Asked by: Justin Madders (Labour - Ellesmere Port and Bromborough)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with relevant stakeholders on the impact of canine fertility clinics on dog welfare.
Answered by Rebecca Pow
The Secretary of State for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs has not discussed canine fertility clinics with stakeholders.
Asked by: Justin Madders (Labour - Ellesmere Port and Bromborough)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what impact assessment has taken place on the requirements of the Extended Producer Responsibility measures on small retailers.
Answered by Rebecca Pow
As part of the 2022 Government response to the 2021 EPR consultation, Defra conducted an impact assessment which included the assessment of the impact of EPR measures on small retailers and businesses.
Asked by: Justin Madders (Labour - Ellesmere Port and Bromborough)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the full guidance on the Extended Producer Responsibility measures will be published.
Answered by Rebecca Pow
Following the laying of the draft Packaging waste- data reporting SI on 22nd November, we have published new guidance on ‘how to collect your packaging data for EPR’. This is for all UK organisations that will be affected by Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging. We have also conducted several webinars to provide information to producers.
Asked by: Justin Madders (Labour - Ellesmere Port and Bromborough)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether a timetable has been set for the Government to respond to the consultation on preventing charges for DIY waste at household waste recycling centres which closed on 4 July 2022.
Answered by Trudy Harrison
HM Government is currently considering responses following closure of the technical consultation on preventing charging for DIY waste at Household Waste & Recycling Centres (HWRCs). On 21 September we confirmed on gov.uk that we aim to publish the summary of responses and the HM Government response in autumn 2022.
Asked by: Justin Madders (Labour - Ellesmere Port and Bromborough)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he will publish his response to his Department's consultation on Ending the retail sale of peat in horticulture in England and Wales.
Answered by Trudy Harrison
The Government published its response to the recent consultation on 27 August 2022.
The consultation response can be found at: www.consult.defra.gov.uk/soils-and-peatlands/endingtheretailsaleofpeatinhorticulture
Asked by: Justin Madders (Labour - Ellesmere Port and Bromborough)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department last made an assessment of the adequacy of the (a) noise and (b) vibration limits for pile driving.
Answered by Trudy Harrison
The Government is committed to ensuring that noise is managed effectively in order to promote good health and quality of life. We do not consider, however, that a single objective noise-based measure is appropriate to all situations, as effect levels are likely to be different for different noise sources, different people and at different times.
The Government has worked with the British Standards Institution to publish BS5228, which sets standards for noise and vibration from construction work, including pile driving. Local authorities and magistrates' courts are required to take this standard into account when exercising their powers and functions under noise management legislation in relation to construction works. The most recent update to this standard was in 2015.
Asked by: Justin Madders (Labour - Ellesmere Port and Bromborough)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 28 June 2022 to Question 22447 on Rivers, when his Department plans to publish the report on the review of statutory powers, roles and responsibilities in relation to assets and watercourse maintenance, including riparian landowners.
Answered by Trudy Harrison
The Government wants to ensure that responsibilities in relation to assets and watercourse management and maintenance are clear and that there are appropriate powers in place to enable suitable management and maintenance to be undertaken.
Our review of the statutory powers, roles, and responsibilities in relation to assets and watercourse maintenance began earlier this year and the full review will be completed in 2024 after which it will be published. During this time, we will be working with the reviewer and stakeholders to identify the relevant issues and take any immediate action that is necessary.
Asked by: Justin Madders (Labour - Ellesmere Port and Bromborough)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the Government's timetable is for responding to the consultation on preventing charges for DIY waste at household waste recycling centres which closed on 4 July 2022.
Answered by Steve Double
The consultation on preventing charges to householders for DIY waste closed on 4 July. The Government will publish a response in due course.