Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 09 May 2019
Oral Answers to Questions
"T4. One of the recommendations in the Committee on Climate Change’s report last week was a 20% reduction in meat consumption by 2050 to meet that net zero goal. Can the Secretary of State set out how he plans to achieve that in a way that is fair and equitable? …..."Mary Creagh - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 01 May 2019
Environment and Climate Change
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 01 May 2019
Environment and Climate Change
"I congratulate my right hon. Friend on declaring an environment and climate emergency. Did he see the report the Committee produced last week stating that, if we leave the EU, the watchdog the Government are currently proposing is toothless because it does not have the power to fine Government for …..."Mary Creagh - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 01 May 2019
Environment and Climate Change
"I thank the Secretary of State for giving way, and I welcome the change in his party’s policy on the forests, which—let us not forget—the Government planned to sell back in 2011. Does he share my concern that the country is currently set to miss its fourth and fifth carbon …..."Mary Creagh - View Speech
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Written Question
Thursday 25th April 2019
Asked by:
Mary Creagh (Labour - Coventry East)
Question
to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his Department's consultation, Single use plastic: banning the distribution and/or sale of plastic straws, stirrers and plastic-stemmed cotton buds in England, which closed on 3 December 2018, how many responses were received to that consultation; and when the results of that consultation will be published.
Answered by Baroness Coffey
We received 1602 responses to this consultation. We are considering these views. We expect to publish the summary of responses together with the Government response soon.
Written Question
Monday 15th April 2019
Asked by:
Mary Creagh (Labour - Coventry East)
Question
to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which company has been awarded the contract to build the UK REACH IT database system.
Answered by Baroness Coffey
The UK REACH-IT service is being developed by Defra’s Internal Digital Data and Technology Services directorate with support from contingent labour and suppliers.
Suppliers include Kainos, Microsoft and Keep IT Simple.
Written Question
Monday 15th April 2019
Asked by:
Mary Creagh (Labour - Coventry East)
Question
to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many full-time equivalent staff have been allocated to work under the UK-REACH IT system.
Answered by Baroness Coffey
In a no deal scenario, Defra, the Health and Safety Executive and the Environment Agency will require an estimated 170 full-time equivalent staff across the three organisations to deliver a functioning regulatory framework for chemicals, including the operation of a UK REACH IT system.
Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 09 Apr 2019
World Health: 25-Year Environment Plan
"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Walker, on a subject that I know is close to your heart as a friend of the fishing community and the chalk streams, and to hear such an eloquent exposition of the problems facing our country from the hon. Member …..."Mary Creagh - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 09 Apr 2019
World Health: 25-Year Environment Plan
"One of the shocking things that we discovered in our microbeads inquiry was that if someone eats a plate of oysters or mussels, they consume 30 microplastic particles. It is particularly into those bottom feeders—that seafood—that this material goes. There is evidence, I think, that it can pass through the …..."Mary Creagh - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 09 Apr 2019
World Health: 25-Year Environment Plan
"Thank you for that guidance, Mr Walker. I totally agree with the right hon. Member for Newbury (Richard Benyon). This issue is a passion of his, and I agree with him. Young people are starting to campaign on the issue. They are being educated—this generation is certainly better educated than …..."Mary Creagh - View Speech
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