Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 08 Feb 2021
UK Shellfish Exports
"Does the Secretary of State have any idea of the devastating financial impact that the ban is going to have on historic cockling communities such as Penclawdd in Gower? What conversations has he been having with the Welsh Government to ensure that the fisheries disruption fund reaches Penclawdd?..."Tonia Antoniazzi - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 30 Nov 2020
Agricultural Transition Plan
"The Secretary of State continues to say that he has maintained the budget for the devolved nations. However, farmers in Wales will be £95 million short compared with if they were still in the EU, due to what would have been a crossover of the programme. I find it quite …..."Tonia Antoniazzi - View Speech
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Written Question
Thursday 26th November 2020
Asked by:
Tonia Antoniazzi (Labour - Gower)
Question
to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
What steps he is taking to ensure that farmers continue to receive financial support after the transition period.
Answered by Baroness Prentis of Banbury
In our 2019 manifesto we promised to maintain the current annual budget to farmers for the lifetime of this parliament. When we made this commitment in 2019, the total farm support provided to Welsh farmers that year was £337 million. For 2021/22, the UK government have therefore provided new exchequer funding on top of the remaining £95 million of EU funding to ensure that £337 million of support continues to go to Welsh farmers this year.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 03 Feb 2020
Agriculture Bill
"Will the Secretary of State accept the offer from the National Farmers Union to work with the Government on legislative provisions, in order to safeguard standards while allowing sufficient flexibility to conduct meaningful trade negotiations?..."Tonia Antoniazzi - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 21 Jan 2020
Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) Bill
"There are some excellent agricultural community groups in my constituency. I have visited one called Cae Tan, and I am so impressed. We talk about farm to fork, which is key. What can we do to encourage these brilliant organisations that are working so hard to make sure that we …..."Tonia Antoniazzi - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 03 Sep 2019
Sheep Farming: No-deal EU Exit
"This is an important debate, particularly for my Gower constituency, where the lamb industry is very vibrant. Does my hon. Friend share my concern about the amount of cold storage that will be needed and about the Government’s plans to meet that need? Does this country have enough cold storage …..."Tonia Antoniazzi - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 03 Sep 2019
Sheep Farming: No-deal EU Exit
"The Welsh Affairs Committee recently went to New Zealand and visited the sheep and beef industry, which was very interesting. Our farmers worry that our markets are going to be flooded with cheap New Zealand lamb. What can the Minister say to allay our farmers’ fears?..."Tonia Antoniazzi - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 03 Sep 2019
Sheep Farming: No-deal EU Exit
"How is the tariff going to work between Europe and the UK? Has it been decided what percentage of the tariff is going to go to the UK or to Europe?..."Tonia Antoniazzi - View Speech
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Written Question
Wednesday 20th February 2019
Asked by:
Tonia Antoniazzi (Labour - Gower)
Question
to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department holds information on the location of protected trees throughout the UK.
Answered by David Rutley
The Woodland Trust manages the Ancient Tree Inventory (ATI), which is a database recording over 150,000 ancient, veteran or notable trees across the UK. This is a volunteer database, with verified records, which does not have complete or consistent coverage across the UK.
Records for trees protected through Tree Preservation Orders (TPO) are held by local authorities, not by central government. Local planning authorities are also responsible for trees in conservation areas.
Written Question
Wednesday 20th February 2019
Asked by:
Tonia Antoniazzi (Labour - Gower)
Question
to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many Category A trees with Heritage Tree status there are throughout the UK.
Answered by David Rutley
‘Category A Heritage Tree’ is an industry standard for undertaking arboricultural assessments, as set out in British Standard (BS) 5837 of 2012 on ‘Trees in relation to design, demolition and construction’ policy.
As this is an industry standard rather than an official Government one, central Government does not keep records of how many such trees there are.
The Government is currently consulting on a ‘Duty to Report’ on tree planting and felling for local government. The consultation closes on 28 February.