Neil Hudson MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Glass: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54399More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the glass manufacturing sector on the potential impact of extended producer responsibility on glass packaging since 14 May 2025.
Answer: Officials also joined a panel for the Wine and Spirit Trade Association on 21 May, and have met with the Food and Drink Federation and the Industry Council for Packaging and the Environment.
Answered 3 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGlass: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54398More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the pub and brewing sector on the potential impact of extended producer responsibility on glass packaging since 14 May 2025.
Answer: Officials also joined a panel for the Wine and Spirit Trade Association on 21 May, and have met with the Food and Drink Federation and the Industry Council for Packaging and the Environment.
Answered 3 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Trade with EU: Genetically Modified OrganismsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 21 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54035More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the UK-EU trade deal will require the repeal of the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act 2023.
Answer: The EU have accepted there will need to be a number of areas where we need to retain our own rules. The details of these are subject to negotiation, but we have been clear about the importance of being able to set high animal welfare standards, support pu...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGenetically Modified Organisms: UK Trade with EUDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53666More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the UK-EU trade deal will allow the roll-out of gene editing in (a) plants, (b) crops, (c) animals and (d) birds.
Answer: The EU have accepted there will need to be a number of areas where we need to retain our own rules. The details of these are subject to negotiation, but we have been clear about the importance of being able to set high animal welfare standards, support pu...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFisheries: UK Trade with EUDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53665More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department had discussions with the UK fisheries sector on negotiations with the EU for the UK-EU trade deal.
Answer: The deal announced on 19 May secures the continuation of current access arrangements and sees no changes in the level of EU vessel access to UK waters and no changes to the quota shares set out in the Trade and Cooperation Agreement. The UK also retains c...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFisheries: UK Trade with EUDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53664More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether increasing fishing quotas for UK fisheries was discussed during negotiations on the UK-EU trade deal.
Answer: In preparation for negotiations around the UK-EU Summit, Defra engaged with the UK fishing sector to understand their priorities. Throughout these negotiations, we made every effort to achieve the best outcome for the UK fishing industry. We have secured ...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFisheries: UK Trade with EUDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53663More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the UK-EU trade deal on the sustainability of the fisheries sector.
Answer: The deal announced on 19 May secures the continuation of current access arrangements and sees no changes in the level of EU vessel access to UK waters and no changes to the quota shares set out in the Trade and Cooperation Agreement. The UK also retains c...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMeat: Import ControlsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51970More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to include a ban on the importation of product where antibiotics have been used as growth promoters in all future international trade deals.
Answer: We have been clear that we will only ever sign trade agreements which align with the UK’s national interests, and we will always uphold our high food standards.
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDairy Products: ImportsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51479More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make it his policy to prohibit the import of Bovine Somatotropin-treated dairy products in trade deals.
Answer: Our approach to trade deals ensures all agri-food products must comply with our sanitary and phytosanitary standards and wider import requirements to be placed on the UK market. There is no import ban in the UK on dairy products from cows treated with bov...
Answered 16 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPigmeat: ImportsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51478More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make it his policy to prohibit the import of ractopamine-treated pork in trade deals.
Answer: Our approach to trade deals ensures all agri-food products must comply with our sanitary and phytosanitary standards and wider import requirements to be placed on the UK market. There is no import ban in the UK on dairy products from cows treated with bov...
Answered 16 May 2025
Original Parliament recordBeef: ImportsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51477More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make it his policy to prohibit the import of hormone-treated beef in trade deals.
Answer: Our approach to trade deals ensures all agri-food products must comply with our sanitary and phytosanitary standards and wider import requirements to be placed on the UK market. There is no import ban in the UK on dairy products from cows treated with bov...
Answered 16 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPoultry Meat: ImportsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51476More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make it his policy to prohibit the import of chlorine-washed poultry in trade deals.
Answer: Our approach to trade deals ensures all agri-food products must comply with our sanitary and phytosanitary standards and wider import requirements to be placed on the UK market. There is no import ban in the UK on dairy products from cows treated with bov...
Answered 16 May 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: USADepartment for Business and TradeTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51475More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to his Oral Statement of 8 May 2025 on Trade Negotiations, Official Report, columns 897-899, whether food imports under the UK-US Free Trade Agreement of (a) ractopamine-treated pork (b)
Answer: On 8 May, the UK government announced a landmark economic deal with the United States, making the UK the first country to get an agreement with President Trump.We have agreed new reciprocal market access on beef - with UK farmers given a guaranteed quota ...
Answered 15 May 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: ProductionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50588More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of rainfall patterns in 2025 on domestic food production.
Answer: The UK has a resilient food supply chain that has frequently demonstrated its ability to adapt when required. The Met Office’s 3-month weather outlook for May, June and July indicates near average rainfall is most likely for the UK but with a slightly hig...
Answered 13 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHorses: ExportsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 1 May 2025AnsweredUIN 49794More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proposals he plans bring forward to enforce the ban on live exports to slaughter under the Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Act 2024 specifically for Equidae.
Answer: I refer the Honourable Member to the answer I gave on 11 April 2025 to PQ 43550 and 43549.
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHorses: ImportsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49466More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many Equidae were recorded entering the UK via (a) Fishguard (b) Holyhead (c) Cairnryan (d) Birkenhead and (e) other ports in each year since 2023.
Answer: The table shows the number of equids imported into GB with the port of entry recorded as Birkenhead, Cairnryan, Fishguard, or Holyhead, and the number of equids imported into GB with the port of entry recorded as a port other than those specified. For the...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordWater Restoration FundDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48194More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference oral contribution of 23 April 2025 by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Official Report, column 1141, if his Department
Answer: The water restoration fund is currently active. Defra is evaluating how water company fines and penalties can be reinvested in improvements to the water environment.
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordWater: Private SectorDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48193More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference oral contribution of 23 April 2025 by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Official Report, columns 1136 and 1165, what pr
Answer: The price controls set as part of Price Review 2024 came into effect on 1st April 2025. In their Final Determinations, Ofwat set expenditure allowances which fund companies to meet their statutory and regulatory requirements and deliver their performance ...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordWater Restoration FundDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48192More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference oral contribution of 23 April 2025 by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Official Report, column 1141, how much funding
Answer: The Water Restoration Fund, which launched in April last year, is reinvesting funding based on water company environmental fines and penalties into projects to improve the water environment. The Water Restoration Fund funding is based on water company fin...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordWater Restoration FundDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47849More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish the projects funded by the Water Restoration Fund since 5 July 2024.
Answer: The Water Restoration Fund, which launched in April last year, is reinvesting funding based on water company environmental fines and penalties into projects to improve the water environment. The Water Restoration Fund funding is based on water company fin...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordWater: FinanceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47848More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the press notice by Ofwat entitled Ofwat approves £104bn upgrade to accelerate delivery of cleaner rivers and seas and secure long-term drinking water supplies for cu
Answer: The Secretary of State has regular discussions with Ofwat on a range of issues, including ensuring companies properly carry out and finance their statutory functions. The price controls set as part of Price Review 2024 came into effect on 1st April 2025. ...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNicotine: SmugglingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47352More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help tackle the sale of illegal nicotine pouches.
Answer: In Great Britain, nicotine pouches are currently regulated under the General Product Safety Regulations 2005, meaning they are subject to general product safety requirements enforced by Trading Standards, including labelling with safety information and in...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNitrous Oxide: SalesHome OfficeTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43210More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of regulations governing the sale of nitrous oxide.
Answer: Nitrous oxide was controlled as a Class C drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 in November 2023. At the same time the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001 were amended to regulate its lawful use in healthcare, catering and other sectors. In the year to Mar...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNitrous Oxide: MisuseHome OfficeTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43209More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of reviewing the (a) categorisation of nitrous oxide as a Class C drug and (b) the potential impacts this categorisation has on le
Answer: Nitrous oxide was controlled as a Class C drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 in November 2023. At the same time the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001 were amended to regulate its lawful use in healthcare, catering and other sectors. In the year to Mar...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health: Rural AreasDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 21 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40281More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in response to the hon. Member for Epping Forest during th
Answer: farming and agriculture. Since 2024, Defra has funded the Farmer Welfare Grant, which supports projects that improve the mental health and wellbeing of farming people in England. The fund was allocated through an open competition process to the following ...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
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