Graham Leadbitter MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Pesticides: Waste DisposalDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 2 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50005More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what disposal schemes exist for banned pesticides.
Answer: For all pesticides, there are legal requirements to store the product securely and dispose safely of any surplus. It is illegal to use or store any plant protection product (pesticide) that is no longer authorised. Professional users in possession of unau...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordWhisky: Northern IrelandDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37890More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the value of single malt Irish whisky produced in Northern Ireland to the economy.
Answer: The Irish Whiskey Association, representing 95% of Irish Whiskey producers across the island of Ireland, report that Irish Whiskey exports exceeded €1billion in 2024 and reached 114 markets around the world. Irish Whiskey produced in Northern Ireland is a...
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordWhiskyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35108More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the value of single malt English whisky to the economy.
Answer: No formal assessment has been made by the department, but the English Whisky Guild forecast the volume of spirit produced by English distilleries to grow by 189% from 2019-2024. They forecast that there would be 50,000 maturing casks by 2024 with a value ...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordWhiskyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35107More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the value of single malt Welsh whisky to the economy.
Answer: No formal assessment has been made by the department, but upon registration of Single Malt Welsh Whisky as a geographical indication in 2023, it was forecast to generate a revenue of £23 million in the 2023-24 financial year and is exported to more than 4...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordWhiskyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35106More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the value of single malt Scotch whisky to the economy.
Answer: No formal assessment has been made by the department, but a report by the Scotch Whisky Association, using figures from industry and the Government from production to employment, concluded that Scotch Whisky’s contribution to the UK economy reached £7.1 b...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33771More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an estimate of the quantity of (a) commercial forest timber and (b) waste wood products that will be needed to achieve the government’s target of 1.5mil
Answer: We do not yet have an estimate of the required timber and waste wood required to meet the Government's housing targets. The current forecast of softwood availability for Great Britain is a total average of 25.2 million cubic metres of softwood timber per ...
Answered 6 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordChemicals: ExportsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19564More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to align the UK’s regulations with the EU’s recent prohibition on exporting banned chemicals to countries where they remain permitted.
Answer: The Government is committed to protecting human health and the environment. Requirements for the export of hazardous chemicals are agreed at the international level under the Rotterdam Convention. In GB, the export of certain hazardous chemicals is regula...
Answered 18 Dec 2024
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