Sign in
☰
People MPsHouse of LordsGovernmentOppositionPartiesCommittees Votes Commons votesLords votesVotes by issueTopicsStats & rankingsParliament in numbers Legislation BillsEarly day motionsPetitions Elections Election resultsConstituenciesWho is my MP? Scotland OverviewMSPsScottish GovernmentVotesBillsMotionsCommitteesConstituencies & regionsElections Search Sign in

Written questions

Jim McMahon

1,018 written questions tabled, most recent first.

19 Oct 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Farmers

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish a breakdown of the number of farmers in (a) England and (b) Wales in each year since 2010.

17 Oct 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fisheries: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish a breakdown of the number of people working as fishers in the UK in each year since 2010.

17 Oct 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the findings of research by Kantar, published on 11 October 2022, on potential rises in the average annual grocery

17 Oct 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fracking: Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of the extraction of shale gas on the environment; and if he will publish those assessments.

17 Oct 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Poultry: Avian Influenza

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of H5N1 avian flu on the availability of (a) turkeys and (b) geese during in December 2022.

17 Oct 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Veterinary Medicine

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many veterinarians were practising in the UK in each year since 2010.

14 Oct 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Environmental Land Management Schemes: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much money from the public purse has been spent on devising and implementing the Environmental Land Schemes in each of the last three years.

14 Oct 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Beaches: Sewage

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the economic impact of beach closures as a result of sewage pollution on coastal businesses in (a) England and (b) Wales.

14 Oct 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Environment Agency: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish a yearly breakdown of the total number of Environment Agency staff for each year since 2010.

14 Oct 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Control: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding the Government has allocated to flood resilience schemes in each year since 2010.

14 Oct 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Environment Agency: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish details of the amounts of funding the Environment Agency has received from all sources, in each year since 2010.

14 Oct 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Beaches: Sewage

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish a breakdown of the number of beach closures in England and Wales as a result of sewage pollution incidents in each year since 2010.

12 Oct 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to control inflation on food prices.

11 Oct 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Nature Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department will take to meet the habitat restoration targets set out in the 25 Year Environment Plan; and if he will make a statement.

11 Oct 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Nature Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans his Department has to consult with environmental stakeholders on the implementation of the Government’s commitment to protect 30 per cent of land and sea for nature by 2030.

11 Oct 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Environment Protection: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether Environment Act targets will be published by 31 October 2022, as set out under the Environment Act 2021.

11 Oct 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Meetings

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish a list of everyone he has met in his official capacity since his appointment.

11 Oct 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Biodiversity: Property Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether Biodiversity Net Gain will become mandatory in winter 2023 as proposed.

11 Oct 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

EU Law

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the (a) resourcing and (b) financial costs of adapting over 430 pieces of retained EU law, as required by the Retained EU Law Bill; and if he will make a

8 Sep 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Environment Protection: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department will take to (a) raise environmental standards in the UK and (b) provide the necessary resources to his Department's executive agencies to enforce those stand

8 Sep 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Environment Protection: EU Law

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department will take to (a) strengthen environmental protections as part of any review into retained EU law and regulations and (b) ensure the UK maintains comparable le

13 May 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Departmental Responsibilities

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure (a) value for money from his Department's projects and (b) that those projects are completed (i) on time and (ii) within budget.

14 Apr 2022 · Home Office

Pets: Theft

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the data for dog and cat thefts in each police force area in England and Wales for every year since 2010.

28 Mar 2022 · Treasury

Cooperatives

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the cooperative sector's contribution to the economy.

28 Mar 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fuels: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs,, what assessment his Department has made of the economic impact on British farms of fuel price increases.

28 Mar 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid: Food Insecurity

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the amount of funding required to fulfil the UN pledge to end hunger by 2030.

28 Mar 2022 · Treasury

Food Poverty

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has (a) allocated and (b) spent in each year since 2015 on ending food poverty.

28 Mar 2022 · Treasury

Food: Prices

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department has taken through the Spring Statement to tackle food inflation.

24 Feb 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food Supply

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish his Department's assessment of the implications of a Russian invasion of Ukraine for the (a) UK’s food security and (b) price of grain products in the UK.

4 Feb 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Packaging: Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when eco-modulation fees for Extended Producer Responsibility will be announced to allow industry to invest in the right packaging solutions.

Source: official written-questions record.