Kerry McCarthy

9 Jan 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Factory Farming: Ammonia and Nitrates

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the effect on the environment of (a) nitrate and (b) ammonia produced by intensive livestock units in the UK.

5 Jan 2018 · Home Office

Slavery

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to use the powers of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 to challenge organisations that are late in filing their modern slavery statements.

5 Jan 2018 · Home Office

Slavery

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the operation of section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and the level of compliance by businesses.

5 Jan 2018 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Building Regulations: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to amend the relevant building regulations to require all large buildings to have Changing Places toilet facilities for people with profound disabilities.

5 Jan 2018 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Building Regulations: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what progress has been made by his Department on implementing the outcome of the research it carried out in 2016 on evaluating the adequacy of the guidance in the relevant building regula

20 Dec 2017 · Department for Transport

Speed Limits

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of 20 mph zones on road safety for pedestrians.

20 Dec 2017 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Circuses: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to review and report on The Welfare of Wild Animals in Travelling Circuses (England) Regulations 2012; and what assessment the has made of the potential merits of introdu

20 Dec 2017 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Balloons and Sky Lanterns: Animals

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he plans to take to ensure that intentional releases of helium-filled balloons and sky lanterns do not negatively affect marine and terrestrial life.

20 Dec 2017 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Balloons and Sky Lanterns: Environment

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the environmental effect of the intentional release of helium-filled balloons and sky lanterns.

20 Dec 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Marine Protected Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to monitor Marine Protected Areas for illegal fishing and other proscribed maritime activities.

20 Dec 2017 · Department for International Development

Developing Countries: Waste Management

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department provides to developing countries to assist them in (a) producing waste management strategies, (b) tackling pollution and (c) reducing health risks associated with (i)

20 Dec 2017 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pigs: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to increase compliance with the ban on the routine tail docking of pigs; what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of pigs which have

20 Dec 2017 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animal Welfare: Norfolk

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Animal and Plant Health Agency has carried out its investigation into Hall Farm in Necton Norfolk; and what evidence it plans to take account of before concluding its findi

20 Dec 2017 · Department for Education

Music: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to review the National Plan for Music Education.

19 Dec 2017 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government plans to include the Eatwell Guide into Government buying standards on the public procurement of food and drink.

19 Dec 2017 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Public Sector: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make Government buying standards for public procurement mandatory across the whole of the public sector.

19 Dec 2017 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether public procurement processes require caterers to meet the needs of those whose diets are (a) vegetarian (b) vegan and (c) gluten free.

19 Dec 2017 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to support (a) SME’s and (b) British farmers through public procurement.

19 Dec 2017 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the timeline for introducing the balanced scorecard approach to public procurement decisions for food and catering services is.

13 Dec 2017 · Department of Health

Bowel Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has plans to reduce the screening age for bowel cancer to 50 years old.

13 Dec 2017 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Livestock: Antibiotics

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of (a) the level of antibiotic resistant bacteria associated with intensive livestock units in the UK and (b) how this level of antibiotic resistant bacteri

13 Dec 2017 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Livestock Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent estimate he has made of the number of intensive livestock units in the UK.

13 Dec 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Chemicals

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if the Government will introduce requirements for manufacturers of antifreeze to (a) include a bittering agent in the product and (b) ensure that the product is non-toxic to anima

13 Dec 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure that the devolved administrations' policies and incentives for green finance are all coherent with each other and with those of the Westminster G

13 Dec 2017 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he will be taking to align the devolved administrations' agri-food production targets and enforcement of nitrates water quality standards with each other and those of the We

12 Dec 2017 · Department of Health

Lumacaftor/ivacaftor

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made on the NHS England and Vertex negotiations around a pipeline deal for Orkambi for people with cystic fibrosis age 12 and over.

12 Dec 2017 · Department of Health

Slaughterhouses: Inspections

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) slaughterhouses and (b) other meat establishments audited by the Food Standards Agency have (i) received one unsatisfactory audit result, (ii) received more than one successive unsatisfactory audit re

12 Dec 2017 · Department of Health

Slaughterhouses: Inspections

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 30 November 2017 to Question 115457, whether a slaughterhouse is allowed to continue operating after receiving an unsatisfactory audit result, before the performance of the slaughterhouse

7 Dec 2017 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Veterinary Medicine: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will add veterinarians working in the UK’s agri-food sector to the shortage occupation list after the UK leaves the EU.

7 Dec 2017 · Department for International Trade

Renewable Energy: Africa

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what support his Department provides to help UK renewable energy companies export to Africa.