Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

written question – answered on 29 June 2015.

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  • Pesticides

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what advice she has received on the use of clothianidin, imidacloprid and thiamethoxam and other neonicotinoid pesticides.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Pay

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) direct employees, (b) agency staff and (c) outsourced staff working for her Department and its subsidiary...

  • Seals

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effect seals have on (a) fish populations and (b) fishing equipment.

  • Exports

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to identify and develop new export market opportunities for (a) the devolved regions and...

  • Food: Crime

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to provide dedicated financial resources to the Food Crime Unit in the Food Standards Agency;...

  • Neonicotinoids

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2015 to Question 3044, what the Government's policy is on renewal of the current ban on...

  • Seals

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will launch a consultation on the proposal to ban seals being killed off the coast of the UK.

  • Elephants: India

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to support the Indian government in protecting Asian elephants.

  • Responsible Use of Medicines in Agriculture Alliance

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether Ministers and officials in her Department have met the Responsible Use of Medicines in Agriculture Alliance.

  • Antibiotics: Livestock

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will set a target to reduce farm antibiotic use.

  • Pigmeat: MRSA

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department has taken to investigate the implications for human health of the appearance of antibiotic...

  • Neonicotinoids

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will maintain the current restrictions on the use of neonicotinoid pesticides.

  • Farms: Regulation

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department's report, Better for Business, published in April 2014, what progress she made in cutting...

  • Farms: Inspections

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress she has made on establishing the Farming Inspection Taskforce; and when she plans to make an announcement on...

  • Agriculture: Regulation

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 30 June 2014 to Question 201927, what progress she has made on reforming the 516...