Asked by: Mary Creagh (Labour - Coventry East)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many vehicles in her Department's fleet are (a) electric vehicles and (b) ultra-low emission vehicles.
Answered by Alistair Burt
DFID does not own any vehicles.
Asked by: Mary Creagh (Labour - Coventry East)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding her Department has provided in the current financial year to projects supporting developing states in tackling illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing.
Answered by Rory Stewart
The Department for International Development has not provided direct funds in the current financial year to projects in developing states tackling illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing.
DfID has provided funds to multilateral agencies and global funds which support ongoing efforts to improve marine governance including tackling illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing. For example, UK support to the FAO’s core functions includes the FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department. The FAO hosts the International Plan of Action (IPOA) to Prevent, Deter, and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (IUU), which are to be implemented by countries. In addition, UK support to the Global Environment Facility contributes to investments in international waters to improve and implement governance frameworks.
Asked by: Mary Creagh (Labour - Coventry East)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the contribution of the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to the Environmental Audit Committee on 25 October 2016, Question 332, what proportion of existing EU legislation within the policy remit of her Department cannot immediately be brought into UK law upon the UK leaving the EU.
Answered by Lord Wharton of Yarm
The Government will bring forward legislation in the next session that, when enacted, will repeal the European Communities Act 1972 and ensure a functioning statute book on the day we leave the EU. This ‘Great Repeal Bill’ will end the authority of EU law and return power to the UK. The Bill will convert existing European Union law into domestic law, wherever practical and in that context all relevant legislation is currently being identified and assessed.
Asked by: Mary Creagh (Labour - Coventry East)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when the Government plans to publish its report outlining the international and domestic approach to implementation of the UN Sustainable Goals.
Answered by Rory Stewart
The drafting of the Government’s report outlining the UK’s approach to implementing the Global Goals for Sustainable Development is a cross-government effort. The report will be published in due course.
Asked by: Mary Creagh (Labour - Coventry East)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department has spent on the Darwin Initiative in each year since 2010.
Answered by Nick Hurd
I refer the Hon Lady to the answer given by my Hon Friend, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Environment and Rural Affairs (Rory Stewart MP) on 5 January 2016 (UIN: 20429)