pay reviews there have been in her Department since 2010; what the dates were of those reviews; and whether...