Charlie Maynard MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
SlaughterhousesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57943More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of implementing a graduated regulatory system for smaller scale abattoirs operating within smaller distribution areas on (a) movemen
Answer: The Government recognises the vital role smaller abattoirs play in supporting a resilient food supply chain and reducing journey times for livestock, which minimises the risk of welfare issues arising during transport. However, to date there has been no f...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSlaughterhousesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57942More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to consider the potential impact of trends in the number of small, local abattoirs on the operations of livestock farms as part of the Farming Profitability Review.
Answer: In conducting her review, Baroness Minette Batters is considering implications for all farming sectors (including livestock), regions, and the different stages of the food supply chain. Minette has written an open letter to farmers and growers to be colla...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSlaughterhousesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57941More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the use of (a) mobile abattoirs and (b) farmer-assisted slaughter on (i) costs for livestock farmers and (ii) animal stress.
Answer: A mobile slaughter facility must be approved on the premises on which it is to operate. Currently there is one mobile abattoir in England and two Food Standards Agency (FSA) approved sites it can operate from. Mobile abattoirs may offer benefits in certai...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSlaughterhousesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57940More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of trends in the number of abattoirs on (a) food security and (b) local food supply chains.
Answer: The Government recognises the importance of abattoirs to national food security, local supply chains and rural communities. We remain committed to maintaining a resilient and sustainable meat processing sector. While the sector has faced and continues to ...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRights of WayDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35566More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for his policies of (a) the inequality of access to nature in England and (b) that a fifth of English const
Answer: The Government recognises the importance of providing access to the outdoors for people’s health and wellbeing and are working to ensure this is safe and appropriate. We also recognise that access to nature is currently inequitable across England, with so...
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordWheat: ImportsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34552More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to reduce UK reliance on imported wheat for milling.
Answer: British farmers are world-leaders and know their own land best - carefully planning their planting to suit the weather, their soil type, and their long-term agronomic strategy. Harvested production of wheat in 2023 was just under 13.9 million tonnes, whic...
Answered 6 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordWheat: Environment ProtectionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34551More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department plans to take to support farmers to produce more home grown wheat while meeting (a) net zero targets, (b) the targets outlined in the Environment Act 2021 and
Answer: The Government is committed to reducing emissions in the farming sector. The transition goes hand in hand with food security and farm productivity. For wheat in 2023, the UK was 96% self-sufficient. We will support farmers to adopt low carbon farming prac...
Answered 6 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFlour: Public SectorDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34550More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of prioritizing sourcing flour for the public sector from certified regenerative farms to help achieve Net Zero by
Answer: The Government is committed to harnessing the purchasing power of the procurement food supply chain to set the tone in delivering our wider ambitions on net zero, sustainability, animal welfare, economic growth and nutrition and health. Over the next year...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFlour: Public SectorDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34549More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of sourcing flour for the public sector from certified regenerative farms on achieving Net Zero by 2050.
Answer: The Government is committed to harnessing the purchasing power of the procurement food supply chain to set the tone in delivering our wider ambitions on net zero, sustainability, animal welfare, economic growth and nutrition and health. Over the next year...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordTrappingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31292More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to bring forward a ban on the use of snare traps.
Answer: This is a devolved matter, and the information provided therefore relates to England only. The Government will introduce the most ambitious programme for animal welfare in a generation. As outlined in our manifesto, we will bring an end to the use of snar...
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordLivestock: Animal HousingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31291More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Animal Health and Welfare Pathway on level of use of cages for farmed animals.
Answer: We are firmly committed to maintaining and improving animal welfare and want to work closely with the farming sector to deliver high standards. The Animal Health and Welfare Pathway has made grants available to improve the health and welfare of livestock....
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordWater ChargesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 902606More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with Ofwat on trends in the level of water bills.
Answer: Minister and officials speak regularly with Ofwat on a range of issues. Under the Conservatives, our sewerage system crumbled. They irresponsibly let water companies divert customers' money to line the pockets of their bosses and shareholders.The public a...
Answered 6 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: OfwatDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25937More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what meetings (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have had with representatives of Ofwat since July 2024.
Answer: Details of ministerial meetings with external individuals and organisations are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK. Data for the period of July to September 2024 will be published in due course. Officials meet a variety of external stakeholders, inc...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: WaterDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25936More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what meetings (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have had with campaigners on water regulation since July 2024.
Answer: Details of ministerial meetings with external individuals and organisations are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK. Data for the period of July to September 2024 will be published in due course. Officials meet a variety of external stakeholders, inc...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Water CompaniesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25935More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what meetings (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have had with representatives of water and sewerage companies since July 2024.
Answer: Details of ministerial meetings with external individuals and organisations are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK. Data for the period of July to September 2024 will be published in due course. Officials meet a variety of external stakeholders, inc...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordThames WaterDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4321More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps with Ofwat to place Thames Water in special administration.
Answer: The Government and Ofwat – the financial regulator for the water sector – are carefully monitoring the situation, and Ofwat continues to engage with Thames Water. The company remains stable, and it would be inappropriate to comment in detail on hypothetic...
Answered 13 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordWater CompaniesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4320More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether it is his policy that water companies in breach of their operating licence are able to continue to operate with no material sanction.
Answer: Ofwat, as the independent economic regulator, carries out its work in the manner it considers best meets its duties, including its duty to secure that water companies properly carry out their functions. Where companies have failed to meet statutory or lic...
Answered 13 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordThames Water: InsolvencyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 26 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2024More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will appoint a special administrator for Thames Water; and if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the decision by Moody's to downgrade Thames Water's credit rat
Answer: The company remains stable and we are closely monitoring the situation. It would be irresponsible to comment on hypotheticals.
Answered 5 Aug 2024
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