Kerry McCarthy

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

Wild Mammals (Protection) Act 1996

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people were (a) proceeded against and (b) convicted of an offence under the Wild Animals (Protection) Act 1996 in each police force area in (i) 2015 and (ii) 2016.

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

Hunting Act 2004: Convictions and Criminal Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people were (a) proceeded against and (b) convicted of an offence under the Hunting Act 2004 in each police force area in (i) 2015 and (ii) 2016.

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

Food: Waste

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the potential cost to the public purse of introducing mandatory food waste collections by local authorities.

8 Feb 2017 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Marine Protected Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the oral evidence of the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State to the Environmental Audit Committee of 31 January 2017, what powers of oversight and enforcement the Counci

8 Feb 2017 · HM Treasury

Self-assessment

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HM Revenue and Customs assessed the effect of introducing its Making Tax Digital proposals on (a) freelance workers in the creative industries and (b) other specific sectors as part of its recent impact asses

3 Feb 2017 · Department of Health

Cystic Fibrosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of using cystic fibrosis treatments to pilot the recommendations of the Accelerated Access Review.

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

Environment Protection: Legal Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Justice on proposed changes to cost protections for environmental claims; and what assessment she has made of the effect of

18 Jan 2017 · Ministry of Justice

Environment Protection: Civil Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government plans to take to ensure environmental claims are not prohibitively expensive under its proposals to remove the fixed-cost cap.

18 Jan 2017 · Ministry of Justice

Environment Protection: Civil Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the evidential basis was for the Government's finding in its consultation on Costs Protection in Environmental Cases of September 2015 that the existing environmental costs regime results in meritless applic

18 Jan 2017 · Ministry of Justice

Environment Protection: Civil Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the effect of the proposed changes to cost protections in environmental claims on (a) the number of environmental judicial review applications, (b) the proportion of successful env

6 Jan 2017 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Waste Management

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Environment Agency about (a) its responsibility to enforce the waste hierarchy and (b) cases in which that hierarchy has not been observed.

20 Dec 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Domestic Waste: Waste Disposal

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what metrics for success her Department has set for the framework for consistency in household waste collections, launched by WRAP in September 2016.

20 Dec 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food: Waste Disposal

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what advice she has received from the Chief Scientific Adviser to her Department on the cost and associated benefits of introducing separate food waste collections in England.

20 Dec 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Arts: Self-employed

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 12 December 2016 to Question 56474, if she will provide the answer sought in that Question on what discussions she has had with Ministers of HM Treasury on the potential

20 Dec 2016 · HM Treasury

Secured Energy Bonds

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations his Department has received on the change in the value of secured energy bonds that were offered by CDB Energy; and what steps he is taking to address the implications of that change for investor

19 Dec 2016 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he expects to publish the consultation on the Government's industrial strategy.

19 Dec 2016 · Department for Education

Overseas Students

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of falling international student numbers on the financial sustainability of the UK university sector.

19 Dec 2016 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Universities: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to help facilitate collaboration between universities and the private sector.

15 Dec 2016 · Department for International Development

Syria: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support is being provided to aid agencies to help Syrians being evacuated from Aleppo.

14 Dec 2016 · Department of Health

Mental Health Services: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of proposed changes in the level of spending on mental health services for children and young people on waiting times for an appointment on first referral.

8 Dec 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pigmeat: China

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2016 to Question 40357, what progress has been made on the implementation of the protocol allowing pig trotters to be exported from the UK to China.

7 Dec 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Arts: Self-employed

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with Ministers of HM Treasury on the potential effect on freelance creative workers of HM Revenue and Customs proposals that self-employed workers update their tax qu

6 Dec 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Israel: Bedouin

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to his Department's news story on plans to demolish a Bedouin village in Israel, published on 23 November 2016, whether he has raised concerns on behalf of the Government w

2 Dec 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Burma: Rohingya

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Burmese counterpart on the statement of 20 June 2016 by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights that patterns of violence against the

30 Nov 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Air Pollution

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what criteria the Joint Air Quality Unit uses to allocate air quality grant funding.

30 Nov 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Air Pollution

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of reducing the limit value for particulate matter from 25g/m3 to the World Health Organisation's air quality guidelines of 10g/m3.

29 Nov 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Birds of Prey: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what amount of financial loss to a shooting estate can be grounds for granting a licence to kill buzzards.

29 Nov 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Birds of Prey: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the criteria used by Natural England for the granting of licences to kill buzzards were set; and when those criteria were last formally reviewed.

29 Nov 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Birds of Prey: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what criteria Natural England uses for decisions on the granting of licences to kill buzzards.

29 Nov 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Nature Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to change its policies to reflect the outcomes of the International Union for Conservation of Nature World Conservation Congress 2016; and what her priorit