Kerry McCarthy

13 Apr 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Bovine Tuberculosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of Officially Tuberculosis Free-Withdrawn breakdowns were detected by slaughterhouse surveillance in (a) High Risk, (b) Edge and (c) Low Risk bovin

13 Apr 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Bovine Tuberculosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost was of gamma interferon testing for bovine tuberculosis in (a) High Risk, (b) Edge and (c) Low Risk Areas in each year since 2010.

13 Apr 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Bovine Tuberculosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she consulted the Science Advisory Council on her Department's decision to remove the limit on the duration of the badger-culling period.

13 Apr 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Bovine Tuberculosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what advice she has received from the Science Advisory Council on (a) causes of bovine TB, (b) methods of controlling bovine TB, (c) risks associated with badger culls and (d) the upda

11 Apr 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Climate Change

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support her Department plans to make available to local authorities to take action on climate change after the closure of the Climate Local programme.

11 Apr 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Business: Climate Change

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential effect on (a) the National Adaptation Programme and (b) businesses and organisations' climate change resilience of the withdrawal of the C

11 Apr 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Business: Climate Change

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what climate change adaptation support her Department plans to make available to businesses after the closure of the Climate Ready Support Service.

11 Apr 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Business: Climate Change

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reasons the Environment Agency's Climate Ready Support Service has ended; and when the decision to end that service was made.

11 Apr 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Business: Climate Change

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reasons the Environment Agency ended its support for the Climate Local programme; and what assessment she has made of the potential effect of this decision on the ability of l

11 Apr 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Livestock: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to maintain the statutory status of all the farm animal welfare codes.

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

Bovine Tuberculosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research her Department has conducted or commissioned on the use of gas as a potential method for culling badgers; how many badgers were used in that research; what the results of

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

Business: Climate Change

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many businesses in (a) Cumbria, (b) Lancashire and (c) Yorkshire have accessed the Environment Agency's Climate Ready Support Service in each year since it was set up.

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

Livestock: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to publish the updated farm animal welfare codes; how (a) much funding and (b) many staff her Department will provide for the update of those codes; and what research he

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

Livestock: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will consult veterinary and animal welfare experts on the planned update of farm animal welfare codes; and if she will publish in draft those updated codes for consultation.

24 Mar 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Beverage Containers: Deposit Return Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will launch a consultation on proposals for a deposit return system for single use drinks containers.

22 Mar 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her Department's contribution is to the Government's emissions reduction plan; and if she will make a statement.

14 Mar 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water: EU Law

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the proportion of rivers, lakes, coastal and ground waters in the UK that (a) are compliant with the EU Water Framework Directive and (b) will be so com

11 Mar 2016 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Pollution

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to reduce the risk to the UK (a) posed by ballast water and (b) that diseases such as cholera may be transferred around the world through ballast water given rises in sea water temperatu

11 Mar 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Shipping: Pollution

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the economic, ecological and public health effects on the UK of aquatic invasive species introduced by shipping discharging ballast water.

11 Mar 2016 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Pollution

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Government plans to ratify the 2004 Ballast Water Management Convention.

10 Mar 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Public Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish her Department's Spending Review Settlement letter from HM Treasury.

10 Mar 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Recycling: EU Action

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations were made by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment and Rural Affairs at the EU Environment Council on 4 March 2016 on the EU action plan for t

10 Mar 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Waste

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reasons waste reduction, improved resource efficiency and increasing recycling rates were not included in her Department's Single Department Plan: 2015 to 2020, published on 1

10 Mar 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Anaerobic Digestion

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of crop fed anaerobic digestion on food production and land rents.

10 Mar 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with her (a) ministerial colleagues and (b) the European Commission on the potential effects of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership on (i) a

9 Mar 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Business: Environmental Impact Assessment

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department's Single Departmental Plan: 2015 to 2020, published on 19 February 2016, whether the report on progress in reducing regulatory burdens to business will

9 Mar 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Climate Change

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department's Single Departmental Plan: 2015 to 2020, published on 19 February 2016, what her climate change adaptation objectives are for 2015-2020.

9 Mar 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Groceries Code Adjudicator

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department's Single departmental plan: 2015 to 2020, published on 19 February 2016, what steps she is taking to champion the use of the Groceries Code Adjudicator

9 Mar 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Slaughterhouses: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department's Single Department Plan: 2015 to 2020, published on 19 February 2016, what discussions she has had with her EU counterparts on reforms to ensure that

8 Mar 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Pitcairn Islands: Shipping

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will ensure that the new ship contract agreed for the Pitcairn Islands supply run will include best practice stipulations regarding biosecurity and waste disposal.