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Found: Natural biogenic sources like wetlands and freshwater sources are the dominant source of methane

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

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the findings of the SHOT-SWITCH research project, published in Conservation Evidence, about the voluntary transition from hunting with lead to non-lead ammunition in Great Britain; and what plans they have to ban the use of lead shot in hunting in England.

Answered by Lord Douglas-Miller - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

The use of lead shot in England and Wales is already prohibited in specific circumstances by existing legislation – including on all foreshores, and in or over specified sites of special scientific interest, predominantly wetlands.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is currently preparing recommendations on further action to restrict the use of lead in ammunition. This work has included looking at information submitted to them with regard to possible options to control the use of lead ammunition. The previous SHOT-SWITCH study has been considered and is referenced in the background document of evidence (attached to this answer) which was put out with the public consultation last year.

HSE expects to issue its final restriction opinions later this year. The decision to apply any UK REACH restrictions as a further regulatory measure, or not to do so, will subsequently be made by the Defra Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish and Welsh Ministers.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the Evidence Needs Statement published by the UK Blue Carbon Evidence Partnership in June 2023.

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

The UK established the cross-Administration UK Blue Carbon Evidence Partnership (UKBCEP) to progress the evidence base on blue carbon habitats in UK waters. Through this partnership, Defra, DESNZ and the Devolved Administrations share information, data and knowledge on blue carbon evidence across UK administrations.

The UKBCEP’s Evidence Needs Statement, published last year (2023), will support our ambition to fill critical evidence gaps relating to blue carbon habitats, increasing our understanding and thereby our ability to protect and restore these important habitats. These evidence gaps currently prevent the inclusion of coastal wetlands in the UK Greenhouse Gas Inventory (GHGI)that would allow for saltmarsh habitats to contribute to the UK’s Net Zero target in accounting terms.

The UKBCEP’s Evidence Needs Statement will help to address this, and together with our £640,000 funding commitment, will enable the development of a UK Saltmarsh Code, which will allow saltmarsh carbon to be marketed and traded as a carbon offset, prompting further investment in these crucial habitats; and support the creation of a restoration project pipeline for blue carbon habitats in the UK.

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Found: Wildfowl could then facilitate transmission via environmental contamination of wetlands and reedbeds

Found: Water Restoration Fund, using the money from water company fines and penalties to improve water and wetlands

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Found: Wetlands and meanders provide refuges for threatened native plants, insects, fish and mammals.

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Found: , Agri-Food Communications Duncan Sinclair Waitrose Agriculture Manager Hannah Freeman Wildfowl and Wetlands

Found: application form to apply for a grant to restore and improve rivers, streams, canals, lakes, ponds, wetlands

Found: Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially Waterfowl Habitat (Ramsar Convention,

Found: Linking the restoration of rivers and riparian zones/wetlands in Europe: Sharing knowledge through

Found: the changes which will come into effect from 2025 in three key areas: Introduction of Peatlands and Wetlands

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Found: including rivers, lochs, transitional waters (estuaries), coastal waters, and groundwater dependent wetlands

Found: woodland • Areas designated for pr otection of rare, threatened or endangered ecosystems or species • Wetlands

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