Jerome Mayhew: Defra: All Documents

Written Question

Tree Planting

Monday 3rd March 2025

Asked by: Jerome Mayhew (Conservative - Broadland and Fakenham)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to meet its target of 16.5% tree cover by 2050.

Answered by Mary Creagh - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

We are making progress towards the statutory target to reach 16.5% tree and woodland cover in England by 2050. The Government has pledged up to £400 million for tree planting and peatland restoration over the current and next financial year. As part of that we will create new woodland including national forests to bring communities and woodlands closer together and to create new green jobs. The Government has launched a Tree Planting Taskforce to support our plans to plant millions more trees.

Written Question

Genetically Modified Organisms

Thursday 20th February 2025

Asked by: Jerome Mayhew (Conservative - Broadland and Fakenham)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his EU counterparts on UK legislation on gene-editing.

Answered by Daniel Zeichner

This is a devolved matter, and the information provided therefore relates to England only.

The Government is introducing legislation to enact the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act 2023 for plants and food and feed before the end of March.

The European Commission has published a proposal that is similar in aim to the Precision Breeding Act. The department is monitoring progress on the EU’s regulatory proposal closely and engaging with the European Commission when appropriate.

Officials have met with EU counterparts several times to discuss England’s approach to precision breeding and the EU’s proposal on new genomic techniques, including through the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Committee and through the UK-EU Joint Consultative Working Group Agri-food structured group.

Written Question

Genetically Modified Organisms

Thursday 20th February 2025

Asked by: Jerome Mayhew (Conservative - Broadland and Fakenham)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his policy is on aligning gene-editing legislation with that of the European Union.

Answered by Daniel Zeichner

This is a devolved matter, and the information provided therefore relates to England only.

The Government is introducing legislation to enact the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act 2023 for plants and food and feed before the end of March.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 17 Nov 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"2. What recent discussions he has had with the Church on strengthening its parish ministry. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 17 Nov 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"Does my hon. Friend agree with me that the relationship between a parish priest and his or her congregation is the single most important element of outreach and service for the Church, and as such, its support should be the primary objective of Church funds?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 06 Sep 2022
Sewage Pollution

"We need to establish the real scale of the problem. It has been estimated that providing a full solution to storm overflow discharges will require the replacement of 100,000 miles of combined sewers, so the Government have it absolutely right with increasingly onerous targets for Ofwat backed by unlimited fines, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 08 Feb 2022
Cost of Living and Food Insecurity

"I do not think the operation was called Operation Shag a Dog, but perhaps the hon. Gentleman would care to correct the House...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 04 Feb 2022
Animals (Penalty Notices) Bill

"I join all other hon. Members in congratulating my hon. Friend the Member for Romford (Andrew Rosindell) on introducing the Bill and getting this far. There is a worrying sense of unanimity in the House, which always gives me cause for concern. I will not breach it, save to highlight …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 04 Feb 2022
Animals (Penalty Notices) Bill

"I rise not to talk about Cavalier King Charles spaniels, but to ask whether my hon. Friend agrees that the direct impact of the fixed penalty notice being applied as soon as the relevant authority considers that there is evidence beyond reasonable doubt adds a powerful deterrent to people causing …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 04 Feb 2022
Glue Traps (Offences) Bill

"I believe it was my hon. Friend the Member for Christchurch (Sir Christopher Chope) who, in an earlier debate on the Bill, described it as a rat protection Bill. Were it to be one, I would certainly not be supporting it. I grew up in an old farmhouse; some of …..."
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